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Post by Christopher Prime on Dec 25, 2009 14:53:45 GMT -5
Christmas day was always truly a sight to behold on the Autobot base. It was the one time of the year where the Decepticons lay forgotten and the Autobots and their families were able to just kick back, relax, and enjoy themselves. Of course, Christmas had only been introuced to them upon arrival on Earth, but the Autobots did go all out every year, with a large festive tree and for the first time, a party which transpired last night.
Chris simply sat there on the couch and took in all of the cleverly placed decorations with a bright smile. It was the young man's favorite day of the year. For reasons that were bountiful and too obvious to name. He sighed happily and waited patiently for the arrival of everyone else. Adam, like any young kid, had been up for hours, but Chris had simply toned him down, and made him relax. As such, he was simply occupying the spot under the tree and inspecting presents.
"Man what I wouldn't give to have that kind of overactive excitement again." Of course, Chris was excited, just could never be as excited as any 12 year old child, no sixteen year old could be no matter how hard they tried.
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Post by Mike Knight on Dec 25, 2009 18:20:19 GMT -5
[btw peoples, Sarah is a secondary character--she doesnt have a profile, but I figured Sarah deserves to stay with Mike in certain threads, and this is one of them. She and Mike are Cameron's biological parents]
Mike and Sarah, who still looked very young, arrived at the base in a dark blue 2008 Chevy Camaro. The adult couple walked into the base, both swiping their cards for clearance. Sarah had a stanta hat on her head with a bell attached to the lower part of it on the side, but other wise was dressed somewhat casually, yet with a dash of professionalism. She often liked dressing like this.
Mike wasn't that into Christmas, but he went ahead and wore an army green shirt and a nice pair of jeans and shoes. They each carried a shoulder bag and presents for KITT, Corina, Chris, Interceptor, and Cameron. Most of the presents were fairly easy to carry since they had to drive here, but there were one or two in the back. One of those larger presents in the back of the sports car was a present for Interceptor.
The two FLAG Autobots were sitting around in the hangar. Interceptor was just being bored and pretty much doing nothing, while KITT was just keeping watch. They both always knew X-mas was a big deal, and Interceptor was very jovial about it. KITT was like Mike-he wasn't easily enthused about yet another holiday, but this was one of his favorites.
And to suit the occasion, KITT changed his paint job. He was currently appearing as a 2008 Corvette, but with a bgreen and red two tone paint job, thanks to his shape shifting and pigment changing abilities via his billions of nanomachines. The form also had dashes of white trim, along with some sparkling snow flakes. There wasn't a speck of black on him.
Interceptor was in the hangar as well, and watched KITT shape shift with faint, mild jealously. Nevertheless, the bot was content enough with his stealth mode and Rail Gun-the jealously wasn't over the top."Heh I know just what that needs to finsih the touch!"Interceptor darted off in a silver blurr to go find something, and a few moments later, darted back, slapping a big red bow on his roof, along with a mini xmas wreath on the aft of his form between the circular lights."Tada! I cant wait to see Corina's reaction on this one.
"Well this definitely adds to it."KITT admitted with a chuckle. Mike and Sarah were chuckling as well, and took a few pictures. "Very classy, KITT."Sarah said, applauding briefly.
[in the hangar]
"Remember KITT, don't cheat and ruin the surprises for everyone, I know you can probably see what's in every package if you wanted to."Interceptor reminded the somewhat old bot teasingly. "Yes Interceptor, I know."KITT replied in his usual monotonous tone.
Ian was standing around in his holoform, and Sarah plopped her santa had on Ian's head. He didn't bother taking off the sunglasses. "Now I really look snazzy,"he said, snapping his fingers together. Ian, Mike, and Sarah then walked into the lounge. Ian approached Adam, smiling at the kid who was inspecting all the presents with the usual excitement a kid has on Christmas or his birthday. Interceptor had a present or two for him, and they were already hidden under the three, but one was hidden back in his room as well. "Merry Christmas kiddo!"he greeted, walking up to him. Meanwhile, Mike and sarah put down some other presents.
