Video [Originating from Vectorian Temple]

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[This wasn't Chicago. The humans had...interesting architecture, but not something this eclectic even came from the 'modern art' that they seemed to love so much. While the alcolytes had done their job in explaining the situation, Mirage's mind was far too busy processing everything else. He was taken from a rather...high tension moment, as in...minutes before his execution, and was nonetheless worried about his comrades.

He's quick to turn his communication device on, attempting to at least stay CIVIL even though he's pretty much churning with anger on the inside..]

Ah...buongiorno.  It seems I have been transported to Cybertron. I will question as to why it is not a lifeless husk later.  For now, I am looking for any of my comrades.

Bumblebee. Sideswipe. Do you copy?

...Human Lennox?

[His tone is rather even, his deep voice trailing off after every other sentence. He's expecting a snarky reply from Sideswipe at any second now.

Any second now.]

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Bumblebee's not here. I'm sure he'd be confused he's so popular, actually.

Sorry to disappoint.

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[Mirage tilts his head slightly at the message, unsure of who the voice belonged to. It didn't match any vocal patterns of anyone back home...]

That is unfortunate.

[Yeah, he knows Bumblebee is the popular child back home too. He gets to visit the Sam.]

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[It's going to come out sooner or later, and he prefers to make it come out sooner, but he suspects his name's not going to win him many friends in any universe, so he asks, first.]

And what's your name?

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[He's a bit hesitant to give out his name, especially to an unfamiliar voice and since he just asked for Bumblebee and Sideswipe. But if neither are here...]

...Mirage.

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[oh good, this is going better than expected. Autobot, check. One whose name he recognizes, even!] I recognize the name, but not the voice.

...Starscream.

[and invitingly keeping the link open, he tenses a few cables in anticipation. Waiting. Oh boy oh boy]

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[namesnotprowl]

[His first reaction, several months ago, would have been snarling rage. Autobots. His Autobots. But Barricade has had some time to consider things, and to get to Sideswipe's presence around the station. Sideswipe isn't here, he knows, and Bumblebee... well. If he had been here, Barricade would probably be trying to tear the tubing straight out of the yellow cretin's neck.

The last name, though... he can't stop a sharp laugh tearing out of his vocalizer.]

Good luck finding him; I ain't met a single member of N.E.S.T. around here.

Except you, of course.

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[That voice. He KNEW that voice. And the mention of N.E.S.T. only immortalizes it in his processor.]

Bastardo. What did you do to them.

[Like he's going to believe that.]

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[namesnotprowl]

[He chuckles low. He definitely remembers your voice now.] Ah, so you do remember me.

I haven't seen or heard from them in a good long while, knife-slinger. And it's better for all of us that way. Well, for them, anyway. After all...

Lennox still owes me my partner, my optics, and my legs.

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[Those blue optics narrow, even if Barricade can't see it. If only you could, because you could practically read everything he wanted to do to you.

see: tear off the rest of whatever Lennox and his crew didn't get.]

You robbed us of Ironhide and Que. If anything you have not paid enough.

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[namesnotprowl]

And your kind robbed me of my planet!

[It's half-snarled with the feline growl in his tone lingering at the end. He pauses after that, for a long while. Calming down.]

There is nothing left for you Autobots to take from me.

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Were any of your allies here, they wouldn't last long.

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[NICE TO SEE YOU TOO SHOCKWAVE. Mirage's eyes narrow at that single optic gazing back at him.]

You will find they are full of surprises.

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[Always nice to see an Autobot from his world. Finally some targets for target practice.]

Surprises wouldn't save them, or you.

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[Not in this lifetime, cyclops!]

We have survived this long, bastardo.

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[As if he's ever given an Autobot a choice in the matter.]

That can change.

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[Hey, Mirage. Would you like something else than a bunch of Decepticons to talk to? Here, have... Well, Elita doesn't really have any insignia visible, and she probably looks as strange to him as she thinks he does, but...]

A Cybertron, really... And even if they wouldn't be yours, I believe neither Sideswipe nor Bumblebee are present...

[Elita frowns and then shrugs.]

Nor this human.

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[Not AS strange as you might think. You do give off a few Arcee vibes to him, but not enough to fully fool him that you are. Still, she seemed pretty well composed and easy to speak to, so he'll provide manners as well.]

Grazie, signora~ That is unfortunate news...

[His wings slightly flutter in mild annoyance. Not at anyone in particular, but just the fact that he was separated from them.]

I am hoping they were transported elsewhere at the very least.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

[There's no wheels at all, at a minimum, besides the large difference in design given their different universes, yes.]

There's not actually that many of us present, and even less from the same... place.

[She quiets as he shares that little bomb; it wasn't something she'd considered at all. Her optics momentarily widen and the glow pales.]

... I had... assumed only those of us who are here were affected, but that... could be a possibility as well.

[Out of the view of the camera, Elita's free hand tenses into a fist.]

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[Hearing that last part was slightly disheartening, and it shows as his wings droop a bit. If he was the only one affected, then that means...

Those two...

No, he couldn't think that, at least not without proof. He'll focus on the earlier part of her explanation.]

So that would explain the Starscream...

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[She'd honestly thought he'd meant "transported elsewhere (not on the planet)", since it was quite clear that after the first wave of arrivals, the Acolytes all seemed pretty on top of collecting their Firstforged's "aligned".]

It's odd, but yes. If I have it right, there are four Starscreams present at the moment, as well as... two Wheeljacks.

[It's so strange to have to pluralize designations, which, after all, should be personal.]

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Do ALL Autobots have a human these days?

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...I have no human.

[The human Reynolds doesn't count.]

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Oh yes, and I'm sure 'Human Lennox' is just the desgnation of your pet scraplet.

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[There's a sigh. A laboured sigh.]

He is not MY human. I do not have a human.

But he is a human I associate myself with.

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That's the same thing.

[because there's no such thing as friendship or coworkers. Just ownership.]