Season 1 - Session 2
General Summary
TOMMY heads home- it is quite empty. He tries to play with SOUNDWAVE but is choked to see he can’t really use the toy the way he wants to play music. So, he chucks it out the window but then goes to retrieve it.
When he is outside, he hears an INHUMAN NOISE. It doesn’t sound like an animal either. He peers into a bush to investigate but while he does so SOUNDWAVE disappears. He heads back inside to hear his RADIO making strange sounds. It’s a broadcast listing out numbers. At first, he thinks his parents are home, but soon grows more worried when they are not. SOUNDWAVE is inside too, and the strange sounds grow more intense. He grabs a golf club and hits at one of these skittering sounds only to find he has smashed a MOVING TOY. Freaked out, he calls his COUSIN PATCH to come help him and to take him somewhere SAFE. PATCH arrives with his VAN and GOLF CLUBS but doesn’t understand what TOMMY is trying to tell him. TOMMY insists he is drug free and that they should head to the RECORD STORE because it is somewhere safe, and TOMMY has a KEY. Elsewhere, GLORIA gets dropped off at her own single story home. She has the MYSTERIOUS NAIL GUN wrapped up in her jacket. She insists on getting dropped off far from her front door so as to not disturb her HYPER RELIGIOUS MOTHER (who sleeps early and is probably watching her programmes at the moment). Vindicated that she has uncovered a conspiracy, GLORIA tries to investigate the GUN further in her room. It seems most identifying information has been filed off though, so she has no luck. Instead, she decides to PACK an ADVENTURE BAG as she very much feels she is about to be on an ADVENTURE (however metaphorical). Meanwhile, GRIMEY gets home. Eats his squirrel dinner- fresh from the rotisserie) and places BUMBLEBEE on his DESK. BUMBLEBEE, very much alive, gets his attention and starts pantomiming to the TV. GRIMEY takes this in stride and tries to understand what BUMBLEBEE wants. Eventually, BUMBLEBEE is able to say that GRIMEY is in danger and that he needs to FIND OPTIMUS. At that moment, CASSIUS’ call connects. GRIMEY, never one to not answer a phone, picks up. He hears the southern boy ask to see if BUMBLEBEE is sentient. GRIMEY says yes. CASSIUS invites GRIMEY over, giving him his address. Seemingly a little sad to do so. As he does this, he has to DROP the PHONE because MEGATRON escapes his bucket jail and makes a break for it. Luckily, the whole area is meant to contain animals, so CASSIUS has a good chance to grab and yank MEGATRON back. He tries to find a cat carrier or something but can’t. In that harried moment MEGATRON makes an evil noise. He goes limp and his eyes turn a BRIGHT RED. CASSIUS knows it is dangerous. OPTIMUS, freed from his bucket, says DANGER IS COMING and they need to find BUMBLEBEE. CASSIUS starts to hear noise in the distance. He panics knowing he needs help. In a split decision he calls GLORIA. GRIMEY, who had heard the CASSIUS’ phone drop and some violent commotion is on his way as quick as he can. At GLORIA’s house, she hears the phone ring and panics. She really does not want to disturb her MOTHER. Her MOTHER picks up asking who is on the line. Thinking quickly, CASSIUS says he is from GLORIA’S YOUTH GROUP, and he is having a CRISIS of FAITH and needs her SPIRITUAL help. The MOTHER is charmed and hands the phone over, very proud that her little girl is taking initiative in the church. The very goth GLORIA is confused how CASSIUS got her number and how he possibly charmed her mom, but he is quite panicked and unable to explain. Instead, he says that all the DECEPTICONS from the store are coming and that she NEEDS to call TOMMY for back up and get the NAIL GUN THAT SHOOTS LASERS to come and help them. He decries the fact she doesn’t know the address and quickly rattles it off. He tries to quickly find a makeshift weapon that might have an AREA OF EFFECT but isn’t successful so instead he pulls out his TRUSTY CROWBAR. GLORIA, still confused, is forced to wait for her mom to doze off completely before she can silently make her escape. She grabs