[LOG] Light in the darkness
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starformersWHO: Jane & Starscream
WHERE: Galactic Council
WHEN: Not long after this exchange
WHAT: After Knock Out tells Jane that she can't keep stonewalling Starscream following their explosive argument, she and Starscream make (sort of) amends while on assignment at the GC.
WARNINGS: References to emotional manipulation, etc
Now and then there's a light in the darkness
Feel around till you find where your heart went
There's a weight in the air but you can't see why, why
They've operated in different orbits since that night where Jane had pinged his communicator to rail furiously at him. That breathing room was probably the only reason this apprenticeship hadn't completely fallen to pieces, but who knows how long that veritable silence may have stretched if Knock Out had not privately contacted Jane. "You've got a lot more to lose than the illusion of civility if the alliance you two have comes apart, and honestly so does Cybertron."
On the surface, it was easy to think of that solely in terms of the kyber and the protoforms, the future Hot Spots. But in reality, it was so much larger than that. It was establishing Cybertron as a viable player in the galactic community that had blacklisted them for millions of years as the fallout from their war rampaged one end of the cosmos to the other. It was making sure that somewhere, somehow, there were safeguards in place to ensure that the First Order couldn't eventually do the same. That it had come to a head over kyber and the protoforms — newsparks now, since they'd separated — was incidental.
Today they were here on separate tasks, but their paths had crossed between meetings. Other than some curt and entirely business-like reports they'd exchanged to each other's inboxes, this was the first time they'll have spoken since that night.
Starscream looked down at her coolly. "Advocate Solo."
WHERE: Galactic Council
WHEN: Not long after this exchange
WHAT: After Knock Out tells Jane that she can't keep stonewalling Starscream following their explosive argument, she and Starscream make (sort of) amends while on assignment at the GC.
WARNINGS: References to emotional manipulation, etc
Now and then there's a light in the darkness
Feel around till you find where your heart went
There's a weight in the air but you can't see why, why
They've operated in different orbits since that night where Jane had pinged his communicator to rail furiously at him. That breathing room was probably the only reason this apprenticeship hadn't completely fallen to pieces, but who knows how long that veritable silence may have stretched if Knock Out had not privately contacted Jane. "You've got a lot more to lose than the illusion of civility if the alliance you two have comes apart, and honestly so does Cybertron."
On the surface, it was easy to think of that solely in terms of the kyber and the protoforms, the future Hot Spots. But in reality, it was so much larger than that. It was establishing Cybertron as a viable player in the galactic community that had blacklisted them for millions of years as the fallout from their war rampaged one end of the cosmos to the other. It was making sure that somewhere, somehow, there were safeguards in place to ensure that the First Order couldn't eventually do the same. That it had come to a head over kyber and the protoforms — newsparks now, since they'd separated — was incidental.
Today they were here on separate tasks, but their paths had crossed between meetings. Other than some curt and entirely business-like reports they'd exchanged to each other's inboxes, this was the first time they'll have spoken since that night.
Starscream looked down at her coolly. "Advocate Solo."
