YURI SHIPPING OLYMPICS 2024 - BONUS ROUND 4

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for this bonus round, the theme is historical fiction! prompts inspired by specific moments in (real or fictional) history.

this round will end on july 15th

Fills can be in any format, and you can fill your teammates prompts, but you cannot fill your own prompt.

You can post as many fills and as many prompts as you want!

for your prompt post title, please use the following format:

PROMPT: TEAM [TEAM NAME]

for your fill post title, please use the following format:

FILL: TEAM [TEAM NAME]

POINTS - BONUS ROUNDS
For prompts: 10 points each (maximum of 150 prompt points per team per round)
For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 100 points each
Fills 5-10: 50 points each
Fills 11-20: 40 points each
Fills 21-50: 30 points each
Fills 51+: 25 points each

Comments

FILL: TEAM TRANSFORMERS

[wildpiercy]

Word count: 575
Pairing: Firestar/Moonracer
Continuity: Sunbow G1 (So everyone's a moron)
An assignment on Earth ought to have felt exciting. It honestly still was after four million-some years spent in hiding on Cybertron. But even parked between throngs of partiers in the middle of the Earthen Double New York the duo couldn’t shake the underlying current of anxiety.
It was the start of a new millennium for the human race! And the excitement was tangible. Why wouldn’t it be after the little primates that could had leapt and bound forwards technologically just through the past century, and with the Autobot’s alliance formalized they were on the cusp of scientific exchange to spring both forward even further.
But the technology was the problem in itself, the background noise for months had been about the “Y2K Problem” and no matter where you stood on the issue… It was hard not to let it under your plating.
At least a little bit.
Moonracer sure couldn’t think of anything else at least, the only thing in the skies above her were fireworks and she was starting to think that the Decepticons weren’t going to try to steal the Goodyear Blimp at all. After all it was nearly midnight, and the only Cybertronian she could spot was Firestar in the next parking spot beside her.
She flicked her windshield wipers in mock nonchalance and asked, “so uh, you see what they’ve been saying on TV?”
Firestar sounded distracted when she replied, “I’ll sit through ‘As the Kitchen Sinks’ if it’s on but I don’t watch much.” A long pause, “why?”
“Oh just, I was wondering if you heard about the Y2K thing?” Moonracer explained, “like that all the computers are going to break as soon as it turns midnight?”
“Oh, that. Yeah, let’s hope not. It’s going to be a nightmare driving out of here if the streetlights break.”
“All kinds of things could break!”
“Yep. Uh… All sorts. Any idea how it actually works?”
Moonracer’s engine stuttered, “well, I’m not really sure. They were mostly talking about how everything could brick at midnight, but the broadcasts didn’t go into how exactly, just that it had to do with the clocks.”
“But it’s Earth technology?”
“I… Think so? We’ve been sharing a lot more, so it’s harder to tell.”
The red muscle car rolled back a couple inches, “But there’s no way it could…”
And the powder blue sports car next to her matched the movement as they toyed with the idea of leaving the parking spots, “of course not. How could it?”
Getting out of town as if they had the time, “there’s no way it could. The software’s nothing alike.”
Because the countdown had already started.
“Should we be on the planet for this?”
“There’s no reason we shouldn’t be… I think.”
And with fully self aware irrationality an arm shifted out of each alt mode to hold hands while the display in Times Square ticked closer to zero.
As it struck there was a deafening roar from the surrounding crowd, the fireworks struck a crescendo, and two perfectly functional Autobots awkwardly pretended they hadn’t been worried.
Moonracer giggled, “see? I told you nothing would happen.”
Firestar shot back, “you brought it up in the first place.”
The stress bled out of the evening and they enjoyed the people watching, until both noticed the conspicuous shadow scaling the side of the Empire State Building.
“Is that Rumble with a grappling hook?” Moonracer asked.
“It could be Frenzy, let’s roll.”

Re: FILL: TEAM TRANSFORMERS

[agentblurr]

Okay but the way this could totally be the start of a comic!!! This was so cute and absolutely had me giggling throughout!!!