#jack darby

[johnthezero]

So it seems that posting these updates are getting some attention…cool.

Anyway!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A tour begins at the tower for the girls.

And Jack, Miko, Raf, and June get to their new digs.

[mayonnaisemiscellaneous]

Ouhh the urge to headcannon Miko and Jack as trans

[danielyarima]

I just had a dream that was like a Transformers horror fanfic and it was awesome and I need to tell you about it

Well, it all starts on Cybertron, or rather the ruins of Cybertron. Everything feels incredibly desolate; there are no bots in sight, and the few that are there are either hiding or resigned to something terrible that's about to happen

Then they show a blueprint of a ship, it's not very big compared to others like the Nemesis, and there are a few bots inside and outside finishing its construction. When it's finally ready, they're basically all agreeing on who gets to board the ship Because there are very few resources, very little energon, and it won't be enough for everyone, and well, a violent fight ends up happening where only 5 enter the ship. The few who remain standing try to bring it down out of desperation, but those inside start it up and finally leave

The problem? As soon as the ship takes off, Cybertron is plunged into darkness, not even the sky is illuminated

The ship continues its flight, but now in silence. I don't remember who was inside besides Elita

Anyway, the ship leaves even though it seems to be having trouble moving forward, and at this point the point of view changes to the interior of Cybertron, in darkness, and my OC Daniel is inside watching as the ship leaves without her and simply begins to wander through the empty streets of Cybertron

And after walking for a while, he runs into Mo and another girl I don't recognize

Well, in this part we're all wandering the streets in the dark. It seems Mo and the girl are looking for something; I don't know what, but it has to do with the disaster that left Cybertron without light or life

And after walking for a while, we came across a place that DID have light, a kind of food stand

It seems Cybertron is better adapted to humans in some parts

We stayed there, examined the place, and couldn't understand why there was light there. But suddenly the light went out, and we heard strange noises. We kept walking, now even more scared and in even more darkness, and a few meters further on, we ran into Team Prime

Apparently, no one had a clue what was happening, and one of two things had happened: either the bot they were all with died, disappeared, or abandoned them, and they were looking for answers to this sudden end of the world

Suddenly, we heard noises of something approaching

We all hid, but Rafael was the first to warn us; he seemed to know something.

We all hid together under rubble, and what I saw was a group of Cybertronians in a flying vehicle. But they didn't look like normal mechs; it was as if whatever they were was trying to replicate the behavior and appearance of a Cybertronian, and they just looked strange and erratic.

Then, when they went out, the power came back on.

We all sat in a circle and started talking and suggesting ideas about what we should do next

I don't remember what was said in this part or what we do afterward because it's a blur, but basically we planned to take advantage of the few moments of daylight to charge a ship and then escape all together before we were caught, this was Jack's suggestion

I suggested we stay because obviously SOMEONE is doing all this and is responsible for what's happening, Miko says we should fight whoever did this and make them pay for everything

At this point, Raf said something very important that I don't remember, but in short, we set off. The light comes back on again, and the worst part is that more of those strange mechs keep appearing. We continue hiding, but now we're almost entirely separate. The only flashlight we have is from Jack and Miko's phone so we can move around and find a key location. When we finally find one, the light goes out again, but this time we all notice something: a reflection in the sky. When we look up, we first think it's the moon of Cybertron, but when everything goes completely dark, we realize that the light isn't the moon...

It's not Earth! Or at least a strikingly similar planet

We were all in shock and realized that whatever is happening, the person responsible must be hiding there, controlling whatever it was that took the life out of Cybertron

Suddenly, more noises are heard. Jack and Raf alert everyone to hide

I don't manage to hide, and they see me before I can, and that's when they capture me, or rather, my OC

Miko, Jack, Raf, and Mo want to run after me, but I signal them to stay where they are. They don't want to hurt me; they want to capture me, so if they plan to take me somewhere important to us, so be it

And that's where it ends, and I wake up with a cliffhanger

THANKS FOR READING THE END

[raileurta]

Trait ship name ideas for Miko and Jack

For context.

(This was really hard 💀)

○ [Prima Guitar.] (Prima guitars are popular guitars for students.) Jack was a "human prime" and one of the original thirteen was called "Prima Prime." Miko plays guitar and is often associated with the aesthetic.

○ Something to do with pink and blue?

○ [Autobros.] They're deeply tied with the Autobots and only met because of them. One of the more notable interactions is when Miko leans on Jack and tells him "I'm glad to be your bro, bro." Honesty I think this works better as a friendship name tag.

