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[warp]

[Skywarp looks rather tired when the video comes on. He's hunched over, clearly still sitting on that slab they all wake up on. His yellow optics are on a steady, but low, glow and the grimace is there more because it's a well-worn and familiar expression rather than because he's got excess energy to emote it.]

Can someone explain what the frag is goin' on? [Pause, and then Skywarp sharply taps the screen, probably for no other reason than to satisfy some crude desire to be annoying, because that's got to make some unpleasant noise for anyone listening.] And I ain't talking 'bout the alternate reality slag, I got that part, but what am I doing here?

[He may be dumb, but alternate realities fits rather neatly in among the knowledge he has for warping, even if the thought of more than one version of people in general is sort of incomprehensible.]

Not that bein' away from that freak and Starscream being a glitch like usual ain't good, but, y'know.

[He'll kick back and relax the moment he knows he's good to go, and he's mostly shooting scrap at Starscream out of tired, annoyed habit; he hadn't done too badly this past year.]

... Is there any extra energon 'round here?

[Because frag it was unpleasant to be low on power again after not having had to be so for several years. Stupid Autobots, stupid Starscream, stupid blathering glowy freak. They'd all prioritised weapons before re-energising, but Skywarp had barely picked up his arm cannons before he woke up here.

There's a question, almost, on the edge of his vocaliser, about who's here or not, but then he just snaps his mouth closed. He's too fragging tired to think about asking anything else.]

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[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

Warp!?

PIT, Skywarp, is that you!?

[Dignity . . . he has none. Not at the moment, anyway. He's not let himself actively hope his wingmate (even a version that's not "his") might eventually come, but now that the reality of it is staring through the comm screen, it's like a shot straight through the spark chamber.]

[Video]

[warp]

[Have a lopsided grin that manages to light up his face pretty well, despite the lack of energy.]

Hey, Thundercracker--- [And then... pause. Skywarp slowly frowns. Because he just saw you, but if you're here that must mean someone else but still the same and all this alternate reality slag is a lot easier when it's just math and coordinates!]

Uh... Dunno. Is it?

[Intelligent questions courtsey of Skywarp.]

Because I just saw you but... I suppose I didn't?

[Something seems off. Maybe. He's not sure. He's also only got energy at half full.]

[Video] --> Action?

[notyourblueangel]

[It's okay, he's used to "Skywarp intelligence".]

Um . . . sort of.

[Now that he's looking and listening closer, there are enough subtle clues to tell him this probably isn't "his" Skywarp. Which also means to Warp that he's not the "right" TC.]

I'll try to explain but . . . where are you? Which temple?

I'll bring energon. You look like you could use it.

[Video] --> Action!

[warp]

[Skywarp just shrugs at that. Sort of seems good enough, because extremely similar or not, Skywarp just realised this Thundercracker has red optics, like Starscream has.

It looks so odd.]

Er... Megatron. Somethin'. [Okay, he heard the name the Acolyte said perfectly well, but he doesn't really care.]

Starscream couldn't get the Autobots to recharge us more than half, an' I didn't get to refuel... [Frag, he'd barely picked up replacement arm cannons!]

[Video] --> Action! YAY

[notyourblueangel]

[Yeah, the yellow optics were TC's first clue - that's a Neutral color! Where he's from, anyway.]

Autobots? Didn't- . . . never mind.

Megatronus's temple. Stay put. I'll come to you, and I've got plenty of energon.

[And with that, he'll take to flight.]

[Video] --> Action

[warp]

[Staying put is certainly something he can do, even if he also wants to get a handle of the wider surroundings because as it is right now, he basically only has line-of-sight warping, and that's annoying.[

Yeah, 'cause Bruticus had gotten most of 'em, so he made the rest release us to know where he'd put the others.

[A shrug as Skywarp... quite literally takes Thundercracker telling him to stay put and lays back down on the slab as he speaks.]

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[notyourblueangel]

[The fact that Skywarp doesn't argue or even comment on staying put is worrying. It might be a difference of reality, but his instinct tells him it's not. He's bringing several cubes as he jets to Megatronus's temple and is let in, asking around among Acolytes till he's led to the room Warp's in. He crosses to the altar.]

Skywarp. Pit, it's good to see you. I brought energon. Here.