her PACK, but CASSIUS’ address is quite far. On her way down the main road, she passes the RECORD SHOP and sees a STRANGE CAR (PATCH’S). Not recognizing it and feeling suspicious, she goes to investigate. Not having a key, but knowing people are inside, she does her SECRET CLUB KNOCK. A very relieved TOMMY answers the door. Meanwhile, GRIMEY and BUMBLEBEE arrive at CASSIUS’ house. They see the SWARM of DECEPTICONS, and it is quite something to behold. GRIMEY tries to sneak in but fails. The toys spot him and start coming for him. In a burst of energy, he tries to make for a window but is unable to climb in, instead he is forced to use his KNIFE to defend himself and call to CASSIUS. CASSIUS wants to call TOMMY too knowing that GLORIA was reluctant but hears GRIMEY in trouble. He drops the phone once more and uses his CROWBAR to clear a path. Panicked but knowing GLORIA was their best chance at escape, he directs the other boy to run to the edge of the property towards the road. CASSIUS does the math in his head as they abscond and knows it will probably be a while before GLORIA can show up so they all run farther forwards in the hopes they can meet halfway. And halfway they meet indeed! Right at the RECORD STORE. GLORIA, busy reuniting with TOMMY, hears a bit of commotion outside. Deducing the noise might be directed at her, she uses her JACKET to try to flag the running strangers down. CASSIUS, because he is descending from a hill, sees the VAN in the back and tries to get GLORIA to start it. Not wanting to do that, GLORIA opens the door instead and ushers them in. It is quickly apparent they are being followed by tiny machines intent on their demise. GLORIA slams and locks the door, but it only buys them so much time as the machines are building themselves up- presumably to access the door handle and break the lock. PATCH, seeing that TOMMY’s story is true, starts to freak out. The kids, trying to make sense of everything, see that CASSIUS is still clutching MEGATRON who is still glowing RED. They prompt him to get rid of it but CASSIUS is reluctant. While CASSIUS is deep in thought, the rest of the kids see a FLASH and they HIT the GROUND. The same laser beams they saw shoot from their gun is now being directed at them from afar. The WINDOW, some RECORDS, and another TRASHCAN are all turned to ash. CASSIUS is eventually pulled down to safety. Knowing they don’t stand much of a chance against that, CASSIUS asks if PATCH can drive them out, but PATCH is in no condition to do anything. He directs TOMMY and GRIMEY to usher PATCH into the car while he grabs his keys and starts it himself. TOMMY AND GRIMEY do so, while GLORIA grabs her own RAY/NAIL GUN and sprays out cover fire. She is new to shooting but it seems effective against the swarming toys. It turns out CASSIUS is good at driving, he reassures the others by saying it isn’t his first rodeo. TOMMY is a little too high energy when he tries to reassure his cousin in the backseat, and it causes PATCH to FAINT. GRIMEY, who was planning to punch PATCH out to get him to stop making so much noise, is relieved. The toys are no match for a fast-moving car, so the kids are able to ESCAPE. Safe but left wondering if the BLACK SUITS are indeed involved, and if they got the laser tech from the toys or vice versa. The gang decides to head to BILLIE’S house knowing she also had a toy and might need them. BILLIE is already outside waiting for them and ushers them inside. CASSIUS is at first reluctant because he wants to see if he can take a look at MEGATRON, but OPTIMUS PRIME really wants him to hear what is going on in the group- it also seems that he can’t talk when they are all far apart. Neither can MEGATRON which CASSIUS finds interesting. GRIMEY helps make a bind for MEGATRON out of a shredded seatbelt and then they all finally head inside. Inside, BILLIE’S room is a mess. It turns out she had been trying to figure out what her toy was trying to mime at her for the last hour- until she got that he wanted to build this monstrosity of tech. JAZZ, excited to see his friends, explains that he has used