Mike and Sarah turned to join Chris."Hey Chris, Merry Christmas."Mike greeted as Sarah waved at him with a smile.
[be prepared for epicly long posts, i may have to throw in another charrie or two later x.x;]
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Post by Christopher Prime on Dec 25, 2009 18:32:50 GMT -5
Chris was currently busy eyeing the Lexus outside in the hangar his Dad had given him upon getting up. Oh how he loved Lexus's and it was sort of Jazz's big surprise gift to him. He was pretty sure Optimus probably had a hand in it too. Especially since they had gotten it in the exact model and color he wanted. "Hey guys! Merry Christmas to you too." He then added "Cam, should be out in a bit, I couldn't drag him out of bed." Chris and Cameron were close and always had been, but for the life of him he could never budge him. He was, unlike Chris lazy as could be.
--Adam--
Adam grinned as he heard Ian from behind him, turning an hugging him gently for a moment before letting go. He smiled up at his Dad happily. "Merry Christmas to you too Dad!" He grinned lightly, he had gotten chrome spinners for Interceptor, modified with Chris's help. They had retractable spikes of Chris's own invention. Something he figured Interceptor might find useful knowing him. "Sleep off the excitement from last night?" He grinned.
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Post by Mike Knight on Dec 25, 2009 19:25:37 GMT -5
"Heh, it's all right. I'm sure he's glad to have the chance to sleep so much after stressing over the typical college life."Mike replied, shaking his head slightly. He glanced around warily, eying the general looks of the base. This was definitely the most interesting Christmas gathering he'd had in his life--EVER.
Lieutenant Colonel Cira Knight was dressed for the occasion, wearing a red and green v-neck shirt with black jeans. She drove up in her midnight blue 1978 dodge challenger, with a mini wreath attached to the grill just for kicks. She wore a red bow in her hair that hung down on either side, with a pony tail for support. The fighter pilot had only a few presents, for all her money these days was spent on this beautiful muscle car of hers (it had many features she added onto it, including weapons and other accessories and features that were easy to maintain). She had a present for Danny mainly-she didn't really know what else to get anyone. Taking a long box out of the car, she adjusted it her arms. It was a somewhat thin box, but somewhat heavy. Cira walked with a confident step into the hangar, and KITT greeted her on the way in.
"Daaaamn KITT, that sure isn't a paint job we usually see around here."she commented with a wide, pretty grin on her face. Cira had a few other small presents, including new license plates for KITT and Interceptor. She got a new emergency Autobot tool kit for Ratchet, some new laser point sights for Ironhide. She had a few other random presents for some of the other Bots.
Mike and Sarah's list of presents was somewhat broad, but they had a few items for some of the bots here and there as well. Mike and Sarah got Chris a new set of custom weights, ones which he could attach to himself on his arms or legs when working out for more efficent and cardiovascular use. The couple got Cameron a custom, decent sized pocket knife, layered with Energon that he could keep on him around/near base. They got him a few other items, like an iHome, and some clothes. KITT got Cameron an x-box 360, and it was hidden in the back of the tree near Interceptor's presents. The Knight family usually didn't mess around with presents.
Cira already knew Chris was driving, and happened to be happy to see he got a new car for Christmas, because her only gift to him happened to be the latest, top notch GPS system, with custom-built in scanners for tracking other vehicles or Autobots (the latter having been done with KITT's help), so the present was also partly from KITT. "I don't have presents for everyone, but I'd go broke if i did...I made a lot of knew additions to my Challenger."Cira said, scratching her head nervously. Sarah grinned. "I saw pictures of it before. I'm gonna have to check that beauty out later!" she said, giving Cira a warm hug when she finished putting dow nthe presents. Mike nodded at Cira with a smile. "Hey Chris, Merry Christmas."
