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[airguardian]

Who: Jetfire & You
Where: The Skies || Crater
When: Jetfire's arrival
What: Jetfire being a science nerd
Warnings: Shouldn't be any???


Crater

Now Jetfire doesn't quite believe in the supernatural. There must always be a reasonable explanation - through science first and foremost. This is why, even though he is clearly there and standing and not in five million pieces, he doesn't automatically assume some kind of miracle has transpired. He doesn't believe that there is an afterlife so that can't be where he is either. Igniting his thrusters, Jetfire hoists himself up to at least get out of the crater and to get a better viewpoint.

What the scientist sees should be surprising. However, it isn't.  Jetfire can make an educated guess that this is Cybertron. The metallic terrain is all but telling. What he doesn't understand is why there are some signs of organic life. Jetfire wants to get some readings of this planet, this Cybertron. What could have changed the planet so to make organic life sustainable? His nature could get the best of him, if he allows his mind to continue. Instead he needs to focus on finding answers. Is this really Cybertron? If so, then how did he get here?

This isn't the first time he has essentially woken to a crisis after spending a lot of time in stasis. Granted, Jetfire isn't sure that this is the case, but that is the logical assumption. Someone must have been able to salvage something of him after the explosion. Fixed him up. There can't be any other explanation.


In Flight

What's the best way to get a good lay of the land? By taking to the skies, of course. Not only is this testing to see just how well Jetfire's systems are working. From up here, he can see the terrain and maybe find others. That isn't his primary goal. Jetfire is a scientist and explorer and socialization isn't his one of his skill sets. Still, there is something to be said about being in his alt mode and cruising along. If only he had a lab or something. The need to tinker with his sensors so he could pick up appropriate data is strong.

This is going to have to do. Traditional observation might suffice until he can work on some upgrades or something.

Comments

[airguardian]

Slipstream gets what she wants with that. There's a bit of a stall in Jetfire's engine. To not have a spark... Can someone even be considered alive without it? Jetfire is suddenly very unsure about the sanity of the person he happens to be flying with. Even the tale, about her creator splitting off shards of this Allspark? How unlikely is that?

"I haven't heard of it, no," he admits. Hey, he's still lost in thought. "Are you sure you're in peak condition?"

[chickscream]

She bursts into laughter at his stalling, and again at his question, wobbling a little in the air. "Are you kidding? I feel fantastic!"

It's even true. Having an open sky and no enemies to bother her, having company she doesn't loathe with every wire in her body, having conversations-- not being alone and hiding-- she's never been happier in her short, short life, and only her desire to not look silly keeps her from throwing herself into loops and corkscrews right then and there.

Her voice still full of laughter, she continues, "Anyways, the Allspark makes sparks in the first place; having a bit of it in my chest seems to work just fine. It's just a more direct path from energy to life, right?"

[airguardian]

"You certainly remind me of someone..."

Five guesses as to who that might be. There's something about Slipstream that reminds him a lot of Starscream - that needing to make a shocking comment.

"Allspark, you say? I've never heard of anything other than the Matrix creating a spark - or something of equal power."

So no one has explained to Jetfire about alternate universes yet.

[chickscream]

"And I've never heard of this Matrix," she replies, though apparently this revelation isn't meant to be shocking; she moves right along, commenting, "Just goes to show how different our universes were, right? You'll find a lot of that here."

She tosses it out flippantly, and moves on to another topic, asking, "So, have you ever been to Earth?" If he wants her to go back to that thing she was talking about, he'll have to ask.

[airguardian]

"After this, I think my logic circuits will need recalibrating," he mutters. Again, things like this should remain in science fiction, shouldn't they?

Jetfire doesn't really want to acknowledge that something like this is even possible without irrefutable proof. As a scientist, he needs to understand how this works. It makes him frustrated and it shows just a little with how he jerks in his flight pattern.

Earth. What a different sort of planet. Granted, Jetfire hadn't really had the opportunity to get to know any Earthlings or experience their culture. However, to say that he had been there for a while would have been a massive understatement.

"For a time I was on Earth, yes. It's quite... Different."

[chickscream]

"Yeah, that's not going to help," she tells him, with an unsympathetic laugh. "This place doesn't really make much sense. But go ahead and try! It'll be fun to watch."

Ah, but much more interesting: Earth!

"It's where I've spent my whole life. I want to go back." Is that a note of wistfulness? "This place doesn't even have clouds to dip your wings in... though at least none of you Autobots care about me flying around all the time."

[airguardian]

Earth... Technically Jetfire had been there for a really long time. Unfortunately, it was mostly frozen. By the time he had thawed out, he hadn't the luxury of enjoying the planet's atmosphere. It had all been about Sunstorm and doing what they could to stop him. Jetfire can't really comment about the feel of the clouds.

"Is there a reason why any Autobot should care?"

It's not as if Slipstream is causing problems, right? Surely factions can't mean so much in a place like this. Then again, maybe that is just Jetfire being too practical again.

[chickscream]

"Oh, plenty of reasons," she says, which is not really helping. "Because Decepticons are dangerous and violent criminals that'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals, probably, or because I look like Starscream, or because the brands are right there. But I guess there's not much point fighting over Cybertron when it's as empty as this..."