A Speck in the Cosmos

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"Hello Sideswipe, Sunstreaker." Blue Star smiled encouragingly at them, noticing the golden one’s little shuffle. "It’s nice to meet you both. I’m Blue Star." She bopped the tip of her own nose, indicating herself in association with the name. "Do you know where, ah, ‘Bob’ is? Would you like me to help you find him?"

"He right there." Sideswipe pointed down the hall where the insecticon was crouched, just watching curiously.

Sunny nodded.

#wilyredandgaleforcegold #ark babies

Blue Star looked around and jerked a little at the sight of the insecticon.

"Oh." She squeaked, then gave the bug a small wave. "Um...hello. Cute little guys you've got here." Her doorwings twitched nervously.

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"Oh, hello. Who...are you?"

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"Oh! Hello there," Blue Star spots the tiny twins and kneels carefully in front of them, looking around. "Who are you two? Where are your caretakers?"

Sides: “Sideswipe!” =D

Sunny: “…Sunstreaker.” *shifts in place shyly*

Sides: “No caretaker? but…Bob!” =D

#wilyredandgaleforcegold #ark babies

"Hello Sideswipe, Sunstreaker." Blue Star smiled encouragingly at them, noticing the golden one's little shuffle. "It's nice to meet you both. I'm Blue Star." She bopped the tip of her own nose, indicating herself in association with the name. "Do you know where, ah, 'Bob' is? Would you like me to help you find him?"

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Fatal blow

Blue Star didn’t have time to express her shock as laser fire continued to bounce around them. Scrambling to grab hold she hefted Red Alert into her arms and dragged him behind cover, automatically hailing Ratchet. Even as she...

#professional-squishy #fatal blow meme #aw thayle :(

Blue Star said nothing. She curled her hands around Thayle and exited the med bay, heading automatically toward the room the human had shared with Red Alert. If she held Thayle a bit closer than usual, well, she wasn’t telling.

“You won’t be alone.” She said quietly, gently rubbing a thumb over her back. “It's okay to cry, Thayle. Whatever you need, just let me know.”

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*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

Blue Star carefully lifted Thayle and began making her way toward the exit. Cool air breezed over her frame as they emerged from the Ark. The femme vented it in deeply. It was interesting having a full atmosphere, and she was finding she liked it. For the most part. The sun had already begun to sink behind the mountain, casting the desert into dusky shadow. Blue Star set the human back down and transformed to her alt mode, noting absently that her paint could use a bit of a touch up. She popped open her drivers’ side door and bobbed lightly on her suspension in excitement.

“So what do humans eat, exactly?” She asked, making sure her internal temperature was adjusted correctly for Thayle’s comfort. “Do you just ingest one type of fuel, or are there multiple forms? What kind of city is Portland? Is it actually a port town, or is that just the name? Do they speak the same dialect as you? How many languages to earthlings speak, anyways?”

Thayle could only giggle at the barrage of questions. Blue Star, meet Bluestreak. You have a lot in common.

"We eat all sorts of things," she answered, buckling her seat belt. "Humans are classed as omnivores, meaning we can eat both vegetation and animal-protein based foods. Not all of it, of course, but a lot of it. And we’ve come up with some pretty incredible things to do with food to make it taste good. Thousands, probably. Hundreds of thousands. I probably won’t be able to try all of them in my whole lifetime."

"Here, once you get off Ark Road, turn left on Route 5 and head south. That’ll take you right to Portland, and I’ll direct you from there."

"It’s not a port city exactly, not on the ocean anyway. But it is on a major river so I think that’s probably where the name came from. It was a big stopping point for sailors a couple centuries ago, I think. And they’ll speak English, just like me. Most of ‘em, anyway. Humans have thousands of languages, but most people here will speak English."

#professional-squishy #yay reference material #haha #where even is the Ark anyways?#no one knows

“Yech.” Blue Star shuddered. “Sorry. I’ve heard some alien species eat other life-forms, but I could never wrap my processor around it. I’ll just take your word for the taste, heh.” She turned off where she was told and kept an audio open while Thayle explained, but her optics were all over the road. She’d driven to the Ark alone and had hid in the bushes every time an alien vehicle approached (except for the slagging enforcers), but Thayle didn’t seem perturbed by the veritable flotilla of cars around them.

