Hey guys! I know I updated TWICE yesterday, but I'm home alone, I have The White Stripes blaring and I feel like writing! I also wanted to go ahead and touch on some stuff about this story and why I throw stuff like #141 in here. I don't know if any of you are confused but I'm gonna go ahead and put this out there anyway.
When I first started doing this rule story, I immediately knew I wanted it to be different from all the others out there. According to you guys, I do a very good job at making it funny and unique and I really appreciate the support I get, especially the people who send in rules! You're the ones that keep this damn monstrosity alive. Back to the main topic of this Author's Note though. I wanted to give this story a different tone from the others, which are usually just about a teenage girl, usually related to and/or in a relationship with a main character. They never seem to do anything. As far as I can tell, they don't have any responsibilities or any signifigant rank. They just write rules they don't even follow. That's why Kathy exists. She has a reason to live on base, a legitimate reason to write rules. She's the boss, that's what she does. It's her JOB. I'm not saying the rules she writes are followed, because let's face it, almost none of the sillier ones are. But I also want to remind you guys, the readers, that this is a story set in WAR TIME. Every single character is in the middle of a war, a war that is older than the Earth has existed. That's why I put serious rules in, to serve as a reminder that not everything is happy go lucky as other Rules Stories would make you think.
This fanfic is unique in the way that it actually does have a plot. This is the only way for me to really be able to tell the story I wanted to in "Galloway's Replacement." For some reason, I couldn't get the story written down to where it made sense, so I started this one instead. There is an ongoing storyline, it's rather subtle, but it is there. One person mentioned how they loved how the relationships actually seem to grow and change, just as they would in any other fanfiction. Granted, this one is very much based off another fanfiction by someone else, but it is with permission from the author. The reviewer said they loved how the relationship between Sunstreaker and Kathy has changed so much since their initial meeting. If you remember, he tried to step on her. Because he's a sociopath and that's what he does. Yes, it is canon that he has sociopathic tendencies. Go on TFWiki. But yes, it a major inprovement on both Kathy's and Sunstreaker's character that they genuinely care about eachother that much.
The relationship between Kathy and Ultra Magnus has also progressed a lot, though it is still very much slow going, much to Kathy's (read: and Ultra Magnus', though he hides it better) displeasure.
Sorry for the essay guys, I just really wanted to touch on this whole topic. Let's just get on with the rules, eh? I'd like to thank ThePegasusDevice, AutheriusStorm, and Dewdrop of DiamondDust for providing MOST of the rules this chapters. *blows kisses at all of you* ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF CROSSHAIRS IN THIS ONE BECAUSE DEWDROP REALLY LIKES HIM.
*insert standard disclaimer here*
146. Laser tag does not involve real lasers.
(You crazy motherfuckers.)
(You actually thought that it used real lasers.)
(What the hell is wrong with you? Wait, don't answer that. I don't think my psyche can take it.)
(Y'all need to stop taking things so literally.)
(On the plus side, human sized laser guns of mass destruction.)
(Actually, should I count that as a plus?)
(Leo, Sam, both sets of twins, and Wheeljack for making the damn things.)
147. Do get Optimus to read/tell stories to the base kids.
(He's a really good story teller. Even the adults listen sometimes.)
(Though... I can't help but giggle a little when I hear that deep voice of his rumbling away at a Dr. Seuss book.)
148. Do not climb on top of a bot's alt mode and copy that scene from Titanic.
("I'm flying Sam! I'm flying!" "What the hell are you doing?! Get the frag off o' me!" "Whoa! *splat* Owwww")
(... Yeah...Leo shoulda picked a better bot than Ironhide to do that with.)
148. Backflipping off a building is impressive, but don't do it in front of impressionable idiots *coughSamLeo,andMilescoughcough*.
(They WILL try to mimic it and will probably nearly kill themselves.)
(This is for you Crosshairs.)
(Don't act like you have no idea what I'm talking about.)
149. Don't use the Seekers as skydiving platforms without their permission.
(Even if you know how to avoid their wrath because you've done it so many times before.)
