video;

[ex_dishonestly997]

[Broadcasting perched on an outcropping over a lava flow, seemingly sounding unbothered by the misstep into a sideways universe--first rule of Decepticon Club is never let em know you're scared.]

So, this looks like Cybertron--actually, a lot like the one I just came from. But from my recon, it's either a time, a space, or a time and space displacement.

Little bee, are you here? [elaborating] I'm looking for an Autobot named Bumblebee. About this high--[indicates short, midchest height]--gold, kinda stout. I'll also accept Metalhawk, Wheeljack - Soundwave? How about Prowl, with my luck he's here. [Bueller?]

--For the rest of you, my name is Starscream. Maybe you've heard of me. [and he's smirking a little self-indulgently at the thought. No matter how dangerous or inconvenient it might be to be preknown in a brave new world, it's nice to be important.]

I'm here to help.

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[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Well, that's another one for the list.

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

[WELL HELLO HANDSOME

.....hold on that's not the appropriate response.]

...What-...

[okay it's time to leave this weird stasis compiling error hallucination and come back to reality. Aaaany minute now.

He decides to say something though so this other Starscream doesn't get the full joy of how absolutely gobsmacking this is to him.]

Nice paintjob.

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Quite a number of Autobots you're looking for on that list, huh?

So are you from the universe where I turn all soft?

[Note: He has noooooo room to talk at all.]

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

And you're the reason I'm not being trusted thanks to my designation, I'm guessing.

[Just react, think it over later. Treat this like another potential frenemy, not someone wearing his face, with a spark like his. That prospect is unsettling.]

I'm looking for Autobots because the war is over and only a few of the other Decepticons were smart enough to be helpful after.

Or should I be calling for Megatron?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Oh, no. I wouldn't blame that one all on me. There are at least two others who share our same name.

[At the mention of Megatron, he laughs.]

As for Megatron, you could try, but I have yet to see him. The last time I saw the one where I come from he was a smoldering corpse. So.

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Three Starscreams. [he's not sure if he should feel smug about popularity or dread about how badly that's going to go down. If he knows himself, and he thinks he does, it'll be trouble.]

Should I offer commiserations or congratulations?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

While it was certainly a shame for such a great warrior to go down like he did, things change and move on.

What's done is done, in other words.

[He didn't need to mention more, he already gave himself his own coronation speech.]

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

And you assumed command of the Decepticons. [half dimmed optics, but no reason to feel jelly, he's got a pretty sweet setup rn]

Now that calls for congratulations, and a betting pool on how long it lasts for you.

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Now, that's not very nice. I have no problems leading the Decepticons.

Well, minus Shocky, but his 'brainwash everyone into a new order' plan didn't go very well for him.

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

[uncharacteristically blunt] I gave up thinking I could usurp Megatron.

[and talking to himself like this is bizarre] Okay, that never happened to me.

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Perhaps that is for the best -- not everyone can succeed in that after all.

[If getting stuck in a piranacon tank by Megatron didn't stop his assassination attempts, nothing would.]

I believe there are multitudes of differences between universes. Wheeljack has a mouth in one universe for Primus' sake. Talk about weird.

I'm sure there are just as many events that happened to you that did not happen to me and vice-versa.

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

[just doesn't reply to that first part, believing discretion the better part of valor. But that thing about universal differences makes him perk visibly.]

What are the other two like?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

As far as I know -- one appears to be pink ...

[As he saw on the video feed on the comm unit.]

And the other apparently has a pointy thing on his head like a unicorn.

I haven't personally seen that one, however. So take that as you will.

[video]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Pink. [THE REAL QUESTION IS, DOES HE BELIEVE HIMSELF. This is deep.] ...What exactly is a unicorn? [You're not just mispronouncing Unicron, right? Right?

Right?]

...I appreciate the descriptions.

[Butting in. With Audio-only. Gosh. This isn't suspicious at all]

[my_own_trope]

Well aren't we getting chummy with one another?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

Well, well. Welcome to the party. Do I need to guess who you are?

[Feel free to cut in anytime IDWScream. I'm off to bed]

[my_own_trope]

I'd say you get three guesses, but really you only get one.

[ex_dishonestly997]

[Well, it doesn't take a genius, although this Starscream fancies he is one.]

Hello--Commander Starscream, I presume. [The second time it's a little easier to rebound out of surprise--his voicebox sounds hella different, it's easier for Starscream to dissociate himself, a little.] A pleasure.

[aerospacecommander]

I think we just found our elusive unicorn.

[ex_dishonestly997]

I'm sure we can all act like civilized mechs.

[aerospacecommander]

We are. There'd be a lot more bloodshed already if we weren't.

[my_own_trope]

What did you just call me?

[aerospacecommander]

A unicorn.

[my_own_trope]

Believe me, if I were Unicron, you'd know it.

There are plenty of things on this quaint little planet that I'd see fit to change.

[aerospacecommander]

No, no. A unicorn. Earth creature, has a single horn on its head.