2470/Autobot's Secret

Autobot's Secret
Date of Scene:	16 June 2015
Location:	Urbania
Synopsis:	Feminism, Shopping, and Cultural Misunderstandings in Terlawk Mall!
Cast of Characters:	Blurr, 796

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Blurr has posed:
    The Terlawk Mall is one of the biggest malls in the Multiverse. Today it is teeming with people from all over the place as per usual, though most of them are probably organic types. What appears to be a blond teen-aged boy is standing in front of a Victoria's Secret store, ogling a large ad with a scantily-clad woman on it. The word 'BOMBSHELL' is written boldly across the top of the image.

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    This particular mall was probably not the best choice for Sarah to visit, she's still not used to large groups of people, but as long as the crowds aren't pressed up against her, and she doesn't have to address them as a group, She's okay.
    Victoria's Secret was a store she was definitely intending to avoid. She was giving it a wide berth just from that, to her eyes, hideous ad. But something about the kid staring at it bothers her even more.
    "There are no real women who actually look like that!" She chides the boy as she comes up behind him. "You know that model didn't look half that good before they fixed her up inside a computer right!? I don't get the points of ads like this. Or a store like this for that matter! They want us to try to squeeze into impossibly tiny lingerie or something?"

Blurr has posed:
    The boy startles and turns around quickly when Sarah randomly comes up behind him. Little does she knows, this kid is actually Blurr, the Autobot she met in Paragon City not long ago. Well it is more of a projection of himself. He stares at her as she rants, not entirely certain of how to resond to her. "Uh--well--uh..." he stammers. "Oh, they put her inside of a computer? I thought it some kind of joke, I dunno."

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
"Yeah it's a joke alright, just not a very funny one." Sarah sighs, "Look kid, Just don't go trying to find a girlfriend who looks like that because she probably doesn't exist. And don't go trying to tell a girl that she *should* look like that because you're just gonna crush her self esteem!" She says matter-of-factly. She throws her arms up in the air and opens her mouth to speak again, but seems to have nothing left to rant about. "Hey, I'm sorry for bugging you out of the blue like that." She says finally, starting to blush just a bit "I'll just.. be on my way."

Blurr has posed:
    "Oh." The kid actually doesn't look annoyed at all, just rather...bewildered? His eyes are wide and blue as if all this is completely new to him. "Well I don't think it was the kind of joke I was thinking of." he shrugs, then turns and examines the image once more.

    "But girls -do- look like that, don't they?" Girls as in young human females. Basically, right? Some of them have differently colored hair and eyes but they're essentially like that, right? "I mean you kind of look like that. Except you have lighter hair, that's all." Did he just say she looked like a model?

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    Sarah stares wide eyed at the kid for a moment, then blinks several times. "Ya bu.. uhm." She sputters. "I.. I still don't look *that* good." She says defensively. I am not a Hypocrite dammit! "I might have a slight genetic advantage but I have to work to keep in shape!" She exasperates. "But uhm.. Hey, would you maybe like to get some ice cream with me?" She asks carefully, glancing down at the floor. This would be so much simpler if she knew she was talking to a Cybertonian.

Blurr has posed:
    "Well sure you do!" Blurr insists, the avatar smiling. "Maybe she works to keep in shape, too." he says, pointing at the picture. Then the offer of ice cream. Ice cream...that sounds sooo familiar. Oh, yes, that creamy sugary stuff that Toph likes, right? "I'll come with you, but I can't eat that stuff."

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    Sarah rolls her eyes, "Maybe she does.. but I'm still certain that picture is 80 percent fake!" She insists, Then looks at her new friend worriedly, "You don't like ice cream?" Who doesn't like ice cream!? "Or you're lactose intolerant? It doesn't have to be ice cream. What would you like?" She asks with a smile, "I'm Sarah by the way."

Blurr has posed:
    Blurr glances back at the picture. "It looks pretty real to me." Not that he spends a lot of time examining humans. Then he shrugs. "I didn't say I didn't like it, but I can't eat it so I wouldn't know if I do or not. Well I could, but it wouldn't be good for me." he arches a brow at her. "What's 'lactose intolerant'?"

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
     "'Real' is subjective." Sarah replies to the odd comment in an odd tone. It's finally starting to dawn on her that this kid may not be entirely human. This is the Multiverse after all. Should she say something? It would probably be rude to call him on it. "Lactose intolerant means you have trouble digesting milk and dairy products." She explains. She looks him over for anything out of sorts, are his eyes normal? Is there something off about his skin tone? "If you can't eat ice cream then what can you eat?" She asks as nonchalantly as she can. The answer will hopefully provide some insight.

Blurr has posed:
    "I guess." The avatar shrugs. There isn't really anything 'off' about him, except that upon closer inspection he actually looks almost -too- perfect. Ironically enough, this comes to light only just after they had been discussing the topic of how unrealistic models in photos are, and he'd just got done saying how he actually thinks the image looks perfectly normal. Perhaps then, it doesn't come as a surprise that he himself appears as flawless as that girl in the Victoria Secret ad.

    When she explains when lactose intolerant means, he nods quickly. "Oh, yeah. I think that is what I have." He ignores her last question, and instead starts walking inside of the store. Yes, Victoria's Secret. It is very pink in there.

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
     Uh huh. Now Sarah's sure this kid isn't human. if his reactions weren't enough, the fact that he just sauntered into Victoria's Secret like it was normal is another nail in the coffin. Most guys avoid the place like the plague unless their shopping for their girlfriends. The place even creeps her out a little. There's way too much pink in there. She follows him inside, making sure that he's leading the way. She's going to play along until he embarrasses himself. "So what are we shopping for?" She asks with a huge grin on her face.

