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"Mysterio"

transformers rid [2015] fan character

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 intro 
mysterio isn't really his name. nobody knows his real name.this is my one and only robots in disguise 2015 oc and since its only mysterio here, he will get his own carrd page! I'll so proud of him! :3 he's a fancy not so little centaur baby!Centaur Decepticon that was a prisoner on the Alchemor. He really likes to be clean! No scratches, dents, chips, anything. Now he currently has an on Earth label as “not a threat” so is generally left alone.You most likely see him drawn next to Sideswipe or talk about him since he’s really the only member of the Bee team actually likes! Mysterio and Sideswipe are not a self-ships type of deal and more of a father-son relationship! Please don’t see it as a ship! [ have to say since i do consider mysterio a mini-sona for me ]

❝ {I’m too tired to get right now, you now come to me red Autobot.} ❞

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nickname	mysterio	faction	decepticon
gender	male	pronouns	he/him
species	cybertronian	occupation	strong warrior
currently where	earth	weapons/special skill	Strong Kick	Fast	Hot Horns
demeanor	Reclusive, Vigilant, Discerning, Enigmatic, n Volatile

  likes  
keeping himself clean
being left alone
the little forest creatures
resting all day
listen to the waterfall

  dislikes  
dirt/tear/dents/etc.
being messed with/ others talking to him
kicking/heating up his horns [hurts him as well]
the fabric on his chest [but he can also love it]
being wet

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 facts n headcanons 

 💎.  He has two sets of arms- one regular set that barely moves but still has full movement and the other set connects to the [ goat mix horse side ] waist that he uses as his main set of arms. His hands are much smaller on main hands. 💎.  I don’t mind if you draw him with a nose or not! I switch back and forth as well so do what you're comfortable with! 💎.  You can draw his optic ring fully filled in [ like his ref ], regular rings, none at all, or in your own style of making them! I don’t really mind if it changes since my original one is just a style! You can also make the second color white instead of that lighten color since that is also just a style of mine! 💎.  If drawing him, please draw his expression the same as the other pieces in his gallery [unless given permission to do otherwise ]. He has a neutral or ‘i don’t care’ look to him! 💎.  He has scarp lines on the corners of his eyes that I would really like to be there! It’s fine if you don’t want to draw the smaller likes that connect to the big ones but I really prefer if the bigger ones are there! You can have this fully connect them to the eye with color or just black like in the original reference image. 💎.  I really appreciate it if you keep his gradient on his horns and fabric but understandable if you can’t do it and have to make it one solid color! If you have to do that, keep the horns that purple color and the fabric that deep blue color! If you also need to darken that purple-pink color, that's okay as well! 💎.  About the gradient! The lighter colors are mostly gradient as the end so the darker color is the primary color! This is not necessary but I will do something to have the lighter color of the gradient extend to the lineart if you wanna have fun with it! Best thing about having it extend to the lineart you can show how his horns heat up since there isn’t any physical change, you can make the lines color red to show it. 💎.  Now the loose bits on him are not fur but looks and feels some type of fabric [ think silk ]. He has these fabrics on his head that act like flappy ears, on his chest, his waist, and on his behind that acts like a tail. The Fabrics are very loose and he never puts them up but he often tugs on the ones on his chest and moves the acting as his tail. They are purely cosmetic and don’t have any functionality to them. 💎.  When walking or running, his hooves make a ‘clip clop’ . 💎.  The star buttons on his chest do make a bell sound when they move around. They almost sound merry. 💎.  He can heat up his horns to super hot if he wants to but he only does that when someone grabs on them. They can heat up fast. He also has a very strong kick through his back legs but this really hurts him when he does it so it's kind of a rage or last ditch effort. This also relates to this comment- “Sideswipe is the only one — would let touch his horns without heating them up, climb on his back/over him, and touch the fabric on him. This just started and didn't happen at first with Sideswipe being the first people to receive a strong kick and burning hands. Sideswipe should/is still hesitant around him though!” 💎.  Sometimes would be referred to ‘Mysterio’, just to let you know it refers to this comment- “Since he doesn’t have a name, Russel gave him the nickname “Mysterio” and it stuck with the bee team when referring to him! Russel got it from his comic book. — he does not know they are referring to him when they use this nickname!” 💎.  Another nickname used is “Horse-bot” mostly by Sideswipe but this is kind of getting phased out for “Mysterio” and also it seems that big bot doesn’t really like it. 💎.  He is a bit scared of the humans and mini-cons [ he rather them not get close since they kind of startled him.] 💎.  The Decepticon badge is a sticker that Sideswipe had made to replace the one Steeljaw damage. After the scratches on — chest were fixed, Sideswipe stuck it on himself. It can only do a sticker since they don’t have any real Decepticon badge but he did make sure to have a sticker that doesn’t ruin the big bot paint if he decides to take it off and he can make it match his paint more. The Autobot badge he has on his waist [ bot side ] was also given by Sideswipe by Bumblebee idea- to show other Autobots who might come across him that he's not really a threat [ well it hoped it would come off that way ]. Sideswipe did repaint it to make it match his Decepticon badge and his overall paint job- He would have most likely refused if it was still the red coloring. 💎.  He is so used to Sideswipe showing up! He can often spot Sideswipe around him checking up on him due some part of him being much cleaner than usual or might because red is so easy to spot to the point he will now get up and lay down by [ or on Sideswipe if he miscalculates where he is ]! Sideswipe no longer hides from him because of this. Refer to this comment- “It's believed — likes Sideswipe much more is because he is seen more often but he also Strongarm often so that wouldn't make sense! At first it’s because he is the cleanest of the team but now he considers Sideswipe his ‘son’!” 💎.  Sideswipe is the only one on the bee team at the moment that can actually read past his face and his actual feeling [sort of- sometimes he gets it wrong. Call it a 70/30 chance]. 💎.  His fabric can be removed. All of them, The ones on his head, on his shoulders, crouch, and tail. You won't ever see him without them really, the only time he has taken off his fabric is when he made [ it was a force action at the time ] Sideswipe to wash them when he kicked dirt onto the crotch fabric [ all of them for one ]! 💎.  Add on from the last one- Underneath his head fabric lays small folded down horse type ears! 💎.  He spends most of his time in this little cave with a waterfall. Nice and calming- this is where The Bee team can find him but he likes to move around the forest every now and then. He doesn't like Earth but comes to appreciate its scenery and loves the peacefulness of waterfalls and the small little animals that surround him- rabbits, gerbils, etc. ] but birds are his favorite when not directly near or above him! 💎.  I wanted to explain his cave a little more to hopefully help me in the future when drawing it or others drawing. It is a true cave, large with only one true exit up front [not a cavern]. Within the stories, sometimes it mentions there’s a protruding wall near the exit where the Sideswipe used to hide behind when visited. The waterfall comes from a wide hole from the top of the cave and flows nicely down. It exits out through another small hole on the other side of the cave, creating kind of like a river within the cave. When exiting, the water flows away to the bay near crown city. There is much plant life within the cave and small cracks in the ceiling of the cave which give sunlight. 💎.  More about the cave: Other than common stuff like plant life, rocks, and sometimes animals do wander into the cave, He does keep a couple of paint cans from Sideswipe within the cave. Some cans that match his shade of his paint jobs and some for Sideswipe. Sideswipe also brought over an extra Buffer for him and a sheet for him to lay one so he doesn’t have to lay completely on the ground. Mysterio does have some shiny pieces of junk metal from either the forest from his walking or the junkyard.