(Having a grounder and a flyer imitating Tom & Jerry all across base gets chaotic real fast.)
(Crosshairs, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe)
150. When you decide it's time to practice for your upcoming gymnastics competion, please warn the squishable humans around you first.
(I don't care if you're 100% sure you won't land on anyone!)
(Humans tend to freak out if a giant robot in a green trench coat does a cart wheel over their heads!)
151a. For anyone not Crosshairs: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT screw around with his trench coat.
(It's part of his body and he WILL feel what you're trying to do.)
(If you do so anyway, don't come crying to me or the Hatchet.)
(You were warned.)
151b. For Crosshairs: Don't shoot at those who try touching or painting your trench coat.
(Even if you're using blanks or paint rounds. Just don't.)
(We know it annoys you and that it hurts to clean the damn thing.)
(It's your fault for getting an upgrade like that, no matter how cool and useful it is.)
152. Crosshairs is not helpless in melee, even if he prefers to use mid- to close range guns.
(So don't even fucking try.)
(Given a sword, he CAN kick your aft if you are not Drift or Sideswipe, and can give you trouble even if you are.)
133. No more setting up a mannequin wearing an orange hoodie and putting it under the Bot's feet and when they step on it yell, "Oh my God! You killed Kenny!"
(YOU BASTARDS!)
(Luckily a few of the Transformers got the joke and almost fell over laughing their afts off.)
(One of them was Optimus. O.o )
154. Do not try to banish other soldiers and Bots to the Shadow Realm or challenge any one to a D-d-d-d-duel!
(Almost none of the bots or cons get the reference.)
(I will be fixing this issue shortly.)
155. If you are about to watch a Studio Ghibli movie, please inform the Director, Ultra Magnus, and both the Lambo and Chevy Twins.
(It doesn't matter what movie, we love them all.)
(Magnus pretends he doesn't, but you can tell he loves the fantasy part of all his movies.)
(They make good bonding time.)
(My favorite is Howl's Moving Castle, Skids and Mudflap love Porco Rosso, and Sunstreaker likes Princess Monoke.)
(Magnus and Sideswipe LOVE Ponyo.)
156. Don't bother asking Sunstreaker to drive you anywhere.
(The answer is no.)
(The only ones he willingly drives around are me and Fig.)
(For obvious reasons.)
157. Pissing off one of the base's resident assholes is not a good idea.
(It will end badly.)
(Sunny and Crosshairs are not as good-natured as most of the Autobots.)
(Especially Sunstreaker, because at least Crosshairs can be reasoned with.)
(The only ones who can calm down Sunny when he's pissed off are Sideswipe, Fig, and me.)
(Anyone else who tries risks getting run over.)
158. Don't redecorate a public area until you're design has been approved.
(I. Hate. ORANGE.)
(So why is the rec room ORANGE?!)
(EVERYTHING IS ORANGE. EVEN THE TV IS FUCKING ORANGE.)
(WITH PINK ACCENTS. HOT PINK ACCENTS.)
(I'm getting a headache. Imma go lay down now.)
(When I come back, my rec room better be back to the way it was or so help me...)
159. If you hear any cybertronian say these words, run in the opposite direction.
("Uh ohh..." Especially if this is Wheeljack.)
("Yo bro, is this supposed to turn that color?" Either sets of twins. The answer is usually NO.)
("Why is it smoking like that?" "I have no idea." "What'd you do to it?" "I don't remember." "Primus damn it." This goes for any of the Science Bots, which are Skyfire, Starscream, Shockwave, and Wheeljack, if you weren't aware.)
("Uhhhh... what?" If Barricade or Bumblebee say this, RUN."
160. Mystery Skulls is not to be blasted from the P.A.
(I had absolutely nothing to do with this rule. At all.)
(It's not as if it's my favorite music group or anything.)
(... YOU CAN PROVE NOTHING.)
YAY, new chapter complete! *claps* Hope you enjoyed it!