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Optimus Prime asks, "So why did you pick me as your first date?"
Megatron responds, "Don't flatter yourself. I just wanted to get this over with."
Optimus Prime says, "I was hoping you'd say you were dedicated to this. That you wanted to show unity between us."
Megatron responds, "I wouldn't be here if I wasn't dedicated to this. I had hoped that had gone without saying."
Optimus Prime asks, "Then why me? Bumblebee would be a better choice for 'just getting it over with', everyone loves him."
Megatron answers, "Because you are the leader of the Autobots."
Optimus Prime says with grief, "I'm going to be the leader of what little remains of Cybertron... I’m popular in the polls at least."
"Are you always so concerned with your popularity or only with me?" Megatron questions.
Optimus Prime jokingly, "Haven't you thought of me in the millions of years we've been fighting in this war?"
"Oh please, I barely remember your name," Megatron responds.
Optimus Prime says, "I've had to think about you a lot. Millions of times... I remember being friends once... Was that just a delusion? It seems further away than the stars now."
Megatron responds, "We were friends...once. You betrayed me."
Optimus Prime vents, "Well we're meant to be on peaceful terms. So it really doesn't matter if I say that I thought you had betrayed me. Our grudges have went on for far longer than they ever needed to."
Megatron says, "If we're supposed to be on peaceful terms then....I forgive you and....I apologize."
"I've forgiven you, and I apologize for the hurt I've caused you," Optimus Prime responds.
Megatron reaches out and holds Optimus' servo over the table. Optimus Prime holds his servo back. Megatron gives a small smile.
"Why couldn't we have done this when our sparks were young?" Optimus Prime asks.
Megatron responds, "The world was different. Cybertron was different. We were different."
Optimus Prime says, "Then why do I feel the same as before our friendship ended?"
Megatron's faceplate heats up.
Megatron responds, "Don't say such foolish things."
"When else would be a good time to be foolish?" Optimus Prime asks.
Megatron says, "Fair point."
----- CHAPTER BREAK -----
As Optimus Prime gets up, Starscream sits at the table across from Megatron.
Megatron says, "I didn't sign up for this, did they pair us up?"
Starscream responds, "It's a rotation, whoever is sitting on one side of the table goes to the next table."
Megatron sarcastically, "You must feel so lucky, especially given how well we got along together before."
Starscream responds sarcastically, "Awww. Don't be like that Lord Megatron."
"And how should I refer to you, Starscream, aren't you leading your own group on Cybertron now?" Megatron asks.
Starscream responds, "I'm the leader of Titan. Why? Does that make you jealous?"
"Why would I ever be jealous of you?" Megatron asks.
Starscream responds, "Because I have power after the war while you...have to play along with these ridiculous terms."
Megatron says, "And the alternative is I keep trying to survive your assassination attempts."
Starscream responds, "Isn't it a little ironic I've spent so long trying to usurp you? Now I have all the power and you...have nothing I want."
"Are you actually happy?" Megatron asks.
Starscream responds, "It's a lot of responsibility. I barely recharge. But I am."
Megatron sighs and says, "Then I'm not jealous. You should be happy, especially after everything I've done to you. You shouldn't be sitting here if you really are better off."
"Are you...actually acknowledging everything you've put me through?" Starscream questions.
"There's no point in fighting you. You are better off. You know, you can ding," Megatron says and points to a bell. "This here to end it early. I'm sure you have plenty of others to brag to and you truly must hate every second near me given everything..."
Starscream outvents.
Starscream responds, "I'm not here to brag."
"Did you want me to acknowledge my wrongs?" Megatron asks.
Starscream gleefully responds, "Yes please."
"Then I already have," Megatron responds.
Starscream responds, "Hmph."
"This is supposed to be a date," Megatron says. Starscream responds, "Well I guess it's in the past now."
"Do you make your subordinates call you anything?" Megatron asks.
"Would 'Emperor Starscream' be too overly dramatic for me?" Starscream asks.
"I have no room to talk in this matter," Megatron responds. Starscream chuckles.
Megatron jokingly to fuck with him, "Have I ever told you that I love you?"
Starscream is confused, "...You haven't."
"Then I wouldn't lie to you about such things," Megatron says. Starscream smiles.
"You smile like a sin," Megatron says.
Starscream responds, "Oh you flatterer~"
"Why can't I remember a time when you smiled outside of when you were trying to kill me?" Megatron asks.
Starscream teases in a whisper, "Because I did it when you were out of the room~"
Megatron dings the bell and says, "I wouldn't lie to you, I never said I loved you for a reason."
Starscream moves to the next seat. Starscream sits at the table across from Jetfire.
----- CHAPTER BREAK -----
Jetfire awkwardly and says, "Oh... I didn't expect you to be here... I mean, I thought you'd be busy with leading your new group."
Starscream responds, "Relax. I have a lot of responsibilities. But that includes promoting unity under these...ridiculous terms."
"You must hate to see me after all this time," Jetfire says as he goes to ding the bell. Starscream holds Jetfire's servo.
Starscream says, "Wait."
Jetfire backs his servo away from the bell and questions, "You want to talk to me? I thought you hated me."
Starscream responds, "We never properly caught up...after you were trapped in the Arctic."
Jetfire says, "... Starscream, I want to be friends again but I fear we've both hurt each other too much."
Starscream says, "I'm...sorry for hurting you after you were revived."