  main Relationships and interactions  

sideswipe
The Autobot that comes by most of the time. A lot more than the other one. That’s good, I like him more- much more fun. Part of the team that came last time to mess with me. I won’t have that again, I will defend myself if need to! But it doesn’t seem I need to, he seems to be respectful, that’s good. I feel like he can read me. Be interested in me but do not bother me.
Ship🚫 — Mysterio and Sideswipe are not a ship!

strongarm
The other Autobot that comes to check up on me, also part of the team. She seems to be a police bot, you can always tell by the colors and body movements. I don't really like officers but I don't mind. Doesn’t mind at all as long as she keeps her distance, I could care less. Observing only, not interacting with me.

steeljaw
Resent. My back legs still kind of hurt because of him but I’ll make sure to kill him if I ever see him around again, even if it makes my legs worse. He scratched me and messed up my perfectness. My straightness! I was perfect and now I can never be that again.

  mysterio  
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It’s an early day, The Bee team including Optimus Prime and Windblade have responded to a Decepticon signal in the forest. The bots stop and got themselves ready as they hear a crackle from between the trees. Popped out Decepticon Alchemor escapee, Clampdown. It seemed like he was running from someone and he was, after a few seconds, a very recognizable bot to Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. Autobot Medic, Ratchet walked out from the shadows with his partner mini-con and a stasis pod in one hand which he promptly dropped when he first laid optics on Bee and Optimus. After a few small talk and inductions, they take in clampdown of questioning.Before the bots head back to the scrapyard, they hear another noise coming from the forest, the same place where Ratchet stood a few moments ago. Before they could get ready like last time, they spotted a large bot.“Mysterio!” Sideswipe yelled out with a surprise and a happy tone.Mysterio isn’t the real name of the bot but given to him by the Autobots since it was never logged into the Alchemor database. He was a hugely tall centaur based Decepticon, scary looking but ultimately not a threat. In fact, he wasn’t even walking towards, just happened to be there at the same time. Without even looking at the bots, he continued on his way. The Bee team let down the little guard they had up and Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Ratchets let theirs down once they noticed the others did. Optimus Prime gave Bee a confused look about it.“That’s Mysterio,” Bee responded to Prime's expression, “He’s from the Alchemor but we leave him alone. We determined he is mostly not a threat to anything around here and mainly stays around the forest.”Optimus thought for a bit and popped a question for the Bee, “Do you think he would know anything about Decepticon island or its location?” “Uhm, well,” Bee hesitated, “he doesn’t seem to talk from the last time we were fully interested with him.” Optimus thought some more but ultimately stated that they should try, Bumblebee really didn’t think it was a good idea but he decided to head along with Optimus this time.