During all this, Ian returned Adam's hug. "Yeah, never felt better honestly!"It'd helped that he hadn't gotten solid drunk like two certain helicopter Autobots. He chuckled mentally at the memory. "I hope more people show up, the more the better after all. Interceptor suddenly remembered he had more presents-he wasn't sure if the Twins would show up, but he had some presents for them too. He had large stuffed squirrles (which he couldn't fit by the tree obviously) and a personal blender for Elina, and a cloaking/signal scattering device for Vicky--Ian didn't know what to get for Vicky, so he'd just gone with that idea.
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Post by Christopher Prime on Dec 25, 2009 20:12:54 GMT -5
"Heh, I can't wait to tear through these presents. Best part of Christmas you know, other then spending it with family." Adam commented lightly to Ian, smiling lightly. He looked at him, slightly deep in thought. "I hope you like what I got you, personally, it's pretty sick, but eh, I've always been nervous about getting the right things for the right people." It was mostly nervousness because after all Interceptor had done for him, it was his way of saying 'thank you' in one way or another. "Buying for a giant robot is pretty hard but I think I managed to get soemthing really cool." he added.
--Chris--
"Yeah, That's the same reason despite the fact I'm a genius I refuse to go to college until Graduation. Too much extra stress." Chris commented with a shrug, turning his head and nodding at Cira "And a very merry Christmas to you too Cira." He sighed for a moment, wondering somewhat if Optimus would show or not. He was working so hard lately, he wouldn't blame him if he couldn't. But a part of him did hope a great deal that he would.
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Post by Mike Knight on Dec 25, 2009 21:20:38 GMT -5
Ian grinned. "Hey don't sweat it. I appreciate the thought no matter what." he replied. Ian sat down on one side of the couch opposite of Chris. Mike and Sarah stole a few chairs from the recreation room and brought them in. KITT remained where he was for now, waiting to see if Corina would show up. He had a surprise for her, and it wasn't with the rest of the presents.
"Thanks Chris."Cira nodded at him briefly with a smile, and then took a seat on one of the arms not far away from him, crossing her legs."I hope more people show up, ironically, more than half of who are here now are from FLAG. It's like all we need now are for Mike's dad, Billy or Zoe to show up." she wondered aloud, readjusting the watch communicator on her right wrist. Cira really hoped Danny showed up, she couldn't wait to give one of her favorite girls her present. She had something for Corina too. Ratchet had helped customize Danny's present too, so it was also somewhat from him.
Mike remained seated for now. "Maybe we should go wake Cameron up? Cira could always call him for us."
"Maybe we should just wait for him so we don't risk people going deaf."
"Uh, I don't think I'm THAT loud,"Cira replied promptly, with the smile turning into a brief grin before it faded.
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Post by Jacob Collins on Dec 25, 2009 22:13:12 GMT -5
Jake was up, awake, dressed. The thing was he just hadn't joined the others yet for reasons between him and Chasm, and his biological Father. For obvious reasons, Cutlass couldn't just enter the Autobot base he was still, for the moment at least, a Decepticon. And his entrance would cause unneeded panic and some may decide to jump to the wrong conclusion. As such, he had promised to meet Cutlass just outside the base that morning.
It was nowhere in particular, just near the ravine. Just out of the sight of the Autobot base doors where no one would think he was in any kind of danger. He sighed, and leaned against a tree. Waiting quietly and patiently for Cutlass to show up. Luckily I told Chasm, otherwise he'd flip out. He thought to himself.
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Post by Arcee on Dec 25, 2009 22:38:18 GMT -5
Arcee was waiting in front of Corina's house waiting for her to come out with her bag of presents because she knew that Corina was going to need a ride to the NEST Base. Arcee's engine was on idle as Corina was inside putting her jacket on and gathering her presents and put them into a sack. She eventually went outside to see Arcee waiting outside for her just as she had thought. She climbed onto Arcee and held the handle bars as she raced towards the base. Arcee had already bought all the Christmas presents she was giving. She had presents for Chris, Interceptor, Postmark and KITT. She had hid them in her room so that she wouldn't have to worry about carrying them if anybody needed a lift.