○ The emoji combination: 🎸 & 🏍 ?? Jack doesn't have too much associated imagery to work with.

○ Miko is extremely colorful while Jack is kinda monochrome, you could definitely do something with that.

Yeah, that's it.

I'm sorry but I can't think of anything else.

[johnthezero]

Well since the first post did okay, may as well continue posting with each new chapter. (I had already written the first four so that’s why the jump.)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Lots of travelin’ in this chapter.

Jack going to Japan to pick up a certain Japanese Wrecker.

Zoey going to the bath house to destress.

[frequentlybored]

Quick drawings of the "full" designs (at the end of the au when the kids already have all the updates they wanted)

Yes, I kinda gave up by the time I got to Jack

Also I had to import the already cut photos to ibis paint and save there because tumblr didn't see the ones I edited in my gallery app

[frequentlybored]

I really want to write about Team Prime coming back to Earth and realising that not only are the kids no longer kids, but also they now have a killcount. Sadly I can't bring myself to do that, so instead I'll write a few things about it hoping I'll be motivated later.

Will be most likely written from the perspective of the kids talking before/after the meet up

The kids will decide to not tell them about Soundwave, as he doesn't really cause much trouble (got bored of trying to concour Earth?) and is a valuable (ally is too strong of a word) against Mech when he does show up

Bee will be both emotional over Raf liking racing and scared that he'll hurt himself

Bulkhead and Jacky will be proud of Miko's tattoo and will get emotional

Arcee will be really happy that at least one of her partners isn't dead but will tell Jack that she'd prefer if it stayed that way so maybe he should consider retiring

The kids will be frustrated about bots being iffy about their killcounts, because really, with an enemy like Mech can they really afford to take prisoners?

Maybe ate first the bots will learn from somewhere that the kids are officially dead

Definetly the kids will slightly resent the bots for not contacting them after leaving (even before the lost connection)

"You talked so much about Earth being magically connected to Cybertron and the only one of you guys left here is Soundwave, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE???"

After ^ line the kids will have to actively lie that as far as they know he's still in the shadowzone. Miko and Raf have gotten better at lying, but the bots don't know about it so they have no reason not to trust them

[frequentlybored]

Another au thing

Soundwave does intervene from time to time, sometimes even physically.

This time Raf joined Miko and Jack in infiltrating Mech's base, they used the fact that they expected only the duo as it's been a few years of the same strategy. So as usually Miko and Jack started shit while Raf sneaked in with a computer on his arm (think a band with a screen and one of those small 16% keyboard or something) in order to implement a virus or something.

It was going well until Mech used their strongest weapon: Nemesis Prime 2.0. They rebuilt the robot and just got the occasion to test how it does with small agile targets.

Miko and Jack held on surprisingly well considering the situation, but their only hope was to distract it long enough for Raf to figure something out.

Just as the duo was losing hope, Soundwave arrived deus ex machina style. He couldn't really allow Mech to have a weapon that could be used against Cybertronians.

Soundwave, well, wasn't losing and that's about it. While Nemesis Prime wasn't as skilled as the original it was a robot that didn't feel pain. It also wasn't getting tired, something that Soundwave had to take into consideration.

Suddenly, on a decepticonian frequency he heard a human voice that was somehow both confident and unsure. Raf told him to hold Nemesis P down on the ground.

He decided to comply. Yes, that was a human sparkling, but a human sparkling that could almost match him in digital warfare. Using a significant amount of his strength he picked the robot up, threw it on the ground and immobilized it. If Raf's plan doesn't work they're fucked.

He saw a small figure run to the robot's head, attach something to it and then move away. "You might want to move, I don't know how it'll affect you". Soundwave tilted his head but jumped away.

By the time Nemesis P got up Raf activated the device and the robot froze. Then the head and a significant portion of it's torso exploded.

While they would prefer to confiscate the robot, the Trio decided to cut their loses and not wait for Soundwave to focus on them. The rest of Mech has escaped some time ago so there wasn't any risk that they would get their robot back. And they couldn't really try to get Soundwave to leave the machine.

Soundwave copied what was left of the robots memory and then destroyed it.

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The other time Soundwave intervened was when the kids got really high and almost got arrested (weed was highly illegal where they were). He tripped an alarm in the Mayor's office so all police officers were redirected there. After all, if the kids were in jail he would have to keep watch on Mech himself