re_alignment_logs | A formal dance.

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A formal dance.

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: The Atrium, Haven's Hub.
WHEN: Today! The dance will go on from the late afternoon until the early hours of the morning.
WHAT: Have your top hat and cane? This is a formal ball. The origination is a drunken Vandal and battle-worn Saber.
WARNINGS: Could be anything from bar fights to drunken swearing to people tripping over their own feet or people making out in a corner.

Welcome to the dance!
     The Atrium will have its doors open in the late evening. For the first two hours, Vandal and Drift will be acting as receptionist and bouncer. After that, the doors close. At the reception desk, you will be required to sign your name and also hand over any weapons that you are carrying. (Within the building there is an inhibitor placed. No one will be able to use any weaponry on their person.)

     The Atrium is decorated in royal purple and black, with accents of white and pearl. The decorations are standard fair for a ball. There's hanging draperies, table clothes, and colored lighting. Towards the outside of the circular Atrium, everyone will be under a glowing white light. Towards the middle of the dance floor, there is a much softer lavender that illuminates the immediate area.

     Vandal and Saber organized and planned, and then helped with decorations. They will also be over seeing the event throughout the entire night. Vandal will be handling the reception desk and registration. We have Frenzy as our DJ in the Atrium, and Miko will be playing electric guitar for those who decide to visit the bar. Saber, Ironhide, and McCrane will be acting as security. They would be the best to contact should you have any.. safety concerns. Our bouncer, Drift, will be "on call" for security once his primary assignment is done. Kay organized and lead the decorating, and Ravage and McCrane helped with placing them. Melan and Joe gathered needed materials. Skidaddle is the one to blame for having the supply of available hats at the doors for any Cybertronian who tries to get past the one piece of attire rule.

     Feel free to post in any sub-forum area you think your character would be present in (with or without an opening post), or merely tag others. Prose or action-spam is okay (and you may want to include this in your initial posts if you want others to tag you). Bonus: include links to garments your character may be wearing. This is entirely up to you! Have fun!

     Make sure to add your character to the tags! (That's the registry.)

SHORTCUTS TO THE SUB-FORUMS:
Reception Area
Dance Floor
Lounging Areas
Bar
Walls

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He nodded in agreement. That much he could understand; especially considering that for some models it might be very hard to find something to wear that wasn't completely ridiculous. Skyfire could see the point.

"I'm sure they meant well. But it's not for everyone, I suppose," he admitted. "At least we all look equally silly."

Small comfort, perhaps, but it was something.

And then, of course, his face lit up at the mention of Jetfire's offer.

"I would love to!"

At that, Jetfire laughed quietly and nodded agreement. There was that, indeed. Though, looking silly or not, the type of decoration that had been demanded might not be to the preference of some. Technically, if he was more laid towards decoration at all, he might not have minded a few strings of crystals, like that he'd seen on the pink femme around here... But as he wasn't, he felt odd even with the understated sash around his hips.

"And then there's those that take pride in it. Either way." Shaking his helm, Jetfire smiled again. "Excellent. I was... ah, going to suggest we leave now, but you might be inclined to stay?" And he should stay, for all that he'd prefer not to.

Skyfire hesitated for a moment. It wasn't as if he was the life of the party, after all... Most people probably wouldn't even notice if he left. On the other hand, well. He'd come with the idea of meeting people, after all, and perhaps making a couple of new friends. He might still give it a try.

"I'd like to stay a little longer, if you don't mind," he said after a moment. "I could still get to mingle a little."

"I'll survive." he chuckled and shrugged, casting a glance around the room. "Given that I'm not entirely here for myself only, and since it is a good chance to get to talk to people personally, I'll hardly insist we leave now."

Turning back to Skyfire, Jetfire considered their... height, again, still somewhat surprised by it.

