Standardized Symbols for Dialogue, Sound Effect,
OOC, and Location/Timeline Reference Text:
"Dialogue text." for normal dialogue (obviously)
="Dialogue text."= for com link dialogue
<"Dialogue text."> for secure com link dialogue
//"Dialogue text."\\ for dialogue between bonded characters
(Creation Bond, Spark Bond, Sibling Bond, etc)
/~"Dialogue text."~\ for dialogue between characters when one is patched into another's neural core
</"Dialogue text."\> for closed com link dialogue between Seekers only
~#"Dialogue text."#~ for secret Cybertronian dialect developed by the Dreads and spoken only by them
{"Dialogue text."} for internal thought Dialogue
~"Dialogue text."~ for dialogue in the Cybertronian language
+"Dialogue text"+ for dialogue using "radio montage" (which is what Bumblebee uses to communicate)
#"Dialogue text."# for those speaking in Binary or Morse Code based dialogue
'Dialogue text.' for characters using any form of sign language instead of speaking verbally
-"Dialogue text."- for text messages, emails, and other text based dialogue
-~"Dialogue text."~- for text messages in the Cybertronian language
*Text* for sound effects (*Clank* *Splat* *Crunch* *Boom* etc...)
(Text) for Out Of Character text in RP thread posts
Location/Timeline point reference centered at the top of a post, required on the first post of a thread:
((August 22nd 2027, One week after events in 'Shattered Soul'))
((03:00 - NEST Base, New Jersey))[/center][/color]
Current Open Threads
Active = 23
Hiatus = 4
Exited = 0
Total = 27
Thread Name: Shattered SoulCharacters Involved: Jazz, Wavelength, Charter, Jolt, Wheeljack, Red Alert, Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Moonsweep, Cira Knight, KI3T, Ironhide, Ratchet.
Thread Date: August 15th, 2027
Thread Description: Jazz was resurrected in the midst of his worst nightmare: repeatedly reliving his death at Megatron's hands. Meanwhile his friends rushed to try and save him. Wavelength found and tried to help Jazz, calling out to the silver bot's friends for help. Charter and Red Alert tried to keep Jazz still while Jolt and Wheeljack stabilized Jazz for transport so Ratchet could continue the extensive repairs at base while others looked on at Jazz’ unbelievably horrific damage and the explanation of what happened to him.
(Active)Thread Name: Generosity and GratitudeThread Date: August 15th, 2027
Characters Involved: Wheeljack, Wavelength, Ironhide, Soundwave, Alex Mack.
Thread Description: Following the surprise of finding Jazz alive, apparently saved by the young Decepticon known as Wavelength, and getting him repaired and resting comfortably in the med bay under Ratchet's watchful optics, Wheeljack takes it upon himself to thank the young mech the best way he knows how, and hopefully get him to stay knowing he was never one to hurt others and probably should have been an Autobot in the first place, had it not been for Soundwave's influence. And over the course of the night, some of Ironhide's own painful past is revealed and the yung Techno Organic, Alex, is returned to the Autobot base.
(Active)Thread Name: So Much for a RaceThread Date: August 16th, 2027
Characters Involved: Knockout, Jasmine, Laserbeak, Soundwave.
Thread Description: Knockout makes a break from the Decepticon base to join in on a street race only to find it had been canceled. While kicking back for a bit of relaxation, Knockout encounters Jasmin, a human allied with the Autobots. In the process of taking her back to the Autobot base, the conflict between his Spark and the Decepticon programming causes a massive systems error that forces him to shut down, only to end up needing Soundwave's help in getting some systems back on line again while Jasmin contends with a condescending Laserbeak.
(Hiatus)Thread Name: Seeking OriginsThread Date: August 17th, 2027
Characters Involved: Knockout, Soundwave.
Thread Description: After dropping Jasmine off at home, Knockout heads north to Canada to meet up with Soundwave, hoping the dark and quiet Communications Officer can find and fix the source of his continued glitch malfunctions that plague him.
