Comfort, Starscream, Fun and Games
Ironfist was rather pleased with the way things were going right now. While there was still a lingering sense of insecurity about where he was, and the fact that the place was both mixed in factions and universes, he was finding comfort in his new friends.
Technically, he was supposed to be drawing up the plans for his workspace at the Nerdlab, but he decided to take a small break and go walk around the outskirts of town, getting more of a feel for his surroundings. And while he was walking, he decided to answer some more of the prompts he'd been working on.
"What today....?" he asked out loud, seeing no one in the vicinity to overhear him. "Comfort... There's something I haven't really had in a long time. I know some would argue that I lived most of the war in comfort, spending most of my time in the Kimia facility safe and sound. But it's hard to take comfort in my work. And yet, there's something about it that is calming, at least. But I have found comfort here. I really couldn't ask for a better group of comrades, even if three of them are technically the same person. They've been very accommodating. Kup... Kup surprised me. I never really thought he'd notice me, but here he is, acting very fatherly. I won't say I don't like it. And of course, there's the nice Aerial bot, Air Raid, I met the other day. I guess, even if this place is different, and people are friends with bots they shouldn't be friends with, I can still enjoy it. It really is... comfortable."
He trailed off, looking thoughtful for a moment before finding the next prompt on his HUD.
"Starscream? I never met the guy, and I think I'd rather keep it that way. I can't imagine he's very friendly, even if the people around here seem different. That reminds me... I had the schematics built for a jet-seeking missile. It was supposed to lock on the fuel trail of a flier and follow the trail to its source, exploding on impact and incapacitating the thrusters of a jet. The chemistry is the hard part... Maybe I'll have to look into finishing it when I get home. Or maybe I should try sooner? The problem now is, while back home there weren't many flying Autobots, I've met some here, and I'd feel pretty terrible if one of my creations downed one of them on accident. I guess I should postpone that experiment..."
That did seem like the best course of action to the small Autobot. He didn't want to risk harming Air Raid or any of his gestalt.
"Fun and Games? I've never really been one of those bots... I mean, I try, but I always end up right back where I was, geeking out or being serious. I realize that some of my idols might look down on that, but it's who I am. I may have been forged before the war, but that doesn't mean I really remember a time where I could just relax and have fun. Sure, we played learning games or had competitions at academy, and the competitions got fiercer when I started engineering, but... the element of fun seemed to be gone. We knew what we did was dead serious. I have the Decepticons to thank for that. Maybe now I can take the time to find out what life could be with fun and games." He paused, thinking over what he just said. "I still want to go home, though."
Technically, he was supposed to be drawing up the plans for his workspace at the Nerdlab, but he decided to take a small break and go walk around the outskirts of town, getting more of a feel for his surroundings. And while he was walking, he decided to answer some more of the prompts he'd been working on.
"What today....?" he asked out loud, seeing no one in the vicinity to overhear him. "Comfort... There's something I haven't really had in a long time. I know some would argue that I lived most of the war in comfort, spending most of my time in the Kimia facility safe and sound. But it's hard to take comfort in my work. And yet, there's something about it that is calming, at least. But I have found comfort here. I really couldn't ask for a better group of comrades, even if three of them are technically the same person. They've been very accommodating. Kup... Kup surprised me. I never really thought he'd notice me, but here he is, acting very fatherly. I won't say I don't like it. And of course, there's the nice Aerial bot, Air Raid, I met the other day. I guess, even if this place is different, and people are friends with bots they shouldn't be friends with, I can still enjoy it. It really is... comfortable."
He trailed off, looking thoughtful for a moment before finding the next prompt on his HUD.
"Starscream? I never met the guy, and I think I'd rather keep it that way. I can't imagine he's very friendly, even if the people around here seem different. That reminds me... I had the schematics built for a jet-seeking missile. It was supposed to lock on the fuel trail of a flier and follow the trail to its source, exploding on impact and incapacitating the thrusters of a jet. The chemistry is the hard part... Maybe I'll have to look into finishing it when I get home. Or maybe I should try sooner? The problem now is, while back home there weren't many flying Autobots, I've met some here, and I'd feel pretty terrible if one of my creations downed one of them on accident. I guess I should postpone that experiment..."
That did seem like the best course of action to the small Autobot. He didn't want to risk harming Air Raid or any of his gestalt.
"Fun and Games? I've never really been one of those bots... I mean, I try, but I always end up right back where I was, geeking out or being serious. I realize that some of my idols might look down on that, but it's who I am. I may have been forged before the war, but that doesn't mean I really remember a time where I could just relax and have fun. Sure, we played learning games or had competitions at academy, and the competitions got fiercer when I started engineering, but... the element of fun seemed to be gone. We knew what we did was dead serious. I have the Decepticons to thank for that. Maybe now I can take the time to find out what life could be with fun and games." He paused, thinking over what he just said. "I still want to go home, though."