Explanations etc

[Prowl]

^{Semi-Private
Takes place shortly after Time Keeps Dragging On}

Prowl puts a hand to his forehead and rubs somewhat, trying to process all that happened. It is going to take some serious thinking to work through this, and then some. He glances around for Optimus, half bracing himself for what he's going to tell the Prime.

So while he waits, he hums softly in meditation while leaning up against a wall.

What to say, what to say.

[Optimus Prime]

Optimus follows behind Prowl. He's also wondering about what he has to tell him. A lot, it would seem. "I've been here a few weeks now. Rodimus is second-in-command here--the leader is a 'bot called Xaaron. His rank is Emirate."

Optimus pauses and sighs as he remembers that Prowl has been taken from later in his timeline. "I guess we've both got a lot to talk about."

[Prowl]

He doesn't answer for a few minutes, still thinking things over. He doesn't know how to put it gently, so he instead just says it flat out.

"Megatron revived. We didn't stop him at all," Prowl says after a few quiet moments. He raises his head to look up at Optimus.

[Optimus Prime]

Optimus waits for some time for Prowl to find the right words. He's about to ask if he's planning on saying anything--when Prowl finally says something.

"...Ah." Wow, Kup wasn't wrong! "Well, we came together and defeated him once, untried and untested. With some practice, I bet we can do it again."

[Prowl]

Hm, he took that well. Which is a good sign.

"Starscream, he was the one that weakened Megatron by placing a bomb on him," Prowl explains, shaking his head. "We didn't do anything except further Starscream's victory over him." He pauses a bit more, thinking of what else needs to be said. "The AllSpark can also be used to bring other Transformers to life. And..." he frowns somewhat, "The Elite Guard have come to Earth as well. Which includes Sentinel Prime."

He looks down at himself and is reminded of Optimus' confusion at the mods, "Oh yes. Starscream was killed and revived by an AllSpark shard, and cloned himself. I received mods from Lockdown to deal with Starscream and his clones." He holds his arm up, letting the sort of energy sword slide out from underneath the wheel that is positioned on his arm. "They are exceptionally strong," he says, as the sword slides back to its place and he lowers his arm.

"I am curious, however. About this place that we have ended up in. You will be able to explain a bit more, correct?" he cocks his head slightly to the side.

[Optimus Prime]

Optimus seems more bothered at the mention of Sentinel than he is at the revelation of Megatron's return. "Cloned himself? Lockdown? All Spark shard? Starscream? Prowl, slow down."

He sighs and shakes his head as Prowl asks for information for here. From Prime's POV, it seems as if talk about a cross-dimensional refugee group is going to be easier to explain than talk about events in his near future.

"Okay, let me go first. There is a Starscream here, too... but I know nothing about the one we supposedly have in our world, but this one is currently the leader of the Decepticon contingent."

He sighs. "You're going to have to get used to a lot of changes here. Just because you recognize someone, or they share a name, or something, that doesn't mean they're anything like the 'bot we know back home. There's actually a Bumblebee around here.. but the thing is? He's mute." Optimus can imagine the reaction Prowl might have to that revelation.

Optimus rubs the back of his head. He's clearly very embarrassed by this. "And--this is kind of awkward. But the rank of 'Prime'? It's a lot higher rank in a lot of other worlds. In fact--apparently there are Optimus Primes out there that look similar to me... that lead the entire Autobots. That Rodimus Prime was a successor to his Optimus. He leads the Autobots in his home time. He has an Ultra Magnus, too--he's high-ranking, but is not Supreme Commander."

[Prowl]

Prowl nods seriously at the mention of Starscream leading the Decepticons. Primus knows he's been after that for how long? It only figures he'd get it in a different dimension.

Then he stops, and stares at the mention of a mute Bumblebee. A snort escapes Prowl's mouth at this. He laughed, and it was very, very hard to keep in. He shakes his head in disbelief, but only crosses his arms, resuming listening.

