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( So here's a friendly robot-face for you, network. Between the big political speeches and the kittens because he has always had excellent timing. But he's looking significantly less beat-up than he did previously, dents straightened out and looking polished up. )

Okay, here's a question for you. If you've decided to settle down on your home planet that's suddenly not-dead and start up a new government after a civil war that lasted for ages, would you elect the one bot who served directly under the guy who started the entire thing in the first place?

Because I'm really trying to see what anyone could have seen in Starscream and I just don't get it.

( He's really sorry about your problems, Exs, but he's not here for organic squabbling. If he was even aware of it in the first place. Which he isn't, because he just got back from his own universe. )

So, what'd I miss?

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We can't. And the NAILs that voted him in and Blurr, I guess - they weren't there and they didn't fight so they don't know.

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Nails?

So, what was it that led this guy to be voted in anyways? Doesn't sound too trustworthy to me.

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Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-forms. Prowl made it up - it means someone who isn't an Autobot or Decepticon.

No idea, I was off-world at the time. Still... am? I haven't gone back since he was elected.

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Those some robot things the rest of us don't know about?

Well, if you're here, there's not much you can do about what he's up to.

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( so used to the rest of the universe knowing. )

They're sides, or were when the war was going on. I'm an Autobot, Starscream's a Decepticon.

I know. He could be up to anything and I wouldn't know. ( wait hang on though. ) At least the fact no time passes in our universe means he hasn't actually done anything.

Yet.

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So why are you wasting time worrying about it now, if you know nothing will have changed while you're here?

[tilallisoverused]

Because I'm not back on my planet in my universe, I'm in the middle of space on a quest.

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They haven't got cellphones for robots?

[tilallisoverused]

Well yeah, but up until this point we've been having something of a communication problem.

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Bad reception?

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Someone got lodged into the quantum generators and the resulting explosion and space jump knocked them out.

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Doesn't sound like that could be too much fun.

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The getting jammed in the generators or loss of the communications?

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First bit, mostly. Unless losing communication is just as painful.

[tilallisoverused]

Right, yeah. I mean he's dead - and we didn't even have the other duobot around long enough to be able to finally tell them apart.