First Clue - Audio/Text

[whistlesatengineers]

[ The first sound out of the comm was a suspicious thump thump thump. Someone’s testing to see if it’s on, maybe? After that, someone whistles what sounds like the acknowledging warble a computer might make. After that is a long, tense pause, followed by a grunt. The audio flicks off, but typing starts after a few more moments. ]

Gunney? Dare?

[ Another long pause before the typing continues. ]

This isn’t New Mombasa. This probably isn’t even Earth, is it? Where am I?

[ More importantly, where are his guns?!]

Comments

[heavyweaponsbot]

All you humans name things strangely.

Most here share those sentiments.

[whistlesatengineers]

At least I'm not alone in that.

[ More people calling him 'human'. Cripes. ]

Please tell me you're not Covenant.

[heavyweaponsbot]

[There's only a grunted affirmative in answer to the first statement. And then he pauses.]

... I have never heard any Covenant. I am Autobot.

[whistlesatengineers]

[ There's a relieved sigh over his comm before he starts typing again. ]

I've never heard of an Autobot before.

[heavyweaponsbot]

No human here has. Except one from our world.

[whistlesatengineers]

I'm guessing from your tone that you don't mean 'world' in the conventional sense.

[heavyweaponsbot]

... Not any longer. Too many differences. In... beings, memories...

[whistlesatengineers]

Memories?

[heavyweaponsbot]

... yeah. Same world... same day... we all remember different things happening before we were taken.

[whistlesatengineers]

Weird. Does that happen often?

[heavyweaponsbot]

[There's a metallic creak - a shrug.]

Not certain. Probably.

[whistlesatengineers]

[ He grunts quietly. This entire thing is just way too odd for him. ]

I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Why not?

[whistlesatengineers]

If they show up here - I'm guessing that's how this works - from after you left, at least you've got a little news from back home? You're not just left dangling and worrying about your friends.