Blurr has posed:
    Yeah, he gets some funny looks, that's for certain. Since Victoria's Secret is an Earth-based business, most of its patrons are human. So yeah, several of them are staring. A group of girls who look about the same age as he does point furtively then turn to each other and giggle behind their hands. Several employees also mutter amongst themselves, then snicker a bit.

    The avatar walks over to the nearest rack, which happens by no surprise to be full of lingerie. A sign over it reads: "HOT NEW STYLES FOR ANY OCCASION!"

    "Oh, I am shopping, for, uh," he glances at the sign. "something that will suit a wide variety of...occasions." He then picks up a particular frilly piece that must have been Valentine's Day-themed or something because it has heart patterns on it, and proceeds to peer into it as if searching for something.

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    Sarah can't help but join in the giggles a bit though she tries to keep a straight face as much as possible. "Ahh.. I see." She smirks as eyes his choice of lingerie. "Well, you're going to need something to go with that don't you think?" She steers him in the direction of the Bath and Body section and picks out a bottle. 'Sensual Blush Fragrance Mist' "I recommend this." She says as seriously as she can manage as she hands it to him, "You can try some on at the perfume counter if you want to?"

Blurr has posed:
    Blurr doesn't appear to notice the other girls' giggling but when Sarah laughs a little he quirks a brow at her. "What's so funny?" he asks, genuinely not knowing. He rolls up the heart lingerie, appearing satisfied with his search. "Oh? It needs something to go with it? I guess not everything can be standalone." The avatar takes the bottle she hands him, and examines the label and container, determining that it contains an aerosolizer. 'Sensual Blush Frangrance', hm? Well of course frangrance is very sensual, it is something you sense by smell. "Perfume counter? Does it need to be counted?" He tries to put the perfume on the lingerie.

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    Sarah looks at Blurr for a long moment, her face getting redder until she finally bursts out laughing, "I can't do this anymore!" She burbles, sounding a little relieved, "I'm just.. I'm not that mean!" She takes a few deep breaths until she can stop laughing and then takes the panties and the body spray back from him. "Wait here just a moment.. We need to talk somewhere private."

    She puts the lingerie back on the rack, and brings the bottle up to the counter, "This stuff is actually kinda nice. I'll take it." She says to the girl there in hushed tones. She gets an odd look as the Cashier looks back and forth between Sarah and Blurr's Avatar, but finally rings her up and hands her the purchase in one of those glaringly pink bags.

Sarah then darts back to Blurr, takes his hand, and leads him out of the store and to a deserted corner of the Food Court where they can talk without being overheard, "Okay." She says with a sharp exhale, "It's *painfully* obvious that your not human. I'm going to guess that you're an AI of some kind? It's alright, I'm not going to tell anyone else."

Blurr has posed:
    Blurr watches her face flush, the avatar's eyes getting rounder as her face gets redder. "Are you okay?" he asks incredulously. But then she just bursts out laughing. Suddenly he's terribly embarrassed. Oh good Primus, he really blew that. And he'd thought he'd had the act down pat.

    Then he is being pulled out of the store and into a cafeteria of sorts. He glances around them quickly before replying. "Right. A bit more advanced than what you're probably used to, but essentially yeah." he makes a face. "Do humans always turn red when they laugh? I hadn't noticed before."

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    "I'm fairly recently unified, but I've met a few different androids from different worlds, it's getting harder to surprise me." Sarah replies, "Depends on the person, but not always, usually when we're trying to hold the laughter in. That was a women's store We were in, and I'm pretty sure you know that body of yours is a human male's, right?" She pauses a moment and starts to blush, "When you said I looked like that girl in the ad. You were trying to say I conformed to the norms of a human female. Am I right? I thought you were flirting with me." She turns a little redder.

Blurr has posed:
    "Oh..." Blurr is even more embarrassed, now. "Well, I could have been fetching something for someone else, right?" He groans, facepalming. "Ughh, okay. Thatwasbadlet'sjustforgethathappenedokay? I haven't exactly spent as much time mingling with humans as some of the others have."

    Regarding the comment about the girl in the advertisement, he just looked baffled. "Well, yeah, what else could that have meant? Flirting? Uhm, well...er, sorry?"

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
    Sarah lets out a chuckle, "Maybe, but you were going about it in the wrong way.. Nevermind, it's forgotten!" She watches the look on Blurr's face and furrows her brow, "How do I explain this? That picture is meant to represent a standard of beauty among women.. one so perfect that it's almost impossible to attain. Does that make sense?" She asks hopefully. "I still haven't gotten your name by the way, I think you owe me that by now." She smirks.

Blurr has posed:
    Does he get it? Not really. It's been a long time since Cybertron last had luxuries like those steeped in a culture of its own. While Blurr may still remember what the times before the war were like moreso than some others, he remembers less and less of it as time goes on. Besides, Cybertronians can be a bit more...flexible with their appearances than humans can. Still, he nods anyway. "Kinda, yeah."

    He smirks right back at her. "Actually I think you already know it, Sarah. We met in Paragon City a while back."

Sarah Rogers (796) has posed:
     Sarah folders her arms and leans back in her chair, thinking about the Cybertonian's clue. "Paragon City.. We had an Autobot there. But he was so big he couldn't fit into the cave.. was that you? Did you like download into a different body so you could play Mall Rat?" She grins a bit, "And if you're Blurr, why the heck didn't you just say so when we met!?"

Blurr has posed:
    "Kind of." Blurr replies. "Well--yes, partially. But not completely. It's a projection, kind of like an extension of myself. But yeah, that was me. As for why I didn't tell you--sorry but that's classified." he chuckles, then frowns a little bit.

    "So if that store was only for women, then why wasn't there a sign or something? I mean, like the ones on the restrooms? And why didn't -you- tell me right away?" This was going to be an...interesting and probably awkward discussion...