(Active)Thread Name: SplashdownThread Date: August 24th, 2027
Characters Involved: Devon, Wheeljack, Vortex.
Thread Description: Devon was enjoying a vacation in D.C. when an accident ended in him being soaked to the bone and having to walk back to his hotel. As he drove by, Wheeljack saw the incident and pulled up to help the young man out, only to end up being hunted by the crazed Decepticon, Vortex. In the process, hidden secrets are revealed as two newly acquainted friends try to help each other escape with their lives.
(Hiatus)Thread Name: Dreams and NightmaresThread Date: August 29th, 2027
Characters Involved: Jazz, Synchbots, Red Alert.
Thread Description: After collapsing from exhaustion, Jazz falls into recharge, suffering in the grips of the nightmare of his own death yet again. Unknown to the silver mech, the ten 6 inch diameter silver-gray pods that had been discovered attached to his laser core during the extensive repairs to his broken chassis when he was unexpectedly found alive two weeks ago finally ruptured. When Red Alert hears Jazz screaming, he comes running to help his dear friend, and both mechs discover ten tiny little animal bots, all of them with a symbiotic bond to Jazz and a sibling bond to each other.
(Active)Thread Name: VisitorsThread Date: September 4th, 2027
Characters Involved: Barricade, Huntress, Ironhide, Wheeljack.
Thread Description: As Barricade sits in his cell awaiting Ironhide's nightly visit, another comes to see him, a new arrival to Earth named Huntress, one whom many Decepticons and Autobots fear, but whom Ironhide and Wheeljack know well and trust. But her visit and the attempt at pretense she sees between her old friend and the prisoner makes her begin to question the truth of their apparent thousands of years of hatred for each other.
(Hiatus)Thread Name: New Places, Old FacesThread Date: September 4th, 2027
Characters Involved: Landmine, Nightstorm, Soundwave (passively).
Thread Description: A chance meeting between old friends stuck on opposite sides of the war brings secret revelations between them, and plans that would prove detrimental to the Decepticons. Yet these plans were revealed deliberately as a test, and it was up to Soundwave as to how he would respond to such damaging information, and what he would do with the bomb expert pretending to be a Decepticon.
(Active)Thread Name: Curiosity and BoredomThread Date: September 6th, 2027
Characters Involved: Barricade, Archetype, Ironhide.
Thread Description: As Barricade sits in the Autobot brig suffering from intense boredom awaiting the only true highlight of his day, Ironhide's visits, a small bot called Archetype lets his curiosity get the better of him, much to the annoyance of the prisoner in question, and the unauthorized visitor gets caught by a very grumpy Weapons Specialist.
(Active)Thread Name: A Matter of SecurityThread Date: September 11th, 2027
Characters Involved: Red Alert, Optimus Prime, Ironhide.
Thread Description: Following Barricade's escape when Meta took over and nearly killed Ironhide i the process, Red Alert was left with no choice but to go to the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, with what he knew of Barricade, the fact that he was the last surviving controller for the Decepticon's insidious Combat Control program, and potentially the truth about Ironhide's relationship with the Decepticon Scout. As a result, Ironhide rages at the Security bot, feeling betrayed by the only one who had known and protected their secret and makes an irrational choice that may be his own undoing.
(Active)Thread Name: Keeper of the StarsThread Date: September 13th, 2027
Characters Involved: Victoria Marcus, Wheeljack, Ironhide.
Thread Description: Suffering from a sort of Cabin Fever, Wheeljack sneaks away from base to pursue a street race in Southern Louisiana, only to discover that he arrived too early. To occupy himself, he found some dry rice fields to go driving around in and quite literally ended up crashing through a red head's camp, destroying her tent in the process.
(Hiatus)Thread Name: Delayed Planet FallThread Date: September 15th, 2027
Characters Involved: Fireflight, Soundwave, Superion, Wheeljack, Cira Knight, KI3T.