In any case, the vehicles weren’t the interesting part. Route 5 apparently ran parallel to the river Thayle had mentioned, and Blue Star couldn’t help but stare at it in wonder. The setting sun glanced off the surface of the water and scattered light everywhere. Even in the leafless gloom of late winter, the skeletal structures of the trees fascinated her. Her olfactory sensors picked up the pungent scent of the tall, spiky trees that still had needles on their branches, as well as a sort of musk, which she suspected was the decay of leaves on the forest floor. Mountains rose to the sky all around the little ribbon of asphalt, their grayish peaks tipped with light from the sun. Apparently the snow had melted since her arrival.

“Thayle, your planet really is beautiful. I wish Cybertron were more like this.” Blue Star said, suddenly feeling a bit homesick. “Longrange would have liked it, too. I‘ve never seen so much water in one place! And you said there’s an ocean on this planet? An ocean of what? Can we see it?”

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Fatal blow

Blue Star didn’t have time to express her shock as laser fire continued to bounce around them. Scrambling to grab hold she hefted Red Alert into her arms and dragged him behind cover, automatically hailing Ratchet. Even as she settled him behind a boulder,...

#professional-squishy #yup #;_;

Blue Star’s head and door wings bowed and she shook her head silently. No, she wasn’t hurt. And no, neither of them were supposed to have gone, but the ‘cons weren’t supposed to have been there, either. That didn’t mean she shouldn’t have been prepared.

The femme glanced expressionlessly at her hands, then strode up to the scrub station on the wall and washed off the energon. She was shaking as she held them under the faucet, but she ignored it. Once clean, Blue Star trudged up to the distressed human and knelt down, lowering a hand to her.

“Thayle.” She said quietly. “I can take you somewhere else, if you like. I don’t…there’s nothing we can do here.”

#professional-squishy #fatal blow meme #I'm sorreeee #weh #long post

Blue Star didn’t have time to express her shock as laser fire continued to bounce around them. Scrambling to grab hold she hefted Red Alert into her arms and dragged him behind cover, automatically hailing Ratchet. Even as she settled him behind a boulder, though, she could tell the damage was...

“Red Alert?” She called, her voice shaking as his optics darkened and his grip on her arms went slack. “Red! RED!”

An explosion on the other side of the boulder had her ducking reflexively, throwing herself over the wounded mech. She pulled back when falling rubble stopped pinging off her armor, but the frame beneath her had already faded to grey. The femme stared, a cold pang running through her. Not a moment later Ratchet came skidding around the other side of the rock, optics going wide in disbelief. Blue Star met the medic’s searching gaze with a defeated look of her own and shook her head once. He turned away, lip plates forming a miserable grimace, but his growled curse was lost in another explosion. They both flinched and ducked down, the medic kneeling on Red Alert’s other side and scowling unhappily at the grey form.

“Help me move him. I won’t leave him here.” He said. She gave a mute nod and once again curled her arms under Red’s body. She and Ratchet carried him away and deposited him behind another rock, somewhat farther from the main battle. The boxy ambulance gave her a hard look before standing and turning to head back.

“Stay here.” He ordered. “If you see anyone approaching, don’t hesitate to fire. Don’t let it be two bodies we bring back today.”

Everyone was silent on the trip back to the Ark. Ratchet, carrying Red's body, pulled straight into the med bay and closed himself in a private ward. First Aid and Wheeljack stood by, herding ‘bots into a triage line. Blue Star waved the engineer away when he came up to her, looking concerned at the dried energon coating her hands.

“I’m fine.” She insisted. “It’s not mine. Focus on the others.”

The sound of tiny footfalls reached her and she turned in time to see Thayle hurrying through the doorway. The human looked worried, maybe even scared, scanning the room and the group of downtrodden mechs. Blue Star felt guilt and sadness lance through her spark. Had no one had told her yet? Oh, she wished it had been her instead. Poor Red…poor Thayle. Primus, what in the world would she say?

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*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

Blue Star shook her head. “No, the ship wasn’t ours. It had crashed and we just happened to be the ones sent to check it out. I don’t mind telling the story, if you want to hear it. Like I said, it was kind of a mess.”

