Returning to Base...

[0ut_of_sight]

((Takes place after this*Some distance out to sea, any human who might happen to be nearby this particular area may wonder why there's a gray fighter jet circling in the sky above for no apparent reason. Or at least, no apparent reason that immediately seems obvious. The jet doesn't appear to be about to leave anytime soon either. Instead, it just

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[midnightspook]

Blackstar, now relieved of the baby zambonis, returns to the base where he'd gotten them. If that's the main stronghold of the Decepticons on this planet, he'd like to poke around a little and see what he can dig up. She's here on this planet, so he's likely to be here for a little while.

First things first, figuring out just where the slag everything is here would be nice. Maybe there's something in the main control room, a map or something, that he can go look at.

Behind Shifter, the black and silver tetra-alt Seeker seems to step out of thin air. He stands there in the shadows of the doorway, silently watching the Eurofighter for a few moments, trying to decide if it's worth it to bother this strange mech, or just wander off and tour the base for himself.

[midnightspook]

Blackstar frowns.

"Real recent. You know if anyone ever found him a medic? Demolishor didn't seem to know much, and Snowcat had a big slagging hole in his chest. I figured everyone here wouldda known by now."

[0ut_of_sight]

*headshake* I only just got back here. I didn't even know he needed a medic, let alone whether anybody's gotten him one.

*pauses, as if allowing himself a moment to take that news in*

D'you know if they're both still here, in the base?

[midnightspook]

Blackstar shrugs. "I haven't gone to look yet. Demolishor's pretty slagged off at me for giving a frag about the sparklets, so I figured I'd give him time to cool off."

[0ut_of_sight]

He was? *puzzled look* I don't get it. Why would he be so mad as to threaten to scrap them?

[midnightspook]

Blackstar shrugs again. "Beats me. They were hooked into Snowcat's systems weird, and he seemed torqued off about that, too, but he definitely wanted to scrap them. I'd have asked Snowcat, but he was offline."

[0ut_of_sight]

*nods and lapses into silence, considering. Finally:* I should comm them, then.

*bears in mind what Blackstar said about Snowcat being offline and opens a comm channel to Demolisher* //Hey Dem? It's Shifter. I'm back at the base now. Are you and 'Cat still here?//

[toughguytruck]

//Yeah, we're waiting until one of the Autobot medics gets free. Where you been?//

*another comm channel opens, this one from Snowcat*

//WHAZZAAAAP!//

[0ut_of_sight]

//At Autobot City. I only just got back. You still need-- *at this point, Snowcat's comm comes through* --a med... ic...?//

*pause*

//'Cat? You awake?//

[icemasta]

//Yes and yes. I've got a very embarrassing hole in me and no excuse for it.//

[0ut_of_sight]

*in the tone of someone who's still puzzling over whether whatever had apparently happened had actually happened at all:* //Blackstar here says you had sparklets...?//

[icemasta]

//Apparently so. And then he ran off with them and I haven't even gotten a chance to look at the little buggers. Snag him if you see him and tell him to give them back.//

[0ut_of_sight]

//He said he took them to Rodimus. And he's standing right here, 'Cat. In the base's control room, where I am.//

[icemasta]

//I'll have to go find Roddy, then. Mind yelling at Blacky for me?//

[0ut_of_sight]

//I'll pass on your sentiments and let him know you're not happy with him, though he said earlier he took 'em away because Dem was threatening to scrap them. *there's a brief pause while he thinks about something* You want me to comm for a medic? I might know one that could help you out.//

*to Blackstar:* Snowcat said he wanted me to yell at you, and that he wants the sparklets back.

[midnightspook]

"Tell him to take it up with Roddy and Demolishor."