The Aftermath
Mathew grinned a wide smile "They are being trained by Alexander and boy are they in for a ride, I pity anyone being trained by him" remembering how hard the man had pushed him and his peers, still he had allot to thank the old weapons master for. "But I imagine they are coming along nicely"
(Slightly)
As Matthew walked out the broken door he sighed and said "Every time I think this town can't get crazier someone throws us a shovel" Scrappy rolled past them then did a double take and came back beeping "What are you two waiting for?" Matthew sighed again and Kale looked at him and said "I see what you mean"; Scrappy had a footprint on his dome.
A Funny Thing
I just shrugged, looked at Hummy and said "Come on, our best bett for survivul is with these guys" I said pointing at the mostly older crowd "By the way I'm twelve" I added while making sure my revolver had enough bullets in it... Some silver ones he had gotten at a gift shop while visiting the set of the lone ranger in his amo belt might just come in handy.

Hamelin

"It's Caden," Olivia said to Annika by way of explanation. "They've been after him over that deer for -- " She stopped at the sound of horse hoofs. "Quick, into the brush." She had no idea who it could be, but after that morning, she was not inclined to trust anyone.

Hamelin
"wait, its just my horse" Caden said as a beutiful gray war horse trotted up to them. He picked up his sword and and his broken bow "Darn, that piper broke my string, do you know how long that took?" he muttered shaking his head. Then reffering to his horse "No I didn't steal him, he came to me"

The Aftermath
"Well, I bet they're in for quite a ride." Ellie said with a chuckle. She hadn't had full blown training with Alexander, but he'd helped her to fine tune her swordsmanship so she could join the guard. She gave him all the credit for her skill with a sword, he had pushed her far beyond her limits in training so she got better than she ever thought she could be. "Although they're all bound to be very good swordsmen then. I think Alexander could make a swordsman out of almost anyone. After all, he trained you, right?" she said, quite seriously. Only the sparkle in her eyes betrayed the fact that she was joking, Matthew was one of the best, if not the best, swordsmen in the Kingdom.

A Funny Thing Happened

I nodded. "Sounds good to me."

At that moment Kari came out of the kitchen balancing our orders on a tray. She noticed us getting up and making as if to leave. "You guys heading out?" She asked, seeming a bit disappointed- probably because we had ordered and were now leaving before even getting the said order.

A Funny Thing Happened

"Eleven," I told nerd softly, because that meant I WAS the youngest. Which made me fell a little awkward. I got up, scraping my chair on the floor, ad hit my toe.

"OW!" I squeaked, grabbing my sock. And that was when I, like Ryan, had no shoes.

Hamelin

"He did?" Annika sounded a bit skeptical, but she didn't push the subject. She wanted to know what his name was, but another question was more important, pressing her to ask it.

"W-where's the Piper now?"

Hamelin
"As far as I know he kept on going up the trail, it seems that way from the tracks. Come let go" Caden then mounted the horse; Traveller.
(A Funny Thing)
I sighed; what was it with girls and taking off their shoes? Then I said "I have a pair of sneakers in my backpack if you want them, then I looked at her feet my shoes would be huge on her feet "They would be to big though"
The Aftermath
Matthew saw the twinkle in her eye and smiled "Well at that point I was a spoiled royal bratt" he said jokingly, even though it had a grain of truth in it he found it funny.

A (Slightly) Less Normal Life
Chip gaped up at Solarflare in amazement. He had never actually spoken with an Autobot before, much less have one towering over him and not shouting at him to watch where he was going if he didn't want to be flattened.

"Sorry. I couldn't help overhearing you," Solarflare said with an apologetic smile and tapped the side of his head. "I've got super-sensitive audio receptors. Anyway, I've been to Ditto Metru before and I know the Lord Overseer. I could get you in there if you like."

"Th-that'd be great!" Chip said, very pleasantly surprised. "But -- forgive me for asking, but why do you want to help us?"

"Like I said, I overheard what you were talking about and it sounds pretty interesting. And I'm actually going to Metru myself, so it wouldn't be out of my way."

"But I thought no one could go to Ditto Metru?" Nessie asked. Solarflare smiled knowingly.

"Let's just say I was invited there once. So, what do you say?"

"Why, we'd be delighted!" Chip exclaimed, nearly leaping for joy, he was so excited. "We just need to get some supplies from my place and we can be ready to go in ten minutes!"

"Great," Solarflare grinned. "I'll meet you by the Fountain."

"What luck!" Chip chortled to Nessie as they ran back to his apartment hand in hand. "This is the break we need to make what could be the biggest historical breakthrough in history!"

Nessie was too excited to make any smart remarks about her uncles repetitive use of terms and giggled with delight.

