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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 26, 2009 9:56:15 GMT -5
Jetfire watches the hologram, optics wide and speechless. What is there to say? This brutal destruction of entire planet, an entire populated planet, is beyond any horror his young mind has ever imagined.
All that death.
His fist clench. He feels undeniably shaken, almost ill, but also angry. It was not fair! How could those people hope to fight against something so large? It was all wrong!
The air heats around Jetfire.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Jul 26, 2009 21:41:37 GMT -5
Jetstorm, like his brother, jaw slack, and maybe even shaking a little at the sight.
Sure, he and his brother haven taken on Starscream back home, and survived...but...but...
This is like a nightmare, and...it's starting to get warm. He turns to Jetfire, and places a hand on his shoulder, speaking quietly. "Brother, you are beginning to overheat..."
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Post by Override on Jul 26, 2009 23:50:47 GMT -5
Override looks around at the silent reactions. She isn't near enough to notice the heat coming from Jetfire. She then shuts off the recording and sighs.
"I'm, uhm, sorry about that. But... that... thing is something that a being that shows up or has shown up in a number of our realities, mine included, and some folks think it might be connected to why we're here. Some even think that we're going to have to deal with it sooner or later, so... you deserved to know what it is, I think."
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jul 28, 2009 19:27:09 GMT -5
"I'm not the Rodimus Prime you know," Rodimus Prime says out loud and over the radio at the same time, even as he steps in the room. He doesn't know what Override's been showing Sentinel, but based on what he's heard, he has a good idea what she's been telling him: the truth, but not the happy truths.
Now revealed, the large flame-clad robot looks down at the the other Prime as he moves to lean against the wall against nearest the door, right foot propped against the wall, left foot supporting him, arms crossed.
What he says is, "Sentinel Prime, I presume?"
But what he's thinking is, Good god. Chin!
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Jul 28, 2009 19:54:41 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime is not a small fish in a big pond. He's a krill next to a red giant star. For an arrogant man, his CPU has just been blown six ways to Suncycle.
There are pieces of Cybertron on some alien world! There is a thing that eats planets!
The thing that snaps Sentinel Prime back to some sense of awareness form his slack-jawed reeling is the fact that it's getting a bit hot in here.
Hot in here. What does Sentinel Prime remember about heat? Something in a dossier about overheating, maybe?
Oh. Oh hexnuts! Looking distinctly nervous, he asks Override, "Say, Champ, do you have a chemical fire extinguisher around here? Maybe a lot of them? Not water. Water would, uhm, be a bit," he holds out one hand, fingers near his thumb, "of a bad idea."
Then Rodimus Prime radios him to say that he's not the Rodimus Prime he knows, which is funny, because Sentinel Prime swears he can actually hear it, so he looks up at the sound, and his jaw, which had slowly been moving towards being closed, drops again.
"They rebuilt you taller."
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 28, 2009 21:28:39 GMT -5
Jetfire's flamethrowers actually flicker to life for a moment, venting small bursts of flames, but he doesn't otherwise catch fire. Knowing that something that horrible happened makes him mad, really mad, but there is nothing he can do about it now. He sucks in a deep breath of air to help cool his systems, and gives Jetstorm a grateful look. These are the times when he's especially thankful to have his twin around once again.
"Sorry, Brother," he says softly back, then adds louder, "Is very awful thing that is happening. I am... I am hoping there is being nothing like that in home reality."
Now, why is Sentinel Prime suddenly asking about fire extinguishers? What do those have to do with planets getting- Oh! "Ah! Do not worry, Sentinel Prime, sir! I am calming down-"
He's interrupted from making further reassurances as the Autobot second-in-command walks in and he snaps to attention. "Sir!"
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Jul 29, 2009 20:35:53 GMT -5
Jetstorm pouts a bit as Sentinel asks for fire extinguishers. "I am having the situation under control, Sentinel Prime sir. No need to wor--"
Then Rodimus comes in, and in synch with Jetfire, Jetstorm salutes the Prime. "Sir!"
