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[She hadn't really thought she'd need to consider this so soon after arriving, but she did, if nothing else, need lay the groundwork... and branch out of this got nothing concrete.

So here, have a brief image on the screen of what's clearly a reflection of Elita on a slab of metal somewhere in Solus' temple large enough to actually give a full-body view. This doesn't last more than a few seconds before the screen is turned back to face Elita again, however.]

Are there any others around of a similar height and mass as myself, who posseses an altmode?

[Two rows of short text gets added, which is basically just Elita's height and mass, because she does not possess more than limited size-changing capbility and can thus not take on an altmode that matches that.]

The recent situation made it clear I need to at least consider finding another altmode... and I'm not sure the Junk Pile would be helpful in that matter.

[But she might have to go looking there anyway, she's aware as her few most recent altmodes have all been boats for various reasons.]

((ooc: for the "ease" of comparison, I've set Elita as somewhere in the low-twenty feet range.))

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[... That, sir, is a very strange question.]

And why wouldn't it be?

[Elita frowns on her end, optics narrow as she chooses to answer with... not quite a direct answer to the question.]

How would I know? That's why I asked.

I can't presume to know everything about your healthy.

Hmpf.

The biggest question here is, why do you want to know? I don't see how the state of any part of me is your business.

I was going to help you find a new vehicle mode but first I'd have to make sure you were completely functional. We might not be from the same time-space continuum -- and if I'm not mistake, which I'm sure I'm not -- we aren't.

If you aren't up to spec, scanning my modified vehicle might result in something ... painfully messy.

[...Is it just you, or did you almost hear a smile with those last couple of words??]

If I couldn't transform, actually asking for anyone with an altmode with similar mass and height to myself would be kind of redundant, wouldn't it?

[She might have put more bite in that if she wasn't more focused on another part, namely;]

But even if it didn't only scanning something shouldn't have any negative effects, it's not as if we transform upon completed altmode scanning... [pause] Or is that what happens in your reality?

[The tone of voice and maybe-smile gets a narrowed stare thrown at a random part of the wall; since it's audio, she can obviously not direct it towards Starscream himself.]

[Snappily:] Just looking out for your well-being!

[And then somewhat grumpily:] Something like that. But this isn't about me. This is about you, and helping out a bot in need~.

Appreciated. [Said a bit dryly, but she does mean it. It was just a very clumsy way of phrasing it if her well-being was actually what it was all about, which she's... uncertain about.

Something seems off.]

So what were your suggestion? Unless you're any sort of ground or water-travelling vehicle, I won't really be able to accomodate the altmode, the rest being equal.

[Elita's optics are narrowed as she says this, because well... There's hints and jangling little alerts all over this thing. She can't put her finger on it exactly, but it's there. There's too many details and not enough whole picture in here.]

You limit yourself. Perhaps it's time to look into an upgrade; something a little more functional than land or water based vehicles.

[It's hard to focus when his racism gets in the way]

... Perhaps, if I actually could change the type of altmode I have, which is pretty impossible.

[How rude, Starscream. Un/fortunately, she doesn't come from a reality where changing from ground to air, say, was possible.]

[Scoffs]

If it was impossible, I wouldn't have suggested it!

[It's audio, but she's totally staring dryly.]

Well, no one's changed altmode type like that as far as I know.

Then maybe you really could do with that rehaul.

And I have doubts that sort of thing would work on someone from a reality where it doesn't work to go from ground to air, even if that's perfectly possible for you.

[She's not the type to get offended, but his attitude is wearing her patience thin.]

If it's possible, I really wouldn't leave that little defect unattended. You never know what science is capable of these days~

[So. unimpressed.]

Not all of us were made to fly or travel over the ground, which I don't think is a defect considering what we've seen of the Firstforged.

Working as intended, as it were, and I'm not going to risk my well-being when I'm sure there's some way to find an alt suitable as to how I am now rather than rearrange everything.

Then I'm afraid you're beyond help.

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Should we figure out a way to stop this before something unfortunate happens?

Haha, maybe something like this will work?

If it doesn't, we'll think of something

:) Yep

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He's so charming when the lesser of their species shows up

To die for, certainly. Will he like her better when she can hover?

depends on how high

Probably no more than a few feet free of the ground

That's a few feet more than him, currently