"I'm sorry. I shouldn’t have gone and gotten myself..." Jetfire trails off.
Starscream responds, "You do not need to apologize for getting yourself encased in a block of ice."
Jetfire is touching his servos. "I..." Jetfire trails off as he pulls away. "I'm being too forward. You haven't even been my friend again for a moment."
Starscream responds, "We can be friends again from this moment...if you'd like."
Jetfire reaches to touch his servo and asks, "You don't want anything else?"
Starscream says, "Not at the moment. I just want you for the moment."
Jetfire is touching his servo gently and asks, "Just me? What if I wanted more?"
Starscream caresses Jetfire's faceplate with one servo while holding Jetfire's servo in the other. Starscream asks, "Like what, my dear friend?"
Jetfire is blushing and says, "Should I say? We're in public."
Starscream teases, "Is it not something appropriate to say in public?~"
Jetfire touching the servo on his face and says, "Please don't be so lewd to me in front of everyone. We're still on opposing sides given."
Starscream slowly withdraws his servo.
Starscream remarks, "Being encased in a block of ice really froze you in time. You're still as innocent as I remembered you."
Jetfire kisses his servo and says, "I'm a mech. Not a sparkling."
Starscream responds, "But you missed out on so many horrors of the war. You still have that bright shine in your optics."
Jetfire says, "I miss your shine. I miss a lot of things about you, Starscream."
Starscream responds, "I'm sorry. I've changed so much. I'm so different."
"I still care about you," Jetfire tells Starscream.
Starscream says, "I still care about you. Even if I haven't shown it."
Jetfire says, "I wish we weren't on opposite sides. I just want you back. You look so tired of it all, all the time."
Starscream responds, "I can barely recharge."
Jetfire says, "I wish we could be together if only so you can rest easily."
"You could come live with me if you'd like," Starscream responds.
"That wouldn't change the fact you need rest and you can't get anywhere you are," Jetfire says.
Starscream responds, "I think...I could recharge easier if you were in my berth." Jetfire is blushing on his entire faceplating. Starscream smirks.
Jetfire says, "Starscream, what if someone heard that?"
"There's dozens of bots having their own private little conversations. And if they did..."
Starscream caresses Jetfire's faceplate.
"Let them~"
"We'll run out of time," Jetfire says.
Starscream responds, "Some other time then. After this?"
Jetfire says, "I can't imagine you'll ever have time. That you'll ever be able to make time."
Starscream responds, "They say if someone is really special to you...you'll make time."
----- CHAPTER BREAK -----
Shockwave is sitting at the table, check off a list. "Unsatisfactory." Shockwave outvents. "So illogical."
Blurr moves to the next seat. Blurr sits at the table across from Shockwave. "Oh-it's-you..." Blurr responds.
Shockwave pauses his scrolling on his data pad and questions, "Blurr??"
"The-one-and-only. No-thanks-to-you-trying-to-cube-me," Blurr responds.
"How...?" Shockwave asks.
Blurr explains, "A-little-human-girl-named-Sari-Sumdac-saved-me-before-I-could-be-'disposed'-of. I've-since-come-to-learn-this-Sari-Sumdac-is-none-other-than-a-technorganic-entrusted-with-the-key-to-the-Allspark."
"Blurr, I was only..." Shockwave starts.
Blurr responds, "Following-orders. I-know. You-and-a-countless-number-of-Decepticons-have-repeated-the-same-line-ad-nauseam. It's-logical-though. Isn't-it?"
Shockwave says flat but almost sounds like rage, "I WAS DOING WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD KEEP YOU FROM RUNNING AWAY!"
"Was-disposing-me-like-a-worthless-cube-of-scrap-also-just-following-orders? Or-did-you-want-some-extra-security-that-I-wouldn't-somehow-come-back-from-the-Well-of-Allsparks-to-haunt-you?" Blurr asks.
"Would you have preferred I kept you?" Shockwave asks.
Blurr responds, "I-I...I-don't-know. I-didn't-have-a-plan-in-case-I-ever-was-cubed, you-know."
Shockwave says, "No, that I had locked you away."
Blurr's faceplate heats up.
Blurr stammers, "As-in-botnap-me? Why-I....that-would-have-all-sorts-of-implications."
Shockwave responds, "You shouldn't have ran. I would have gladly kept you until the end."
"Knowing-I-could-have-blown-your-cover-in-a-matter-of-nanokliks?" Blurr asks.
Shockwave says, "I would have gladly risked everything but you were too quick and I doubt even I could have converted you. You just had to run."
"You-attacked-me. I-was...scared," Blurr responds.
"Are you still scared?" Shockwave asks.
Blurr responds, "Less-so. But-I-can-still-run-if-you-give-me-a-reason-to-be."
Shockwave says, "Strange, most would find a confession to wanting to botnap another already a massive reason to run."
Blurr's faceplate heats up more.
Blurr responds, "That's-in-the-past-now. You-don't-*still*-want-to-botnap-me, right?"
Shockwave says, "Only if you give me reason to. For example, running."
"Well-I'm-not-running-yet," Blurr responds.
"Wonderful... If only there were more time," Shockwave says.
Blurr remarks, "This-date-was-fast."
"We can meet after..." Shockwave says.
Blurr responds, "Sounds-like-a-plan."
Shockwave transforms into Longarm and asks, "Who would you prefer?"
Blurr answers, "Bring-both."