[Nexus RP] Blaster at the Embassy!

[soundwave_ascendant]

https://nexus-crossings.dreamwidth.org/206970.html?thread=21204602#cmt21204602

Ravage drives them out of the Plaza and up to the gate, which is being guarded by Clobber and Garboil--a deep green warmech with a single optic, and a cobalt blue condorlight, the same frametype as Laserbeak and Buzzsaw. She transforms, grabbing one boombox with each hand, and sets them down on the ground.

"At ease, you two," Ravage says. "Blaster's come up for a visit. He's not the Blaster from our universe."

Clobber relaxes visibly.

Ravage turns to Blaster. "Welcome," she says. "You're now in sovereign Destron territory, but you're welcome to spend the afternoon with us here."

They might be calling it an Embassy, but it qualifies as a good-sized base. However, there are some public buildings just outside the gate--it looks like they're building an inn or an oilhouse or something like that, and there's also a public office and a small library. Inside the gate, there are several residences surrounding the central building. There are also civilians inside the gate, including some juveniles, and a juvenile humanoid organic with purple skin. There's a scratching noise inside Soundwave's chest and he laughs. "Viridian, eject," he says, and she does, leaping down to go and join some of the other younger residents.

Soundwave turns to Blaster. "Well," he says, "if we're trying to make friends then I'd hope you wouldn't harm my cassettes, but most of them have other alt-modes now. To be quite honest, I was thinking of retiring the deck, but Viridian likes to rest in there. And Rosanna's a pop star, a singer; you'll like her. But we'll talk inside."

There is a throne room in the main hall of the main building, but beyond it, their private residence is modest, although they don't have to fetch their own energon--a bot who looks like a sanitation model brings the cubes, and a plate full of elaborate gelled energon treats.

"Thanks, Suckerpunch." Ravage grins and dismisses the other bot. "You have to try these gel pastilles, Soundwave makes them himself. He's been spoiling me for the past four million years."

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[soundwave_ascendant]

"Hi," said Silverwing. Her plating was a little dinged up; she liked to fly, like every other Seeker, and she also liked to run, climb things, jump, and go everywhere, and falling didn't bother her unless she landed wrong. She and Viridian had been learning parkour from Minoru and Howlback, and they and Lotor had a plot to get Drill Boy to finally explain all the soccer stuff he kept talking about.

"You're from another universe?" she asked. "Like that ghost Starscream...? who thinks femmes can't be Decepticons? I told him femmes can be anything they want. I mean the only difference between a femme and a mech who isn't a femme is just how they feel inside, and sometimes the way they want their chassis to look. Although I don't know any Seeker that wants to be bulky, or any warframe that wants to be thin."

She shrugged and looked down at Viridian, who smiled.

"Our Blaster really hates the Decepticons. But our Starscream is King of Cybertron. And...I'm still gonna be faster than him when we're older!"

[assaultingrocknroll]

He nodded to her. "Yes. And I know in my world there aren't many femme Decepticons, but well Starscream is an idiot, the femmes on the Autobot side from my experience, usually are the ones that keep us Autobots from forgetting our goal." He smiled. "Seekers need to be small and nimble, you are usually the first scouts."

"I know that on my world, they're the enemy, but I don't think it's really hate, it's just, we've been fighting for so long. Though Soundwave here, if... Things were different back home, I think we might have been good friends."

He laughed heartedly at her bravado. "I hope you fly circles around him. Someone needs to. Maybe it will help knock his ego down some."

[silverseeker]

Silverwing giggled. "That'll be fun if it works," she said, but then her expression grew more sombre. "I hope the war is really, truly over soon. I'm having fun here. But I miss my parents on Sanctuary Station. I understand why all us kids were sent here, but we all feel like that."

She looked up at Soundwave. "But I know you're gonna kick old Galvatron's big blocky aft right into the sun!" she said, with all the trust of a child.

[assaultingrocknroll]

"When it happens I'll help hold the victory party how's that?" He nodded. "For now you're safe, I'm sure that's the biggest thing your parents are worried about. I know it's probably closer to being over for Soundwave here than it is for me." He gave a sad smile. "Though I promise, as long as I can here, I'll help keep you and the other kids safe. That is as long as you and the others here trust me." He glanced up at Soundwave to let him know that that promise wasn't only for the kids. "And I will work hard to earn that trust, I'm not asking you to trust me from the start."