“Yes ma’am.” The femme stood and snapped off a playful two-fingered salute, sending a silent signal to the computer. ”Oh, um before we go, I wanted to ask…what’s ‘dinner?’”

Thayle laughed. “That’s the meal we humans eat in the evening. I normally eat here, but there’s this great restaurant with a sidewalk patio in Portland, and you can park right beside the tables on the street. Red and I go there sometimes.”

“Oh.” Blue Star tilted her head as she absorbed that information. “Okay. Well, should we get going then? Would you like another lift?” She offered, holding her hands out to Thayle.

"Yes, please." She settled in the offered hands with practiced ease. "And sure, I’ll be starving by the time we get there, heh."

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Blue Star carefully lifted Thayle and began making her way toward the exit. Cool air breezed over her frame as they emerged from the Ark. The femme vented it in deeply. It was interesting having a full atmosphere, and she was finding she liked it. For the most part. The sun had already begun to sink behind the mountain, casting the desert into dusky shadow. Blue Star set the human back down and transformed to her alt mode, noting absently that her paint could use a bit of a touch up. She popped open her drivers’ side door and bobbed lightly on her suspension in excitement.

“So what do humans eat, exactly?” She asked, making sure her internal temperature was adjusted correctly for Thayle’s comfort. “Do you just ingest one type of fuel, or are there multiple forms? What kind of city is Portland? Is it actually a port town, or is that just the name? Do they speak the same dialect as you? How many languages to earthlings speak, anyways?”

*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

“Huh? Oh, no, it had crashed and we were dismantling it. We’re a recovery team. Scavengers.” Blue Star explained with a little shrug, then smiled softly in return. “Thank you, I appreciate that. I’d be happy to listen to you, too, if you need. You’re part of the team here, so it’d be wrong of me not to treat you the same way.”

Her face nearly split in a grin when Thayle accepted her invitation. “Really? That’d be great! Just point me in the right direction. Oh, and I did read over the road etiquette manuals, so hopefully there won’t be any more encounters with local law enforcement.”

That piqued Thayle’s interest. “Scavengers? So you didn’t have a ship of your own? Then how did you… you’ll have to tell me more on the way. If you want.”

"Just hit the hit the highway and follow the signs that say ‘Portland’. I can direct you, too." She grinned at the law enforcement comment. "By now I’m sure Prowl’s cleared up any misunderstandings with the highway cops. I’m sure we won’t have any trouble. Just don’t forget to log the trip in with Teletraan, so everyone knows where you’ve gone in case they need to find you."

She was doing that on her datapad as she spoke.

Blue Star shook her head. “No, the ship wasn’t ours. It had crashed and we just happened to be the ones sent to check it out. I don’t mind telling the story, if you want to hear it. Like I said, it was kind of a mess.”

“Yes ma’am.” The femme stood and snapped off a playful two-fingered salute, sending a silent signal to the computer. ”Oh, um before we go, I wanted to ask…what’s ‘dinner?’”

Thayle laughed. “That’s the meal we humans eat in the evening. I normally eat here, but there’s this great restaurant with a sidewalk patio in Portland, and you can park right beside the tables on the street. Red and I go there sometimes.”

“Oh.” Blue Star tilted her head as she absorbed that information. “Okay. Well, should we get going then? Would you like another lift?” She offered, holding her hands out to Thayle.

*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

“Huh? Oh, no, it had crashed and we were dismantling it. We’re a recovery team. Scavengers.” Blue Star explained with a little shrug, then smiled softly in return. “Thank you, I appreciate that. I’d be happy to listen to you, too, if you need. You’re part of the team here, so it’d be wrong of me not to treat you the same way.”

Her face nearly split in a grin when Thayle accepted her invitation. “Really? That’d be great! Just point me in the right direction. Oh, and I did read over the road etiquette manuals, so hopefully there won’t be any more encounters with local law enforcement.”

That piqued Thayle’s interest. “Scavengers? So you didn’t have a ship of your own? Then how did you… you’ll have to tell me more on the way. If you want.”