BILLIE’s TV and all the wires in her room to make some kind of COMMUNICATION ANTENNA. They just need juice to power it up. CASSIUS asks if they are indeed aliens, and they explain they are the AUTOBOTS and they want to stop the DECEPTICONS from RESURRECTING UNICRON and destroying EARTH (just like in the show). They see the southern boy is still holding the bound MEGATRON, and everyone wants CASSIUS to either destroy the toy or get rid of him. OPTIMUS even says it is not safe. CASSIUS is still extremely reluctant to do so and REFUSES. He reasons that this MEGATRON seems special; it is their only leverage. Theorizing that if his TRACKER is out then he is pretty harmless, OPTIMUS reluctantly agrees. GLORIA grows very suspicious at that, not liking that the boy is seemingly allying himself with something evil so readily. She also does not think his answer of giving MEGATRON a CHANCE is a good enough one and even says so. OPTIMUS says there are TOOLS that might make such a CHIP REMOVAL possible, but he doesn’t know where to find them. The kids know URSULA KERR (the toy designer) is in town, so they resolve to head there to ask for her guidance. They also want to hide at the APPLEYARD HOTEL as it seems far enough away in the desert that their toys could not reach them. (Plus it might hold additional answers). CASSIUS then gets GLORIA to help him neutralize MEGATRON, so he is safe in the meantime. GLORIA lends CASSIUS her SEWING KIT from her JACKET and he attempts to tinker. It looks hopeless at first but there is a strange PRIDE in CASSIUS, and he seems to get the job done- zapping MEGATRON into a temporary sleep state. CASSIUS then tucks the inert toy into his front pocket. JAZZ gets the help of TOMMY and the other kids to try to find a power source for the antenna. We toss around a few suggestions, but JAZZ seems to think the HOUSE is strong enough. BILLIE and the others work together to jerry-rig together a bunch of wires until TOMMY is left holding up the half TV/ Half COMMUNICATION ANTENNA on the roof while GRIMEY pulls the lever. A shock wave goes out- and suddenly we can hear the sounds of EVERY AUTOBOT in TOWN.
When he is outside, he hears an INHUMAN NOISE. It doesn’t sound like an animal either. He peers into a bush to investigate but while he does so SOUNDWAVE disappears. He heads back inside to hear his RADIO making strange sounds. It’s a broadcast listing out numbers. At first, he thinks his parents are home, but soon grows more worried when they are not. SOUNDWAVE is inside too, and the strange sounds grow more intense. He grabs a golf club and hits at one of these skittering sounds only to find he has smashed a MOVING TOY. Freaked out, he calls his COUSIN PATCH to come help him and to take him somewhere SAFE. PATCH arrives with his VAN and GOLF CLUBS but doesn’t understand what TOMMY is trying to tell him. TOMMY insists he is drug free and that they should head to the RECORD STORE because it is somewhere safe, and TOMMY has a KEY. Elsewhere, GLORIA gets dropped off at her own single story home. She has the MYSTERIOUS NAIL GUN wrapped up in her jacket. She insists on getting dropped off far from her front door so as to not disturb her HYPER RELIGIOUS MOTHER (who sleeps early and is probably watching her programmes at the moment). Vindicated that she has uncovered a conspiracy, GLORIA tries to investigate the GUN further in her room. It seems most identifying information has been filed off though, so she has no luck. Instead, she decides to PACK an ADVENTURE BAG as she very much feels she is about to be on an ADVENTURE (however metaphorical). Meanwhile, GRIMEY gets home. Eats his squirrel dinner- fresh from the rotisserie) and places BUMBLEBEE on his DESK. BUMBLEBEE, very much alive, gets his attention and starts pantomiming to the TV. GRIMEY takes this in stride and tries to understand what BUMBLEBEE wants. Eventually, BUMBLEBEE is able to say that GRIMEY is in danger and that he needs to FIND OPTIMUS. At that moment, CASSIUS’ call connects. GRIMEY, never one to not answer a phone, picks up. He hears the southern boy ask to see if BUMBLEBEE is