67. [4TH WALL EVENT POST]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[So that night, y'know, Heather and presumably a lot of other people getting ready to head off from Olivine in the morning after all that stormy chaos had all either conked out in the Center or checked into the (distinctly crappier than Goldenrod's, for the record-- PEH) local inn for the night.]

[And in the morning, all would be normal and Heather'd head off back to Goldenrod with her dad and everything would be totally chill.]</sub>

_{[... Or not.]}

 

~*~

[ooc: SO FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT, HEATHER WILL BE WANDERING AROUND WITH A CERTAIN UNWANTED GUARDIAN ANGEL IN TOW. That said, if you just wanna subject Heather to whatever crack you want, by all means TAG AWAY as though Valtiel's just a fly on the wall. He's pretty good at that. SO HIT ME WITH YOUR WTF-IEST, GUYS!]

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[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

... Heather?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[She's already pretty jumpy when she picks up that 'Gear, and given she's expecting to see a grumpy old man face... yeah.]

[The 'Gear promptly clatters to the ground again.]</sub>

THE HELL--!

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

What-! What happened!

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[GIANT ROBOTS ON HER GEAR HAPPENED.]

[Heather's face pops up on the screen again, brows furrowed.]</sub>

You're a robot.

_{[And then Captain Obvious shouted UP, UP, AND AWAY! and soared off to the Department of Redundancy Department.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Oh. That.

[Ironhide's face breaks into a grin.]

I am myself again. I like this.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She's being grinned at by a robot. This is a little surreal. ... Though not as surreal as it would be if this was in person. At least if it was still on a screen, it was SORT of like a movie or something.]}

Holy crap.

I figured you were at least like... some kinda Terminator deal. Where you like, still looked Arnold Schwarzenegger even if you were actually a machine or something.

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

...

I have no idea what it is you mean by that.

[No, really, he has no idea what she's talking about -- what's a terminator?]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[OH HEATHER. HER AND HER STUPID POP CULTURE REFERENCES.]}

I-- uh-- never mind.

But dude, like-- ... how BIG are you?!

_{[That face is a LOT huger than the human one she saw on screen.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

I am twenty-five feet tall. And weigh five tons.

[And he looks so proud of himself too.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

.... Whoa.

_{[Heather is... legitimately impressed. She is speaking to a giant robot. Every single boy she went to elementary school with would be SO JEALOUS OF HER RIGHT NOW.]}

How do you like... get around without accidentally crushing everything ever?

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

I walk. Carefully. Or...

[Ironhide considers the gear for a second -- then sets it down on something. He turns, and walks away, until he's at a distance where his whole body can be seen on screen.]

[... Then he folds down. In. Panels flip, shift. In short order, it's not a giant robot, but a giant black pickup truck sitting in the street.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... the thing she was talking to just turned into a car.]

[She goes silent at that point, brows furrowed in quiet contemplation.]</sub>

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

...

What?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Nothing.

... I'm just trying to remember if I took any mind-altering hallucinogenic drugs last night because a truck is talking to me.

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Not a truck. Just me. An Autobot.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

You look like a truck.

So it's still freaky.

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

... It is a disguise.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

... You still look like a truck, and it's still freaky.

_{[SHE WILL ARGUE THIS POINT INTO THE GROUND.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

... It is not.

[Oh well, have some right back at you.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Is too.

_{[And so begins a beautifully immature debate.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Is not.

[Ironhide how old are you.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Old enough that having this argument with an eighteen-year-old is pretty ridiculous. BUT IT'S OKAY. SHE CAN DO THIS ALL DAY, MAN.]}

Is too.

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Is not.

[He's also put up with kids for a good chunk of time.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Iiiiis too.

_{[She folds her arms as best as she can while still holding up the 'Gear.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Is not.

[The truck seems to shrug on his wheels.]