The team heads to a cave where Mysterio stays around where they found him by the water trying to wash something off. Sideswipe directed the bots to hide behind a pile protruding wall so the Mysterio doesn’t get aggressive with so many bot around. “He must have gotten dirty, that's rare.” Sideswipe remarked. “You’re always the one who comes down here to check on him, do you think you can get him to talk?” Strongarm asked. “Nuh uh! It’s impossible! I never heard a single sound from him, let alone talk!” He replied with a kind of a snarky tone at Strongarm's suggestion.“It would still be worth a try!” Bumblebee started to form an idea in his head. “Sideswipe, you would be able to go up to him without startling him and ask since he’s so used to you- ”. Optimus Prime interjected, “We should all go in case of anything happens.” “No! Sideswipe would have to go up alone! Seeing a bunch of autobots come up to him would definitely put him in a rage, he will be used to Sideswipe only!”. “You stated earlier that he wasn't a threat?” questioned Prime giving the same confused expression when they were in the forest. “I said ‘mostly not a threat’, he’s still a Decepticon and there is a way we have to play around him.“That would be a greater reason why we should all— ”
“No!” Bumblebee cut off Optimus, “I know about this con, you don’t! I will take this call!” There was a long uncomfortable silence until Grimlock broke it. “So are all going or just Sideswipe because I would rather not be kicked today.” Sideswipe gave Grimlock a ‘really’ facial expression! “We’re wasting time, Sideswipe could you please go see.” Bumblebee pleaded as he was calming down.Sideswipe moved from behind the wall and started walking up to Mysterio, making as much noise as he could so he wouldn't get kicked. The huge bot stopped scrubbing his front leg to look at the approaching bot. He wasn’t sure what Mysterio was feeling, he didn't pull any expression beside his signature straight face.“Hey horse-bot! Just came to talk to you real quick.” Sideswipe started to slowly approach now. The big bot could careless and went back to trying to scrub his leg. “Hey now,” Sideswipe reached to his side and pulled out a small cloth rag he had with him, “let me help.” Sideswipe kneeled down, dipped the cloth rag in the water and slightly hesitated before touching Mysterio's leg and cleaning. The big bot was calm, keeping an eye on him, and let Sideswipe do what he was doing. Sideswipe was able to get his leg dirt free and stood back up to see those purple eyes fixated on him. It made him nervous and he took multiple steps back from the big bot. “Okay, for the talk—” before Sideswipe could continue his words, the big bot turned his back towards him. Sideswipe stepped even far back thinking a strong kick might be coming as Mysterio thrusted up his left back leg and held it up. Sideswipe looked up confused at him first but Mysterio didn’t look back at him one bit. He looked back over at the wall where his team mustered up the courage to get closer to the bot's leg. When he got closer he noticed a big rock wedge into his hoof.“Oh. I see, you want me to remove this for you.” Sideswipe said to the big bot. He started pulling at the rock in the hoof while trying to talk to Mysterio. “So Horse-bot -Huff-, just a quick question -man this is really stuck- Me and my friends wondering if you knew—” Sideswipe place both hands on the rock and on his leg on the side of Mysterio hoof and pulled as hard as he can, “If you what Decepticon Island is and where it's at?” Right at that moment, the rock dislodged from the big bot hoof and Sideswipe fell back onto the ground. Sideswipe looked up at the big bot and was shocked when he still had the same facial expression as always, he assumed that would have hurt a bit but nothing, it's almost like Sideswipe falling on the ground hurt more than the rock. “So…?” Sideswipe softly questioned. Mysterio turned back around and slowly laid down. Sideswipe almost thought he was going to speak but Mysterio just turned his head towards the water and where it was exiting from the cave and turned back to Sideswipe. Sideswipe sighed, “I knew this was impossible”. Sideswipe started to walk back to his team, waving bye to the big bot. Mysterio closed his eyes and started to rest.He walked back over the wall to Bumblebee talking and looking at Optimus, “-sigh- Nothing. We should head back to the scrapyard now”. The Prime nodded in agreement and the bots transformed and headed back.

Short extra ending!After a while, the bots were back at the scrapyard and when Toolbox showed up. When Toolbox was talking about where Decepticon Island was, “— the reminder of the craft crashed just off the coast of what the humans call Crown City”. Sideswipe suddenly got a realizing expression on his face.“He did help! He was telling us where it was!” Sideswipe yelled out in shock. Strongarm gave Sideswipe a very confusing “What?” while the rest of the bots turned to him. “Mysterio, he was telling me where Decepticon island was. He looked at where the water was draining from the cave, it's connected to the bay. He was helping, he just wanted us to follow it.” After a short bit, Sideswipe dismissed anything he said and Russel continued the conversation but Sideswipe knew. Sideswipe knew Mysterio actually helped.

After the Bee team took down Decepticon island with the help of Optimus, Windblade, and Ratchet. They had some time without having to worry about any Decepticons and they spent that time looking at touring Earth to Sideswipe boredom.Sideswipe was able to sneak away from the touring to give a check up on Mysterio. Now the bigger-than-grimlock centaur Decepticon with kicks only described as death simulation would be scary and very dangerous for any lone autobot to go to but Mysterio is very much different. He wasn’t much of a threat to anyone as long as he was left alone. Though, Sideswipe has been visiting the centaur bot for a since they first met, even coming back multiple times a day and it seems that Mysterio has gotten used to the consistent presence of the young Autobot. Sideswipe did want to thank them for telling them where Decepticon island was, even if they didn’t get it at first. He even brought an Energon cube for him.Sideswipe enters the small cave that Mysterio spends most of his time in.“Hey Mysterio! Are you hom-” Sideswipe abruptly stops in his tracks just to see the big bot on his back, unconscious, eyes closed, and with all four hooves in the air. Sideswipe has never seen him like this before, he looked dead to put it plain and simple. Did another Decepticon come and take him out? No-No that that can’t be the case! Mysterio is a strong bot, no Decepticon nor Autobot will mess with him knowingly. Sideswipe dropped the Energon cube, ran up to him and kneeled next to him, placing his servos on horse-side Mysterio’s stomach. There was nothing physically that shows he was hurt but maybe it was poison or maybe he was stung to paralyzed him or-or. Sideswipe stopped his thoughts once again from the movement of Mysterio's legs relaxing. Almost suddenly, the big bot turned to lay on his stomach, crushing Sideswipe underneath him.“Agh-! Mysterio! Get up!” Sideswipe tried to claw his way from underneath Mysterio. Mysterio slightly lifts up his body so Sideswipe can get away from underneath him. Sideswipe quickly rose back up to his feet and dusting himself off. Even though Mysterio is still laying down he still towers over him. Looking up at Mysterio now with his eyes open and with that same expression-less face he always bears and voice-less speech.Even with constant visits, he has still not been able to learn what Mysterio is thinking and feeling even without visible expressions and words but he’s able to make good guesses. And when he looked up at his face, everything clicked into place and how stupid felt for getting worried those moments ago.“You were just sleeping, won't you?” asked Sideswipe pacing back and forth with Mysterio only response being a slow blink. “Who sleeps like that! I thought you got taken out or-or something!” He took a look back at Mysterio who’s eyes were fixated on Sideswipe. “And don’t give me that look! You always give me that look when you think I'm saying something stupid but I'm not now! Of course I know no con here can take you… well what cons are left. ” Sideswipe kept rambling on but Mysterio's expression did not change one bit.After his rant, Sideswipe sighed and walked back over to pick up the Energon cube! “Anyway, Sorry. I just wanted to come by to give you this and thank you for the help. Other Decepticon we ask would just faint.” Sideswipe handed him the Energon and rubbed the back of his head. “Well, we kind of came off strong to them and we really didn’t know what you were telling us as well but still thank you.”A few moments of silence came with them staring back at each other.“Well, I should head back before Bee notices I'm gone from his ‘Titanic tour of Earth’!” Sideswipe to joke. He started to walk out the cave when turned around to take one more look at the horse-bot, “and don’t sleep on your back like that.” With that quick remark, Sideswipe waved bye to Mysterio, turned around, transformed, and sped off.Mysterio watched the red bot leave then turned to the Energon cube in his servos. For a moment, it looked like he was going to pull any expression but no, he just put down the cube and back on his rolled back, placing his hooves in the air. Finally getting to go back to resting.

