sweet summer child

Oh! Um... hello there! My name is Blades. Nice to meet you! ((Independent Rescue Bots/Aligned universe Blades. Please read the rules before interacting. Tracking the tag #afraidxfheights.))

[afraidxfheights]

//Like for a starter!

[afraidxfheights]

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                                                             who am i ✘

                                                    who am i ✘

                but a sound of TOMORROW ✘

         ☁━ Independent Rescue Bots/Prime Blades          ☁━ Multiverse & OC Friendly          ☁━ 10+ Years of RP Experience          ☁━ Para, Ask, Script, and Icon RP Accepted          ☁━ Mun and Muse Are of Age

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[elitaxne]

"Of course… I read all of the Rescue Bots reports before coming to make a formal acquaintance." A brief pause before a warm smile.

"However, I was most looking forward to meeting you. I admire your bravery."

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ The rescue bot all but beamed at the praise, especially coming from someone as respected and accomplished as Elita-One! Perhaps not quite on the level as receiving a similar compliment from Bumblebee, at least not for Blades, but it was still quite a high honor.

"Thank you, commander! Hearing that from someone like you, that's just- wow!" Their rotor blades clattered with an excited little shudder. "I'm afraid Heatwave isn't here right now, or I would formally introduce him. He's the leader, after all- this is all sort of his thing."

[spicysmokescreen-archived-blog]

afraidxfheights

Smokescreen beamed at being told he had been talked about, that he had been heard of. He puffed out his chest, glowing with pride and nodding.

"Yes, Smokescreen is my name," he replied, placing his hands on his hips. "So, uh, who’s told you about me? Di-did Bumblebee mention me?"

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Blades actually had to consider that for a few moments. The more they thought about it, the more they were fairly certain Bumblebee hadn't really brought up Smokescreen. Well, he had once. But that was more in the context of who was who, and he had mentioned a new bot once, hadn't he?

"Well. He did. Once. When he mentioned team Prime had a new member. But really, I heard more about you through Heatwave. He keeps a very close optic on what happens in Nevada."

[nestwannabe-archive]

A Mexican stand-off huh? That was cool, Sophia could roll with it. It wasn’t the first time she was thrust into a situation like this. Either the Autobot called her out or she called him out, or he’d make a break for it. Anything could happen, and one of those things had happened in the past when she was observing a ‘normal robot for decor’. Sophia’s stubborness actually came in hand here, for once. They needed to know that not all humans were bad, as bleak as the situation was.

Finally a bird had given him away. A solitary bird who thought he’d make a good perch, that is if he hadn’t moved. Laughing to herself mostly, she waved to him. “Hi! How are you?”

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Having a bird - a bird! - give them away was probably one of the most humiliating things that could've happened to them. They'd worked so hard to get so good at pretending to be a totally not alien robot, and in the span of all of a few seconds... boom.

Heatwave and Chase would be so disappointed.

Was this what Cody meant when he said someone had egg on their face? Or did it have to be literal egg? Human expressions were so confusing sometimes.

"...I'm okay, I guess. Other than giving myself away? Uh. How are you?"

[elitaxne]

"The honour is mine…. you must be Blades, correct?"

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ "I am! You know my- I mean, you've heard of me?"

[afraidxfheights]

"Oh, hey! Are you.. are you one of the rescue bots Optimus us about? You're, uh.. Blades, right?"

         ☁━ Blades flipped their rotor blades a bit, puffing up and trying very hard to look very dignified. They weren't as familiar with this mech as they were with Bumblebee, but it wasn't like Heatwave hadn't gone on for hours every time something new happened with Team Prime. So that apprehension that tailed ever meeting with Bumblebee, and giant pile of nerves that came with it, wasn't there with this mech. Still, they were a bit starstruck. Meeting anyone new from Team Prime was always an honor!

"Yes, I am! You must be Smokescreen. I've heard a lot about you."

