AUDIO;

[elkmobile]

The others and I have returned. Thank you, all of you, who have come with me. I couldn't have done this journey alone.

Lord Prima, I have the device prepared. I'll bring it to you as soon as I can. What else do you require of me?

Wing, Drift. Both of you left very quickly. Is everything okay?

I have one other question for you all. We found someone out on our journey. I asked for Cliffjumper to take him back out to the Haven. Is he safe? He is another of your metal warriors, a tall, mostly red individual with a gray face and white wings with yellow glass on his chest. He looks like he must fly, much like Wing does. The glyph of Liege Maximo was on his arm.

I do not know him, but I hope he was returned successfully.

Comments

audio;

[ex_dishonestly997]

[sounding amused] Who are you calling ugly, shorty?

audio;

[cliffjumper]

Somebody who goes by the designation "Starscream", an' while I know there's two around, it'll work for either of ya... But presently that means you, you rusted-over toy plane.

[Not even a lot of heat in the insults there, more like lazy exasperation.]

audio;

[ex_dishonestly997]

You're real affectionate.

[a long pause. He's not out in the wild anymore, or disoriented or (though he wouldn't admit it) scared]

Thanks for the save. I owe you.

audio;

[cliffjumper]

Promise I'd never kiss you.

[He snorts and then... almost disconnects because what's with the silence and-- well, that's not a lot better when Starscream actually speaks up again, and it takes a bit for Cliffjumper to reply as well.]

Rrr... Well, I wasn't gonna leave ya there. Unless you shot at me.

[He'll just... ignore the bit about being owed anything because it's awkward enough being thanked for the whole thing.]

audio;

[ex_dishonestly997]

It was tempting to. [shoot him, he means. But he doesn't sound totally serious] I'm really into this not-having-a-second-great-war thing, if you couldn't tell.

audio;

[cliffjumper]

I know. [Because it was certainly tempting for him too, and he's a lot more serious about it. He does have impulse control though. You can stop laughing now. Any minute.]

Uh-huh. I'm sure you could get what you wanted even without tryin' it the "conquer through war" thing.

[Just because that was Megatron's method didn't mean Cliffjumper would be convinced Starscream wasn't perfectly capable of similar wants but just using different methods. The Starscream he knew, simple backstabber or not, had, after all, been the ruler of Vos.]

audio;

[ex_dishonestly997]

What is it you think I want?

audio;

[cliffjumper]

Unless you're gonna say you've never wanted what Megatron wanted, or his position, I think it's kinda obvious.

[He just snorts, drumming his fingers against a lower arm on his end.]

Beyond that, I don't make it a habit of speculatin'.

[Because it was always obvious, desires stated, challenges made and all that.]

audio;

[ex_dishonestly997]

[Simply] Megatron was a fool, whose entire online military career was based on necessary evils.

I don't even know what he wanted, ultimately. But I know whatever it was, he never got it.