Being an Autobot and all can have it's.. ermm... downsides, such as not having the time to / forgetting to refuel from all the commotion and hullabaloo.. It's not easy, being the good guy. And you would think ancient aliens from outerspace would have their shit at least a little bit more together than humans, surely enough to remember to refuel themselves whenever they're not busy.. But that's a big fat negatory on that front, they're just as, if not more, scatter-brained.And Sides is known for his scattered mind anyhow, he's always jumping from one thing to another so quickly that people can hardly keep up with him, if at all... even he's confused half the time. So it's no surprise that he'd very easily forget to refuel, even when he's not busy with a mission or zooming about like a maniac doing random tasks. (Or maybe racing.. don't tell anyone, he's not allowed to... anymore. Not that that'll stop him.)And just who has to remind him to take care of himself? Why, it's usually the semi maybe kinda level-headed Mysterio... Of course. Despite his mild annoyance with the young bot whenever he fails to care for himself, (Like a disappointed father, really. He just glares down at him, that stare says it all.) he really doesn't mind reminding him all that much. Afterall, it gives him an excuse to check in, he wouldn't wanna seem too protective or anything, to visit regularly without a reason, that would be far too clingy in his oddball mind, so this excuse will do. It's just.. he worries. What would Sideswipe do without him around to point him into the right direction? To remind him of tasks and to silently encourage him with small affirming nods and soft pats on the back? Even if Sides recently visited a few cycles ago and was as happy go lucky as ever, he still worries about him, he's grown to see him as his very own sparkling of sorts. Can you blame him? Sideswipe is a bit.. reckless, sort of like a child... someone needs to watch over him! So any excuse he gets to check in, just to see if he's alright, he'll take it.He'll just randomly pop up, silently survey the area (As creepily as always, rarely blinking, remaining deathly silent with that neutral expression of his.. Who knows what he's thinking.) checking for dust and filth, and if he feels it's not up to par, he might even straighten up a tad, he wouldn't want him to live in squalor, afterall! (It would be filthy to him even if the only thing he could find was a recently finished off cubic glass on the counter.. But filth is filth, I suppose!) If Sides is taking on too much at a time and 'can't find the time to refuel' because 'he's so busy' (You can practically feel Mysterio's opticroll.), he'll simply take whatever he's doing away from him and point to the nearest exit, clearly signaling for him to go chill the frag out and drink some energon. And if that doesn't work, then he'll suddenly disappear and a few minutes later reappear with a glass of energon... He may be a bit strange, but at least he's nice.. sort of. The constant silence kind of puts people off.. along with his innate ability to vanish without a trace, some even speculate he's a cryptid of some sort, but nevertheless, Sideswipe thinks his spark's in the right place!But even Mysterio can get a bit sidetracked from time to time, whether it be a project of some kind or him simply getting distracted by thoughts or Earth's breathtakingly beautiful sights, he too can use a little reminder occasionally. Don't worry, Sides'll knock some sense right into that horned noggin' of his, balancing an energon cube on his helm (Which is impressive that he can even manage to do such a thing, considering how massive Mysterio's horns are.) as a 'subtle' reminder is one of the most notable tactics, along with Sideswipe dipping a digit in some energon and letting it drip onto Mysterio's torso, nothing aggravates the mech more than getting dirty, so that'll make him stir to fuel himself.. and probably get revenge of some kind, like dumping an entire cube of energon onto Sides... He knows the risks, to be fair.Everyone has hard days sometimes, but usually for Sideswipe they're a bit harder. Often times he's distraught because he's failed at something, whether it be a mission or a new trick he wanted to learn but just couldn't manage to do it in the time frame he had hoped to accomplish it in.. he gets upset more often than he would like to. Annnd who does he run to when he gets bummed out? Why, Mysterio, of course! His not so sunshiny ray of... something!Though Mysterio never speaks, his actions speak volumes. Something as simple as a pat on the back or a brief pet on the helm is enough to let Sideswipe know he cares about him and thinks he's doing just fine. Mysterio is surprisingly good at whipping some sense into that mech. Sometimes, when Sides has done something cool to show off a bit for him, you know, to seem like a cool smooth dude, he'll even give a small proud nod! Wow! That's like getting a trophy!As for Sideswipe? Primus, he's always praising any bot that needs it, (even if it's not really needed), so whenever Mysterio does anything remotely cool, you bet your aft he's totally gonna talk about how absolutely awesome and mind blowing it was or how he wants to learn how to do it too (Which he honestly does, he sees Mysterio as a sort of father figure and he wants to bond with him so bad.) and often teases him by asking him to be his mentor.. (He might consider it if he keeps this up).If Mysterio has a bad day? Well, first he's gonna get a hug biiiiig hug from Sideswipe (Seemingly whether he wants it or not.) and then a never ending spew about how everything's gonna be just fine and how he's here in the present and nothing bad that's happened in the past can hurt him now. And if that doesn't cheer him up (Which Sides can some how tell even though his expression never changes, he claims he can see it in his optics.), then he might very softly polish his face and back plating where he can't easily reach. Grooming usually calms all bots and he suspects it'll especially calm bots who have cleanliness problems.Encouragement and comfort never ceases between these two, whether it's needed or not, kind words and soft almost mushy moments are frequently shared. But most importantly, silent mutual respect and adoration too.