"You needn't be ashamed of that fact... They're other Primes. You're OUR Prime," he says, his voice steady. "In the time between when you were, I presume taken is the word, and when I was taken, I've learned that I would follow you to the ends of the galaxy and back. You may find that hard to believe but... It's true."

Yes he's trying to cheer Optimus up.

[Optimus Prime]

Optimus doesn't need cheering up, he's just embarrassed! Though he does smirk at Prowl's reaction to Bumblebee.

"It's not shame. I'm just.. I cannot believe it, and..." Optimus is absolutely gob-smacked when Prowl pledges his allegiance. "Well, that's... certainly an improvement from when I knew you! Thank you." Who knew that all that was needed to get Prowl to be a team player was a silly hat?

"As for yourself, I believe there's a lot of variances in the name Prowl across the assorted Autobots here." It seems pretty odd that just about all the Optimus Primes shares his colour scheme, appearance, and a vaguely similar altmode.

"When I arrived, we were on a planet called Gillnan III. This space ship we're on? Is on track to what we believe is Cybertron in this universe." He pats the side of the wall. "I was here during an encounter with some kind of mirror dimension version of everyone." Well, practically everyone. "The Decepticons were good, the Autobots were evil. They've all returned to their own planet, but not without some major casualties, and not after the evil Autobots helped the evil Decepticons destroy our base."

[Prowl]

"You are most welcome," Prowl nods. It's more than just a silly hat that did this though, and it's not silly! It's very useful. And it looks damn good.

More interesting information. He thinks it through, finding it a good trade of information.

"Are there other Prowls here?" he says, finding it weird enough he has to ask that question. "And what am I to be expecting when interacting with the others? Are they anything like our teammates back home? Please say there are some that are much more mature. Please."

[Optimus Prime]

"There are some with their, uh, eccentricities, to be sure," Optimus says, "but for the most part they are a good bunch of bots. No Prowls, though. But there have been some double-ups. There is a character named Goldbug here that was called Bumblebee, until he was damaged and rebuilt. And of course there were the evil alternate versions of everyone." He pauses as he recalls. "Never met my own, though. Anyway, they're gone. But maybe you could have some company down the line. Your frequency could well be the same as other Prowl's. I know the Bumblebee we have shares the comm frequency of our Bumblebee. So if someone knows how to get in touch with their Prowl, they could well be able to get in touch with yourself."

"So, what other news from home?" Please, some good news... "YOu seemed to recognize that green bot in the room I found you--who was he?"

[Prowl]

"Ah yes, Scrapper," Prowl taps a finger against his mouth. "One, or rather, two of the AllSpark fragments embedded themselves in construction vehicles, which gave 'birth' to Mixmaster and Scrapper. Bulkhead befriended them but they chose to ally themselves with the Decepticons instead... I am not sure what happened to them after Bulkhead fed them tainted oil and caused their internal systems to fail and they had a memory loss. I was more distracted when a bounty was placed on Starscream and I knew I could take him down... "

Prowl shifts, thinking about talking to 'himself.' He shakes his head at the thought.

[Optimus Prime]

Fortunately for Prowl, Optimus picked up on another subject to focus on; "That's the second time you've said All Spark fragment, Prowl... what happened?"

[Prowl]

"Ah," he says, pausing to think. "When Megatron was revived he... Managed to get a hold of the AllSpark. He put it into his chest. You yourself used Sari's Key to shatter the AllSpark, destroying it. The Key absorbed some of the energy while the rest dispersed," he waved his hand as if showing the scattering of energy, "Some of the shards still retained their energy and were able to give life to other Transformers. Scrapper and Mixmaster were two of them."

[Optimus Prime]

Optimus is learning a lot. Not only was the most sacred of Autobot items destroyed, he did it. "...At least we kept it from Megatron. The ramifications of that would just be... well I'm just glad it didn't come to that."

Optimus is almost afraid to ask his next question. "Is... there anything else?"

[Prowl]

It's not hard to miss the tone in Optimus' voice. "You did what you had to do," Prowl says gently. He reaches out to lightly pat his Prime on the shoulder. "And no, there's nothing else that I know of at the moment."