[Text] There is such a thing as too many questions

[4_toteachus]

[Guys you better brace yourselves because Four isn't holding back at ALL.]

Languages are an important part of society, whatever society that may be, and is always fascinating to study. I know that translators largely make it possible for us to communicate with each other regardless of the language we currently speak... or in my case, write. I have a large appreciation for spoken word and how words, ideas, and memories look like when written in different languages.

So what I want to know is: What language does everyone usually speak? I currently communicate in what humans call 'German', though I will switch between English and Arabic from time to time. I prefer not to use English too often though, it is not the most reliable language of the ones I know.

For Cybertronians: Are there different kinds of Cybertronian languages like there are different kinds of Earth languages? If there are, how and why do they differ?

Another couple of questions for Cybertronians:

Why do some of you have noses while others don't?

How does gender work for your kind?

How do you see while you are transformed?

Also

:)

Look I made a smile!

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[audio] Your tag is amazing~

[invisiblepinkboat]

((ooc: Seriously, I'm impressed by the explanation and neat sidestepping of the mess IDW fembots/Arcee are.))

... That makes an unpleasant amount of sense, if he's as unstable as you say he is and the lengths he must have gone through to do... that. It's hard to imagine the spark wouldn't just extinguish... Even if there are ways to keep someone from doing that.

[Logic, what logic in these continuites, right??]

Maybe that's usually a defining factor, I don't know any myself. [Elita shrugs, careless and dismissive about it; she's not alone merely because she's pretty... unique, so what does it matter, really?]

I don't think I would... I doubt CNA is... something I possess.

[Her spark bearing a unique energy signature? You bet. Anything else? Well, she's not a medic, but she does now her basic anatomy and physiology.]

[audio] /w\ /blush

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[ooc: i've spent way too much time trying to make sense of the entire gender mess.]

No CNA? Now, that's interesting. I don't mean that in a "let's experiment" sort of way. I've just never come across someone who claims to have no CNA.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

((ooc: haha, me too, and while I do have headcanon , at least I haven't had to factor in IDW which just makes it even messier, so definitive props!))

I'm honestly surpised as well, since that'd... imply a rather large difference ultimately, even if the result is the same. It seems strange, since we still are supposed to be the same species. [There's a moment's pause and then Elita shrugs to herself on her end.]

I wouldn't mind allowing a few scans or other such non-invasive things if you would like to compare. Ratchet said nothing when he scanned me, but that might simply be for similarity... or because he wasn't looking for that, I'm not sure if such a difference would be immediately obvious..?

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[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[ooc: i'd love to hear it some time! i love how people interpret transformers and stuff. :D]

I must confess, I am curious from a medical/scientific point of view. [hums] It's a very interesting proposition (that doesn't feel like the correct word, but we're going with it), a hard one to pass up... Huh. I don't want you to put yourself in a position where you'd feel like an experiment, though. Vector knows how... awkward that can be. [clears vocalizer] But if you'd ever be willing to share any data, I'm quite open. I've been culling information from various lifeforms and species here out of both curiosity as well as knowing what I'm doing if or when I find myself treating them. [snort] My colleagues may think it's a waste of time, but whatever.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

((ooc: Hee, sure! Meta stuff is always fun~ Could do AIM or a private plurk or something? /shrug))

Like I said, I don't mind at least some rudimentary scans or similar... I'm unsure if it'd actually have any impact on anything else medical-wise, but if it does I figure it might be useful to have more than Ratchet know something.

[She does have more patience for revealing "personal" things to medics, even where she wouldn't otherwise, but the fact that he's even being as courteous about it as he is? Certainly helps. The note of sympathy there seems to imply something in particular, but she isn't going to ask.]

I know Ratchet early on asked at least all of us who were from different realities than him to come by so he could do basic scans for any potential differences. I didn't ask, but if there's such a fundamental difference such as the existence, or lack thereof, of this... ah, CNA, you might want to talk to him to get his results.

[Soft shift of metal as she shrugs.]

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[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[ooc: plurk is cool! :D sengsenggiu is my plurk uvu]

I was considering asking him to share his datafiles on you, but of course, I feel it would be more proper to ask for your permission first.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

Then you have it, and if they don't contain all you need, you're free to ask whatever you need.

[Though there's a tone implicating that if she doesn't like what she's asked, she'll just not answer... But this will mostly pertain any questions about her personal past.]