[It seemed odd to be coming back to the base after having been here only a couple days ago to see Tieria--when he was still Tieria--but Mikaela didn't much mind returning. After all, any excuse to ride her new motorcycle was much appreciated, and it made her happy to be helping out her friends...even if all she was really doing was introducing them to a legit Autobot while they happened to be trapped in other people's bodies.

She showed her ID at the gate, and then she and 'Nena' had to sign a voucher to get Setsuna inside, and then they were clear. She waved goodbye to the guard and glided the bike inside, the engine purring loudly.]

Let me know if you see, uh, Feldt, okay? Or Arcee, actually, if she's up here she'll probably be motorcycles...


((Sorry this is late, guys. x.x;; And also for terrible, baww. Backdated to sometime before noon, local time for Mikaela.))

Mikaela was excited. Excited for her first real ride on her new motorcycle, excited to get to go out to the Autobot base again, and most of all, excited to see Tieria. Between him practically moving into the base to work on his gundam-thingy and her getting the house ready for her father to come back and getting a job, she'd barely seen him since school had let out. She (and Laserboy) missed having him around.

If she'd been thinking about that too hard, she might have been melancholy by the time she arrived at the base, but she was very definitely not. Instead, her head was full of wind and desert heat and the thrill of the engine under her, and she was grinning wide when she stopped at the entrance to show her I.D. and flirt chat with the guy manning the gate. She wouldn't have minded talking to Jennings a little more--he was one of the Army guys who'd always been willing to play cards with her or whatever when she'd been stuck in the hospital here--but there would be time for that later.

Waving goodbye, she made her way to the warehouse the Army had put up without Autobot help around Tieria's machine, not bothering to put her helmet back on for the slow ride. She rolled the bike right inside the parted door, the engine's rumbling sounding particularly loud enhanced by echoes. She looked around, but didn't immediately see him. "Tieria?" she called over the sound of her bike.

[Here comes Mikaela, a hot girl in a hot car, pulling up in your driveway, Sam. It's been too long since she's been here, hasn't it? Mikaela honks the horn twice and leans out the open window, trying not to think about how weird it was that she was the one in the expensive car, picking him up. A couple years ago, it would've been the other way around.]

It had been a challenge, to put together a family barbecue in less than a week, but Mikaela had managed it. Granted, only a few of her aunts and uncles had been able to make it, but she figured that that was for the best. Like Mr. Edgeworth had said, throwing some huge party would probably not be the best thing for her dad, not right after he came home.

But her and her mom, and some of their family, that would be fine. Or so she hoped.

The lake was surprisingly deserted for a Saturday, particularly the corner they'd found to set up the grill and all the food, which was a blessing. Not too many strangers to crowd them, or to complain about the music Bumblebee was kind enough to provide.

Speaking of... Daddy was occupied at the grill, talking to Mom, her little cousins were playing in the water, and her aunts and uncles were standing around the table, gossiping over the potato salad. Mikaela figured it was okay to slip over and hang out with the Autobot for a while.

[Sitting in front of an unassuming little house in a neighborhood of Tranquility is a sleek, bright yellow Camaro, and practically draped across his hood in her 'nonchalant leaning' is a girl who's looking far too smug for her own good.

Together, Mikaela and Bumblebee wait for the arrival of Mariya.]

['Sup, Seattle, have a Mikaela. She's hanging out outside a little cafe, perched on a chair and sipping a hot chocolate to warm her up after the hop here and waiting for Alice to show.]

[Welcome to Middle-of-Nowhere, America, the newest incarnation of Area 51 and the American military's current pet project. On the surface it doesn't look like much--some kind of construction project nestled at the base of a mesa. A closer look, though, reveals the signs warning of high voltage electricity on the unassuming chain-link fence, the armed guards stationed at regular intervals, and, strangest of all, a collection of vehicles that don't act the way normal earth vehicles should.

Too bad no one's allowed to get near enough to see any of this.]


((Cast Christmas party for DDD's Transformers muns. This is a private mini-event--no crashers, pls. Everyone's here--Prime, Ironhide, Lennox and crew--but for the sake of simplicity, let's avoid NPCing them beyond a few lines here or there. Have fun, guys! A-and please don't feel compelled to wait for me; I'm actually gonna be pretty busy the next few days, so Mikaela won't be around that much. 8|;;;;))

((Backdated to the 19th or 20th.))


[The spare room in Mikaela's house always seemed small, crammed as it was with boxes of the things no one quite wanted to throw out but didn't fit anywhere else in the house. They didn't have an attic and the basement was full of overflow from the garage, so into the spare room it had gone. It was even more cramped now, with the addition of a cot; Mikaela'd had trouble finding somewhere to fit the chair so she could sit and wait for the cot's occupant to wake up.

The possibility that she could wait in her room, or out in the hall or something, hadn't even crossed her mind. It didn't even matter that she knew now that Tieria wasn't in any immediate danger of keeling over dead--she couldn't help but feel if she left for more than a few minutes, he'd disappear on her.

Not. Happening. Again.

So she sat, crammed in near the head of the cot, with her feet kicked up on a box and her computer on her lap to pass the time, waiting. Occasionally, she glanced over at Tieria, as if to assure herself he really was still there.]

[Here's Mikaela, wandering the corridors at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, very much regretting that she hadn't thought to ask Haruhi what room she was in. She had a gift tucked in the crook of her elbow, a shiny silver ribbon tied around its neck, and was peeking in rooms as she went past them.]


((lol ooc eta: forward-dated to Saturday, 12/6~))

[Mikaela sat at her desk, idly surfing around the Internet. The copy of Sweeney Todd she'd picked up sat next to the monitor, and she hadn't talked to him, but she hoped Apollo would pick it up in person instead of just poofing it there. She hadn't seen him in a while...and she still wanted to meet Chrysilla.

Laserboy meered at her from the bed, demanding she come over and take a nap. When she refused to move from her chair, the kitten gave up and claimed her lap, curling into a ball and starting to purr.

Petting her idly, Mikaela just kept surfing.]

[Mikaela couldn't believe how excited she was for this--her mom had asked her if she was going on a date with Sam, which made her laugh. Not a date, and not with Sam. It was just...cool, to meet people from other worlds, and she really wanted Mr. Edgeworth to meet Bumblebee, and she really wanted to see this movie and--

Jesus, Mikaela, calm down. You are acting like you're going on a date.

She forced herself to chill as she put the finishing touches on her makeup, tugged a jacket on over her top. She swung her purse over her shoulder, said a cheerful goodbye to Jimmy, and hopped down the stairs to wait on the front porch. It was 6:49.]

((Forward-dated to Saturday~. I'm gonna assume Mikaela made arrangements for Ty Lee to spend time with Sam or the Autobots or somebody while she's out. ^.^;;))

Mikaela put an away message up on her computer and pushed away from the desk, sashaying over to her closet and tossing open the doors. She really hoped this chick was about the same size as her, 'cause they'd be pretty much screwed if she wasn't.

Oh well! Wouldn't be able to tell until she got here. She looked over her stuff once then turned away. Jimmy was paddling around in his tank and she went over to watch him while she waited for this Chloe chick to arrive.