[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.

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[aerospacecommander]

[Starscream snorted at Jetfire's attempt to be slightly mushy, romantic, or whatever the slag he was attempting to do.

He did smile back however. Of course it probably resembled more of a smirk since Starscream was still Starscream.]

Of course not. You couldn't ignore my glorious presence even if you wanted to. And if you did want to, I would shoot you.

[Probably.]

This means ... It's been an Earth year since we were back home. What do you think is going on there now?

[angleofscience]

[Smirk or not, it wasn't hard to tell it for what it was. Starscream's little proclamation got a snort and a dry, arch look down over the hand Jetfire still held.]

Clearly. Though that is hardly the way to charm someone into wanting continued company with you.

[Always with the threats of using that null ray on him, one way or another.]

More than, I believe... [Sighing, Jetfire squeezed Starscream's hand and then let go.] Frankly, despite the lack of proof for it and the improbability, I hope time hasn't passed.

Considering what Sunstorm would end up doing if he wasn't stopped, if time has passed it would likely mean most of the human population and every cybertronian might be dead, or severely injured.

[The radiation and the reaction meltdown hadn't been a small issue, after all.]

[aerospacecommander]

If that's the case would there even be a point to going back?

[Starscream canted his head to the side and it wasn't often that he went serious without any snark on the side. But this ...

Even if everything was gone, there were still other planets in the universe to take over ...

Of course, he always could conquer another Cybertron instead. ]

[angleofscience]

Mhm, well... as far as we know it'd only have affected Earth, but with the time passed, if any has passed... I don't know.

[He would rather not consider it, but not thinking it over would just be to avoid it...]

Of course... there's no proof either way, so all of this outside of our universe might be happening at an extremely accelerated rate compared to our home. [Pausing, Jetfire briefly tilts his helm to glance down at Starscream. There might be some hope about time not passing hidden in his words, but shh.]

Given that at least two separate realities have had individuals arriving at different times and not missing any of the ones who might be present here if either they or the new arrivals come from later along...

[There seemed to be, at the least, some more proof towards "time don't pass" than not. Of course, given from when he'd left, death (or... something close to it) seemed the most probable for him.]

[aerospacecommander]

[And Starscream glances back up at Jetfire. Come on lets talk about more depressing things.]

Or it's possible that the individuals who appear to be from the same universe might be from alternates as well. Maybe getting pulled here splits off from the original timeline.

[angleofscience]

[Starscream, no. Jetfire nonetheless nods at that point, folding his arms over his chestplates.]

True, that might be a possibility as well, which would preserve the integrity of the first when the anomaly happened... Though I admit, the thought of not just having caused an alternate timeline when we got removed to the Keep, but also technically having become alternates of ourseves...

[There's a slight, dry twist on Jetfire's lips, kind of a smile even if it's only faintly amused. Depressing things, you say?]

Doesn't sit overly well, even if it's certainly an interesting possibility to explore if true.

[aerospacecommander]

Well, when we get back, I'll just murder my alternate and take his place using my superior knowledge to an advantage.

[Because only Starscream would consider killing his own alternate for power.]

Or I could make it my goal to destroy every one of my alternates and become one vast singularity.

[angleofscience]

Starscream... [The hand Jetfire extricates from having them crossed so he can rub his jaw and lower face might hide the exasperated smile, but doesn't hide the amusement underlaying Starscream's name. He tried, though.]

I believe the multiverse is... ah, big enough for all of you, and when we return, wouldn't we appear in the reality that would be affected by our dissappearance, not the original one?

[Keep your ambitions slightly realistic why don't you? Shaking his helm, Jetfire stepped sideways and up behind Starscream and slipped an arm around his waist.]

[aerospacecommander]

[Starscream snorted but allows this, though he's not quite through talking.]

If there is a reality left ... considering our "disappearance."

[You know with Sunstorm blowing up and all.]

And no, it's not. There should only be one of me. Ever.

[angleofscience]

... Well, unless Sunstorm's power source was even more powerful than it suggested, he should only have been able to devastate Earth, though there could, I suppose, have been some unforeseen chain reaction...

[Sighing, Jetfire rests his chin on top of the nearest shoulder vent (handy), thumb slowly trailing over amber glass.]

And there is only one of you, as the others are variations, and not, exactly you.

[Though, that gave the question of what reality had been the 'first' one, if such a thing was possible, and which of any of them, long gone or not, was... the first iteration?]