"Just hit the hit the highway and follow the signs that say ‘Portland’. I can direct you, too." She grinned at the law enforcement comment. "By now I’m sure Prowl’s cleared up any misunderstandings with the highway cops. I’m sure we won’t have any trouble. Just don’t forget to log the trip in with Teletraan, so everyone knows where you’ve gone in case they need to find you."

She was doing that on her datapad as she spoke.

Blue Star shook her head. “No, the ship wasn't ours. It had crashed and we just happened to be the ones sent to check it out. I don’t mind telling the story, if you want to hear it. Like I said, it was kind of a mess.”

“Yes ma’am.” The femme stood and snapped off a playful two-fingered salute, sending a silent signal to the computer. "Oh, um before we go, I wanted to ask…what’s ‘dinner?’"

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*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

Blue Star frowned at herself. ”I’m sorry. I don’t know why I told you that. You don’t need to know about that. I guess I kind of just blurt things out sometimes. Sorry.”

"Ship?" She gave Thayle a confused look. "We weren’t on a ship. Oh, well, I guess technically we were, but it was on the ground. It…was all kind of a stupid accident."

Argh. She was getting mopey. She did appreciate the little pat on the arm, though, and smiled again at Thayle.

"But yeah, I’m sure you’re right. The others know how to take care of themselves. In any case, I figure while I’m here I might as well take the chance to learn about earth. Uh, so, I was wondering if you…might want to go for a drive sometime? To look around? I mean, if that’s alright." She didn’t know if her security clearance allowed her away from the base, but it couldn’t hurt to ask. “I’d love to learn from an actual local, you know? And I promise to leave depressing subjects in my subspace."

"On the bright side, a ship on the ground at least stays in one place. That’ll make it easier to find, heh."

"It’s okay, really." Thayle smiled at the femme. "We all do that, especially when something’s weighing on us. I don’t mind. If you ever need to talk, I’m a very good listener."

"And I’d love to go for a drive. In fact, I’m just finishing up a shift now. If you don’t mind taking me into town, I can grab dinner there and show you some sights. How’s that sound?"

“Huh? Oh, no, it had crashed and we were dismantling it. We’re a recovery team. Scavengers.” Blue Star explained with a little shrug, then smiled softly in return. “Thank you, I appreciate that. I’d be happy to listen to you, too, if you need. You’re part of the team here, so it’d be wrong of me not to treat you the same way.”

Her face nearly split in a grin when Thayle accepted her invitation. “Really? That’d be great! Just point me in the right direction. Oh, and I did read over the road etiquette manuals, so hopefully there won’t be any more encounters with local law enforcement.”

*pokes her head in* "Hello? Thayle?"

"Bluestar! Hello! How have you been?"

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"Ooh, data!" Blue Star’s optics lit up. "It’s been a long time since I had anything new to read." She was almost giddy at the thought. Thayle’s question, though, had her expression turning downcast.

"Yeah. But even if they get through…" She trailed off, falling silent for a moment. "Have you ever fallen asleep and forgotten something important? But then it comes rushing back later and you can’t believe you could have forgotten? Stasis does that to you sometimes. Anyway, I remembered a bit more from just before I left and…I think our comm tech might be dead."

"That… does make it a little more difficult." Thayle winced. "I’m sorry to hear that. I mean, that you’ve remembered that— I’m sorry." She coughed awkwardly. "But don’t give up hope."

"If anyone can find a ship lost in space, Blaster can." She patted Bluestar’s arm where the blue femme knelt in front of her.

Blue Star frowned at herself. "I'm sorry. I don't know why I told you that. You don't need to know about that. I guess I kind of just blurt things out sometimes. Sorry."

"Ship?" She gave Thayle a confused look. "We weren't on a ship. Oh, well, I guess technically we were, but it was on the ground. It...was all kind of a stupid accident."

Argh. She was getting mopey. She did appreciate the little pat on the arm, though, and smiled again at Thayle.

"But yeah, I'm sure you're right. The others know how to take care of themselves. In any case, I figure while I'm here I might as well take the chance to learn about earth. Uh, so, I was wondering if you...might want to go for a drive sometime? To look around? I mean, if that's alright." She didn't know if her security clearance allowed her away from the base, but it couldn't hurt to ask. “I'd love to learn from an actual local, you know? And I promise to leave depressing subjects in my subspace."