sentient. GRIMEY says yes. CASSIUS invites GRIMEY over, giving him his address. Seemingly a little sad to do so. As he does this, he has to DROP the PHONE because MEGATRON escapes his bucket jail and makes a break for it. Luckily, the whole area is meant to contain animals, so CASSIUS has a good chance to grab and yank MEGATRON back. He tries to find a cat carrier or something but can’t. In that harried moment MEGATRON makes an evil noise. He goes limp and his eyes turn a BRIGHT RED. CASSIUS knows it is dangerous. OPTIMUS, freed from his bucket, says DANGER IS COMING and they need to find BUMBLEBEE. CASSIUS starts to hear noise in the distance. He panics knowing he needs help. In a split decision he calls GLORIA. GRIMEY, who had heard the CASSIUS’ phone drop and some violent commotion is on his way as quick as he can. At GLORIA’s house, she hears the phone ring and panics. She really does not want to disturb her MOTHER. Her MOTHER picks up asking who is on the line. Thinking quickly, CASSIUS says he is from GLORIA’S YOUTH GROUP, and he is having a CRISIS of FAITH and needs her SPIRITUAL help. The MOTHER is charmed and hands the phone over, very proud that her little girl is taking initiative in the church. The very goth GLORIA is confused how CASSIUS got her number and how he possibly charmed her mom, but he is quite panicked and unable to explain. Instead, he says that all the DECEPTICONS from the store are coming and that she NEEDS to call TOMMY for back up and get the NAIL GUN THAT SHOOTS LASERS to come and help them. He decries the fact she doesn’t know the address and quickly rattles it off. He tries to quickly find a makeshift weapon that might have an AREA OF EFFECT but isn’t successful so instead he pulls out his TRUSTY CROWBAR. GLORIA, still confused, is forced to wait for her mom to doze off completely before she can silently make her escape. She grabs her PACK, but CASSIUS’ address is quite far. On her way down the main road, she passes the RECORD SHOP and sees a STRANGE CAR (PATCH’S). Not recognizing it and feeling suspicious, she goes to investigate. Not having a key, but knowing people are inside, she does her SECRET CLUB KNOCK. A very relieved TOMMY answers the door. Meanwhile, GRIMEY and BUMBLEBEE arrive at CASSIUS’ house. They see the SWARM of DECEPTICONS, and it is quite something to behold. GRIMEY tries to sneak in but fails. The toys spot him and start coming for him. In a burst of energy, he tries to make for a window but is unable to climb in, instead he is forced to use his KNIFE to defend himself and call to CASSIUS. CASSIUS wants to call TOMMY too knowing that GLORIA was reluctant but hears GRIMEY in trouble. He drops the phone once more and uses his CROWBAR to clear a path. Panicked but knowing GLORIA was their best chance at escape, he directs the other boy to run to the edge of the property towards the road. CASSIUS does the math in his head as they abscond and knows it will probably be a while before GLORIA can show up so they all run farther forwards in the hopes they can meet halfway. And halfway they meet indeed! Right at the RECORD STORE. GLORIA, busy reuniting with TOMMY, hears a bit of commotion outside. Deducing the noise might be directed at her, she uses her JACKET to try to flag the running strangers down. CASSIUS, because he is descending from a hill, sees the VAN in the back and tries to get GLORIA to start it. Not wanting to do that, GLORIA opens the door instead and ushers them in. It is quickly apparent they are being followed by tiny machines intent on their demise. GLORIA slams and locks the door, but it only buys them so much time as the machines are building themselves up- presumably to access the door handle and break the lock. PATCH, seeing that TOMMY’s story is true, starts to freak out. The kids, trying to make sense of everything, see that CASSIUS is still clutching MEGATRON who is still glowing RED. They prompt him to get rid of it but CASSIUS is reluctant. While CASSIUS is deep in thought, the rest of the kids see a FLASH and they HIT the GROUND. The same laser beams they saw shoot from their