re_alignment | [FAILED!Lock to Bulkhead.]

Figures. Curse my luck. [Being awkward together is something they do oh so well.]

I would never make fun of you like that, Cliff! [He takes offense on that.] But eh...nooooOOooooo that card is not true. [You look embarrassed, are you embarrassed? Did he screw up? Where you expecting another sort of reply? What is happening.]

... I knew that. [He looks away and shrugs, optics still a bit bright.] Sorry. Just took me by surprise, ya know? Even if it was a thing that was goin' around.

[Flustered, more like, and relieved it's nothing because he doesn't have a clue how he'd react if it was real in any way.]

I understand. Bulkhead’s card got the same reaction out of me, I SHOULD have remembered that Alia and Knock Out were pranking people.

BesidesifIweretotellyouthatIwoulddoitinperson. [Boy this is so awkward.]

Don't blame ya for forgettin' it, and I doubt Bulkhead does either...

[He huffs and crosses his arms as he catches what Blurr just said.]

... Uh. Thanks. So we can both ignore if somethin' like this happens because I'd do the same if I... uh, felt like that. [Somehow, he manages to say that almost with no hesitation, even grinning by the end.]

I hope so. [he still feels likes an idiot. There has been a lot in his mind recently but still, he should have remembered.]

W-welcome. You woudl too? That's nice to now. [It is, really.] So, let's forget it then?

Hey, look, it's obviously... uh, awkward, but considerin' it was a joke someone else made, I don't see how he could blame ya.

[Cliffjumper's grin after that is lopsided and he shifts in place, but nods.]

Sure. Wouldn't... be right otherwise, would it? [The next grin is far more relaxed and amused.] Sounds like an idea.

I guess you are right...But the lock I tried to make failed but Bulkhead doesn’t seem bothered by that.

[Blurr’s an awkward penguin when it comes to certain relationships, you know that already. He smiles back at Cliff, more relaxed.]

No. Let’s do that then.

Yeah, see, it's obviously gonna be all right. No harm, no foul. [Then he smirks a little, snorting violently.]

Just a little bit of embarrassment for a few of us.

Thankfully! [Blurr hcukles at that.] Yeah.

Ey! The other day I met the Stascream for that inverted universe you lived in. Her's a really nice mech.

Too nice. [The correction's more playful than serious, but Starscream is way too nice.] But yeah, he's... he's different. [The grin is partly a grimace.]

Probably a good thing, otherwise I'd have had more fraggin' trouble workin' with him. But yeah, he's... [shrugging, Cliffjumper doesn't know what to say because similar but different to Megatron, even if he likes them he sometimes doesn't know how to handle that.] Starscream.

... And whatever he says, don't trust him if he claims he ain't a good leader, 'cause he is. [He's just going to roll his optics, okay. You'd think the Decepticons' second in command wouldn't be as self-effacing as he his, but even Megatron has a shade of that as well.]

Being too nice is not bad. [Blurr sure didn't mind. He stares at Cliff, amused.]

Do you like to work with him then? [Is there anything you aren't telling Blurr, mister?] He seems to be quite modest. I was surprised to learn he's a scientist.

No, except when he's too soft or the fact that it's odd, since it's Starscream. [None too gentle snort.] Gotten used to it though...

Uh. [Cliffjumper stares for a moment, then grimaces, glancing away briefly. What's that for sort of question, Blurr?!]

I've worked with far worse or more annoyin' people. He's... okay. [More than okay, but lining up what he knows intellectually with what sometimes pops up emotionally is harder than that, and that despite the fact that he likes Starscream perfectly okay.]

He's far too modest though. He's good at what he does.

It's really strange to interact with such a polite Starscream, that is true. After meeting the nice Megatron I got used to it quite quickly too. [Why different universes have to be so mind breaking.

It's just a question! he knows you spent time together, that's all. ~~Probably.~~]

Just okay? We will meet each other in person soon so I wanted to know your opinion about him.

Perhaps people should tell him that.

[There's a loud static sigh as Cliffjumper gives Blurr a sideways, slightly angled up stare, his mouth twisting into a little purse.]

... It's just... It's awkward, okay? I know he ain't the Starscream from my reality, and they don't... exactly sound alike either but, slag, that mech almost killed me.

But I know he ain't the same as... as this one. Not at all. [Grunting, Cliffjumper rubs the back of his helm.]

Starscream... cares a lot. Like a lot. Ya should see how he is with Galva--- uh, Megatron. [There's a brief smirk at that.] But he tries to take care of everyone, and he's patient.