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The lids of the stasis pods opened completely. Their angle from the Autobots prevented them from seeing what was inside at first. But they didn't have to wait long to find out, as the inhabitants of each pod emerged.

From the leftmost pod, a large black jaguar crept cautiously out, sniffing the air. The rightmost pod spewed an even larger boar that rolled unceremoniously out and sat, flustered, on its haunches.

The occupant of the center pod preceded his entrance with a guttural roar. A positively enormous black bear, nearly five feet tall at the shoulder, strode purposefully out, its massive paws leaving deep indents in the soft dirt around the crash site.

"What's this?" Warpath asked incredulously. "Some kinda Noah's Ark thing? Does Cybertron think we don't got enough animals here or something?"

"On the contrary," the black bear suddenly spoke, looking straight at Warpath. Its voice was deep, but not at all gruff, rather calm and noble. "We're here as heralds from Autobot High Command."

Warpath blinked his optics dumbfounded, and surprised exclamations and mutterings rippled through the crowd of Autobots.

"Well then," Warpath said with uncertainty. "Who are y'all?"

"Sound off!" the bear roared to its companions.

"Jetjagar, maximize!" the jaguar purred. He reared onto his hind legs and transformed into a sleek robot form.

"Truffler, maximize!" the boar grunted and followed suit, transforming into a short and stocky bot.

"Bursa, MAXIMIZE!" the bear roared and transformed into a powerful robot form.

"We are the Maximals," Bursa declared. "And we are your future."

The Aftermath
"Well, I'm glad you grew out of that." she said thankfully, still half joking. "I should probably go spar with Alexander again sometime soon though. I haven't gotten to practice stuff like that in a while." she added regretfully. She'd been pretty busy lately, and really missed regular training sessions. She went down to the practice range for archery every once in a while, but she always seemed to have to do something else whenever she got the chance to spar. "I wonder how much time I have before I have to go..." she asked our loud, mostly to herself.

A Funny Thing Happened

((narnianerd, the reason we don't have shoes (or why I didn't have any shoes) is because I had just gotten out of bed when I went to my computer. Since I don't sleep with my shoes on, I didn't have any shoes. I'm just glad I got dressed into real clothes before I went to the computer! ))

"Oh um, could we get the water to go?" I asked Kari, thinking it sounded pretty ridiculous, but feeling bad for ditching her so soon.

P.S."Brooklyn!"

A (Slightly) Less Normal Life

"Well, I happen to think Katie Navy Blue is a pretty name," Miss Lucinda said, beaming down at the little girl.

The two walked along for a little while and then Miss Lucinda came to a halt at a small, cozy-looking cottage painted a light yellow color. There were a flowers neatly arranged in small flowerbeds scattered throughout the tiny yard. A few cats roamed around, but scattered when they spotted the newly arrived duo.

"Here it is! My humble abode. Come inside, come inside! I can't wait to show you everything, dearie. I hope you like it," Miss Lucinda exclaimed, skipping up the sidewalk to the front door of the house. The door swung open as Miss Lucinda neared it and she disappeared inside.

A Funny Thing Happened

"Oh yeah, sure!" Kari said, darting behind the counter and pouring their waters into to-go cups. "Where are you all off to?" She asked conversationally. Her quick hands put the full to-go cups on the counter as she finished each transfer.

I took a cup.

A Funny Thing

((Nerd, same reason as Ryan. I was inside. On carpet. No shoes in our house. Thus....))

Nerd fiddled with a squirt gun or something, so I pointed to it. "What's that?" I asked him, nodding.

Hamelin

Annika reached up and stroked his velvety nose. He lifted his head against the pressure. "Is he..." she said nervously. "Gelded?"

Hamelin
Caden just shrugged "As far as I know... no" he climbed on the horse "I found him as a one year old colt in the woods soon after I was banished, we kinda grew up together"
A funny Thing
I looked up from inspecting my gun and said "I was out hunting squirrels with Sarg ok? Then I went back to the house put Sarg in his stable and got on NW, without taking my hunting cloths off" for the first time I noticed I reeked like skinned squirrel "Oh great"
((I'm editing my back story thingy cause I didn't understand how I was supposed to get to ditto town I'll edit all my posts to))
The Aftermath
Mathew looked at his sun dial "You have around two hours, here I'll come with you. I need to inspect the new recruits anyways" he stood up and hooked his sword to his belt.

The Aftermath
"Alright." Ellie said back cheerfully. She was glad she didn't have to go to her duties just yet. "But I'll have to go grab my things quick." she said as she got up out of the chair. She hadn't had time to stop in her quarters this morning to grab her things before she had gone to Matthew's office. "It's on the way though, so it shouldn't be much trouble."