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angleofscience) wrote2012-04-11 02:03 am
angleofscience) wrote2012-04-11 02:03 am
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[Cybertronians do not dream.
This alone should have been enough to wake either of them up.
As it was Jetfire dreamt of finishing the flight to catch up with Sunstorm, the battle seemingly lasting an eternity, as dreams perhaps do, but also confirming his theory of a binary-agent reaction.
And then...
He'd said something, the words forgotten as everything exploded and then its cold and dark again. Ice creeping up, holding him down and still but this time, he's not alone. That simple thought, realization, yanked him straight out of recharge and it took him several moments to understand that he's looking down at Starscream's helm.
"I got out."
That hadn't been said. Nothing had. He'd... he's not even sure what that was (lacking a concept for dreaming, and English wasn't coming to him at the moment, but whatever that was, it hadn't happened.
Despite this, he couldn't shake the dread, and raising one hand to lay on Starscream's arm just to see if he was there? Was harder than it should have been.]
This alone should have been enough to wake either of them up.
As it was Jetfire dreamt of finishing the flight to catch up with Sunstorm, the battle seemingly lasting an eternity, as dreams perhaps do, but also confirming his theory of a binary-agent reaction.
And then...
He'd said something, the words forgotten as everything exploded and then its cold and dark again. Ice creeping up, holding him down and still but this time, he's not alone. That simple thought, realization, yanked him straight out of recharge and it took him several moments to understand that he's looking down at Starscream's helm.
"I got out."
That hadn't been said. Nothing had. He'd... he's not even sure what that was (lacking a concept for dreaming, and English wasn't coming to him at the moment, but whatever that was, it hadn't happened.
Despite this, he couldn't shake the dread, and raising one hand to lay on Starscream's arm just to see if he was there? Was harder than it should have been.]
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[Though it took him a brief moment to follow that roundabout reasoning. It seemed Starscream had become slightly more refined when saying he was doing something that he'd disputed he wasn't.]
... I see. Not that I'm sure I completely follow why a cat, still, since while I agree Ravage looked remarkably like one even before you came upon Earth... But if you say so.
[He just wondered why Starscream wanted him... well, a cat couldn't speak, so that part was easy, but the rest? Organic cats didn't really look like Ravage.]
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[He moved to sit up and pretty much glare at Jetfire. Was this going to turn into a fight? Possibly.]
No matter what it is, you have to either have the last word or shove your ego around because you can't possibly be wrong.
[He huffed and threw his hands up in the air in annoyance.]
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Just because I disagree with you, doesn't mean I'm always right. I've been wrong. But I'm not going to agree with every single thing you say, either.
[Of course, that didn't mean he wouldn't speak, but currently, with what had been going on lately, there was the slightest of urge to not have said anything.]
I... apologize, however, if you feel that's all I do.
[He vented softly, frown still present, and made no move to touch Starscream, who wouldn't have appreciated it at the moment.]
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But of course you won't agree with me because that would be admitting that you are wrong. And you can't ever do that. Oh, no.
[He waves his hands around, gesturing in much annoyance as he goes off on his mini tangent.]
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I don't say the majority of the things I do in an attempt to lecture you; would it be so alien to consider that I'm trying to engage you in discussion?
I--
[He wasn't going to listen. Jetfire knew he wouldn't.]
And I'm not going to agree with you just to placate you. That wouldn't be honest.
[Before, he'd never had thought of this as a solution. Well, he knew it technically wasn't one, but...
Reaching out, he snagged Starscream's ankle and pulled, immediately getting on top of Starscream, trapping the Seeker's hands between their frames, and settled down around him.]
Perhaps you could do me the favour of giving me an example of me being wrong... One which doesn't involve what you think are lectures... Or you could just argue more, but I'm not going to listen to anargument I can't properly engage with.
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Stop trying to push me around. You can't properly argue mentally so you're resorting to this? Just because you can't keep up with me intellectually and refuse to admit when you're wrong doesn't mean you can do this.
[So not fair, you big, giant, metal mass. Starscream just glared like an annoyed cat.]
Isn't this an example of you being wrong? What you are doing right now?!
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[Jetfire made sure the look he met Starscream's glare with was just flat.]
An argument that's based in me either agreeing with you to placate you, or saying one of two things that will annoy you isn't an honest argument.
[He shifted, slightly guiltily, when Starscream snapped at him, shrugged and then just settled back, resting his hands along Starscream's vents, but not really touching.]
Probably, yes. It's not the best way of handling the situation, but I was more looking for an actual argument or discussion where I was wrong... Not how I chose to react to a given situation, since I'm quite sure you'd think each and every time we fought I was "wrong".
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And that's what all of this is about. How you have to be right. All the time. Constantly.
[He huffs in Jetfire's direction. Because it's so true.]
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[That? Have the flattest, driest single word ever out of Jetfire. Well, that might be a lie, he's probably used that tone before.]
That explains it. I suppose, Starscream...
[Jetfire will just lean up enough so that he's murmuring against Starscream's audial, lips moving against the metal.]
That you don't understand the meaning of "hypocricy"?
[With that, he settles down enough to rest his chin on one of Starscream's shoulders, one hand snaked between them and locked around Starscream's werists to help hold his arms still, and his other hand just trailing up and down a vent lazily.
He might, or might not, also have turned off his audio reception.]
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I am not a hypocrite and you are being annoying. Which you do all the time. Like now.
Right now you're being annoying, but of course I will be wrong because how ever could you be annoying. That's simply not possible.
[He tried to move around but, Jetfire made that difficult. At least his sarcasm came out nice and clear.]
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No, if you think I'm annoying, I might well be. But then we're even because you are certainly quite annoying at times too.
[He leaned forward a bit, a tiny smile hovering about his lips.]
Happy now? You aren't wrong.
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[He's never really happy. Because he's Starscream. And that's just how it is.
And he was being cuddled.]
The way you worded it totally does not count.
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And how should I have worded it then?
[Pause, and something in the situation just reminds him...]
... And would you be more amenable at this time to share those other language files?