Upon reaching the base Arcee parked outside letting Corina slip off and get her bags before Arcee transformed to her robot mode and picked Corina up setting her on her shoulder and rolling into the base. She rolled into the base and noticed that there was already a quite a few bots and people here already. She came in and proudly announced her and Corina's arrival. "Merry Christmas everybody!![/color]
Corina had to cover her ears so they wouldn't be blown out. She laughed after Arcee had finished shouting and poked her to let her know that she wanted down. Arcee wrapped her hand around her very gently and put her down on the ground and from there Corina noticed the very Christmas-y 2008 Corvette. Oooh man......wait is that KITT?![/color] She thought to herself as she noticed the red scanners still pacing back and forth. She walked forward to it with her sackful of presents and made herself known as well, just not as loudly. "Merry Christmas everyone!"[/color] She walked over towards KITT as she was now laughing a little bit at the bow on his hood. "Very classy look KITT. It's nice to see you enjoy Christmas![/color] She laid her bag of Christmas presents down in front of his headlight and put her hands on his hood before turning around and leaning against it and noticing Chris. "Merry Christmas Chris.[/color]
Meanwhile Arcee had made her way towards Interceptor and greeted him with a friendly hug. "Merry Christmas Interceptor!"[/color] She was planning to wait to get her presents out of her room until it was time for everyone to open their presents.
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Post by Cutlass on Dec 25, 2009 22:50:39 GMT -5
Easily spotted due to his bright orange color scheme, Cutlass was driving in the direction of the Autobot base. Since he was still technically a Decepticon, he did not truly need to do that, considering he might be injured once one of the Autobots who noticed him stopped panicking and started shooting. It was mainly the thing that had kept him from actually sneaking into the Autobot base. And one of the reasons it was so difficult for him to visit Jacob. He rolled to a gradual stop next to his son. When he did so, Cutlass materialized his holoform on top of the previously empty motorcycle seat. "Long time no see!" There was a lot of things he could do right now. But, then he had his own little 'Christmas' surprise for Jacob. He just wasn't going to do it today, and the only reason he had decided now was that hte holiday was convenient for what he wanted to do. ~Phantom~ The white cat was sneaking around. Why? Because Phantom thought it was fun. His target was a large one. He aimed to climb up the Christmas tree, not into the decorated section, but to stay in the middle of the tree. Currently under a table, he was gathering his legs up under him as he calculated where people were at and whether they would cross hsi path. Done with his odds, he just took one more look at his destination before launching away from under the table. He was sprinting very fast, but he would have nothing to say for it if someone grabbed him. |
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Post by Jacob Collins on Dec 25, 2009 23:10:32 GMT -5
Jake gave a smile upon hearing the familliar sound of a motor, letting out a small grin. He turned his head to see Cutlass and gave him a small hug, but broke it off after a moment or so. He stood straight following that keeping the grin. "Hey Dad, it's great to see you." Putting his hands in his pockets, Jake looked at him calmly, unsure of what to say. "Merry Christmas." He said, deciding that was the best thing to say, given it was the holiday after all.
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Post by Adam Carter on Dec 25, 2009 23:28:41 GMT -5
Adam grinned looking at the present under the tree, it was pretty big, and he had to wonder what it was above all else. He thought for a moment, then looked calmly looked at Ian. "So... Uh... Do I have permission to open my present, or do you want me to wait?" He didn't know what Ian wanted him to do. If he wanted him to wait for the others or was ok with him just diving into his present at any time. Judging by what Interceptor was like, it was probably the latter, but he still wanted to be sure.
Out of the corner of his eye he barely noticed Phantom running for the base of the tree. Then thought it over for a minute before adding. "You think we should stop him?"
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Post by Mike Knight on Dec 26, 2009 1:10:45 GMT -5
Ian and Cira both perked up when they saw the white cat, and both of them forgot it was phantom. "KITTY!"Ian pounced, moving in a blurr, attempting to grab phantom as the white cat scampered towards the tree. Cira barely jumped up in time before attempting to do so herself."I dunno, that or Interceptor's just being his usual self. As long as it doesn't ruin the tree."
