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[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

Accepted!

[Kia_Bee]

I'll take over Megatron until someone joins and decides to play him if that's alright with you

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

Yeah, that’s fine.

[the machine]

heyo. i'm joining. the forms are taking longer than expected. will post them once they are complete

edit: here's my oc's form. will add in mirage on a separate one

name: Jolt Drive
faction: Neutral
gender: Femme
nicknames: Jolt, JD, Wylde Kat (her 'code name' she uses if she doesn't trust someone)
alt. mode: 1988 Chevrolet corvette
name came from: first of all, she's a grounder. (drive) secondly, she always seems to make others 'jolt' in a good way or bad way. she seems to surprise others.
family: Mirage (cousin)

appearance:
Her g1 version
(this is from my deviant art. yes, i drew her. may be redesigned later though)

abilities:
- voice alteration. she can alter the volume of her voice if she shouts or screams. she can't alter pitch so she can't cause much hearing damage. she only uses this in emergencies so others can listen to her.

inventory:
- small blaster despite it's size, it's heavy for her, she needs to hold it with two servos
- battle mask which resembles a gas mask. useful when in hiding
- visor. can calculate things for her, read facial expressions or tone of voice, provide information about something or tell her how to best greet someone
- specialized data pad, which helps
- emergency sound grenades. when detonated lets out a loud whining noise, which can let her escape
- audio sensor plugs, for when she needs to alter her voice or needs to go past a noisy area
- smoke flares. to either let other know where she is or create a distraction to escape

personality:
everyone who interacts with jolt drive automatically notices how quirky she is. they describe her as strange. she's got a bad habit of just blurting out tons of information on how something works. her social skills aren't great either. sometimes she is loud when she greets someone or is a mumbling mess. she's also sound sensitive. car engines and revs are tolerable to her but very loud chatter, sirens, jet engines and alarms can make her cower and cry. it will take a while for her to calm down if she's overwhelmed by sound. she's also incredibly terrible on picking up sarcasm in some's voice or actions. she has problems recognizing if something is a joke. these are the reasons she's got the visor, although sometimes it doesn't work. she's incredibly naive being young and a neutral but is working on figuring out who to trust. she is also very emotional. her emotions can get out of control. she has a habit of fidgeting too, she can't sit still. she needs to move. this can include tapping on things. she also 'flaps' her arms when exctited and jumps up and down, which others find very strange. she also will sometimes repeat words so she can undetsnad what was aid better. despite all that, once she's out of her shell, she's bubbly and a chatter box. she wants to talk and savors every conversation. she's always with Mirage, her cousin. she's intelligent and clever. she loves solving puzzles and is interested in earth technology and pop culture. she can recognize physical patterns extremely well and can identify colour. she's someone who always has some sort of stimulation to help her feel calm, whether it's jumping a bit or tapping something. she's creative and is starting to learn how to draw. if you get to know her and gain her trust, she's an incredible ally and a strong friend.

backstory:
she once was a musician on cybertron. making cybertronian music for all to hear. however, over time, the war started and her concerts became messy. either everyone fought in the stands or didn't show up. eventually when energon ran low on the planet she had to do something. she formed an alliance with others in the entertainment industry for safety. the councils of cybertron were furious, believing she had conspired against them. despite her consonant pleading of innocence, saying that she only made the alliance to protect neutrals like her, with 'no use' in the war as everyone told them, the councils destroyed the entertainment industry of cybertron and threatened her with empureta if she ever did something like this again or go against their orders. enraged and upset, Jolt Drive upgraded her voice to alter it's volume at her will, so she could be listened to at last. the only bot not busy with the war who wanted to help her was her cousin, Mirage. he was the only on who could calm her down after her family and friends fled the planet from the war. she was left behind because she was getting the upgrade. they left before her and the 2 factions. Mirage allowed Jolt Drive to sneak onto the Arc and go with him to earth. Mirage however did not know where she was when it crashed. he was about to go find her when it happened. even after the autobots had reawaken from stasis, as soon as she woke up, she was still hidden and kept hidden. when she was repaired, she snuck around, looking for mirage. when mirage finally found her, he introduced her to Optimus Prime, who allowed her to continue staying on the arc as her shelter. but she still feels uneasy if she needs to get away from the arc and be in decepticon territory.

miscellaneous:
- her design was inspired by 80's pop star trends and cartoons, like 'Jem and the Holograms.'
- her optics don't match mirage's because she got a recessive gene.

(because this post was already long enough, i didn't want to include an entire backstory for JD. just how she got involved)

[the machine]

name: Mirage
faction: Autobot
gender: Mech
nicknames: Cheater (given by Jolt Drive), Cousin (also give by Jolt Drive)
alt. mode: 80's formula 1 car
family: Jolt Drive (cousin)

inventory:
- blaster. a basic blaster but with a scope.

abilities
-cloaking. Mirage can cloak himself or turn invisible. he sometimes abuses his abilities to cheat at games of hide and seek with his cousin

appearance:
http://robotsupremacy.wikia.com/wiki/Mirage_(G1)
picture on web page

personality:
mirage is easily described by his fellow autobots as clever but a prankster. he often abuses his cloaking abilities to play jokes on others. however, he knows when to draw a line. he thinks highly of himself, being from a higher class before the war. this has lead to conflict between him and his comrades. he enjoys finer things like expensive high grade and large estates. he finds 'commoner things' confusing and can be groused out by them at times. he has bee known to be judgmental about the violent ways of both sides. he has been called out a few times for being a decetiption-sympathizer. however, he does use his abilities for good and wants everyone to just get along. his 'sidekick' as everyone calls her, is his cousin, Jolt Drive. he will loose his temper if she is harmed

backstory:
mirage was once what humans call 'upper class snob' before the war. he was highest of the high, coming from a rich background. unless it was expensive, it wasn't perfect to him. he often would hang out with his musician cousin Jolt Drive and would spoil her a lot. when the war came around, he found himself joining the autobots. throughout the war, his cloaking ability served useful in defeating decepticons. however, he began to wonder if a war was even necessary, finding himself wanting both sides to just get along and shunning the violent ways of either side. despite this, he continued fighting for the autobots. upon hearing of his cousin's upgrade and her career destroyed, he offered her shelter in the arc when the autobots began fleeing for earth. he made sure she kept hidden up until the autobots crashed on earth. he awoke from stasis with the alt. mode of a formula 1 race car. battle after battle, he finally found his cousin. he introduced her to optimus prime, who agreed to let her stay. he often sticks close to her now, making a good tag team

(i kinda added my oc in as she is his cousin if that's okay. i also made it shorter because jolt drives was way too long)

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

Accepted!

[the machine]

awesome. can you tell me what's happened in the roleplay so far, so i know how to come into it if that's okay?

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

Jazz, Tink, and Spitfire got into a fight with Starscrean and Deathclaw. Jazz was injured, but saved by a former Decepticon named Nightshade. Nightshade has been taken to the Ark and plans on officially joining the Autobots. Megatron has caught on to the former Decepticon’s interference.

———

Jazz, Ironhide, and Nightshade are in the medical day. Nightshade had to be sedated after a serious incident with her PTSD, and the mechs are waiting for her to wake up.

Megatron is talking with Deathclaw and Starscream. They are trying to figure out who interfered with their against the Autobots.

Tink, Spitfire, and Cliffjumper are open.

[the machine]

okay cool. got it.

[the machine]

i don't mean to double post but i edited a bit of Jolt's form because i forgot something. also i need to mention i won't reply on time because i live in Australia so time zones make things kinda hard to keep up.