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Post by Slingshot on Oct 3, 2011 18:01:29 GMT -5
Month Two, Week 2, Day 6. Open.
Some two hundred miles southeast of the Ark as the Aerialbot flies, there's a ghost town in Oregon called Whitney. About the only thing interesting is the sagging, three-story abandoned sawmill.
Currently, the only Aerialbot in this universe is using it for target practice.
Slingshot draws a bead on the highest remaining piece of roof, minding his hands and his stance like Kup showed him way back on Gillanan. It's almost instinctive now - he's a decent shot who doesn't make mistakes about where he puts his blasts. But he could be better.
"Okay, so level with me. How the heck could you guys be the first Autobots with wings? What, did all the jets join the Decepticons?"
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 5, 2011 9:25:42 GMT -5
Jetfire is casually doing cartwheels behind Slingshot as the Aerialbot shoots up the poor, old sawmill. He pauses rightside up at the question and shrugs a little. "All jets are being Decepticons! Or were all being Decepticons before Brother and I were receiving upgrade. The Autobots are simply not having such flight protocols naturally."
Jetfire doesn't know too much about the history of his own universe. Energon refinery workers don't really need more that the basic, government-sanctioned overview of history, and his Elite Guard training was mostly focused on combat rather than academics.
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 5, 2011 18:01:26 GMT -5
"Why not?" Slingshot demands, glancing over his shoulder. Something about the kid just bugs him, and he's not sure what.
It is totally not that Jetfire can combine and he can't.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 9, 2011 20:06:39 GMT -5
"Is just how things are being, yes?" Jetfire says, scratching his head a little. He never really thought about why only Decepticons had flight in his universe. Decepticons were just different! Also evil. He was just happy there were more flying Autobots here. "The scientists were needing Decepticon code to be giving Brother and I flight."
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 9, 2011 20:25:11 GMT -5
"Are you serious?" Slingshot twists to face Jetfire, looking angrily boggled. "I thought you guys had a Perceptor! Humans figured out frigging jets, so your Autobots should have managed it!"
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 12, 2011 14:54:54 GMT -5
Jetfire looks a bit startled at Slingshot's outburst. Is this really such serious business? He gives a another little shrug. "Perceptor is who is helping to make Brother and me into flying-bots." He spreads his hands in a sort of peace offering. "I am just energon refinery worker who is becoming Elite Guard officer, not a science-bot. All I am knowing is that other than Brother and me, Autobots do not flying."
Slingshot would probably be really put out if he found out about a small space bridge repair crew managed to make Optimus a flying mod without too much difficulty.
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 13, 2011 18:42:02 GMT -5
Less put out and more convinced that Jetfire's reality is full of idiots. Moreso than usual.
Slingshot just kind of stares at Jetfire for a bit. "... So you volunteered to be a testbed for experimental technology? That's almost kind of cool."
From his tone of voice, the level of 'almost' is pretty big.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 19, 2011 18:21:14 GMT -5
Jetfire scuffs a foot against the ground and scratches his head, feeling a little uncomfortable about the drift in topic. "It... was not so much the volunteering, and more of Brother and I almost dying in accident and being rebuilt better."
Does that mean he's not almost cool anymore? Jetfire thinks himself to pretty awesome!
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 19, 2011 18:25:05 GMT -5
If Slingshot had been taken older to this universe, he'd have seen Silverbolt facepalm at least once before he went. Instead, he just has this overwhelming feeling that there is some sort of gesture that can convey how much Jetfire hurts him so very much.
"... at least you fly," he says grudgingly. "And you're not Powerglide."
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 22, 2011 18:10:20 GMT -5
Jetfire thinks maybe Slingshot needs more cartwheels in his life. Really, how grumpy can you be when you do cartwheels regularly?
"Ah! I am knowing of Powerglide," Jetfire says, trying to keep his upbeat attitude firmly in place. "He was being a much awesome fighter pilot in the Great War."
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 23, 2011 11:44:13 GMT -5
Jetfire would be stunned at Slingshot's ability to find everyone else to be an idiot or useless, even despite cartwheels. Well, he has to admit Jetfire isn't too bad, but he sure doesn't have to admit it out loud.
"Yeah, I'm sure he says he was a much awesome fighter plane in the Great War."
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 25, 2011 14:08:28 GMT -5
"Not the one I am knowing of," Jetfire says. Didn't they just go over the fact that Jetfire and Jetstorm were pretty much the only flying Autobots in his universe? "He was flying the fighter jets as people are flying the Event Horizon."
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 25, 2011 19:09:06 GMT -5
In Slingshot's home-universe, it was apparently a big deal to have an Autobot jet group, even though they already had Powerglide. Air Raid once commented that he doesn't see why - sic Powerglide and his boasting on Megatron and they'd probably win the war.
Slingshot twitches.
Then he very carefully puts his gun down and laughs fit to kill himself.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Oct 27, 2011 20:45:14 GMT -5
Jetfire is baffled to say the least when Slingshot finally breaks his surly demeanor in order to engage in a rather riotous bout of laughter. What did he say that was so funny? Still, he can't help but let out some - slight awkward - laughter of his own. Laughing is contagious that way!
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Post by Slingshot on Oct 27, 2011 20:50:51 GMT -5
"Powerglide- my Powerglide- oh man the look in his optics when I tell him he was a pilot!" Slingshot goes into another bout of laughing, but he comes out of this one quicker. "What does he even transform into?"
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