[video]

[still_learning]

[Have a tiny Minicon, staring at the feed as if he isn't really sure of... something.]

I have been thinking, and something has been unclear to me. I cannot be the first to have considered the possibility, so I hope someone out there will help me to understand.

[He shifts with the drone in his hands, sending the background reeling for a moment before he sits himself up where he is.]

It seems common that we come from different worlds, but most of us seem to come from a Cybertron. We have different frame designs, different memories. That has been explained as a sort of parallel universe; I can see that. What I wish to know is if anyone here knows that at least one other person has come from their own world, their own universe's history.

[He hesitates, because it's been a long shot, but this next question is what he really meant to ask. He knows it's terrible to hope, and even if he isn't ready to leave this place, he needs to know that it could be possible.]

More importantly, if you do, do you remember a time when they disappeared from your world without any reason or explanation?

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[video]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

That's...a hard one to answer for me. Knock Out and Bulkhead are both from my world, but I'm....dead by the time they left our world and showed up here. But from when I showed up here, both of them says it's months before I die, so...[shrugs. Has he fried your processor now?]

Because big red dragon is kind of an ass sometimes

[do_not_meddle]

((ooc: Also ignore the fact that he looks pissed off, he's just peering closely into his device. I don't have enough icons for him.))


No one has yet come here from my world, but then, I myself do not hail from any one world. Or universe.

[The great head cocks to one side, studying the new face.]

That said, however, it has been known that people of the same timestream, time, and even location have come here, even recognizing one another from "back home". To my knowledge, no one's noticed another's absence before even if they come from slightly different times in their shared lives, one after another. However, one who had actually experienced this could answer that better.

[video]

[still_learning]

So, you are alive in their memories, for a time. You did not simply vanish when you arrived here.

[Those optics of his have brightened. Can't you just see the wheels turning?]

That could mean you are from the same world, the same history, but at some point, you eventually will return. [And then that look slips, for just a tiny moment.] Or you could be another version of you.

X33 I know those icon feels... not for this one, but yeh

[still_learning]

[There's a new face he's not familiar with at all. How interesting.]

Many thanks. This does help me greatly in my endeavor. I feel I will always have questions about this, but I understand we have no way home, not yet. These answers... may mean that we will, eventually, but why would we not remember?

[He's not asking in earnest, it's just a musing aloud for him.]

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Good catch, mini, he'd not thought that far yet. He figured he'd not managed to answer you question.]

Considering what they remember, and what I remember, from before we ended up here matched up perfectly? I doubt we're from different versions of our world.

[Wait until he realizes you're from his world too, just farther into the future...]

[video]

[still_learning]

[He's not exactly the brightest out there, but this is what happens when you leave him to think too much.]

[And also what happens when he thinks about what going home means for Breakdown. And he's sad about that, and that surprises him.]

That... I see.

[Wait until he realizes it himself.]

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

.....What's got you down, Jetstorm?

[video]

[still_learning]

[He can't meet Breakdown's gaze at first.]

If I am right and we do return to our own worlds some day, you will die.

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[You...you're worried about him dying?]

We all die someday, Jetstorm. Not the way I'd have chosen to go, but even we aren't immortal. [Okay, so some may believe they are, Breakdown isn't one of those.]

[video]

[still_learning]

[it's not like it's something he wants to know happens this early in his very young life not with the war over]

Yes, but... it is not something I would wish upon you. And while I do want to go home one day, I would not wish to do so knowing you have so little time left.

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He studies Jetsorm...dammit, mini, he was sure you didn't like him, or...were scared of him or something, and then you go pull this on him! It....still boggles his mind when he finds out someone else cares about him in any way.]

You've got a good spark, mini. ["Mini" this time, said with clear affection.] Don't worry about me. I've accepted my fate, and maybe I'll just stay here when we all get the option to go back. There's no war here, and I'm kinda enjoying the peace.

[Video] Because, what the heck. I want them to meet.

[knight_light]

I wish I could answer your question, friend. I'm afraid the only one I know from my world came here much later in time than I did, and we had...parted ways many cycles prior to his memories.

[But not to Wing's memories. In his memories he'd seen Drift just shortly before arriving here...but then...who's to say how time passes for the dead?]

[video]

[still_learning]

[If he's honest, he still doesn't know what he thinks. Breakdown is equal parts mean and kind, and it's better than he knew under his strict Master, but he misses even that Drift. The one thing he does know is that, Decepticon or not, Breakdown cares, and he has since day one. It's been awkward and ambiguous to watch, but it's there. For someone like this Minicon, that means a lot.]

[He opens his mouth to say something and shuts it again, unsure what to say.]

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Chin up, Jetstorm. I'm alive right now, that's what matters.

[video] they probably would have eventually

[still_learning]

[Have a small bow.]

Your response is appreciated anyway. Anything could help. I only want to understand.

Re: [video] yeah, but I wanted them to meet now. XD

[knight_light]

I understand, you're worried about your loved ones back home, and how they may be handling losing you.

I worry the same.

[video]

[still_learning]

[He just heard his name... That's a first. Have a little nod.]

When it would be convenient for you, may we spar again?

Re: [video]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Of course. Not busy now, so once you've gotten the answers you want from others, you know where to find me.

[Home...he's at home.]

[video] to action or just say they did?

[still_learning]

[He knows that place too well by now.]

I hope to be there soon.

[Fist to palm bow for you, sir.]

[video] now now now now!

[still_learning]

I do. But I know that Master Drift is with them, and they will be okay. And I am not certain that they know I am gone.

[video] I'm good with either.

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[You....just bowed to him...]

See you soon then.

[10_20_15_5_50]

While there's nobody here from my Earth, I have heard stories of people disappearing without reason or explanation. Not sure how credible they are, though...

Re: [video] Noooooooooowwwww~

[knight_light]

[Wing perks.] Now that's not a name I was expecting. I have a feeling the Drift you know is not the same I know, but it is still interesting to hear.

I'm sure your loved ones are well if Drift is with them.

[video] kks, then they just did

[still_learning]

[Wouldn't be the first or last.]

[He nods and is that a little smile before the feed cuts? It might be.]

[video] nyaaaaow

[still_learning]

[He shakes his head, venting a sigh.] No, he is not the one I know.

[Though, that comment gets him to blinking.] I... do not have loved ones. Should I?

[That still makes him feel strange. Huh.]