[Video] - transmission from Liege Maximo's temple

[angleofscience]

Hm... [Jetfire looks... somewhat like he feels out of his depth when the feed pops on, an expression somewhere between thoughtful and awkward.]

If you were going to give a gift to mark an occasion, would you match it to the other individual involved, or the event itself? [He shakes his helm, pausing and intending to rephrase but can't quite come up with something... This just isn't his particular area really.]

[A while after this question was asked, a second message, locked this time, gets tagged on.]
[Locked to DW!Starscream]
Come meet me on that cliff a bit outside Solus Prime's quadrant? The one that overlooks the forest.

Comments

[angleofscience]

Hmm, yes. I haven't talked to him myself, or the Soundwave that was here before, but it's... interesting. And in the sense that any given reality might not only have closely connected ones due to differing actions or causes, but also one where everything is completely mirrored does make some sense on a greater scale, as even atoms and particles have their "mirrors" so to speak.

[He's thought a little about it, and really, somehow that isn't so hard to accept on a theoretical angle, though it'd probably feel more unsettling if he ended up in such a reality.]

... I think I understand the spirit of the saying. [He chuckles, shaking his helm.] And it does make sense, though he didn't start out as murderously vicious as he's ended up... [Pausing, Jetfire's optics narrow a little.] To add to that, he's also somewhat... mellowed, compared to earlier in the war.

Not to say he's anywhere near to a gentle spark, and of course harsher than before the war but it was worse.

[Starscream would probably feel very happy his name wasn't techically attached to this discussion.]

[raceme]

Soundwave was a good bot. [And this is a sore subject for Blurr. His optics dim and he slump his shoulders.]Yes, I agree. The bot form the mirrored reality act worse than the sort of Decepticons I used to fight in my world, though.

Life can make us change in a drastic way but there's probably always part of us that's immutable. Mellowed is definitely not bad. War made us all more sour, I was really glad when it was over. [Such a dark age for them.]

I understand.

[Ah, the art of subtlety.]

[angleofscience]

I can see that happen... Since, for all that I've heard, in some regular realities the war and the factions seem to act or become... hard, for lack of a better word, to a differing degree.

[He shrugs slightly, optics dimming a little as well at the thought of the things any one of them might be capable of... especially if the normal course of things was flipped.]

War is never a pleasant thing, no. Some adjust more easily and even revel in it... [Another shake of his helm. That got a bit more depressing than he'd thought.]

Thank you for the suggestions, though.

[raceme]

You are telling m. In mostly all of the realities Autobots and Decepticons are still at war. [It's a really upsetting reality for Blurr, even if he rarely mentions it.]

Yeah. [It did, Blurr's sorry for bringing it up.]You are welcome. I hope some of those help you. I guess I should get back to work.

[angleofscience]

Unfortunately, it does seem that the war being over is a very rare occurrence, no matter the other variables.

[Oh, no, Blurr shouldn't be. It's a huge thing to not discuss every now and then.] They should, if not now then surely later.

[raceme]

It almost started again in my world. Out kid always seems to be connected to fighting.

[It is but he doesn't want to make people feel sad.] I'm glad then. See you, Jetfire.

[angleofscience]

It does seem that way, doesn't it?

[With a shake of his helm, Jetfire smiles anyway.]<7small>

You as well.