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[After helping Ironhide, Jetfire had went to get his journal. He'd merely intended to ask a question... But since he'd attempted to challenge himself again when it came to the absolutely dreadful weather, the image that pops up is simply of Jetfire standing at one of the entrances to the barracks, staring out at the snow, for several minutes.]

I... That is...

[He seems to zone out again, having stretched out one arm outside the protection of the doorway, watching snowflakes melt as they meet his armour-plating.]

... Has anyone been here... for long enough to have the data to say for how long this weather is going to last? Or, if not that... The experience to extrapolate how long this colder weather and snow could last..?

[He's not once looking directly into the journal, and his optics are dim, nearly offline. It's hard to say what actually turns the image off when it ends, but whether anyone replies to this, or comes wandering around the barracks, Jetfire is probably quite obvious where he's standing.

He's at least pulled his arm in against his frame, though the small pool of water on the floor would reveal he apparently didn't do it until he got quite a bit of snow on it.]

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A few... I apologize, you're going to have to define that term for me.

[Oh, he sounds a bit more focused with that confusion having disturbed his mental state some.]

So, either this could be... very brief, or last an unknown amount of time.

[Jetfire sounds... surprisingly solemn. Maybe even a bit distressed.]

*Why does everyone use stupid terms B(*

Months? Moon cycles. Whatever word you use.

Yeah, basically we have no way of knowing. You could ask the staff, but if they can say they probably would have already.

[Hey, Jetfire could use the terms he's used to, using orns and deca-cycles and whatall!]

Ah, I see... Hm, well, the closest term I would naturally use would be deca-cycle. It's not quite as long as an Earth month, either going by standard calendar length, or a full moon revolution.

[The mention of having no way of knowing causes him to slump slightly, and there's the faint noise of metal on metal as he drags a hand down his faceplates, then pausing over the lower half of his face. The sigh is muffled.]

I see... Yes, someone else said... the same thing.

[That same note of restrained near-distress is back in his voice again.]

*At least those would be new terms. Still stupid, as far as he's concerned, but new.*

I don't know how long an earth month is, unless its the same as the moon cycles here.

*Hm.*

It seemed to be safe enough, last time.

Considering the lack of actual sun and moon, it'd be hard to correctly calculate how long it is here, if it does, indeed, exist. The days seem to be of similar length, and an Earth calendar month is... around thirty or thirty one days. Actual moon month-length is slightly shorter.

[Jetfire shifts, and there's a harsh noise of air being sucked through vents.]

It's not s much about safety... Even if it seemed safe enough when I... If it continues to snow, there'll be a lot of it. I... Got trapped under several tons of snow for a very long time.

[He hadn't thought it'd affect him so, since he hadn't noticed - except for briefly - any problems when Starscream unthawed him. But he'd immediately been busy and now... staring at the snow falling outside, he can not move away. Not afraid... exactly... of turning his back to it, but unable not to do it.]

*Hm. 30 days was how long Dos said it took for new things to show up in the stables. Maybe that's a month here, too.*

Oh.
Well, I doubt that will happen here. At least not as long as you stay in areas other people are in.

Hopefully not. I simply didn't expect... The reaction to the weather.

[Or the weather itself, truly. And, frustratingly, while the reassurances (in their own way) were helping some, they weren't really doing anything for the underlying uneasiness curling at the back of his processor, and down in his spark chamber.]

Well, you'll get used to it. Or something.

*Sollux is not very good at reassurances.*

Probably. I'm hardly intending to let it... stay this way. But being unable to avoid it... doesn't make it any easier to deal with.

[He shrugs, even if it's unseen.]

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