"This trail is really starting to get on my slaggin' nerves.." Sideswipe quietly mumbles to himself as he continues to brute force his way through the woods, pushing away any heavy tree limbs and brush from his path as he ventures onward to Mysterio's cave. Hot air puffs out from his intake in a few futile attempts to get leaves out of it. "PuIgh! Ugh, man!" He pauses, but only for a moment, just enough to collect his bearings and to rake off any leaves stuck in his joints. Well.. most of them, quite a few of 'em just break under his touch, no matter how gentle he tries to be... Figures, just his luck. At least he has the beautiful tweets of birds singing to calm his ever increasing nerves.. even if just barely."This is absolutely atrocious, there's no way he treks this every time he leaves his place! This is by far the most dense part of the woods, for Primus' sake! Why would he live out here? What does he even do out here? There's no amenities! There's no television, there's no roads to speed down, nothing! Absolutely nothing! Just tons of birds, squirrels, and the occasional herd of deer.. Snooze! Not to mention the thick underbrush, Primus, what a slaggin' chore to get through. It's just making me anxious, what if I accidently step on a nest or something? How does he do it? He's bigger than me and I can barely make it through this mess! Is there some kind of simpler way out here that I'm missing?" Sideswipe ponders as he continues on his supposed "quick" voyage. The truth is, it should be a quick hike, about twenty breems or so.. So how exactly has he managed to be out here for at least a joor, you may ask? Well, it's simple, our heroic mech is currently wandering in circles.. and someone nearby has taken notice.