Thread Description: As Fireflight made his approach to Earth, another mech noted his presence, determined to obtain information about this new Autobot he had never seen before. In the process, Soundwave discovers something unexpected, and attempts to use the young mech and his brothers for preparations towards bringing his plans to fruition.
(Active)Thread Name: Independent, No MoreThread Date: September 22nd, 2027
Characters Involved: Jared Miller, Chasm, Wheeljack, Fireflight.
Thread Description: A ten year old boy is out on his own, trying to survive and gather things he needs for a project he's working on as he searches for his lost father. Unexpectedly, a young Autobot stumbles across the boy, and as the pair talk, the truth of who his father could be is revealed, much to Chasm's surprise; and Chasm decided the boy needs to be reunited with his father immediately, and such a reunion comes as a huge surprise to his father.
(Active)Thread Name: SightseeingThread Date: October 2nd, 2027
Characters Involved: Silverbolt, Fireflight, Wheeljack, Jared.
Thread Description: Silverbolt finally makes planet fall on Earth and is delighted to see his youngeswt brother Fireflight had already arrived. After a short but tense encounter with Vortex, the brothers head straight for the Autobot base where a Spark sick Wheeljack waits anxiously for the rest of the Aerialbots to arrive safely while he tries to keep himself distracted with taking care of his Techno Organic son, Jared Miller.
(Active)Thread Name: Chasing StarsThread Date: October 18th, 2027
Characters Involved: Thundercracker, Air Raid.
Thread Description: As Thundercracker wanders among the stars contemplating his place among the Decepticons, he encounters the Aerialbot, Air Raid, and thus begins a chase through several star systems as the Decepticon Seeker tries to eliminate an enemy flier.
(Active)Thread Name: Adventures Ahoy!Thread Date: October 23rd, 2027
Characters Involved: Wash, Wheeljack, Joanne Rhodes.
Thread Description: Three days after his arrival and surprise introduction to the Autobots, Wash decides to explore, hoping to learn more about the base and its robotic inhabitants. He soon meets the Autobot Engineer, Wheeljack, and the two strike up quite a conversation. After a medic intern, Joanne, finds herself in the middle of their conversation, the trio decide to head off base for food for Wash and Joanne as Wheeljack gives them a ride, excited to be making new friends. Along the way, their adventure takes an unexpected turn.
(Active)Thread Name: AwakeningsThread Date: November 8th, 2027
Characters Involved: Hugin & Munin, Jazz.
Thread Description: Two long lost and long dormant Raptobots from Cybertron are discovered by an archaeological team searching old Norse ruins. Much to the surprise of the humans, these two large metal birds seem to be Odin's legendary Ravens! With this bizarre discovery, one human unwittingly reveals the presence and location of the avians to the other Cybertronians, two in particular - Soundwave, who quickly deleted the information as soon as he found it; and Jazz, who stumbled across it just before it was deleted. In an effort to protect what could be the last living free flying Raptobots alive, Jazz made haste for the Norweigian countryside, only to find they are much more intuitive than he had expected.
(Active)Thread Name: A Dark BetrayalThread Date: November 17th, 2027
Characters Involved: Ironhide, Barricade.
Thread Description: After capturing Phayze, Ironhide discovers that Megatron has sent his forces to hunt down Barricade with the intent to bring the scout before the warlord and feed his Spark to the hungry Decepticon leader. Sickened by this revelation, Ironhide hastily leaves the base in a desperate bid to find Barricade before the Decepticons do. But the insidious and self aware Combat Control program implanted in Barricade's mind, calling itself Meta, has other plans and seeks to capture Ironhide and feed his Spark to Megatron instead, hoping that destroying the mech he loves (Ironhide) would also destroy Barricade and allow Meta to take over Barricade's body for himself, permanently.
(Active)Thread Name: To Help a FriendThread Date: November 17th, 2027
Characters Involved: Jazz, Charter, Phayze.