[taimanzano]

I love this four cuties >u<  For me, they have super strong bonds between them, stronger than the average group of rescue bots. Uh, they are my OT4, because they balance each other so well and I have so many headcanons about how they interact with each other orz 

[loyaltowardsone-archived-deacti]

Well. It most certainly isn’t if your an autobot as his tolerance level is quite low at the moment. 

«” Designation? "»

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Blades' rotor blades went rigid behind them and, for a moment, they considered not saying anything. Then again, that probably would've had worse consequences than speaking. "...it's- my name is Blades."

[nestwannabe-archive]

There was a sighting at this storage yard, but the scouting crew had actually came up empty handed this time. This gave Sophia all the time in the world to make a second sweep. A flash of movement out of the corner of her eye and her attention shot straight towards what had just moved. Nothing out of the usual, just a robot. And she would’ve passed him off as a robot robot too, if she hadn’t spotted the Autobot insignia on his chest. She crossed her arms over her chest, standing in front of the Autobot. Sophia wasn’t going to be fooled so easily.

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Blades didn't move. They didn't even so much as flinch! Really, if this had been a contact, the copter bot would've certainly received some kind of medal for such a stunning portrayal of a big, completely empty helmed, totally normal robot.

Only the human didn't seem to be buying it.

They stood like that for several moments longer, trying to remain as stiff and rigid and not-actually-a-sapient-alien-robot as possible... until a bird landed on one of their helm fins, causing them to jerk their head sharply to one side with a startled sound.

Well... the cat was out of the bag now. "...um. Hi?"

[grandtheftautobct-archived-blog]

"Can you not transform? Besides, we’re in th emiddle of the desert, and my home is in the midde of the desert. Everything should be fine." She shoved her hands into her pockets, looking up at them. "I mean, you look like you can transform. Unless someone stole something from you… what’s it called?" Oh, who gave a fuck? "Anyways. Come along."

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ The orange and white mech sniffed a bit, almost trying to sound indifferent as their rotor blades twitched a bit, arms folding over their chassis. "I can- of course I can transform! My t-cog is in prime functioning condition." Still, though, they looked uncertain, a little frown crossing their face as yellow optics shifted off to one side. "Just... give me a moment."

The pause was more than a moment, but finally, Blades gave a very deep exvent and transformed, shifting uncomfortably on their landing skids. Flying was not on their list of favorite things to do... and while having Dani at the controls was at least a comfort, her not being there just made this more difficult.

[sirkai]

[grandtheftautobct-archived-blog]

Leah tilted her head. “Maine? That’s—” But before she could continue, he was going on again, and she released a little sigh. “Easy there. Easyhere, dude. You’re all right. Just… chill out, alright? How about we get back to my home, and we can, I don’t know, try to contact your team? Then you can figure everything else out, okay?”

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Blades made an anxious sound, rotors swinging behind them as they shifted unsteadily on their pedes. For a moment, they didn't really know how to respond... or even want to. They were too focused on looking around for a person who was clearly not there. "I'm- right, no, it's okay! I'm okay! I just- I seem to have lost my partner. But- yes, I mean, maybe she's back on Griffon Rock and I have nothing to worry about!"

They hesitated then, looking worried. "...won't I be a bit suspicious, walking up to your home...? I mean. I am a giant robot."

[afraidxfheights]

☁━ Headcanon #1

Blades started politely requesting the other bots refer to them as they, them, their after having a very long discussion with Frankie over the meanings of various pronouns. They've found they feel more comfortable this way, and it seems to have gone over well with their small family.

[afraidxfheights]

         ☁━ Don't mind the fussing rescue helicopter. They've just realized they've lost their human partner and are currently having a bit of a small panic over it.

[afraidxfheights]

nestwannabe

         ☁━ With another human nearby, Blades quickly snaps their visor down, standing very straight and still and rigid, doing their best to look like a robot robot and not like a SAPIENT robot.

[afraidxfheights]

ask-smokescreen

         ☁━ Confused, Blades blinks a few times, looking behind them before back at Smokescreen... and then behind them and back again. "...okay that's just weird."