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Post by Optimus Prime on Jul 31, 2009 17:05:55 GMT -5
This thread takes place immediately during 'Dropping in To Stay Awhile'. People are welcome to join, but please ask first
Optimus leads Elita away from the rock's arrival point, to a hall that is not often used.
"So far there haven't been too many from our reality. Or world. Plane? Dimension? I never know what to call them. I've been from the earliest time point, everyone seems to know more about what happens with me."
"What's your last time-stamp? This is mine:" And Optimus offers it. It is many, many stellar cycles older than hers, for obvious reasons.
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Post by Elita-1 on Jul 31, 2009 17:45:47 GMT -5
Elita stumbles a bit when Optimus gives his pull point stamp. That's...that's a lot further than she would have guessed. Why, that's close to a thousand stellar cycles from hers! But she quickly recovers and keeps on walking beside him.
She gives her last timestamp, several cycles prior to the the last time Optimus had seen her. "I was doing some research in the archives, when I blacked out. And well, here I am."
"So, how long have you been here, then? And...are there really actual Decepticons here, Optimus?"
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 1, 2009 15:56:08 GMT -5
For some reason... it's not such a big surprise for Optimus to know that their time stamps are so far apart.
"Yes, there are. And a lot of them. We've been holding off on them. I fought a jet myself... but it was really weird. And his gun turned into a smaller 'bot. He was a terrible shot. I guess they didn't get on, or something."
Optimus may not know whom he was battling, but it was actually Misfire with Aimless.
"I've been here a few months. The Autobots had an overground base, but that was destroyed. We were living in tunnels whilst a ship was built. We're now on the ship, heading to what is believed to be Cybertron. The trip has been a couple of weeks, now."
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 1, 2009 21:02:58 GMT -5
"So...real Decepticons," she says soberly. Elita-1 may never have quite believed the shiny happy "All is well" picture painted by the Council, but she never expected to actually run into a Decepticon, either.
Not that she expected to wake up in another universe, but that is neither here nor there.
"But how do you even know there's a Cybertron here? Did you find some history that pointed to it existing?"
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 1, 2009 23:58:13 GMT -5
"Honestly? We don't." Optimus shrugs. "But there was some evidence for there being a..." Giant planet-eating monstrosity, the remnant of which dwells in the chest of their 2IC? "...well, there's evidence. It's hard to explain all of this."
"Real Decepticons. And what's more? They're not all offline back where we come from either. I even had to fight Megatron himself with my own crew. Elita... we found The Allspark."
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 2, 2009 9:48:33 GMT -5
"You found what?!"
Elita stops dead in her tracks. She doesn't pull herself away from Optimus, (unless he doesn't stop), but turns in toward him, leaning back to keep the move from being more intimate than it is.
"Wait, wait...you found the Allspark? Everyone though it was lost to us but- and Megatron? The Megatron? Who isn't supposed to exist any longer?"
She can't quite help the incredulity in her gaze. So hard to believe one, let alone both, of Optimus's claims. If this were Sentinel, well- he always was trying to impress and make himself out to be bigger than he was. Elita would shrug it off, say something biting but smooth, and leave it.
But Optimus is honest to a fault- at least with his friends, and especially with her.
Now she does pull away and she leans against the wall, arms crossed over her chest.
"Tell me about it."
OOC: Um, I'm sure you've already told this story a couple times, IC'ly. Please feel free to gloss it with something like, "Optimus tells the story more in depth, blah blah" if you want.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 4, 2009 16:33:40 GMT -5
Maybe this is what it was like for Prowl.
The gaze of Elita is hard to resist, but Optimus tries his best. He won't lie to her, but he will explain in detail later. For now, the Cliff notes. "My crew and I found it. Well, actually Ratchet--our medic--believed the Allspark found us." He doesn't mention what his crew were doing there originally, not yet. "We were found by Megatron, who attacked. We... the five of us, overpowered him. Barely. When I arrived here, I was on an organic planet called Earth, still guarding the Allspark."