Interceptor's real form was hugged by Arcee."Hey Arcee! Merry X-mas to you too!"he replied as he hugged her back. He then turned to Adam."And yes, you can open the presents."There were a few packages from Interceptor, and one was still in the bots room. There few here were mainly clothes, but one of the big things was the custom paint ball gun which had his name engraved on it. He knew Adam loved paintball, so he hoped he liked the design of the gun-it was one with fairly rapid fire, too. The big present though, was still in his room, in a big box, duct taped.
KITT was happy to see Corina arrive."Why thank you, Merry Christmas to you too, Corina."he replied, his calm voice hinting dashes of chipperness. "I have a present for you, by the way. I believe Cira has one as well."
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Post by Red Alert on Dec 26, 2009 10:44:03 GMT -5
As everyone gathered in the lounge and hanger for Christmas greetings and gift-givings, one bot stayed out of it. Holed up in the security moniter room was the base's very own Security Chief, Red Alert. Social gatherings had never been very high on the bot's list of activities. In fact, anything that didn't involve checking or repairing cameras, watching the moniters, or making adjustments to the security system were usually never even on the list. That was just how Red Alert was. Still, many of the Autobots here hadn't really dealt with him before, or really knew why he acted the way he did. As such, the door to the security room was securely locked, in an effort to keep bots from trying to drag him away from the moniters and join everyone else. Red Alert was content in here. After all, someone had to keep watch so that everyone else could have fun.
Chasm dragged himself out of recharge. He'd been up late, during and after the party, in an attempt to finish the gifts for everyone. Not really knowing what to get everyone, he'd made the gifts. Paintings, to be exact. It had taken a long time to get them all done, and now the last one had been completed, wrapped, and placed under the tree. Getting up, he grabbed several strings of lights that he'd gotten one of the days he was in town, and managed to wrap himself up in such a way that it would decorate his vehicle mode. Opening his door, he carefully transformed, not trusting himself being tired in robot mode around the humans, and rolled in to join the festivities. "Merry Christmas!"
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Post by Arcee on Dec 26, 2009 13:15:41 GMT -5
Arcee smiled as she rolled around in front of Interceptor. She was about to tell him that she had a Christmas present for him but was distracted when his holo-form Ian when diving after something. She tilted her head to the side a little bit and laughed. "I have a Christmas present for ya Interceptor! I'll go and get it here in a minute.[/color] Having also heard Chris's voice through the commotion of the large party she turned her head and smiled at him. "Merry Christmas Chris. I've also got a little something for you." Her holo-form appeared walking in from her room carrying the few presents she had. She set down the ones for KITT and Interceptor and handed a gift bag with stuffing paper towards Chris."Sure hope you like it Chris!"[/color]
Corina was still leaning against KITT until he mentioned a Christmas present for her. She was almost immediately trying to think of what KITT could have got her for Christmas and many different possible ideas were running through her head. She drifted from that subject and figured it couldn't hurt to give him his present right now, he could go ahead and open if he wanted to but it didn't matter to her."Merry Christmas! I sure hope you like it![/color] She was actually rather nervous just because its how she is.
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Post by Adam Carter on Dec 26, 2009 15:08:48 GMT -5
(Arcee what was in Chris's gift again? I forgot, so I'll post when you tell me)
Adam grinned lightly, running over and plowing through the first few boxes like any young kid would. The clothing was indeed nice, and very much the style he liked to wear. When he got to the bigger one, the paintball gun he stopped for a moment. This was-his? Adam had never owned one, his parents had never had that kind of money, whenever he went paintballing he had to rent his. He smiled lightly looking it over with a broad smile before bounding over and hugging Interceptor's leg tightly. "Thanks Dad, these presents are wicked." He only hugged with one arm, considering he was still holding the paintball gun, but all the same.
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