Operation 001 - This is not my beautiful house!

[autoerotica]

[Action - 748 Partridge Drive - locked to housemates and neighbors]

[Knock Out shifts in bed, sighing at the softness of the sheets. Much more luxurious than his recharge bunk back on the Nemesis, that's for sure. His eyes open, and for a moment, he feels different, but in a good way; his body isn't aching all over from being hit by a train. He reaches up to feel his face, smiling at the smoothness before stopping, his expression freezing. He rubs his face again, his fingers now pressing into the soft skin of his cheeks, his eyes widening. He holds his hand up to look at it, and gasps at the sight of a human hand. Ignoring everything else around him, he jumps out of bed, running to the closest mirror and checking...

He rubs his eyes, then rubs them again. His face isn't his. No sleek curves, no sheen of well-polished metal, no deep paint detailing, not even his beautiful glowing optics. Just 100% pure USDA-grade human meat.

Which, naturally, elicits a blood-curdling howl from him.]

[Phone]

I don't care where I am right now, because quite frankly, that's the least of my worries.

I want to know just who took my body and put me in this... this... disgusting skinsuit!

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[ooeeooahah]

[ The voice that answers is that of a human adult female. ]

Same people who brought you here. We're still trying to find out who they really are, but also the why and how.

[autoerotica]

[Not what he was expecting, but to be honest, he's really not certain what to expect right now.]

There are so many reasons why I should'nt be here, that whoever these people are, they must be insane.

[ooeeooahah]

At least one of them is - the others seem to be just morally bereft, so far.

Most of us have duties to attend at home, but there's been reports that we aren't actually missing there, while we are here.

[autoerotica]

[A cold chuckle.]

I think you misunderstand me, my dear. When I say that I shouldn't be here, I mean that it would be nearly impossible to extract me from my previous position. Not without a lot of clamor and violence, at the very least.

...morally bereft is something I'm quite familiar with.

[phone]

[needsteaplz]

[Skinsuit? So this being got shoved into a human body.]

This is Mayfield, a town that's modeled after 1950s America. It has a habit of modifying As to the who and why they brought us here, I'm afraid there's no answer yet. They're also responsible for your current physical situation as an attempt to blend you into the setting.

[phone]

[autoerotica]

How... disturbing. Blending into one's surroundings is not a new concept for me, but this is taking it to a bit of an extreme, I'd say.

So, this Mayfield... I've been displaced in time then?

[phone]

[needsteaplz]

Basically everyone who arrives here is stripped of any possessions from home, and powers. It is possible to regain them, including your original form, through two methods though. The faster way would be go to the Post Office, but you have to pay a very heavy price and we're mostly advised to stay away unless there's no other choice. The other way is to have survive an ordeal the town gives us, and you'll be rewarded but what we regain is not our choice.

I think it's much more complicated than just time travel. We're pretty much stuck in this town as well.

phone.

[helpmeguideit]

Everyone starts completely human here.

[ Barely even skips a beat. He's curious. ]

What are you normally?

phone.

[autoerotica]

How terrible.

[Well, he never did care much for secrecy. Or covering his pride.]

Cybertronian. The pinnacle of autonomous technological evolution.

phone.

[helpmeguideit]

I can't say that I have heard of them. [ Immediate fascination with them, though. ]

Interesting. I'm not certain whether or not they will restore you to as you once were.

[Phone]

[pnshandnslv]

Hm?

A... "skinsuit", you say? I'm sure you've figured out by now, or least heard from someone... that you're stuck like that. For now.

[Phone]

[autoerotica]

So I've heard. I do not appreciate this.

Even if this human form doesn't look bad...

[Phone]

[pnshandnslv]

Hm. I would stop to laugh at you, if I wasn't in the same predicament...

So I have ask... what manner of creature were you?

Phone

[silver_reign]

Whoa! Wait a moment... you're sounding like someone who's not used to a human body... if that's the case... I'm sorry.

Phone

[autoerotica]

You're very astute, my friend. This body isn't my usual fare.

Phone

[silver_reign]

Give it time. You'll be back to your normal self. Me? I got lucky.

[jumpsinline]

[ Yet another human female answers, but this one sounds less... well... ]

Why would you make a suit out of skiiin?

[autoerotica]

An excellent question, my dear, and I wish I knew the answer.

[jumpsinline]

Me, too! [ Oh, she's glad you think so! Because she has a lot more questions where that came from. Brace yourself. ] Wouldn't it just tear? Mine tears all the time and it's annoooying.

[Action]

[prideinbattle]

[Now that wasn't a very pleasant sound. Hiling makes her way to the source of the noise to investigate. It could be dangerous, so she's cautious. She stands in the doorway, staring at him.]

Tieria, there's someone new in the house again! Tieria-- [sigh]

What's with the yelling?

[Action]

[autoerotica]

[Knock Out whirls around to face the voice, his face a mixture of rage and confusion.]

Who the slag are you, and how did you get me into this... flesh sack!?

[prideinbattle]

[Hiling just smiles. That tells her all she needs to know.]

I'm Hiling. If you want your body back, you'll have to do as I say.

Phone

[eternalcameo]

It's a rebellion, I tell you! If some fuckheads think they can go around and pull this sort of shit on anyone, then they need to be blasted to Kingdom Come!

Phone

[autoerotica]

[...so confused, is he.]

A... rebellion?

[eternalcameo]

(She does that a lot.)

Yes, a rebellion! Developers are rebelling against their characters and are now trying to put them in stupid scenarios like this one! You should know what I'm talking about; you've been robbed of your powers and probably your body if you're talking about "skinsuits."