Crush All Humanz: *comes skaaaatin' on in, pretty damned relaxed considering all the dramaz of the day, looking for Jeff and now ready for Srs. Business.*
JeffyTehHuman: *is sitting on the floor, holding Annabelle, looking dazed*

Crush All Humanz: *kneels down and decides not to comment on the baby - eeew, baby* OKAY. WHAT DID PRIME WANT WITH YOU?
JeffyTehHuman: He...wanted to talk to me.
JeffyTehHuman: Quiz me about how I know Cybertronian.

Crush All Humanz: ....

Crush All Humanz: AND?

Crush All Humanz: *frowning*
JeffyTehHuman: I told him. *blinks up at him*

Crush All Humanz: ...TOLD HIM WHAT YOU TOLD ME? NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS?
JeffyTehHuman: I told him what I told you. *frowns* He...he worded his questions well..
JeffyTehHuman: Made me want to spille everything I knew.

Crush All Humanz: ....DID YOU?
JeffyTehHuman: I think so. *looks down at the baby, looking sad*

Crush All Humanz: *frowning deeply, a little thoughtful* ....WHY ARE YOU SAD ABOUT IT? WHAT DID HE SAY?
JeffyTehHuman: He spoke to me in your language. I guess he wanted to test me. *stands, puts the baby back in the crib*

Crush All Humanz: *follows the human with his optics, gauging his voice carefully* ...DID YOU PASS?
JeffyTehHuman: I think so.
JeffyTehHuman: I answered him in it. *blinks up at him* It's hard to do. Your language has a lot of sounds I can't make.
JeffyTehHuman: I told him about my job, what I used to do with S7.

Crush All Humanz: *nods slowly* ....MORE THAN JUST A TRUCK DRIVER, HUH.
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah...
JeffyTehHuman: Told him how I could solve almost anything. Hieroglychs, ancient languages, codexes, anagrams, puzzles, etc.

Crush All Humanz: ...DID HE SAY IF HE'D TALK TO THE OTHERS ABOUT YOU?

Crush All Humanz: ....*doesn't really want his squishy little friend to go squish*
JeffyTehHuman: No, he didn't. Why bother, I heard Soundwave plastered it all over the journals.
JeffyTehHuman: *sounds hurt*

Crush All Humanz: ...*sighs* SOUNDWAVE IS... A REAL AFT. HE THINKS YOUR HIS PET, SO HE PROBABLY THINKS ANYTHING YOU KNOW HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISCLOSE.
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah. I guess so.
JeffyTehHuman: I didn't mean to tell him.
JeffyTehHuman: I would have rather told Prime.
JeffyTehHuman: OR You.
JeffyTehHuman: Anyone, really.

Crush All Humanz: *blinks* YOU'D RATHER TELL ME ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF? *chuckles a little* YOU'RE A REALLY WEIRD HUMAN.
JeffyTehHuman: *sighes* I know.
JeffyTehHuman: HE asked me what I would have done if Elita hadn't saved me. Assuming my truck hadn't blown up.

Crush All Humanz: ....WHAT DID YOU SAY?
JeffyTehHuman: That you dont just leave S7.
JeffyTehHuman: You don't jsut quit.

Crush All Humanz: ....THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? *confused* IT'S A JOB, ISN'T IT?
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah it's a job. But its...a committment. For life. Once your in you don't get out. If you want out, they just kill you.

Crush All Humanz: ...........

Crush All Humanz: *frowning* SO. IT WAS DEATH... OR DEATH. THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A CHOICE.
JeffyTehHuman: No...not really.
JeffyTehHuman: I didn't really realize what they were like when I transferred.

Crush All Humanz: *nods* ....ALRIGHT. OTHER THAN THAT?
JeffyTehHuman: HE believed me when I told him I meant you all no harm, and I hadn't given S7 any information about you all.
JeffyTehHuman: And he seemed genuinely upset when I told him that a lot of my friends were residents in the destroyed bases.
JeffyTehHuman: S7 isn't all bad...not all the guys were bad, you know.
JeffyTehHuman: It's the officers. We really only know what they tell us. I'm sure they told the guys you were all bad. And wanted to destroy us.
JeffyTehHuman: So the guys wouldn't surrender, because they would view it as defending their country.

Crush All Humanz: ....*now feels v. guilty. not quite as guilty as... other times, but still pretty bad.*

Crush All Humanz: ....SORRY.
JeffyTehHuman: It's okay.
JeffyTehHuman: But I think that's it.

Crush All Humanz: ....ALRIGHT. AND SO HE ACCEPTS YOU?
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah.

Crush All Humanz: ....*nods* THAT'S GOOD.
JeffyTehHuman: *nods* Yeah, I think it is. *sounds a litle pleased*

Crush All Humanz: SO, YOU'RE GONNA STOP ASKING IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE, THEN?
JeffyTehHuman: Should I?

Crush All Humanz: ..........

Crush All Humanz: I ALREADY TOLD YOU WHY I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE.
JeffyTehHuman: *grins*

Crush All Humanz: .... *awkward now, still kind of full of drama and not really sure what to do now* ....HOW LONG IS THAT SQUISHY THING GOING TO BE HERE?
JeffyTehHuman: *grins* The baby? Why? You wanna have Blackout over again? *looks worried*

Crush All Humanz: *frown turns dark* ....NO. NOT TONIGHT.
JeffyTehHuman: *steps back* Ah...problems?

Crush All Humanz: *shakes his head* ....NOT.... ......REALLY.
JeffyTehHuman: ....sure?

