Autobot Jazz Application

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

The large silvery robot tumbled through the black to land flat on his back in the park's entrance. He lay there for a moment, stunned, and then flipped to his feet and dropped into a defensive position, shield out and open and looking warily for the Decepticons he'd been fighting just seconds (minutes, hours, days?) before. He relaxed marginally when no enemy fire rained down upon him, straightening up enough to actually look around.



Mickey coughs theatrically. "'What is your name?'"

Jazz blinked at the giant cartoon-style mouse, glad the visor hid just how big his optics had gotten. "Ah, my designation is Jazz."

"What is your quest?" asks the Cat. It's perched, suddenly, on the roof of one of the gate-stiles.

Jazz crossed his arms over his chest after subspacing the shield and letting his hand re-emerge from where his machine gun had been moments before. "We Autobots are on Earth to locate the Allspark before the Decepticons can, and destroy it if we need to. Which is why I need to get back to the fight." Somehow, a talking cat was easier to handle than a large mouse he vaguely recognized as an icon of American Entertainment.

"'What is the average w..?'" Mickey frowns down at the notebook. "You know, I don't really see why that's important." He flips a page. "'If you could be granted three wishes, what would they be?'"

"Wait, I think I recognize those quotes from a Monty Python movie..." The 'bot stared at the mouse in consternation. "What is this thing with the questions? You're horrible at interrogations. Wishes aren't real. But... if I could grant three, I suppose they'd be: Get Elita and Optimus back together. End the War with the Decepticons. And... restore Cybertron to the way it was before the war."

Mickey looks rather nonplused at the next, but reads, "'When the revolution comes, what skills will you be able to barter for food?'"

Revolution? What revolution. Jazz eyed his surroundings - they looked harmless enough, but as all Cybertronians knew, there was more to most situations than meets the eyes. "I have several skills, and I'm rather certain that you don't need to know them. Primus, I can only imagine how 'Hide would react to your pathetic attemps at interrogation."

The Cat rolls its eyes in a friendly (and rather disconcertingly out-of-sync) way, and asks, "Milk, dark, or white chocolate?"

Jazz looked at the cat. "I don't eat terran food."

"'Choose the two coolest: robots, pirates, fairies, bears, ninjas, monkeys, vampires, or humans,'" says Mickey, giggling a bit as he goes through the list. "'Explain.'"

"Well that's an easy one. Robots - though we prefer to be called mechs. And humans, because no other culture I've come across in all the human millenia that we've been traveling have I seen so much amazing diversity. Humans are so very amazing..."

"Great!" Mickey flips through the blank pages of the notebook at top, cartoon-y speed. "Well, I think that's just about it! Oh, and I'm supposed to ask, 'for your safety: are you carrying anything sharp?'"

Jazz shook his head slowly. "Nah. Bullets sure, and I guess some of my armor could be sharp, but I'm not the arsenal that Ironhide is."

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[superherogifted.livejournal.com]

There had been many pretty cool arrivals recently, but this was definitely, in Virgil's opinion, one of the coolest. He flew out to meet Jazz right away, grinning.

"Oh man, so awesome! Hi, I'm Static!"

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz watched the new human fly in, feeling magnetics along his wires. This child would merit some studying.

"Hiya Static, 's'up? Gotta tell me how you do that."

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

A goddess can't sulk beautifully in her pavilion forever. Aphrodite supposed that as long as she was here, she might as well participate in the silly little custom of meeting-and-greeting.

She probably could have picked a better subject for her first shot at it, but you had to start somewhere. Naturally, she had to make an Entrance, and she did so: manifesting from a sweetly-scented cloud of rose petals.

"Hello there," she said, looking Jazz up and down with some perplexity.

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz waved a hand in front of his face, cycling his exhaust system in an attempt to clear the cloying cloud of chemicals from his intakes. The petals were easier to deal with; forcing air through his vents blew them away.

"Yo. What's with the uncloaking and chemical cloud? Tryin' to poison a mech?"

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

"I—what? I was just manifesting the way I usually do." She pouted a little. "You don't know who I am, do you?" People these days. Well, sentient beings in general. They really had no idea, no respect for traditions, nothing.

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz tilted his head to the side. "Lady, I'm not what you'd call 'from around here.' Ale-ee-en." He drew the word out, just to make sure she understood. Made him miss Sam, and he'd only met the kid once.

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

Lady?! "Aphrodite, if you please," she said frostily. "And perhaps you could tell me a little about who you are and where you're from." So that I know how much slack to give you before smiting you.

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz straightened to his full height and crossed his arms over his chest in his best immitation of Ratchet's I'm going to lecture now pose. "I am an autonomous robotic organism from the planet Cybertron - Autobot for short. My designation is Jazz and I am the sabatuer and head of special operations for the unit which followed Optimus Prime to earth in search of the Allspark and Megatron."

He dropped back into his usual more laid-back stance, and put a hand on his hip joint. "Any other questions, Aphrodite?" I now understand the comment 'what crawled up her ass and died?'

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

She didn't understand much of it, but the salient bits—robot, not from Earth, on a mission—sank in, and she smiled pleasantly. "I see," she said. "Well, Jazz, welcome to Disneyland."

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz rubbed at the back of his neck, and looked around again. "I'm in Disneyland? You mean the amusement park? This isn't good..."

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

"Well." She frowned a little. "It's sort of like the amusement park, except it's not anywhere on earth. It's sort of ... nowhere. See? Look out there." She pointed at the grey void outside the gates.

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

It was easy to understand Jazz's expression as a frown, and the silver mech turned to glare at the hazy darkness just past the gates. "What happens if you try to leave?"

[creepyboy.livejournal.com]

Tim wondered what Kon would make of this guy. He hoped he wasn't a rampaging robot. "Hello."

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

"Well, people get sick, so they tell me," she said. "Not sure what would happen to you."

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. I may need to try leaving, then."

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz looked down at Tim and waved a hand. "Howdy. Are you a normal human?"

[mickey-mous.livejournal.com]

"Okay, Jazz. You ready to find out which of our excitin' lands you'll be livin' in?"

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Jazz rubbed at the back of his helm when the mouse spoke up again, and then shrugged. "Sure."

[mickey-mous.livejournal.com]

"You'd fit right in with the Tomorrowland gang!"

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

"A'ight. So... Thanks."

[mickey-mous.livejournal.com]

"Keen! I'll put you in Tomorrowland. Your mail will go to Jazz (http://community.livejournal.com/dizzy_land/tag/jazz). Welcome to the Happiest Place on Earth!"

((And if you'll put your contact info here (http://community.livejournal.com/dizzy_backstage/1307.html), you'll be all set to go in and play. :D))