gun is now being directed at them from afar. The WINDOW, some RECORDS, and another TRASHCAN are all turned to ash. CASSIUS is eventually pulled down to safety. Knowing they don’t stand much of a chance against that, CASSIUS asks if PATCH can drive them out, but PATCH is in no condition to do anything. He directs TOMMY and GRIMEY to usher PATCH into the car while he grabs his keys and starts it himself. TOMMY AND GRIMEY do so, while GLORIA grabs her own RAY/NAIL GUN and sprays out cover fire. She is new to shooting but it seems effective against the swarming toys. It turns out CASSIUS is good at driving, he reassures the others by saying it isn’t his first rodeo. TOMMY is a little too high energy when he tries to reassure his cousin in the backseat, and it causes PATCH to FAINT. GRIMEY, who was planning to punch PATCH out to get him to stop making so much noise, is relieved. The toys are no match for a fast-moving car, so the kids are able to ESCAPE. Safe but left wondering if the BLACK SUITS are indeed involved, and if they got the laser tech from the toys or vice versa. The gang decides to head to BILLIE’S house knowing she also had a toy and might need them. BILLIE is already outside waiting for them and ushers them inside. CASSIUS is at first reluctant because he wants to see if he can take a look at MEGATRON, but OPTIMUS PRIME really wants him to hear what is going on in the group- it also seems that he can’t talk when they are all far apart. Neither can MEGATRON which CASSIUS finds interesting. GRIMEY helps make a bind for MEGATRON out of a shredded seatbelt and then they all finally head inside. Inside, BILLIE’S room is a mess. It turns out she had been trying to figure out what her toy was trying to mime at her for the last hour- until she got that he wanted to build this monstrosity of tech. JAZZ, excited to see his friends, explains that he has used BILLIE’s TV and all the wires in her room to make some kind of COMMUNICATION ANTENNA. They just need juice to power it up. CASSIUS asks if they are indeed aliens, and they explain they are the AUTOBOTS and they want to stop the DECEPTICONS from RESURRECTING UNICRON and destroying EARTH (just like in the show). They see the southern boy is still holding the bound MEGATRON, and everyone wants CASSIUS to either destroy the toy or get rid of him. OPTIMUS even says it is not safe. CASSIUS is still extremely reluctant to do so and REFUSES. He reasons that this MEGATRON seems special; it is their only leverage. Theorizing that if his TRACKER is out then he is pretty harmless, OPTIMUS reluctantly agrees. GLORIA grows very suspicious at that, not liking that the boy is seemingly allying himself with something evil so readily. She also does not think his answer of giving MEGATRON a CHANCE is a good enough one and even says so. OPTIMUS says there are TOOLS that might make such a CHIP REMOVAL possible, but he doesn’t know where to find them. The kids know URSULA KERR (the toy designer) is in town, so they resolve to head there to ask for her guidance. They also want to hide at the APPLEYARD HOTEL as it seems far enough away in the desert that their toys could not reach them. (Plus it might hold additional answers). CASSIUS then gets GLORIA to help him neutralize MEGATRON, so he is safe in the meantime. GLORIA lends CASSIUS her SEWING KIT from her JACKET and he attempts to tinker. It looks hopeless at first but there is a strange PRIDE in CASSIUS, and he seems to get the job done- zapping MEGATRON into a temporary sleep state. CASSIUS then tucks the inert toy into his front pocket. JAZZ gets the help of TOMMY and the other kids to try to find a power source for the antenna. We toss around a few suggestions, but JAZZ seems to think the HOUSE is strong enough. BILLIE and the others work together to jerry-rig together a bunch of wires until TOMMY is left holding up the half TV/ Half COMMUNICATION ANTENNA on the roof while GRIMEY pulls the lever. A shock wave goes out- and suddenly we can hear the sounds of EVERY AUTOBOT in TOWN.
Report Date
21 Dec 2022
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