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Want me to tell you the hierarchy here? Bet. I’ll tell you anyway.
we got the dominant one’s. Known as alphas, the neutral betas. not much to say about them, and well..omegas. We can guess what they are.
and well me? I’m pure luck! I’m an alpha. While for others they like to keep theirs hidden. some are open about it but that’s like.. a very few amount of mechs.
he snaps back into reality.
huh?
optimus has been staring at hot rod for a good while now, raising an optic ridge seeing if he has been paying attention. Oh. Prime’s lectures.
”sorry prime.” Hot rod says looking up at him a bit cowardly. as the prime nods but let’s out a quiet ex-vent he looks off to the side into the distance. “We should get inside base,no?” Optimus asks as he mentions the sky’s color.
hot rod nods in agreement as he looks around. “Race ya there then?” Hot rod grins. “Not this time.” He gets a response back. Hot rod pouts a little but then shrugs it off. “Wouldn’t want to ruin the paint either way.
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they made it back to base as hot rod goes transforms into root mode, stretching his joints. “That was a nice ride, no prime?” Hot rod quirks an optic ridge with that grin. Optimus nods in agreement as he places a servo on hot rods shoulder. “But do improve on paying attention. You have been well behaved mean while, till the lecture. You seemed that you had something on your processors.” Hot rod looks up Optimus as he looks off the distance next. “Not really..just seemed to space off really, pardon for the rudeness.” Hot rod sort of sheepishly says. “But hey! Was a nice ride right?” Optimus let’s out an ex-vent.
”it was indeed refreshing.”
hot rod smiles at that but then looks up at how dark it was getting. “Guess we gotta recharge now prime.” Hot rod flicks his head up to the stars that painted the dark sky. “Indeed. I’ll be taking my leave now.” Optimus nods in acknowledgment as he walks off. Hot rod waves goodbye as he turns to go towards his quarters. Welp. Time for a goooood recharge.
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soundwave has been looking over data pads most of his time that time has gone unoticed for him. But could make those good guesses he normally has. He continues signing the data pads, as starscream sat across from him. “How boring this could get. Why not attack those autobots and eliminate them?” Starscream sounding annoyed.
”starscream: should be focusing on task at hand.” Soundwave bluntly tells him. As starscream lets out an ex-vent he can only guess is out of annoyance as usual, nothing to be surprising really. Anything he does matter of fact..he’s pretty predictable at times. soundwave then continued on reading the data pads as couple more kilks go by. They were in the planning room forgot to mention, so starscream had his pedes up on the table where holograms and other things are normally projected. After another signature. Starscream gets up. “I’ll be heading to my quarters now. Getting late, and rather get my beauty recharge.” Starscream extends his wings and raises his arms in the air stretching. soundwave on the other hand just nods to what starscream says not really caring. Doesn’t necessarily need any acknowledgement. Starscream raises and optic ridge at soundwave seemingly thinking.
”what about you? Going to recharge or stay up just to please megatron?” Starscream questions.
Soundwave doesn’t look towards him ”I’ll recharge soon.” He responds back anyways. Starscream shrugs giving a blank stare “whatever you say.” Starscream walks over at a table placeing the finished data pads in one pile and the unfinished ones in a different one. Soundwave resumes to his work again, writing on a data pad one after another. while another interruption appears. A shift.
soundwave opens his dock, ejecting the cassette that wanted to get out. This was ravage this time. She transforms standing on fours looking up at her carrier as her ears flick back “when will you plan on recharging?” She asks. “Soundwave: will recharge soon.” He responds unclear at what time. Ravage looks around seeing how he is almost complete with his work but continues looking towards him. Another cassette escapes out. it then transforms out of alt mode and this one turns out to be Rumble this time. “Why not now?” He asks Looking up at soundwave. “Pleaseee” rumbles begs. Soundwave looks away from his cassettes to continue on with the datapads. Then. Another cassette gets out. Frenzy. Frenzy transforms next to rumble and trots over to tugs at soundwaves leg.
“C’mon, you can finish the rest tomorrow!” Frenzy tells soundwave. Soundwave shook his head, “soundwave: task almost completed.” The two split spark cassettes look at each other, then back at soundwave. “C’mon soundwave!” They both plead. As ravage comes through between the cassettes as she places her helm on soundwaves thigh shutting her optics. But Soundwave doesn’t divert his optics..till another cassette. Primus. Lazerbeak perches on soundwaves shoulder. And the other two cassettes sit on the ground leaning against soundwave’s legs shuttering their own optics.
.:I think it’s time now.:. Ravage comms soundwave.
soundwave doesn’t respond. But abruptly gets up, walks over to the pile organizing the data pads he had with the completed ones and the uncompleted ones. Maybe it is time to recharge. He then sees the cassettes opening their optics looking better as he decided to give in. They all go into their alt forms and get into the dock as soundwave opens it to let them in, as soundwave shuts it closed, he finally walks towards the door as he stops to look at it for a nano-klik before letting out a soft ex-vent. And opens the door, walking out of the planning room and taking a right turn.
finally heading to his quarters to recharge.