001 - [Video]
[Jetfire apparently figured out the video-function of the journal very quickly, because that's what pops up; a view of someone white, obviously very large, and metal. As soon as he starts to speak, however, it's clear, for those of you who speak English, that he's not speaking that (or any other langauge mostly anyone here would recognize), so have
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Jetfire?!
[Pause.]
I should have known you would be a part of this!
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... Be part of what, Starscream? I have no idea what's going on, as you well would know if you'd listened. But, tell me. What do you think is going on?
[Okay, so asking if Starscream had listened to him would just bring the reply of "I never do" (even when he did), but, well. Not much to do about it now.]
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I should have known you would side with them all against me again.
How did you do it? Was it something that medic did?
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Would I really share this supposed 'trap' with you if this was something we made up to trap you? When it was Sunstorm we wanted to contain?
[Another pause as he unobtrusively makes a non-return location ping on a particular, and old, frequency, and tilts his helm at the result.]
You were present, and aware for all that Ratchet did. When was he supposed to have done anything? Considering all that was done was remove a sample to use in the inhibitor.
[Jetfire suddenly gets up, and then the recording ends... only seconds later, Starscream has a knock on his door. Jetfire's uncertain what he'll see. One of the individuals he'd talked to earlier had mentioned larger beings being... in effect... shrunk. Logically this would indicate Starscream too.
Nonetheless, it's exceedingly strange being this... short. Will Starscream still be shorter than him or will they suddenly be the same size?]
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Different rules, different outcomes would all influence each universe of timestream in such a manner that, by virtue of definition, render the similarities of each said universe or world or whathaveyou obsolete, because at that point in time they have each become their own individual creation.
Highly unlikely is putting it mildly, my dear, giant metal robotic organism.
[You fascinating creation of science...oh...please let him take you apart...please...]
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Have a pause though, because it was a whole eternity since someone responded in kind like this.]
Precisely. Even in the event of a localized destructive event or collapse, and a potential chain-effect radiating outwards, it would take time, and none of the individual universes would be affected in the same way as the original event affected the universe-of-origin.
[Jetfire pauses, and then shakes his helm.]
Even allowing for localized clumping of certain universes or timestreams into separate multiverses - as such a theory seems to be obvious at this point - one event whih could annihilate a singular multiverse going through a stable axis in that multiverse could not affect others.
[Hey now. There'll be no taking apart here! Jetfire likes himself whole, thank you very much.]
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Yes, yes, precisely! Even if it were to be something so drastic as, say… a supernova, or the formation of a black hole - the core collapsing, extreme gravitational pull-- [He’s seen this first hand.] - that generally would only affect one system itself at a time.
It would have to be…simultaneous supernovas or some such similar dramatic event throughout the entire multiverse -- and! Throughout their respective solar systems as well - though I’m having trouble with the calculations and figuring out how, exactly, they would span several dimensions so precisely without the use of previously mentioned black holes, and there would need to be multiple, I’m certain - there are still too many variables for this to be plausible or probable.
[He refrains from saying possible. Because something brought them here, and something happened.]
Clumping - you mean…combining several universes into one, and then obliteration? [ ( ... )
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Precisely; in fact, an occurence like that would be the least that would be needed, I think. I suppose it's possible to posit sudden gravitational pull of any given universe upon itself, causing its destruction, but what could cause such a thing to occur suddenly... and, as you say, the infinite variables ought to restrict any such event to the universe of origin.
[Jetfire, while certainly leaning forward, isn't as... animated, as Megamind in his discussion, but he's certainly intent.]
... Ahh, that's an interesting possibility, definitely. In fact... [Jetfire almost gets distracted, here, but manages to pull back from that new thread, if barely.]
But no, I was thinking of any given number of universes that share a particular, or several, traits, allowing for one stable feature shared between them.
Plausibly, then, one event could perhaps wipe out this ( ... )
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[Jetfire pauses, a frown forming.]
It must be quite taxing to hear the same thing claimed more than once, however.
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Taxing is a word for it. I prefer to call it a massive pain in my ass.
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Considering that, how much truth do you lend to what is claimed?
[There's a brief pause before Jetfire's optics flicker slightly and he tilts his head in what might be an apologetic motion.]
Ah, apologies... I forget myself. I'm Jetfire.
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[And that big symbol you're wearing. It's been way too long since he saw someone else wearing that. Especially someone not from his world.]
Who... are you?
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[Oh, that thing? Maybe one day it will make the ones from his own faction trust him more! When he isn't allowing Starscream to shoot at Bumblebee]
... My designation is Jetfire. You... [A pause. Sure, he's already accepted - in passing - that, with more than one possible universe, you'd have multiples of any given universe... localized multiverses if you will. The differences in design, though, are rather striking.]
Are cybertronian, yes?
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Ironhide. I... have never heard your name before.
[He was taken to the Elegante before his own Jetfire actually showed up.]
[He nods.]
Autobot. Weapons master with Optimus Prime.
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Interesting. [Jetfire pauses, frowning thoughtfully before he continues. The fact that this Ironhide has never heard of him... or a version of him, whichever it might be, isn't particularly disturbing.] The Ironhide I know, while certainly one of Optimus Prime's crew... was red.
At least the idea of alternate realities is something that has theories supporting it... [Jetfire's voice has now dropped to a murmur as he considers it, before looking up again, shaking his helm. Quite distracting, really.]
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...who...is rather over her head. Bryn's smart but this is definitely out of her league.]
Ah, I'm afraid I haven't heard of anyone named Starscream but...you're not the first robot that's come here and spoken of a size change. I think that some who arrive here are...well, altered. So they can fit inside.
[It's just a theory.]
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And even if she didn't understand anything of that, she is addressing some other things that are pretty important.]
Thank you. I hope he's, ah... present, anyway. [Jetfire pauses, and briefly looks away before he looks back, a small smile on his lips.] Believe me, you'll, mmmm... probably hear him before you see him. His voice is pretty... loud.
[Is Jetfire teasing Starscream when he's not present? Indeed he is. He does sober up after that, however, and frowns.]
Fit inside...? Oh. I assume the buildings are all made for beings of a shorter stature than your regular Cybertronian, then?
[While that makes - in a way - sense, it doesn't answer how it's done.]
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[Bryn smiles at Jetfire, a small thing that hints that she's caught he's teasing, though her tone seems quite solemn.]
But yes, I believe the Keep was made for humans, mainly. Most of us here are human in appearance, mainly, though not everyone of course.
[She pauses a beat.]
I'm Bryn, by the way. I don't believe we've met...
[It's a strange thing to say to someone who's just arrived, but then again, the last Cybertronian who arrived claimed to have known her from a boat. Bryn couldn't assume anything...]
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[She gets a very small smile in return, before he considers what she says next.]
Humans, hm? I would assume they mostly are natives of Earth, even across different universes? [This is more so he knows that's the humans thought about here. Not that he actually had time to see any except in passing after being defrosted.]
No, I don't believe we have. I haven't actually talked to any humans before this, even if I've spent quite a lot of time on Earth. Indisposed as it were. [Jetfire murmurs and shrugs, here. Thinking on what happened isn't the most pleasant, and he's mroe than once considered either erasing the direct experience, or encrypting it, but has done nothing as of yet.]
My designation's Jetfire.
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