[He pulls two cubes, offering one to the teleporter.]

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[aerospacecommander]

Skywarp, stop acting like a blasted empty and pull yourself together.

[video]

[warp]

[Well, that neatly stopped any questions of if Starscream was the "right one" and instead Skywarp huffs.]

Like I haven't heard that before. Like to see you not complain when you ain't got enough energy...

[Then the little grimace evens out and Skywarp just... stares for a brief moment.]

Uh, Starscream... What're we gonna do?

[Because Starscream will know, right?]

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

There is plenty of Energon around here, so you can shut up about it.

Speaking of which -- what temple did they put you in?

[video]

[warp]

[He'll shut up about it when he wants to! Even if Starcream had gotten them released.]

Yeah, well, there ain't any right here---

Sopmething... Megatron's. [Skywarp just shrugs. He'd heard the name, he just didn't care, and he was more stuck on the fact that the full version was so similar to the "actual" Megatron's.]

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[aerospacecommander]

You're in the same one as I am then.

Also -- no killing anyone, unless it's self-defense. Apparently they don't like that here and I'm not going to bail you out if you get into any trouble.

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[warp]

Least this place looks bigger than the Nemesis.

[Not that it hadn't been perfectly possible to avoid any given person of their tiny stranded crew with barely fifteen mechs on the whole thing.]

What, really? [Snorting, Skywarp shakes his helm. Bo-ring. But on the other hand, doesn't have to kill people to use the easy targets that they make...]

Fine. Wouldn't want to make any trouble for you, after all.

[That's enough sarcasm to fill up the temple, surely.]

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[glitteratimedic]

...Skywarp?

[More dead people. You'd think he'd be used to this by now, but NOPE.]

[Video]

[warp]

Uh... yeah. Who're you?

[Because wow, Ravage prefers not to speak, so he doesn't think... that's who you are.]

[Video]

[glitteratimedic]

[...Siiigh. So disappointing, every time.]

The name is Glit, Decepticon medic.

[Video]

[warp]

[Sorry, Glit. Though Skywarp isn't. He just gives Glit a stare, helm tilted.]

Never thought I'd go to a cassette... But if Hook ain't here.

[Shrug. Doesn't matter. As long as there's someone around that's not necessarily an Autobot, it's fine with him.]

[Video]

[glitteratimedic]

He isn't.

[Thankfully.]

But as I mentioned, I am quite capable no matter my form, if you need assistance.

[Video]

[warp]

[Hey, now, what's wrong with Hook? Well, besides him being a stuck-up elitist.]

Good enough for me. [Skywarp shrugs, then squints at Glit.]

So, what, where you're from... are you Ravage's clone or somethin'?

[video]

[rednotbluethx]

Ah, no, all three of you's slag-brained flyboys are here now. Jus' wat this Pithole needed: more morons.

[video]

[warp]

Says the runt.

[Have a snigger while he just lays here on his back as if he's not really kind of tired. And then the glow in those optics sharpen slightly.]

Does that mean you're alll alone, Rumble?

[Yes, he's from the same place the Starscream around is so he's going to think you're Rumble, Frenzy.]

[video]

[rednotbluethx]

It's Frenzy, numb bolts! [HUFF]

An' who says I'm all alone, huh? There's a Soundwave an' a Ravage here, too!

[He's not going to tell you about them though cause, uh... yeah.]

An' another Cassetticon named Glit, too!

But I don't need 'em t'take down yer invisibutt.

[video]

[warp]

What, y'get your fragging cerebro-circuits scrambled or somethin'... [Then he catches himself and grimaces. Oh, right, different realities, different people. Ugh.]

And I say you couldn't do slag even with 'em, Frumble.

[Oh yes, he went there. And he looks kind of proud of it, too.]

[video]

[rednotbluethx]

Ya want t'come say dat to my face, ya winged turkey? I'll show ya wrong an' then feed yer aft to Shockwave's giant worm thing!

[video]

[warp]

I can do that, midget. Just gimmie a few and I'll come kick you into the nearest oil pit.

Just got to have a look around the place first.

[No, kicking Frenzy into the lake - when he finds it and has the energon to warp around - isn't the priority, but just have some patience and he'll come right back to you.]