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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 19, 2018 1:38:18 GMT
"Why-?"
"Enough! Both of you!" Stepping between them, Backdraft glared at the duo.
"We cannot assume that death is certain, however we cannot out all of our hopes in the Autobots! We need a third, safer option. Like the holo discs."
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 19, 2018 1:55:40 GMT
"Medicinal Teaching takes years! I can't just watch an instructional video and assume I'll be good at it! What if I accidentally paralyze you? What if-"
"Synum! Enough!" Extrius boomed, his vents puffing out bright orange flames before he snorted, "I've never known you to be so paranoid. Look at me. I'm still here after what she taught you. You'll be fine."
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 19, 2018 2:10:11 GMT
Skyflare sighed and leaned against the holotable, joints creaking audibly.
Maybe Synum was right.
Or perhaps he was destined to rust.
"I'm sorry, Synum..."
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 19, 2018 3:00:34 GMT
The silence would've been too much to bear for a while. Extrius relaxed once more as Synum hugged herself, looking down. Then, with a defeated sigh, she held her servo out, "Give me the discs..."
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 19, 2018 3:06:06 GMT
Backdraft nodded and retrieved the first five discs, placing them in her servo.
Silently, Skyflare reconnected the cable leading to the cockpit. They knew they were leaving, but they didn't know where they were going.
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 19, 2018 3:18:55 GMT
The femme took them, then went to climb up to her usual hiding spot to curl and do her studying. Extrius watched her disappear, before standing and slithering over to sit underneath the hidey hole, relaxing once more.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 19, 2018 3:22:02 GMT
Setting the projection to wide, Skyflare pulled up the ships star charts, the three dimensional map spreading throughout the room. Several planets had been marked with either red, orange, or green, with the rest showing up blue.
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 19, 2018 4:55:53 GMT
Extrius watched the map expand, studying the planets all marked in different colours. He thought back to old conversations and battles regarding over planets. Eukaris, Velocitron and Monacus. He hoped he didn’t have to go back to some, but a few lingered as possible options.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 19, 2018 21:19:59 GMT
Skyflare watched the planets rotate around the console. He couldn't help but wonder if anyone was out there, looking for them.
Pressing another button, a purple line began in an asteroid belt before extending from planet to planet, creating a path.
"This is the path of the Stardust after we were rescued. We're going to want a place that already has cybrtronian life."
This narrowed it down to a few planets as well as multiple space stations. After removing anything known to be Autobot occupied, this left a few neutral colonies.
"Unfortunately we never went planet-side. You got any ideas, big guy?"
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 20, 2018 0:29:59 GMT
"A planet located in a spiral galaxy, Earth I believe it was called. Though unfortunately the native species is very aggressive, but easy to squish." Though it had been nearly a thousand years since his last visit, he was sure they didn't change much for their stubbornness.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 20, 2018 1:13:38 GMT
Skyflare cringed, "Based on what the crew told me, I'd consider it as a supply stop at most. Besides, any cybertronians on that planet were long dead last time I checked. Wasn't there a planet of beasts somewhere?"
The mech eliminated the terrain planet from the display before freezing.
"Oh scrap."
"What?"
"We forgot to change our signals to neutral."
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 20, 2018 6:48:03 GMT
Beast planets... like he would go back to either of those. They were hell to him. Extrius still thought about it nonetheless, but dismissed it when they worried about their signatures, "We're miles underground, we're fine. There's no way they'll detect us."
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 20, 2018 21:53:55 GMT
"Yes but when I was in the surface anyone could be seen me disappear into the tunnels and come looking."
He looked frustrated.
"We might need to go out there again to lead them away... Or if they come here we might need you to turn them away."
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 21, 2018 0:07:04 GMT
Extrius stood, slithering over to the entrance, "Let them come. Nothing gets past me." He snorted, tensing as smoke poured from the vents along his body and jaws, tail poised and ready.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 21, 2018 3:36:10 GMT
Skyflare sighed and saved the list before pulling up the beast forms. Just in case.
He looked up at Synum's hiding spot and realized, the pup was gone. He looked around for the small turbofox.
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 21, 2018 4:25:31 GMT
The small little fox roamed the entrance way, having slipped out of Synum's attention as she busied herself with studying, looking rather bored. It yipped about as it played with the others, nibbling on their ears and tails, annoying quite a few.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 21, 2018 21:14:41 GMT
After watching the pup for a minute, and after a rather old turbofox got fed up and snapped at the little one, Skyflare tromped over and scooped it up into his arms.
As he got beneath Synum, he onlined his jets and hovered up, hoping that the pup might calm her rage.
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 22, 2018 0:05:56 GMT
The little pup squeaked and skittered away before being caught by Skyflare, being brought up to the femme. Synum looking at the mech for a moment, smiling when he handed her the pup, "Thanks," She said softly, setting him down on her lap, petting his little head as he relaxed.
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Post by Flare Draft on Mar 22, 2018 0:20:30 GMT
Skyflare smiled softly. At least she was talking to him again.
"I never told you about Nightwatch, did I?"
Backdraft leaned against the doorway, hidden from those who might enter the cavern.
"So, is it just Synum your protecting this time?"
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Post by Synum and Extrius on Mar 22, 2018 2:55:10 GMT
The little femme’s optics lit up brighter as he offered a distraction from her boredom. Scooting over to allow him a spot to sit, she turned off the dosc and hugged the little fox on her lap, ”Please, go on and tell me your adventures...” She whispered, genuinely interested.
Extrius huffed softly, picking out his words carefully, ”Synum is all I’ve ever protected... ever since me and my spark ate found her as a young sparkling after.... er, a horrid incident.... We took her in, raised her out of the view of war, hidden away for thousands of years. We realized our mistakes... and hoped to create a glimmer of hope by preserving her innocence... If I had arrived any earli- I mean later, she would have been gone... just like the rest of her family.” He explained, his stance lowering and eventually he sat down, clearly distressed by the memories.
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