"This trail is really starting to get on my slaggin' nerves.." Sideswipe quietly mumbles to himself as he continues to brute force his way through the woods, pushing away any heavy tree limbs and brush from his path as he ventures onward to Mysterio's cave. Hot air puffs out from his intake in a few futile attempts to get leaves out of it. "PuIgh! Ugh, man!" He pauses, but only for a moment, just enough to collect his bearings and to rake off any leaves stuck in his joints. Well.. most of them, quite a few of 'em just break under his touch, no matter how gentle he tries to be... Figures, just his luck. At least he has the beautiful tweets of birds singing to calm his ever increasing nerves.. even if just barely."This is absolutely atrocious, there's no way he treks this every time he leaves his place! This is by far the most dense part of the woods, for Primus' sake! Why would he live out here? What does he even do out here? There's no amenities! There's no television, there's no roads to speed down, nothing! Absolutely nothing! Just tons of birds, squirrels, and the occasional herd of deer.. Snooze! Not to mention the thick underbrush, Primus, what a slaggin' chore to get through. It's just making me anxious, what if I accidently step on a nest or something? How does he do it? He's bigger than me and I can barely make it through this mess! Is there some kind of simpler way out here that I'm missing?" Sideswipe ponders as he continues on his supposed "quick" voyage. The truth is, it should be a quick hike, about twenty breems or so.. So how exactly has he managed to be out here for at least a joor, you may ask? Well, it's simple, our heroic mech is currently wandering in circles.. and someone nearby has taken notice.Suddenly, a branch he pushes away from himself snaps back into place like elastic and smacks him right on the aft. Perhaps he should've paid attention to his surroundings instead of wandering and wondering, that's a combination that will only cause you trouble. "Frag, frag, fraaag!" He whines out as he twists 'round to assess what exactly happened. With a sore tush and a small rub of his rump, he turns back around to continue on his journey, only to be greeted by Mysterio's hulking form, his shadow cascades down onto him from above. The sudden shock of his presence immediately makes Sides weak in the knees. "Oh frag!" Sides exclaims as he tumbles to the ground with a loud "Thud", Mysterio calmly observes him, his expression as neutral as always. "..How did you know where I was?" Sideswipe asks as Mysterio extends one of his back arms and helps him to his feet."After I heard a series of back to back "Slags" and "Frags" for a few breems, it wasn't very hard to put together who exactly it was and their location." Mysterio admits as he gazes behind Sides at the tornado of damage he's caused in the forestry around him. "Well, at least he did a better job than others.." He thinks before his vibrant magenta optics flicker back down to the poor disheveled cherry red bot before him, looking up at him like a lost sparkling. "Look at that mess.. he's absolutely filthy." Mysterio broods as he pulls out some leaves from underneath Sides' windshield wipers and pretty much every where else on him.Sideswipe instinctively holds his arms out like a sparkling being cleaned as Mysterio makes his way around him, picking every little twig and fragment of destroyed forestry from his plating. "Oh, thank you. I tried to do that earlier, but it didn't really do much good..." He admits as he looks to the side, he pauses for a few moments, seemingly in thought, before he meets Mysterio's gaze once more. He watches as he returns to his previous spot, directly in front of him, gazing down at him some what lovingly.. he thinks, it's kind of hard to read him. He throws his hands up in the air in defeat then lets them fall back down to his sides with a loud aggravated sigh. "Well, you caught me." He replies, his tone a mixture of playful jokingness and genuine disappointment. Who wouldn't be a bit bummed after being caught being a loud mouthed fool fumbling around in the woods? He's lucky there's no decepticons in this area, they probably wouldn't have even bothered to fight him, they'd probably would've just taped him instead.With a small sigh and a rare blink of his optics, Mysterio seems to lax a bit, almost as if he's content. Sideswipe swears he can almost see a slight smile tugging at the corners of his lips, wouldn't it be something if he finally got to see him smile after all this time of trying to get him to? That would make his day. He's tried cracking jokes, but they've yet to crack him.. One day, one day it'll work, he's sure of it.In one graceful, swift movement, Mysterio turns around and signals with his servos for Sideswipe to follow, and hesitantly, he quickly follows suit. The centaur cybertronian effortlessly and majestically weaves in and out of the forestery. The bushes, the trees, all of it is so easily evaded.. even though he's, puting it lightly, huge. Where as poor Sideswipe is tripping over every little twig and root sticking up out of the ground.Upon hearing the third "Thud" in a row as Sides collapses onto the ground once again, Mysterio turns around and quickly picks him up and throws him onto his horse half's back. Sides heaves a heavy sigh as he relaxes into his form, he's always found comfort in the big mech's presence, especially when he gets to ride on him.. who wouldn't? He lifts himself up and carefully steadies himself by holding onto the giant bot's shoulders... It's always nice to ride a pony, isn't it? "You know, if you weren't so fast, I totally could've made it all the way through here without tripping even once, no sweat!" He announces confidently, with a slight shake of his head and a soft sigh of disbelief, Mysterio continues to elegantly stride through the forest, quickly making his way to his cave. And you know what? It takes no time at all, within a couple of breems they're right at the entrance of his dwelling, a secluded cave with a waterfall just a little ways inside. It really is beautiful... it's just not Sideswipe's style, he doesn't really like getting wet, and he's sooo gonna get wet.The mech winces at the cold droplets just barely ghosting his plating as Mysterio enters his humble abode and walks by that beautiful streaming downpour carefully seeping out of the ceiling, Sides glances up in silent awe and watches as it crashes into a winding river that leads to a small hole in the wall just across the cave. Then something peculiar catches his optics, just by the little hole in the wall, an itty bitty mouse! It's sleeping within a flower's blossom. "Aww... How cute!" He thinks to himself as he ponders about why it would be sleeping there in particular, but he supposes if he were a mouse he'd wanna sleep in a nice smelling flower too. He looks about for more fuzzy creatures, how many more could be in here hiding in plain sight? "Wow, this place is actually pretty populated, huh?" Sides comments as he begins to realize just how many little creatures occupy this cave. Mysterio comes to a slow hault as he gazes about his home, the whole cave is just bursting with life, from little beetles scurrying about to small colorful flowers clinging onto the moss on the walls and floor, it's very lively in there, actually. "I suppose." Mysterio responds stoicly as he stretches his arms big and wide. "Now if only we could get you some furniture, then you could little party with all your critter friends!" Sides says with a chuckle as he slides off his back and almost perfectly sticks the landing.Mysterio's abode is in fact, humble, and I do mean, humble. There's nary a thing in there! A few small piles of scrap metal he seems to have scavenged from some where and a few other unnoticeable things like a sheet for him to lay on to sleep.. nothing but nature and them in there."It's so dark in here! Ugh." Sides thinks as he squints to see where he's going, he gives Mysterio a solid pat on the horse back before wandering off haphazardly into the dim dwelling. "Thanks for the ride, horsey!" He's quick to plop himself onto his usual rock.. of course. Notice how it's the biggest one in the room. Seems there's been a slight shift in the weather, the once dull and dark cave is slowly being filled with light through the many cracks and gaps within the ceiling and walls. Mysterio takes a moment to bask in the beautiful sunlight peering into the "room" through and around the waterfall, causing beautiful rainbow patterns to trickle down the walls onto the musky muted grey and green floor.As the sun just barely begins to fade behind the clouds once again, a glint of a ray is caught on Sideswipe's arm, bringing Mysterio's attention to his scrapped up appendage. His paint is scratched pretty badly, so badly in fact that it causes Mysterio to wince and shiver, he feels sympathy for the poor youngster, he's had his far share of injuries in battle as well. With a few quick strides he briskfully walks over to him and grabs his arm, his touch ever so delicate, yet firm nonetheless, and brings it up closer to his face to inspect. It seems the wound has long began to heal.. Good, that means he's ready for a fresh coat of paint. Mysterio glances down at him, Sides stares back up at him like a deer in headlights before he simply shrugs and smiles nervously. "Just a few small scratches, nothing I can't handle." He reassures him, Mysterio rolls his optics at him before he lets go of his arm and walks over to some kind of storage container hidden behind a rock and carefully prepares something. Sides leans forward on his "perch" to try to sneak a peek, "Clings" and "Tings" echo through out the space, only raising his already peaked curiosity."You need a new coat of paint. Your wound is healed enough to get one.. Come here." Mysterio commands as he turns around, he's holding a giant contraption of some kind..? It looks... genuinely dangerous, like something a mad scientist would conjure up. "What the slag is that? I'm not going near that thing." Sides thinks as he nervously adjusts his posture, he begins to fidget with his hands as he tries to come up with an excuse to not have this done.. But he can't think of any. "Uh, I'm good, thanks." Sideswipe softly replies as he tries to avoid eye contact with him, going so far as to look at the cracks in the walls instead, and of course, Mysterio takes notice."Sideswipe." Mysterio's tone is equivalent to that of a disappointed father, Sides just barely peeks over at him only to discover that he's now miraculously right next to him with that crazy looking device in hand. He clumsily falls off the rock he was seated upon and clammers to the ground, scrapping his paint even more in the process. "Sideswipe." Mysterio repeats himself, this time his tone is more authoritative. "Honestly, the nerve of this bot. I'm only trying to help." He thinks as he watches Sideswipe barely manage to stumble onto his feet, quickly scurry behind a big rock in the corner, and begin to peer over it at him. Mysterio huffs softly as he watches him stalk him from across the "room". "Primus, he's like a sparkling.." He thinks as he fiddles with the device a bit as he waits for Sides to come to his senses."Nah man! What the hell even is that thing? Are you gonna scrape all my paint off and repaint it or something else?! That thing's scary! It looks like a fraggin' torture device! No way, man. No." Sides blurts back, panic prominent in his voice. Mysterio looks down at his homemade painting device and raises an optical ridge. "This?" He queries as he shakes the device, making the paint inside sloosh about. "It's paint, Sideswipe. It's just a paint appiler. I had to make one myself out of old scraps from a fallen cybertrionan ship because I couldn't get my hands on one before I escaped captivity. It's just paint."Sideswipe stares at him for a few more moments before he looks down at the rock in contemplation. "Oh. Okay, that's fine then." He begins to stand before suddenly pausing. "HEY WAIT! Why is there fraggin' saws on there then?" Mysterio looks down at the device once again before he rolls his optics dramatically. "Scraps, Sideswipe. I don't care how it looks." He admits as his arms fall to his sides along with the device, he stares at him with a slight hint of annoyance twinkling behind those bright optics of his as he awaits for him to fully reemerge out of hiding. "Oh. Okay.. but you better not scrap my previous paint off! I hate that slag, its unnecessary! Just paint over it." Sides rebuttals as he finally comes towards him. "Language, Sideswipe." Mysterio reprimands, Sides throws up his hands aggravatedly."Yeah yeah, whatever." He mumbles. Begrudgingly, he sits back down on his rock and silently awaits Mysterio to approach him, he's so nervous, he's even twiddling his thumbs. Mysterio prepares the device and adjusts Sideswipe's arm to where he can easily reach it. And just before he can even turn it on... "WAIT!" Sides shouts, Mysterio freezes in place before his arms fall down to his sides once again and with a ragged sigh, he bothers to ask what's wrong once more. "What, Sideswipe?" Now the annoyance is far more than evident, it's practically leaking into his EM field. "We need a safe word." Sideswipe replies nonchalantly, Mysterio silently stares at him for a few moments before responding. "What?" He asks blatantly, he's absolutely dumbfounded that he'd say something like that to him. "This isn't surgery, it's just a paintjob, why does he need a safe word?" Mysterio thinks as he listens to him plead his case. "Just in case.. please?" Sides pouts at him, even going so far as to give him puppy eyes... Mysterio is beginning to realize that there's not much point in arguing with him. "Very well, the safe word is stop." He replies stoicly as he begins to apply paint onto him one little bit at a time."That safe word sucks, we need a cooler one." Mysterio stops painting for a moment before he heaves a heavy sigh and continues. "Sideswipe, does it really matter what the safe word is? This clearly isn't even hurting you." He rebuttals as he continues to paint Sideswipe purple instead of red, which Sides himself has yet to take notice of because he's too busy acting like a newborn sparkling. "Yes. Yes it does. How about dynamite!" Sideswipe replies, the word itself he said in a "totally tubular" sort of tone... Mysterio decides it's best for him to just remain silent, a few moments of silence pass before Sides pipes up. "Aw, come on, you're giving me the silent treatment now? Do you not like my safe word? We can make one together!"Sideswipe offers as he glances down at his arm, suddenly, he flinches from shock. "Hey! Woah, that's not my red chrome, man!" He quickly blurts, Mysterio freezes then stares at the bot, Sides stares at it some more, weighing his options in his processor before he finally settles back down. "Alright.. I think it'll look pretty good on me, carry on." He replies calmly, and just like that, Mysterio continues his work. He paints the mech entirely purple, just like him. But it seems he's not stopping there, after a few moments of admiring his incredible painting skills and showing Sideswipe his new look using a shiny piece of scrap metal, Mysterio gets an idea. He wanders off deeper into the cave all the while Sideswipe raves on about how good he looks and how great of a job he did painting him. "You should really open up a busine- Hey wait, where you goin'? Oh, you're going deeper..? Do uh.. do I have to follow you? Because I really don't want to..." His voice's pitch slowly becomes quieter and quieter as he watches his friend vanish into the darkness, leaving him all alone. He stands there like a lost sparkling, waiting for his papa to come back, and thank Primus, he's returned! He's returned with some things.. What is that? Wood? Funny shaped wood... interesting.