Crush All Humanz: .....

Crush All Humanz: NOTHING YOU'D UNDERSTAND. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
JeffyTehHuman: You could always try me, you know. *stare*

Crush All Humanz: ....*sit, sigh, grrr* YOU'RE A PUSHY HUMAN, AREN'T YOU?
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah. *grins, gets comfy* Spill.

Crush All Humanz: .......
JeffyTehHuman: *waits*

Crush All Humanz: .....YOU GET THE WHOLE BONDING THING, RIGHT?
JeffyTehHuman: I think so.

Crush All Humanz: IT'S.... COMPLICATED, I KNOW. I DON'T DO THAT SLAG. ALL THAT CUDDLY ROMANTIC "I WANNA BE WITH YOU ONLY FOREVER AND EVER" STUFF, RIGHT? BUT... UH. WELL, IT'S GETTING... weird.

Crush All Humanz: ....we're not bonded or anything like that. guess we weren't doing the right things or not thinkin' the right things or nothin.
JeffyTehHuman: Hmmm...So what constitutes actual bonding then?

Crush All Humanz: .......i don't know. never done it. *dejectedly* blackout would know, but he seems pretty content with not being it with me.
JeffyTehHuman: *tilts his head in surprise* ....

Crush All Humanz: *can't possibly put his feelings into any words whatsoever - he's absolutely horrible with feelings and much prefers to just bash someone until the feelings pass. still...* .....see, the way i work is that i don't bond, so i don't get the pain you get when the other leaves. and they always leave, everyone knows that. so i don't bond, and i don't get hurt. makes sense!

Crush All Humanz: .....but i'm kind of aching and i'm not bonded to him, so what the slag does that mean?
JeffyTehHuman: ...well they don't -always- leave...

Crush All Humanz: no, they don't always leave. *chuckles darkly, angrily* no, sometimes they just die.
JeffyTehHuman: Well...er yeah that too.
JeffyTehHuman: Aching. What do you mean by that?

Crush All Humanz: .....it just.... *taps the front of his armor, under which is his spark* .....aches.

Crush All Humanz: but it really shouldn't. i didn't do anything to deserve this.
JeffyTehHuman: Mmmm. *nods, thinks he knows what he's talking about*
JeffyTehHuman: *stares at him* You can't help how you feel, man.

Crush All Humanz: *grrs* i can. i can not give a slag, like i did before this whole.... whole.... *waves hands in annoyance* fiasco!
JeffyTehHuman: I did that once. Tried not to care, ya know? Didn't end well. *makes a face*

Crush All Humanz: yeah, well... *growls* it worked fine before that slagger got drunk and started to cuddle with me. slagger, what did he think would happen.... and i saw that slagging little femme eyein' us, and he's totally open too, and i could easily lose him and i definitely don't want that because....

Crush All Humanz: *trails off. he doesn't, nope, not even gonna say it, saying it makes it real, and he's good to go if it isn't real.*
JeffyTehHuman: *staring at him open mouthed, snaps it shut* BEcause...?

Crush All Humanz: ....just, no reason. it's not important, if that little slagger wants to try and get with my blender.... *snaps mouth shut - oops, didn't mean to say that!*
JeffyTehHuman: *lifts brow* Yours? *crosses his arms* Falling, are we?

Crush All Humanz: ........primus, i hope not.
JeffyTehHuman: Hmmm....

Crush All Humanz: if i am, that's horrible. the worst thing i could possibly do. the worst thing any decepticon could ever do. and besides, it wouldn't matter, if that slagging femme gets in my way, the blender'll just sneer at me trying to get her away and totally shun me like he does. *groans* i feel like a slaggin' sparkling in the academy. i've never had this much trouble.
JeffyTehHuman: Fall for someone? That's a bad thing for a Decepticon? *trying to understand*

Crush All Humanz: ....it's a bad thing for any bot. they just die or leave or slagging.... *frowns, quietly* ...or just try to kill you, rather than live with you.
JeffyTehHuman: Oh. Wow. I guess...I guess I never really thought about it. I mean, humans take mates all the time...
JeffyTehHuman: Wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends...

Crush All Humanz: ....yeah, but they aren't able to feel everything the other feels, even across the universe.
JeffyTehHuman: True...Is that how it works...?

Crush All Humanz: ....that's how blackout described it.
JeffyTehHuman: Hmm. Well, maybe you should tell him how ya feel. *nod*

Crush All Humanz: ....and now he can't even begin to accept the idea of having another bonded. he flipped out pretty bad when he thought we were.

Crush All Humanz: *growl* i won't do that. slagger doesn't want to be bonded, and i don't blame him, and neither do i anyways
JeffyTehHuman: He's got issues. Maybe you can help him get over them?

Crush All Humanz: .........
JeffyTehHuman: Or...you know, not.

Crush All Humanz: *sighs* maybe. jeff, it's late. shouldn't you be putting that squishy yelling thing to bed?
JeffyTehHuman: Yeah....*hustles to the baby, making sure shes cozy*

Crush All Humanz: *practically collapses onto his berth - primus, he is totally not built for this much drama* ....... *kind of notices how big it is.* .....go to sleep, jeff. we'll make sure nobody's gonna dissect you in the morning.
JeffyTehHuman: *nods, checking the baby one more time, then snuggles into his blankets* Thanks Crusher... *mumbles*

Crush All Humanz: *frowning, tapping his chestplate lightly in thought* ....thanks yourself. *silence.*
JeffyTehHuman: *grins cheesily, then passes out*