"And while I'd rather have a more in-depth discussion to consider all the differences and similarities later... We don't seem to share altmode." Which wasn't truly the most curious thing; the few alternates that had been around hadn't necessarily shared altmode, though it was more often that they did than not.

No one, though, hadn't shared a designation, which was more curious.

It was a fascinating subject, once he got past the odd feeling of knowing for a fact that there were more of him out there - in a sense, at least. Of course they were not exactly the same, and since they did not have the same experiences, the differences were even more noticeable. But still, an alternate was an alternate.

Fortunately for Skyfire, his curiosity got the better of him soon enough, and it wasn't long at all until he found it interesting instead of upsetting.

"That's right... I wonder if it has to do with different timelines," he mused. "I am still using an old altmode, back from before the war. I didn't have the chance to upgrade it."

Jetfire had had a little longer to adjust to the thought... and had seen other alternates before an alternate to himself had (briefly) appeared and really... it'd been more odd having to deal with Starscream' alternates than this.

"I would surmise so, yes... Though as of yet, all the others have shared the same designation." Jetfire paused, frowning thoughtfully as he folded his arms over his chestplates. "That's... interesting, however. I ended up changing from the design I had pre-war and earlier in the war mostly because of the modifications I was performing. The old one looked... similar, but less armoured."

That was the easiest way to describe it, frankly, without taking into account where all the pieces had been.

"I would... theorise our realities are close enough to lend a close similarity physically - with a few obvious differences," said Jetfire with a dry, lopsided smile and a shake of his helm.

"It is odd about the designations," Skyfire admitted, nodding thoughtfully. "I keep hearing familiar names all around, so sharing them seems to be the norm. I wonder what makes us the exception... We do have clear similarities, after all."

It was probably just idle theorizing, since it wasn't as if they had a way to find out for sure. But it was a fun way to spend time, at least.

For a very particular definition of 'fun'.

"I think you have a very good point about our realities. Our contexts must be similar enough. Space-capability seems an obvious factor, for example."

"More similarities than not, at any rate," agreed Jetfire, and idle theorising or not, it was fun. If you liked this sort of thing which, well... admittedly they did. "Probably something that'd only be obvious from the outside, though another possibility could be a brief... skip in whatever connection our realities might share to synch them close for all the similarities that are there."

Jetfire spread his hands as he talked, frowning slightly. It was sort of frustrating that patterns might be missed because they were "too close", but at the same time, outside of their own realities as they all were... This was the "furtherst away" they'd ever be.

"Mm, yes. Space-capability... Starscream. More, undoubtedly." A dry smile, and had Jetfire known about their little jaunt of being frozen, he'd have made a probably-unfortunately phrased comment about that similarity as well.

"... Starscream. Yes." He hadn't quite sorted out his feelings about his old friend yet, if he was honest with himself. But there were still enough bittersweet memories there to warrant a small smile.

"Our work in science, too. Even if it's not exactly on the same fields."

There were other things he could ask, but... they were a bit touchy. He couldn't bring himself to outright ask Jetfire if he'd ever been frozen. Or a Decepticon.

Starscream was a complicated topic, for both of them, obviously. Jetfire couldn't even honestly say that what was going on currently had made things more simple.

"Indeed. And no, I believe it's not... I'd assume the necessities for navigating in space would be similar enough, but as for the rest..." Jetfire trailed off, frowning thoughtfully. "The wider diciplines connected to geology are one of my oldest, along with aerodynamics. Weapons engineering." The last is admitted somewhat slowly; it has proven useful, but not quite what he'd like to have in his repertoire.

"... And I believe perhaps comparing our pasts should be saved for a more... quiet and private occasion." It was still something he wanted to do, despite the potential for... quite a lot of things, depending on what was similar and what wasn't.

But when did you otherwise get a possibility like this?

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Once again, he nodded in agreement while Jetfire spoke. Even in this aspect, they had several things in common..

"I preferred working with living organisms whenever possible, but geology was one of my main fields, too. Starscream and I used to explore uncharted planets."