"And I'm sure Soundwave could easily handle Galvatron. He's a force to recon with on my world too." Blaster would help bolster the kids' faith in their protector, since being there, he had seen how the others trusted Soundwave, and wouldn't want to frighten the kids.

[soundwave_ascendant]

Soundwave smiled at her. As much as he hated violence, he knew that was probably just about what would have to be done to stop Galvatron.

"I will," he said. "Or Ravage will. Ravage enjoys kicking aft a great deal, after all."

He smiled at Blaster. "I think she's mostly disappointed because our own Starscream is substantially less of an idiot than the one that inhabits these walls. But that is probably why he still has a body."

[assaultingrocknroll]

Blaster chuckled at SOundwave's words. "And it's why I am determined to stay on Ravege's good side. I like my paint job." He was trying to lighten the mood a little.

"I'm still not sure what to think of that, since mine is really a moron. Though I really wonder how much of that he plays up to try to weasel to Megatron's side."

[soundwave_ascendant]

"I would appreciate your assistance with the victory party," Soundwave said, and gave Blaster a meaningful look, with an empathic assurance that he understood and accepted the offer. "I have been jamming with some of the local musicians and spinning vinyl at parties hereabout, and I have missed that greatly. I will have to find a way to make time for it when we return to Sanctuary permanently and I leave someone else in charge of the Embassy--though I will always visit. I don't know who that will be. I'd make Megatron do it as penance, but unfortunately, I can't. Anyhow, I recall that the Blaster in my world wasn't half bad at that sort of thing, even if he did spend a lot of his time on the air blathering about politics I had no use for whatsoever. Are you?"

Ravage chuckled. "That would be a good revenge," she said, shaking her head. "Megatron's a better mech than he's ever been before but he certainly put us all through some misery and he owes us for having to clean up his mess!" She shrugged. "Starscream...in our universe...well, he used to be an aft and frankly he still is. But after Megatron abdicated and Soundwave and I became conjunx endurae, and he became ruler of Cybertron...a lot of things changed between me and him, because none of the things he and I had been rivals for mattered to either of us any more, and he started supporting me. Against Prime, and Fort Max, in particular. He helped me out in a few tough situations when I wasn't at all expecting him to. It was absolutely beneficial to him to do so, mind you, but that's still a huge improvement--he used to be willing to cut off his own nose to spite his face when it came to old grudges. I'd say more about that over a glass of high-grade sometime, but...not right now. It's not late enough and I'm not tipsy enough to discuss all that."

She looked sidewise at her daughter and Silverwing. There was a lot they didn't need to know about the previous relationships between herself, and Megatron, and Starscream. She wasn't trying to hide it and she'd answer any questions honestly if they heard something about it, but...it wasn't a thing she was going to bring up. Not after the difficult conversation they'd already had to have about Optimus Prime.

Viridian snorted.

Ravage leaned over to stroke her daughter's ears.

"You're right of course," Silverwing finally said. "But I do trust you. I do because Soundwave does. And he'd know. It's true that Ravage enjoys beating aft more than Soundwave does, but Soundwave knows just about everything, especially about people."

A faint energon flush bloomed over the derma of Soundwave's cheeks, and since they'd been eating snacks, Blaster and everyone else there could see it. "I do work very hard at that," Soundwave said, "but I don't violate people's privacy if I can avoid it, Silverwing. And...neither should you, Viridian." He knew his daughter had been eavesdropping on her mother's thoughts.

Viridian laughed softly.

[assaultingrocknroll]

"I've met a few of them, interesting humans." Honestly he loved the jam session he had with one earlier. "It's been a while since I've DJ'd more than for a kid's party." Hey Daniel's birthday party had been a blast though! At least no one complained about the music. Grimlock destroying the cake with his tail... Well okay that may have been on Blaster, at least slightly, since he had been playing the music that had made the Dinobot dance.

"Noted, I'll be sure to ask you when the time is better, and when there are not young ones around, so we would not have to keep things clean word wise."

Blaster laughed a little at Silverwing's words. It wasn't a cruel laugh, just a small outburst. His Soundwave only knew as much as he did because of his cassettes, he had a feeling that this one was the same way to some extent, but wasn't going to say it. "He is a better judge of character than the one on my world at least."