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Who: Knock Out & Starscream
What: Basically first meetings.
When: Some point during Starscream's first day
Where: Solus' temple to start
Notes: Totes not a date... Stop using human expressions KO. B(

[ Starscream is fashionably early, if only to give himself time to find the correct location. he stands outside the temple, looking around the area and already making comparisons between this temple and the one that he had awoken in. in the back of his processor, the scientist in him is curious if the FFs are responsible for the terrain and if it reflects upon the FF of the sector. their likes... their personalities...

it's a new experience. something other than war. that is enough for him to latch onto it and just enjoy before it inevitably backfires. ]

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Not at all. Granted his personality is far different than Ravage's, but he is decent enough.

I was worried that perhaps his alternate was less than pleasant.

Then I guess we got lucky with him. We shoudl be glad that no decepticons from my world are here anymore. You wouldn't like my Megatron.

[Knock Out shudders slightly as he walks. He is so glad that they aren't around. How knows what they could do top him now that he changed sides. Megatron said that he also had a change of heart after the unicron debacle but the medic didn't buy it.]

I would like to think there is potential for good hidden in all of us and that, in under the right circumstances, it would come to light.

[ no, really. even though he hears that most Decepticons are bad or nasty, Starscream has a hard time believing it. there have to be a few out there that are, well... not evil.

but he catches that shudder and he has to wonder just that Megatron could have done... ]

You say this, but I wonder... Is he that terrible?

[ Cliffjumper made it sound as though their Prime is even worse. ]

Even Unicron? [Knock Out teases and then he gets all serious after a fast realization.] Or is he a nice god in your universe?

[Megatron could have done really nasty things. Ask Dreadwing for more details. Wait, you can't because he's dead now. Oh.]

Yes. [No sign of doubt in his voice.] He's also not all that right in the head. It wasn't so bad at the beginning, he wasn't obsessed with killing Optimus and he actually cared about his followers.

[Does your Prime stab himself in the chest with the blood of unicron too?]

The first we ever heard of Primus was when Cliffjumper mentioned him. Unicron is much the same - never heard of him.

[ a shrug. theology, man. it is not really a thing that exists to them. of course, some might have believed it. Shockwave found it interesting. ]

Our Prime never concerned himself with the well being of his followers. Loyalties mean nothing to him when it comes to failure or a slight shift in morals. ...He is obsessed with killing Megatron, however.

[ he probably would, KO. ]

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing. How were you all born? [Theology and biology, he's concerned about the later.]

Then I really hope that none of them end here. Imagine if they teamed up.

[Joy, more insane mechs. Exactly what we need in our lives.]

[ oops. just giving another smile. do you really want a biology lesson? because he can give you one... another time.

back onto serious topic! ]

They wouldn't. Prime only gives two options - serve him or be terminated.

[Knock Out could give Starscream a ~biology lesson~too but the seeker gets too embarrassed.

Knock Out frowns a little at the change of topic but he lets it go.] That's how Megatron operates too. And all the Autobots are sociopaths?

Now now, no reason to give that look. I can't possibly reveal all of the secrets of my dimension on the first meeting. We would run out of topics in no time otherwise.

[ again, mostly teasing. and maybe a tagging finger. ]

But, yes. Nearly all of them are sociopaths or clinically insane.

If you put it that way it means we need to meet more often. [He's smirking again, good job Starscream.]

And who won the war? or you are still fighting? That can you tell me, I promise to keep the secret.

It may be inevitable...

[ don't smirk. that just.... worries him. so much. ]

The war... The Autobots hold much of Cybertron. We've simply done what we can to strike at them and foil Prime's plans to obtain resources.

is inevitable a bad thing?

[But it's one of his sexiest smirks, who doesn't want to look at it? And look, they finally arrived to Knock Out's clinic.]

I'm sure that eventually you will be successful. The good guys always win, it's like they are in the good's side of destiny.

It depends on what would bring me here in the first place.

[ HE IS NOT GOING TO FALL PREY TO YOUR SEDUCTIVENESS. NOPE. he throws a lop sided smile though. ]

Perhaps. The only reason we have had a fighting chance thus far is due to the fact that Megatron saw this coming. Without him, we would likely have been terminated. Of course... Without Cliffjumper coming to us when he did, Earth may have suffered the same fate as Cybertron.

Unlike most of the other medics here, I have a life outside work and I enjoy relaxing.

[HE DOESN'T HAVE TO FALL, just saunter vaguely downwards.]

Was Megatron friends with Optimus in the past as well? The ones in my world knew each other before the war. Cliffjumper was that helpful? How so?

I... [ pause. ] I don't really have much of a life outside of work.

[ his life IS his work.

AND NO SAUNTERING. NOPE. ]

That I am not sure. Megatron had been a professor, spending his time preparing for civil war. Optronix was librarian. I suppose the opportunity was there, though I doubt it.

Chances are that I would have been one of the few that remain that had met him before he changed his name to Optimus Prime.

That's pretty sad, we need to remedy it. There's no war here, at least so far, you might be able to relax.

[Not even for a bit? Come onnnn.

And all that talking is not distracting him enough, Mister. He opens the door of the clinic for Starscream.]

Wait...Optronix? [Knock Out's trying really hard not to laugh, And failing.] What sort of name was that?

I'll relax once I get my hands on some decent lab equipment.

[ BEHOLD THE POWER OF SCIENCE.

perhaps you should just watch HIS hips then, Knock Out. because there's no hesitation upon entering the clinic... this time

otherwise, he just shrugs! ]

That would have been his name before he modified himself.

I can help with that, actually. [And he means it, he's not just trying to get Starscream to follow him.

Oh he will sure watch those hips move. And the r4st of the frame as well.]Hmmm...

The Prime I know used to the called Orion Pax. He was aboard the Nemesis for a while when he lost his memories.

Really?

[ you have no idea what that means, doctor. something like that can put a bounce in his step and make his face light up with hope. ]

You would?

[ science is his one true love, it's true. watch that frame all you want, but you can't compete with his profession. ]

...What would cause him to lose his memories?

Yes, really. My clinic has all the necessary and there's also the equipment Shockwave left behind when he disappeared.

[And some drones that Knock Out snatched for his medbay. He would be more than happy to allows Stasrscream to meddle and have fun with sciency things.]

The Matrix and Unicron respectively. It's complicated.

[ and only sciency things, right? because he is silent, wonderfully distracted by the hope of procuring items and materials and starting projects. no weapons! ]

[Knock Out's a bit confused at the lack of reply until he realizes the day dreaming expression in the otehr mechs face. It makes him smile, this time in a sincere way.]

You know, there's some medical equipment that I need to finish making blueprints for but I don't have the time or the skill. I'll welcome a hand.

[ way to catch his attention. and his expression turns from dreamy to hopeful. maybe even excited. ]

I would be happy to help out in whatever capacity that I can.

[And that makes Knock Out chuckle,. You are adorable, man.]

Excellent. Come on then, I'll show you what I got. [He motions to one of the room with the clinic, the storage room, where he keeps some of Shockwave's old materials and tools.]

There's some things here that I don't even know what are for. The laboratory is that other door we passed by, the one with a caution sign. See anything you like?

[ he is not adorable! he is simply... overwhelmed. ]

See anything I like... Surely you can't be serious...

[ the better question is... what doesn't he like? to actually DO SCIENCE. to have EQUIPMENT... augh augh who could think of being brought here as a curse? ]