Ep 1 - A Very Late Report - Closed | Transformers Prime RP

Ep 1 - A Very Late Report - Closed Jun 24, 2012 15:51:00 GMT -5

Post by shockwave on Jun 24, 2012 15:51:00 GMT -5

<<This takes place in episode 1 after Shockwave gets repaired and learns about Dark Energon. This also happens after Jetfire gets checked over by Knock Out.>>

Shockwave was not humming to himself, and neither was he pacing. He was not drumming his digits against the lab table top, and he most certainly was not tapping a cleft pede. In fact, the violet mechanoid was standing stock still, simply staring intensely at the opposite wall. Perhaps if he was more emotionally driven, he might have shown these habits of impatience in his body language, but as he was not, he took to calmly waiting. To an observer, it maybe have been disconcerting, if only because when not actively pursuing knowledge, Shockwave tended to simply stop being active at all. He looked like a robot with no directive.

Actually, the scientist was waiting. He had sent forth a small data packet to one Jetfire, who had only recently appeared aboard the ship. The packet only contained primly stated orders to report to Shockwave's lab and ended abruptly. It was a private communication, on a very private channel, and the cyclopian would almost consider this a personal matter. After all, while several officers on the ship had surely made use of Jetfire during the war, Shockwave had sent him away for very specific, private research. And now he was back, after having disappeared. His report was late.

Shockwave was not an unreasonable bot. He did not honestly expect a fully detailed, accurate, or even complete report on his requested data. A mech only vanished for so long if they died, if they journeyed into deep space to never return, or if they switched sides, and Shockwave was concerned about none of that. Rather, he was interested to hear the Seeker's side of events, whether the data he sought was collected after all, and what his observations of the modern Decepticon army were. 'Catching up,' so to speak.

So he cleared his schedule, and stood waiting, his mind churning and boiling with his most recently acquired information regarding Megatron's actions and the counter-productive qualities of the Decepticon leader's favored weapon and mental status.

Ep 1 - A Very Late Report - Closed Jun 27, 2012 23:40:24 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2012 23:40:24 GMT -5

The “Internet” as the natives called it proved to be a brilliant and endlessly entertaining resource. Jetfire was spending the time seemingly staring absently into space, when in reality he was Googling positively any idea that came to the forefront of his processor at the time. It was the closest thing to ‘Seeking’ he could manage after the ordeals he’d been put through, even with the tune-up. He needed time to rest, but being idle was a new sort of activity (or, he supposed, lack of one) for Jetfire.

He was just bringing up the search results for an activity the humans called ‘goat herding’ when he received the message. He blinked, pushing the ‘Internet Browser’ away for a moment as he focused on the instructions. They were simple, but he felt the gravity of them pulling at him.

There was a sinking feeling in the depths of his spark as he read over the designation of the one who had sent it. Shockwave. Well it certainly was a small universe, wasn’t it- with all these coincidences happening. Jazz, Ratbat, Starscream. He thought that perhaps Ratbat was the worst possible acquaintance to have the misfortune to run into, but this data packet made him stop in his tracks.

True enough, Shockwave had never put him through the sort of trials that made him want to have an ‘accidental’ weapon fire on Ratbat. It’s just that Shockwave was unnerving.

All the more unnerving was that he was deca-cycles late on the report he owed him… and frankly he had no idea how the scientist would handle it. Shockwave was unreadable in the most peculiar way, and Jetfire had always had the sense that he wasn’t entirely safe around him, much like he would have felt in a large room full of explosives.

Still, making him wait wouldn’t have helped the situation at all. Jetfire got to his pedes and made his way towards the location given to him, hurriedly gathering what little information he’d gathered for the scientist into hastily organized reports. It was embarrassing, but there was little he could do about it. He was more wary of the outcome than he normally would have been though… especially after the licking Ratbat had given him. Hopefully… hopefully Shockwave could see reason in a way that the minicon couldn’t.

Jetfire still creaked slightly as he walked. It would be some time before he was his old self again… if it would ever happen at all. He was getting used to keeping the error codes to his standby processors now. He knew it was a bad habit, but considering the sort of medical attention he was receiving… he was a necessary evil.

The Seeker felt a loud, creaking mess as he creeped up to Shockwave’s laboratory. In reality, the moaning of his joints weren’t terribly obtrusive, but in the silence created by the perfectly still, violet mech atanding in an empty room was enough to make Jetfire feel like the din was similar to running his engines at full power. He stood in the doorway, fighting with his disorganized reports and trying to find the sense of finding something to say. He decided to settle on something simple. “Sir.”

OOC: Any idea on what Jetfire was supposed to be researching/collecting for Shockwave?

Also, making assumptions. I’m going to guess throughout this thread about Shockwave’s demeanor before so feel free to correct and tweak me until I get it right.