He's a fraggin' dork.

[Shrugging, Cliffjumper stares somewhere off-screen for a moment, before looking back at Blurr.]

I know all that and usually that all, but sometimes... [He grimaces and shrugs. Sometimes he thinks Starscream being uncomfortable is funny because even if he's not the Starscream from his native reality, it's still a Starscream - he knows he shouldn't, but it still happens.]

But yeah, it's pretty weird, ain't it? [This is easier to talk about!] Had to get used to it quickly, and while things still pop up back there, mostly, it's fraggin' surprisin' what ya can get used to.

The Thundercraker in my universe tried to kill me too and the one here is now one of my best friends. I know exactly what you mean.

[Blurr is not used to see this sort of body language from his friend and it makes him wonder.]

Considering how the Starscream for our universes behave and his narcissism it shouldn't be so surprising to learn that the opposite one has a completely different personality. And yet...

[There's absolutely nothing to wonder about!! It's just... awkward. Because it's Starscream.]

And yet it just makes ya stop and stare, yeah. [he chuckles, shrugging.] Though, I think the differences made it easier to accept it... at least when it comes to the 'Cons, and especially Starscream and Megatron.

The Autobots, however... [He grimaces, engine dipping into an angry grumble. Then he looks up again and grins.] But, ya know, talkin' 'bout Thundercracker... The one from Starscream's reality's like... coloured five different optic-breakin' shades and pretty damn cheery.

[Nothing uh? He'll judge that.]

Yes but it's the good kind of staring. Does that make sense to you too?. [It does to him.] I know what you mean Megatron was pretty special, I miss him.

Let's not think about them. [It upsets Blurr too to now that they are that cruel in another reality. It's too mind breaking.] He's really colored with five different shades of paint?

[>8V NOTHING and no you don't!!]

... Strangely enough, it does. [He has to grin at that.] Yeah. I just hope he's where he ought to be. And not... elsewhere.

[With a grunt, Cliffjumper shakes his helm and then chuckles.] Er, well, not exactly five, but... neon green, bright pink, pale blue and his helm is sorta bronze.

So. Almost.

[BUT IF YOU ARE AWKWARD IT MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING >83]

Heh, good.[This is why you are his best friend, Cliff.]Ey you never know, he might come back one day.

That sure is an interesting mix.

[NO IT DOESN'T! >8V]

Yeah, I suppose so. Though, ya know. [He rubs the side of his helm with a frown and sideways look.] If we knew they were where they ought to be I'd rather they stay there than come back here, even if we miss them.

[They were supposed to be in their realities, after all.]

It isn't, ain't it?

[THEN WHY ARE YOU AWKWARD? >8C]

I always thought they got back to their home world when they disappeared but Barricade lived in 3 different worlds. Maybe it's not always the same, who can tell with the lambda.

["Supposed"]

I am now curious about what he turns into.

[BECAUSE... uhm. because... <0<]

Happened to me too, though I did go back to the mirrorverse I'd been in before I ended up in Axiom before I turned up here, so might depend on the anomaly, what the slag ever.

[He grunted and shook his helm, a lopsided grin quirking his mouth.]

Jet. Earth jet. F-15, actually, 'cause they were pickin' up signals from Earth and managed to get more up-to-date vehicle specs than the tv programs they were pickin' up.

Don't ask me why he changed long before we actually went to Earth though, ain't got a clue.

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Perhaps the Lamba has more interested in some mechs more than others. Maybe it likes you Cliff. [Blurr smirks. The Lambda liking someone might not be all that much of a good thing.]

He's a jet. A neon green, bright pink, pale blue jet? [For real?????]

[BLAST IT, NO! >8|]

I fraggin' well hope not. Doesn't sound like a good thing. [With a snort, Cliffjumper rolled his optics.] Though, I'm pretty sure the Axiom thing ain't got nothing to do with the Lambda here - if all the stellar spa--- uh, space bridge issues in Axiom was due to Unicron, we'd probably have found that out.

[He shrugs and then grins.]

Yep. I assume before that he had the same altmode that Starscream's still got. He never changed 'cause the Nemesis' pods were all used up and the scanning compiter broke in the crash.

[TOO LATE Ke ke ke ke]

I don't think it is, no. Funny how history does repeats itself. And by funny I mean 'ironic'.

[Blurr's trying really hard not to laugh at the mental image of a jet with such colors.] he can't scan a new one on his own? How odd. Why he never asked anybody to repaint him?

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