So Forestock gets to socialize with the DJD, Tarn translating where needed, and ends up offering his physiotherapist skills to give everyone a once-over. Tarn of course recognizes Forestock and gives an equally pleasant greeting back in primal vernacular, to which Forestock compliments him on his grasp on the ancient language has gotten better since they’d last spoken.Īnd the rest of the DJD are just staring gobsmacked by this tiny mech who’s just completely unintimidated by them, then when Tarn properly introduces Forestock to the rest of them they drag themselves over their initial shock and find it’s quite a novelty to meet someone who wasn’t scared strutless of the mere sight of them. And so when the DJD land their ship and exit, both of the few crew that have braved remaining in the landing bay, and four of the five DJD are shocked to watch as Forestock fearlessly trot up to one of the most dangerous Decpticon groups with a wave and what sounds like a cheerful greeting. Then a long while later Forestock overhears that the DJD are going to be landing at the base for supplies and maintenance on the ship (or whatever, they’re not there to execute anyone that’s the main point). Forestock tends to complain about this treatment to Damus who always lends a sympathetic ear.ĭamus eventually is assigned to be the leader of the Decepticon Justice Division and correspondence between them becomes scarce but never fully stops. The other cons he’s stationed with aren’t “bad” per-say but they have the unfortunate tendency to talk like he’s not in the room or can speak for himself simply because of the language barrier.

When Damus no longer needs the sessions and needs to go on to his assignment (maybe at Grindcore? We don’t know if he was doing anything specific before then or not) the two keep in contact and send the occasional message to each other.įorestock eventually gets stationed somewhere where his primary role is just being a gun and secondary is assisting in the medibay. (during this time Damus starts out using translator devices we seen in #34 but uses this chance to learn Primal Vernacular on his own merit) And during the sessions the two of them build up a friendship over admiration for Megatron, Cybertronian history, language and how linguistics have changed over time. So this basically starts off with Megatron tasking Forestock with physiotherapy work for Damus, who has just transitioned from his smaller, orange car mode to the big buff purple tank we know and love. Okay two things first, JRo said that Forestock is a physiotherapist for Cybertronians, and he has been used in gun mode by Megatron.

Here’s my not-quite-fanfic-but-also-a-little-bit-fanfic of how Forestock ended up with the Decepticon Justice Division.

Cybertronian language translator