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 5, 2009 11:47:50 GMT -5
Elita takes a few moments to digest what she's been told. It still sounds...difficult to believe. But again, this is Optimus. He wouldn't lie
"Your crew. So you do make Prime rank, later on, I'm guessing. Not that there was ever any doubt of that, despite how Sentinel always was ribbing you." She smiles at him. "I'm glad, Optimus, and proud. Though it does make me wonder what happens to me, later down the road."
"Unless...I was part of your crew?" Surely things couldn't have worked out that well, could it?
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 6, 2009 4:56:38 GMT -5
Optimus offers a pained smile at the remark about Prime rank, though it fades quickly. "Sentinel and I both made it to Prime. And no, you weren't on my crew." Before the inevitable 'what was I doing' question comes up, Optimus takes this opportunity to talk about his crew. "There's a couple of younger 'bots on my crew, an old-timer who saw some action from the Great Wars. We took on someone who was, uh, in need of some transport. They've got their.. quirks.. but we get the job done."
Of course, his emblems do not carry the brand of the Elite Guard. He supposes he'd better clarify that. With no small amount of embarrassment, he says, "As for what that job was... we are on Space Bridge Repair Detail."
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 6, 2009 9:52:46 GMT -5
Elita-1's mouth is indeed open to ask about her future when Optimus...essentially talks right over her. She purses her lips in annoyance. That wont' be quickly forgotten. But then, he explains exactly what he does for a living in this wacky future of his.
"Space bridges?!? Why on Cybertron are they wasting someone like you on Space Bridge repair? And since when did they need Primes to oversee that anyway?"
Elita sounds positively torqued. She can't help but see such a...dull assignment as a horrible insult to her- to Optimus. Which, come to think, it likely was.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 10, 2009 15:06:25 GMT -5
"There... I... there's a lot that happens, between when you are and where I come from, Elita." Optimus says, struggling so hard to give Elita the answers she deserves. "I... didn't get to complete my training at the Academy."
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 11, 2009 13:08:54 GMT -5
Que one dumbstruck Elita-1.
Wait, wait. If Optimus didn't finish his training, but he still made rank...then something of great consequence must have happened. Because Elita is certain that Optimus, at least as she knows him, would never have just dropped out.
She also can't imagine him doing anything that would result in his getting kicked out, either. But...obviously something happened. Something, she thinks, he probably really doesn't want to talk about.
She recovers from her shock and reaches out to touch Optimus's arm. "All right. I'll stop prying. You can tell me in your own time," she says. "Or not, as you prefer." Even if wondering will drive her nuts- until she finds some other mystery to catch her attention.
"So," she adds cheerfully, "tell me about your team. Have you been lucky enough to have any of them show up here?"
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 11, 2009 15:12:26 GMT -5
Optimus shrugs wearily. He had almost gotten used to bearing this burden, and now it's like it's doubled in weight. "No, I... I'll tell you. But you'll have to give me time." Fortunately, time is what they have.
Right?
"I have had a member of my team show up. His name is Prowl. But he's gone through some changes since last I saw him, the same as you've seen with me. He's a good 'bot. The others aren't here yet... but there are a few people who know me." For better or worse...
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Post by Elita-1 on Aug 12, 2009 10:02:03 GMT -5
Elita tries to take Optimus's arm once again and gently urge him back to walking. Walk and talk, stick to (relatively) lighter topics, and maybe she'll help wipe that weariness and worry away. Not that it will do a thing for her worry for him, of course.
"But that's good! It means you're not alone here." Being left alone without friends is something she can't quite fathom. And she hope she'll never find out what it's like.
"So, what's Prowl like? Might I meet him? And who else from our...reality is here?" That still seems so strange to say!
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 14, 2009 8:02:06 GMT -5
Optimus totally offers zero resistance to Elita taking his arm again, and smirks as he tugs him along. "Of course you'll get to meet him! Just don't be too loud. He can get bothered by that."
"Oh, I know plenty of people here now. I'm not worried about being alone."
He places his hand on the hand Elita has placed on his other arm. "Especially not now."
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