Thread Description: After a stressful night with the capture and return of Phayze, Jazz seeks help from the Autobot's psychologist in his efforts to help Phayze remember the Autobot he truly is, and hopefully help ease the trauma of the long isolation he spent among the Decepticons.
(Active)Thread Name: Classical goes AutobotThread Date: November 20th, 2027
Characters Involved: Ironhide, Caliene Meredith.
Thread Description: While out doing his evening rounds, music coming from an open window catches Ironhide's attention; more specifically, the cannon fire in the 1812 Overture. As he engages in an evening visit and conversation with Cali about music, he gets to know a new friend and a little about human music in the process, as well as reliving old memories and sharing a little of himself with a new friend.
(Active)Thread Name: Sing for the MomentThread Date: December 15th, 2027
Characters Involved: Newt Weyland, Bloodshock, Wheeljack, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Ratchet.
Thread Description: Newt gets off work and ends up meeting an apparently new friend. Little does she know the guy she meets is a holoform and his hot car is its Decepticon owner. Wheeljack heads out for some christmas shopping and discovers the meeting in progress. Worried about the human, he tries to warn her away without revealing that they both were not actually human.
(Active)Thread Name: Surprising VisitThread Date: December 23rd, 2027
Characters Involved: Sideswipe, Rin Valliere, Ironhide, Ratchet.
Thread Description: As the snow piles up, Ironhide gets quite a surprise as his adoptive son Sideswipe introduces him to Rin, his Techno Organic daughter. But surprise turns to concern as a serious issue is revealed to both her father and adoptive grandfather.
(Active)Thread Name: Return of a SparkThread Date: December 23rd, 2027
Characters Involved: Cobalt, Derrick Magnus, Richard Magnus, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus.
Thread Description: Awakening in a strange place, a lost and much beloved family member finds herself inexplicably changed and desperately searching for the family she had been torn away from, while her family suffers agony, stress, and confusion knowing she is dead and yet somehow they feel her alive and searching for them.
(Active)Thread Name: Bogey AlertThread Date: December 25th, 2027
Characters Involved: Windsong, Tinman, Keith Orbit, Jack Hurst, Optimus Prime.
Thread Description: As Windsong flew over New York checking out the local scenery, he is startled as the UCAV-EDI, call sign Tinman, flies directly over him. After a relatively short conversation, Tinman seems to go ballistic, rocketing towards a hidden base no one outside the resident organization knew existed. As Windsong followed, concerned for the AI, he is astonished to learn there are humans who are truly hostile towards the Autobots. Tinman rescues his creator and destroys the base, then agrees to go with Windsong to meet the other Autobots, though his nervousness regarding the encounter is tangible enough to be felt by everyone involved, as well as the AI's extreme protectiveness of the human he considers to be his father.
(Active)Thread Name: Seek and DestroyThread Date: December 28th, 2027
Characters Involved: Airwolf, Tinman, Ironhide.
Thread Description: While out on a personal flight looking for his lost squad mates, EDI has an unexpected encounter with another Earth built AI, one programmed to search him out, and blow him out of the sky. What EDI finds out next is nothing short of disturbing.
(Active)Thread Name: Signs of LifeThread Date: December 29th, 2027
Characters Involved: Tinman, Shilo, Nathan.
Thread Description: Four days after EDI had lashed out at the POE and destroyed the base in Colorado he was deployed from two months earlier, the UCAV receives a message from his young friend Shilo, letting him know that she and her father had escaped to safety. But the POE will not sit idle for long and knowing this, Shilo's father Nathan reluctantly strikes a deal with the AI to protect his daughter and help him find his missing wife with the aide of the Autobots and their human military alies.
(Active)Thread Name: Unexpected DiscoveryThread Date: December 29th, 2027
Characters Involved: Anterra, Sideswipe, Texas.
Thread Description: Anterra lands on Earth in search of the Autobots, and just as she meets up with one of them on this strange organic planet, Anterra and Sideswipe are ambushed by an unexpected foe.
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