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Post by Override on Jul 29, 2009 23:14:02 GMT -5
"Oh, yeah," Override answers Sentinel, gesturing towards one corner. "We got it. Never know what might happen when someone comes through, y'know, and of course with so much electronics about, chemical's the way to go."
She doesn't respond to the twins' indignation, and when Rodimus arrives, she just gives him a casual wave.
"Heya, Roddy," she greets.
Yeah. Not one for formality, is 'Champ.'
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jul 29, 2009 23:20:01 GMT -5
Rodimus returns the twins' salute as quickly as he can, his hand making a sharp, hurried motion that almost seems to be trying to wave away the salutes. That same motion turns into a casual wave directed towards Override.
"Hey, Override," he greets, then turns towards Sentinel and smirks.
"That depends on who you mean by 'they,' but you're probably not talking the right 'they'. I told you, I'm not the Rodimus you knew. But... all things considered, we'd probably better leave off that little bit of backstory for another time."
Sentinel's CPU seems to have fried enough for one day.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Jul 30, 2009 21:33:10 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime's not sure he'd trust the Twins with paintball guns. Trust Jetstorm to handle Jetfire catching on fire? Yeah, right.
He watches as the Twins salute this Rodimus Prime, optics narrowing. The guy is just a Prime, right? A jumbo-sized Prime. So what if he's the second in command around here?
Champ there isn't saluting, but she's some weirdo renegade Magnus.
Sentinel Prime debates this for a long, long moment. He settles on finally just addressing him, "I think I have a handle on the, er, general situation. I'm here, and here is a place where planets get eaten, Cybertron can't keep it together, and anybody could show up, but they might be a different version than the one I know."
"So."
"Where is my place in this sorry mess?"
That's what he's really worried about, anyway. How many ladder rungs is he going to have to climb? This guy looks pretty healthy.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 30, 2009 22:35:44 GMT -5
Hey, Jetfire only caught on fire once and Jetstorm handled that fine! Totally no need for fire extinguishers. He makes a mental note to make further pains to avoid catching on fire; the last thing he needs on top of that is for someone to try smothering him in chemicals.
Dropping his salute, Jetfire relaxes slightly, though he maintains a fairly formal stance. No need to be sloppy around two Primes, especially when one is second-in-command here and the other is his rather demanding commander. Ex-commander? He is not really clear on that matter yet.
He lapses into silence, quite used to playing the quiet henchman while the higher ranking bots talk, especially around Sentinel.
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OOC: Skippable unless addressed.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Jul 31, 2009 10:47:52 GMT -5
Just because Sentinel can put out more hot air than Jetstorm doesn't mean that he's gotta discount the jet-bot's abilities!
However, he's content to fall quiet like his brother, standing by.
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Post by Override on Jul 31, 2009 21:39:48 GMT -5
Override shakes her head, smirking slightly, then looks over at the terminal she'd been working at and gets back to reading. She falls silent.
OOC: Also skippable.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jul 31, 2009 21:51:43 GMT -5
Rodimus gives a slight shrug of his right shoulder. He doesn't seem particularly bothered by the lack of saluting, but he's never really cared for saluting, anyway.
"That won't be decided until you've had your security interview, Sentinel. Kup'll be the one who gives it. That'll determine whether you get sorted into Comm-Int, Mil-Sec, or MedSciEng. I'm guessing probably Mil-Sec, though."
He doesn't really get that Sentinel is asking about rank, but rank means a bit less to him, anyway.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Aug 2, 2009 15:12:15 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime looks taken aback, that sizeable jaw dropping, though not so much as before. This place is screwy; he's getting the impression. But... "You don't have an Elite Guard here? But - you have Jetstorm and Jetfire? You just mixed them in with everyone else?"
He seems both shocked and appalled. All the other realities must be defective, to not recognise that some soldiers are just a cut above.
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