He trailed off for a moment, giving himself a few seconds to think. To be quite honest, he appreciated the suggestion of leaving the conversation for later. He couldn't really separate his professional background from his personal life, after all. That much was clear.

It was funny, in a way. Back then he would never have imagined it might become an issue.

"I'd like that," Skyfire agreed in the end. "I admit that I'm quite curious about it."

"Hmm, can't say I ever was drawn to that." Jetfire smiled, shaking his helm slightly. "Though I did keep observations of the native lifeforms when there were any on the expeditions Starscream and I did go on... Basic information. Energy production and conversion, along with the other diciplines, held more interest." There'd been a few expeditions, but not that many. Partly because Starscream got drawn into the gladiator scene and his attention got... fractured.

And Skyfire and Jetfire both have that little... issue, unfortunately enough. Which Jetfire had somewhat assumed and well. It might simply be easier to be too careful than not. Jetfire waited quietly until Skyfire agreed and while he certainly was curious, the pause hinted at something a bit... sensitive. He'd probably not been too wrong, so the smile, while genuine, was a bit wry.

"Me as well. Especially given the similarities, so it'd be interesting to see if there is a definitive point where the events branches, or if it's simply many small things but otherwise the overall pattern being the same..."

"It's a good idea, yes. There are so many things we have in common... We should probably talk about this in detail."

He paused, and then grinned a little. This wasn't the best place or time to talk in great detail about personal things - that was also true.

"That is, when we have a more quiet moment."

Jetfire chuckled, nodding.

"Not the best location or event for it no, even if I'd certainly want to do it now." Then Jetfire realised that... perhaps... he ought to at least make a cursory pass around the Atrium, see if there was anyone else he might want to speak to...

And find Starscream.

Just so he knew what the Seeker was up to.

"Want to have a look around? I should... at the least, try to find Starscream." Jetfire rubbed his hand over the lower half of his face, only slightly hiding the exasperated smile.

Ah, that seemed like a better plan for the time being. Skyfire smiled at the suggestion.

"I'd like to," he agreed, with a slight nod. "I haven't been... around, much. Not yet."

"Let's do that, then." Shaking his helm, Jetfire frowns slightly. "I arrived with him, but I haven't seen him since..." Which could be good or bad.

And it was more like Starscream convincing him to come. Unfortunately. Not that he could regret agreeing to come, since he got to talk to Skyfire in person.

From what little he had seen of this particular Starscream... yes, he had to agree that it was better not to leave him unattended for too long. That was something he seemed to have in common with the one from his world. Starscreams getting bored were very bad news.

"Ah, yes... We'd better find out where he went off to."

Very bad news indeed, but at least it would be somewhat limited by the setting. Either way, Jetfire nodded and after casting a look around and not immediately seeing the wayward Seeker, gave Skyfire a slightly lopsided smile.

"Indeed. Besides, I'm sure it'll give him something to comment on." The two of them, that was. With a snort, Jetfire led them off. At least Starscream wouldn't be hard to find, really, since he was among the taller mechs present (excluding either of them), and wore that... crown.

It'd be useful for spotting him, at least.

Skyfire couldn't hold back a chuckle at that. The similarities where just too close.

"I'm sure it will," he agreed. "Starscream always seems to find some excuse to give his very important opinions.

The fact that Starscream was also getting their attention right now even though he wasn't even there didn't quite register with him.

They sort of were, weren't they? Not that Jetfire was aware of that on his end. He did, though, have another reality's Starscream to compare with, and they, too, had been reasonably alike.

"That he does... And then some end up surprised when what he says make sense," said Jetfire, honestly dryly amused. He knew Starscream well enough to know the Seeker was hardly a rambling, illogical pile of arrogance.

Perhaps unfortunately.

And the fact that they were talking about Starscream... well, it was probably inevitable, really. He did seem to carry some... importance for them both.

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