"Oh man, I'm so glad you're back, I didn't wanna have to go down there and look for you!" He explains as Mysterio carefully ties the pieces of wood onto Sides' helm with some vines he found. After he finishes, he takes a step back to look at him and tilts his helm to the side curiously. "Are we dressing up now? Feeling our inner artist, are we? Alright, I'm done for it. What's the inspo, a reindeer, a moose?" Sideswipe teases, Mysterio raises a single servo signaling him to hold on before he trots over to a rock across from them, he fetches some spare cloth from behind it then returns to Sides. "Cloth? I like where this is going, are you gonna give me a tail or somethin'?" Sides queries as he lifts his arms up, giving Mysterio some space to work. "Or perhaps clothing of some kind?" He watches as he begins to attach the cloth to the sides of his helm, then his chest, then finally his lower back... "Wait a second, this seems familiar..... Him, he's the inspo. He's making me into a little him? That's an interesting choice.. I like it!"Mysterio takes a step back and admires his hard work, a hint of pride can be seen deep within those optics of his. Sideswipe takes a moment to feel the cloth on his chest, letting his hands slide down the pieces, feeling the fabric, then he wraps them around his fingers. A sound from in front of him alerts him, Mysterio has fetched the same metal scrap they were using before to show him how he looks, Sideswipe leans in and admires himself, really taking in every detail. A small smile spreads across his lips as he gazes up as Mysterio, who is ever so lovingly looking down at him. Then it all hits him at once, the way he looks down at him so lovingly, his extra friendly behaviour towards him, such as letting him ride on his back, helping him when he needs it, teaching him how to fight and how to make things.. Does he perhaps view him the same way he does him? Like family? Is he perhaps, in a way, his adopted child? Does he truly finally have the father figure he's always silently longed for? Primus, what a relief it is to know that he views him the same way as he does him, it was really starting to weigh on his spark. Sides quietly tears up, he's so happy, he wraps his arms tightly around him and silently sobs into his chest as all the memories flood back into his mind, all those sweet moments together, bonding, it all meant something after all.Mysterio slowly wraps his arms around him too, acknowledging the bond they've made and just now realizing that he might have over stepped a bit there. After a few breems, Sideswipe pulls away and looks up at him with the sweetest little smile, all the while those tears just barely stream down his cheeks, a ping of guilt settles in Mysterio's chest. "I'm sorry if I overstepped... I just wanted to see what you'd look like if you had my features.. I realize now that it may have been a bit of a leap." He softly begins, but before he can continue, Sides hugs him tightly once again. "I view you as family too, it's okay." He barely croaks out, a few silent unmoving moments pass before Mysterio's arms slowly fall to his sides and he too begins to tear up, and finally, a small smile adorns his lips. Suddenly, he brings him into a big hug, even going so far as to pick him up and hold him, just taking a moment to enjoy finally being accepted by another, someone who sees him, the real him, and doesn't chortle or pick a fight, but rather loves him like his own family for who he is instead. A few sweet moments pass before they finally pull apart.. and Sideswipe is more than thrilled by Mysterio's little smile. "A smile! You're smiling! See, I knew I could make you smile!"

