re_alignment | [Video]

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

[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?]

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

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

[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.]

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.

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.]

I'm not looking to restrict your fun, but we have to play by the rules.

And the ones who run this play already stated that killing was a 'no-no.' Unfortunately, you can't beat them.

Right, right. Play nice, don't upset the... uh.

[Watch that circuit of realisation be slooowly closed as Skywarp's optics flare slightly.]

... don't some of these Firstforged got the same names as those Thirteen or whatever from the Covenant?

[Yes, excellent observation, Skywarp.]

I suppose. It's not like I read that Autobot, religious, garbage.

Who does? [Shrug. But still...] But if they've got the same names, what's that supposed to mean?

[It's kind of... unsettling... if some of the things might be true.]

Don't piss off the gods otherwise they'll smite you.

[Stare. And then he laughs because yeah, unsettling or not, that's really sort of funny.]

And that gotta grind your gears, even though you're pretty good at keeping your vocaliser shut.

[Not perfect, and the rest of teh time he just says just enough, but besides that, Starscream whines too fragging much out of hearing of Megatron.]

I actually haven't had much problems with them. Though the one we are 'aligned' with prefers not to be compared to Megatron.

Huh. Right, remember that. [Shrugging, Skywarp frowns slightly and then grins.] So otherwise they're kinda... what do some humans say... laissez faire?

[Silly humans and their many languages, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know them. If just to make fun of them.]

I'm surprised you have enough processor power to know that.

Pft, human languages ain't that hard! Hardly takes up any space at all.

[... which... doesn't actually work as much of a defense, but Skywarp doesn't really pick up on that.]

I'm not even going to bother responding to that.

What, you can't claim you ain't got more than English in there... [Which, of course, isn't why Starscream's saying that, but he still doesn't consider that. And then he pauses.]

Oh, sorry, forgot your ego takes up too much space for much else.

[Smirk.]

Skywarp, shut up.

Otherwise I'm going to leave your chassis in pieces out in the badlands.

Rude.

[The grimace is underlaid by a snigger though, even if he knows Starscream is serious.]

So, uh. What'd we do? Just... hang around?

[Direction plz.]

For now, sit back and play nice until a way back is found.

Good enough. [At least this means he doesn't have to keep track of anything in particular to do until Starscream gets some "clever" idea or similar.

Have a very human and very sloppy salute before Skywarp goes back to waiting for Thundercracker to appear with energon.]

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