closed THIS COMM NEEDS MORE SAD ROBOTS I TELL YA WHAT

[knaval]

Who: riptide and bee
When: a week after shitstorm
Where: the... moira
What: i have no idea how this is going to go honestly
Warnings: traumatised kids



[it's worrying that every time he looks for bee he's nowhere to be found.

riptide was never actually sure if bee was brought back in from space. everything is blurring together and sometimes he's not even sure if most of it is real. he could ask, sure, but eventually everything gets the better of him and he accidentally naps for over 100 hours. inconvenient. he's not entirely sure if that happened, either.

when he finally wakes up, he stumbles to the observation deck, vaguely wondering if they're finally in a place where he'll recognise the stars.

they're not, but he recognises bee sitting in a corner, picking at a package. riptide knows he's probably not a welcome sight, so he doesn't approach. he pings bee's mid and waves instead.]

Comments

[knaval]

I heard he once punched a mountain to death. I've met Orion Pax, you know. I don't doubt it. He was an angry bugger before he became Optimus. Friggin' .1%ers, man.

I also heard he once made Fat Tankor cry just by glaring at him, and that if you make him disappointed he devours your soul. That last one is obviously fake.

[heelys]

I dunno who Orion Pax is, but Optimus isn't angry. I dunno if he ever punched a mountain to death either... before we went to Earth all he did was watch war-time vids and be a nerd.

[He's laughing though.] It feels like he devours your soul when you disappoint him. Mostly I just think it's funny to make him mad. His engines get all revvy and huffy and he shakes and shouts and stomps his Prime feet.

[knaval]

Oh nooooooo that's... adorable...

[riptide is now imagining optimus with little steam blasts coming out his head.]

Gosh. I've never seen him in person. I wonder what he's like... other than a huffy baby. Kinda weird considering I was made to fight for him, huh?

[heelys]

[That would be an accurate imagination.]

Oh man, he's totally a huffy baby. It's so easy to make him mad. [He pauses when he realises what Riptide actually said, leaning against him.] That's so weird. Optimus never fought in the war where I'm from. I'm pretty sure Megatron can't even remember his name--he just hisses and calls us Autobotssss.

What did he do where you're from? Why were you fighting for him?

[knaval]

[riptide laughs, putting on a Golem Voice]

Can't let the Autobotses get too far!!

[stupid.]

Optimus was the guy who led us through the entire war. I was fighting for him because I was made as an Autobot, but I think if I had the option I would've gone with them anyway. The Decepticons kinda went off the rails really quickly.

[heelys]

[That pulls a genuine laughing fit out of Bumblebee, and he has to suck in a few deep vents to cool his engines, grinning widely.]

He sounds just like that, man. It's like he's here. 'Cept there's gotta also be Starscream trying to take over the Decepticons and Lugnut praying to his lord and savior Lord Megatron. And Blitzbrain having a conversation with himself.

[Even though they were his enemies, they were at least predictable. Here, it's hard to know who's actually capable of murdering things.]

Huh! That's so weird. The war was long over when Optimus was a cadet, let alone a Prime.

[knaval]

Jeez! That sounds more like a circus than Decepticons.

[though lugnut sounds disturbingly like tarn. riptide doesn't think too hard about it.]

Different timelines, huh? Our Optimus was Orion Pax before, he only became Optimus when he got the Matrix. I think Primes just really like "mus" names.

[heelys]

[He grins a little.] Different timelines.

I never heard the name Orion Pax before. There's no mateix where I'm from either, Magnus selects Primes. We have a whole bunch right now? I think? [He pauses to think.] Optimus, Sentinel and Rodiums are all Primes I know of. And I guess, Longarm Prime... But, he turned out do be a Decepticon infiltrator called Shockwave so he doesn't count.

[knaval]

Magnus selecting Primes... jeez, if he ever shows up you should tell him. His head might explode.

[riptide rests his chin on his hand.]

I'm glad I'm not in politics.

[heelys]

Ugh, me too. It sounds really boring. I'm just a superhero instead.