First, a note from OKami (the first story follows):
And so start the "Dinoboy Chronicles", the prequel of the Sparklight Arc. The story will follow a pack of young Dinobots through their 'teenage' days until they mature into proud, fearless warriors, and an unstoppable team; and, a group not unlike a family.
Attentive readers will surely catch hints about the faraway past of the Dinobots and the other animal-alt mechs on this jungle planet. Since this is an AU, where we can use our creativity to its smutty fullest, there WILL be lotsa' sticky; and it has explanations. Therefore, to not get lost on the Dinoboy vocabulary, you might want to check the glossary below before or after reading.
Have fun.
Spike – mech equivalent of the male reproduction organ. It's a flexible attachment with ridges on it, tapering toward the tip, with a circular opening on its end. It is located on the front of the pelvis, in the upper opening.
A mech can unsheath it at will, though younger specimen usually do it involuntarily. It channels the energon/nanite concoction produced by the mech.
Not all mechs have spikes; sometimes, a specimen is only equipped with a –valve. Such a Transformer is sometimes referred to as a femme.
Well (valve) – mech equivalent of the female reproduction organ. A flexible tube located below the spike's opening. It leads up to the –life holder's opening. It has a high number of sensors on its surface.
Life holder – mech equivalent of the organic womb. Located in the abdominal cavity, it forms an orb, which is somewhat flattened on one side. There is always some transmetal fluid in it, produced by the mech's body. When the fluid mixes with another mech's nanites, and is subjected to strong spark energy (a new spark), the nanites, using the transmetal fluid and the energon, start to reproduce themselves and begin building the new Transformer body, starting with the spark chamber.
The process usually lasts for 5 to 10 Earth solar years, the time period varying according to the offspring's size, which depends on the size of the creator's life holder. (Twin bearings are completely unheard of.)
The 'birthing process' usually requires a healer's help, as the abdominal plating has to be removed. Beneath it, the heavily protected –life holder has three locks keeping it shut. Naturally, they snap while the offspring struggles to get out, but at certain places, they are cut open, to spare the Bearer the pain. If the abdominal plating is not removed by the time all three locks snap, the offspring might die, using up its energy by the struggle.
Panel, panel locks – The protective panel covering the –spike's hole and the –valve; this prevents any foreign matter to get inside the sensitive organs. The locks need to be broken in order to allow a mech to mate. Once broken, the body reforms the locks, and they will keep the panel shut, but they can be released by will, or simply by outside stimulation.
Call, the - mech equivalent to a heat cycle in animals; many times throughout a mech or femme's life (how often varies individually), the body prepares itself for reproduction and sends out an individually distinctive radio signal, "calling" to all other mechs nearby in the same way an animal's scent lures suitors; the signal can be heard for a great distance and generally lasts 1-2 orns or until the Calling mech/femme is satisfied; the Calling mech/femme's spark is more easily coaxed out of its casing to bond with its suitor in this state and often does so on its own without prompting - because of this, conception is only possible during the –Call.
Creator - mech equivalent of parents; refers to both the sire and the bearer
Bearer - mech equivalent of a mother; the one who developed and carried the offspring and always the one who initially sent out the –Call
Sire - mech equivalent of a father; the one who answered the –Call and the maker of the majority of the nanites which build the offspring's body inside the –Bearer
Heir - the offspring of the –Sire and –Bearer. Refers to mechs and femmes alike.
-more TBA-