Sanjuno insisted. Here we go.
Oooh, and I'll get to try an LJ cut, won't I? WHEE!
Skywarp just kept staring. It wasn't so much the sight of Soundwave carrying a small Cybertronian frame, the telepath did have those cassettes, after all. The cassettes which were apparently sparklings after all, which was a whole DIFFERENT issue to stall over. No, the issue right NOW was the fact that Soundwave was carefully and protectively cuddling a very bright yellow and red frame that bore quite a lot of resemblance to the Dinobots. Which would probably explain the claw, scorch, and dent-marks in the dark-blue chassis, now that Skywarp thought about it.
"Wait, run that past us again," Starscream demanded. "Because I thought you said..."
"Dinobot sparkling. Gift for you," Soundwave repeated, audibly emotionless. No, it wasn't his voice that gave away his emotions, or his face. It was his chassis, the way his shoulders hunched just a little, the way he carefully stroked the recharging sparkling, the way he never quite looked directly at the Seeker Trine.
Hiding his face in his hand and shaking his head, Thundercracker asked, "You... STOLE that sparkling from the Dinobots?"
The telepath nodded, and Starscream asked the next question, "For US?" The Wing-Leader was holding a sparkling himself, this one shades of purple, with a very recognizable head-shape and only one optic. Skywarp still hadn't worked out the full story on that, but that was just because NO ONE knew how Shockwave had reverted to a sparkling, not only in his mentality, but even his body.
Soundwave nodded again, humming musically at the sparkling he held before making a very slight motion towards Thundercracker, since the blue Seeker was the only one who was really available. Thundercracker shook his head harder. "WHY did you steal the sparkling? I can't believe that even the Dinobots would mistreat it..."
"Gift for you," Soundwave said again, cycling his vents. "One made you happy."
"But the bitlet was FINE with it's Creators, you're not supposed to go breaking something like that up!" Skywarp finally spoke up, throwing his arms into the air in annoyance. Both Starscream and Soundwave glared at him for being so loud, and the black and purple jet DID look abashed, but only for a moment. "Look, it's not that we don't appreciate the effort, but you don't just take... why the slag do you care if we're happy or not?"
Soundwave's hum lowered in pitch, thrumming through the air and resonating in the Seekers' chassis in some rather nice ways. "Have reasons," the telepath answered, voice still a lower pitch than normal, and Skywarp shivered a little.
Thundercracker didn't need to look at his Trine Leader or Third to know they were affected the same way. He did, however, need to look to see if they were having the same ideas. A couple of head-nods and wing-twitches were all the Trine needed to reach a decision. "'Wave," Thundercracker said, deliberately shortening the telepath's name. "You need to give the bitlet back. We will be perfectly happy cooing over YOUR sparklings."
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Anyway, so yeah. Bitlet is a word Loki and I decided on for Dino-sparklings. No real clue why the Seeker's know it. My brain is DEAD now. Happy?
Skywarp just kept staring. It wasn't so much the sight of Soundwave carrying a small Cybertronian frame, the telepath did have those cassettes, after all. The cassettes which were apparently sparklings after all, which was a whole DIFFERENT issue to stall over. No, the issue right NOW was the fact that Soundwave was carefully and protectively cuddling a very bright yellow and red frame that bore quite a lot of resemblance to the Dinobots. Which would probably explain the claw, scorch, and dent-marks in the dark-blue chassis, now that Skywarp thought about it.
"Wait, run that past us again," Starscream demanded. "Because I thought you said..."
"Dinobot sparkling. Gift for you," Soundwave repeated, audibly emotionless. No, it wasn't his voice that gave away his emotions, or his face. It was his chassis, the way his shoulders hunched just a little, the way he carefully stroked the recharging sparkling, the way he never quite looked directly at the Seeker Trine.
Hiding his face in his hand and shaking his head, Thundercracker asked, "You... STOLE that sparkling from the Dinobots?"
The telepath nodded, and Starscream asked the next question, "For US?" The Wing-Leader was holding a sparkling himself, this one shades of purple, with a very recognizable head-shape and only one optic. Skywarp still hadn't worked out the full story on that, but that was just because NO ONE knew how Shockwave had reverted to a sparkling, not only in his mentality, but even his body.
Soundwave nodded again, humming musically at the sparkling he held before making a very slight motion towards Thundercracker, since the blue Seeker was the only one who was really available. Thundercracker shook his head harder. "WHY did you steal the sparkling? I can't believe that even the Dinobots would mistreat it..."
"Gift for you," Soundwave said again, cycling his vents. "One made you happy."
"But the bitlet was FINE with it's Creators, you're not supposed to go breaking something like that up!" Skywarp finally spoke up, throwing his arms into the air in annoyance. Both Starscream and Soundwave glared at him for being so loud, and the black and purple jet DID look abashed, but only for a moment. "Look, it's not that we don't appreciate the effort, but you don't just take... why the slag do you care if we're happy or not?"
Soundwave's hum lowered in pitch, thrumming through the air and resonating in the Seekers' chassis in some rather nice ways. "Have reasons," the telepath answered, voice still a lower pitch than normal, and Skywarp shivered a little.
Thundercracker didn't need to look at his Trine Leader or Third to know they were affected the same way. He did, however, need to look to see if they were having the same ideas. A couple of head-nods and wing-twitches were all the Trine needed to reach a decision. "'Wave," Thundercracker said, deliberately shortening the telepath's name. "You need to give the bitlet back. We will be perfectly happy cooing over YOUR sparklings."
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Anyway, so yeah. Bitlet is a word Loki and I decided on for Dino-sparklings. No real clue why the Seeker's know it. My brain is DEAD now. Happy?