Mysterio tested multiple locations before settling on his waterfall cave – his specifically beneath a slow-running cascade. Fast-running water can pick up, suspend, and transport heavier particles of sand, grit, pebbles, and organic debris, keeping sediment in motion, and while slow water still has debris, it is more often resting than moving/circulating. Sudden surges of the waterfall after storms greatly irritate him. He only ever uses the waterfall somewhat indirectly, dipping tools and the ends of fabrics/cloths into it, but never standing under it himself if he can help it.Though he has never harmed wildlife, small woodland animals know his cave as a safe zone! Predators avoid him instinctively, so he does not see them very often. The glimpses he has gotten of them, though, he thinks are beautiful.He has come to recognize individual bird species by their call patterns, though he probably doesn’t know the names of most of these species. I imagine his favorite bird would be the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, especially their song, if he knew what they were / if they were not extinct, but currently his favorite is the nightingale. He would also get “startled” by the songs of white bellbirds.Mysterio does not understand sarcasm perfectly, and finds wisecrackers to be pointless. In any case, he pings it all to be adjacent to mockery, which even if not malicious, he doesn’t often appreciate. The Bee Team learned quickly that jokes more often than not don’t land with him, and they usually default to neutral statements when near the cave. Usually. That said, he has developed a better sense of humor through Sideswipe.He very rarely receives compliments – both Autobots and Decepticons argue whether or not he even processes praise given that he shows zero visible response to them. Sideswipe is the only person who regularly admires Mysterio, which he cherishes more than he will ever let on. He remembers every single compliment that others give him.Sideswipe has started bringing two clothes when he visits the waterfall cave – one for Mysterio, and one for himself. Mysterio will not accept Sideswipe himself ending up dirty… nor Sideswipe’s help with anything. Sideswipe also has gotten more of a shift in habit since meeting Mysterio, particularly that he checks his own paint more often than necessary, especially after missions.Mysterio dislikes wind. Strong winds can carry debris, and he can feel micro-particles striking his plating and getting into his seams, so wind feels dirty to him. He also finds that the sound of wind lacks a pattern, unlike water. His favorite spots in the forest are low, dense areas where the leaves and undergrowth break up airflow.He also dislikes open areas – they offer little control over approach. There are too many angles for disturbance, and he feels more exposed as a result of having nowhere to position or protect himself. Enclosed spaces, in a way, allow him to define his own boundaries.He enjoys the idea of digging chambers into his cave, mostly for the aesthetics of it, but is uncertain in going through with it as to not get himself dirty or scratched by abrasive rocks and soil.Sideswipe has picked up on some of Mysterio’s mannerisms, particularly becoming somewhat quieter. He’s not sad in any way, but more so just tuned down. He also tends to stand still, leaning his weight evenly.I don’t recall if Torkulon shows up in RiD, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t, so you can take this as just a bonus. Having heard of the planet’s focus on psychiatric help, there are some who have considered taking Mysterio to Torkulon just for an assessment – though, he has refused this, and most consider it to not be worth the effort.