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[For a while after the pages thing, Four found it hard to get himself interested in anything. After all the chasing he had done, he's still all alone. His family isn't here, and he wonders if they'll ever be here. He knows that if he doesn't give himself something to do, he'll slowly drive himself crazy by sitting in a corner and going through every moment he had spent with each of his family members.

It doesn't take him long to give himself a project. He has made a few friends here, so maybe it's time to appreciate them. This is way better than sitting around and moping all day.]

Jetfire Elita Mirage Starscream Thundercracker Soundwave Kay Wing Raf Ratchet I have a present for you. I made them myself :) Also I have a question for everyone else: What makes something beautiful?

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[Actually, his entire project started because he wanted to make you something! He still remembers their last conversation, and he hopes that something nice will make up for it.]

Here, I'll show you!

[He quickly switches it to video and disappears from sight, and then reappears with a large pink paper flower that he had painstakingly picked over until it looked perfect. The entire thing is twice as long as Four is, and the colour of the petals are the near the same shade as Elita.

Looking both proud and shy, he holds it out for her to take a good look at.]

[And who wouldn't be utterly taken by that gesture? Besides the thought itself, the fact that he's made the effort of match her particulare shade as much as possible is really sweet.]

That... [She smiles, and what does it matter if it's incredibly tiny in comparison to her?] is beautiful. Thank you. It's made to look like a plant on Earth, isn't it?

It's a flower! It's not based on any one particular flower though, I drew inspiration from several kinds. Mostly from roses. I wish I could give you a real flower, but those won't last very long after you pick it.

I think this is a better option, then, since this will last a lot longer.

[Especially if she's careful.]

And really, it would be a pity to kill a flower just to give me a temporary, if pretty thing.

[She likes pretty things as well as anyone else, but she's also practical enough she'd prefer something like an organic plant to remain where it belongs instead of being ripped out.]

Where would you like me to come pick it up?

Yes please! Or I can bring it to you, it'd just take a while.

Since I actually can come to you faster than you can reach me, especially now, don't worry about it, I'll come to you.

[And she turns the feed to audio, so as to not mess with things as she transforms.]

You must have put a lot of effort into making these, didn't you?

[Especially since he went through the trouble of making hers twice as large as he was... Still so very tiny compared to her, but...]

I have had a lot of time on my hands since the pages incident, and making these makes me feel [Less lonely.] good. I enjoy pulling things together and making new things out of them. It's something 2 used to do with my brother and I. He'd encourage us to be creative.

That week complicated quite a few things, yes. Are you all right from that?

I'm happy you found something to do that's something usual though...

[She pauses momentarily, the sound mostly muffled wind rushing by. Better ask before she goes too far in the wrong direction or something.]

Liege Maximo's temple, correct? Could you perhaps give me a more exact location?

I'm fine.

[He realizes that he's just told his very first outright lie. As guilty as he's feeling, there's no point in bothering Elita with something like this.]

Yes, I have the coordinates right here!

[Which he should have given to her before, but he got a little distracted.]

[Since it's text and there's no accompanying video, she has no way of telling that Four is lying and simply accepts his reassurance.]

That's good, considering some of the things that seem to have come from that.

Ah, thank you. That will make things a lot more easy.

[Literally, and now she can just set off, more or less tearing across the ground; you'd think balancing on just one wheel would make her unstable, but this altmode has superb handling.]

It shouldn't take more than a few breems I think... ah... [She pauses, and while she can't frown in altmode, it's probably audible enough.]

I'm sorry, Four, I have no idea how that compares to however you count time.

Edited 2012-10-04 19:23 (UTC)

I understand that you mean that you will be here shortly. I will be here when you arrive, no worries.

Yes, I suppose that part isn't too hard to understand, but it does get a bit troublesome when we use different phrases for time...

[She huffs and then concentrates on simply getting there as quickly and efficiently as possible, which means she's outside of Four's room in slightly less time than she projected.]

Four?

[She'll just look around a bit before she spots him... Tiny and all.]

[Four is excited when Elita enters the room. So many robots in here today! He's delighted to get the chance to meet them all, and to inspect and compare them. So far they've been very good about letting him crawl all over them, and he's grateful for that.

Disregarding the hight, Four scrambles to the edge of the table and holds out the flower. He smiles eagerly as she approaches, this is really exciting!]

[Since he's quickly up at the edge of the table, Elita just as quickly steps inside and up to the table, carefully taking the flower while holding her other hand at the table's edge, near where Four is standing, in the off-chance that he falls.]

... It's as pretty in person as it was over video. Thank you, Four.

[She's holding it up, noting the relative fragility of the material used and careful to not use too much force. She's appreciating it more for the sentiment, colour and craftmanship that went into it, than the fact that it's in the shape of a flower, which really doesn't mean anything.]

I should show you something later that you might like; it's something similar to a native "plant" on Cybertron.

[She sits down on the single seating offered by the table, though, of course, at first making sure Four isn't using it for anything. "Plant", is, of course, not the best word to use, but it's the closest in the terms of meaning, perhaps.]

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