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The day was calm, with no recent Decepticon attacks, and none suspected to be incoming for some time.  The cons were too busy licking their wounds from the last battle, one that the Autobots had decidedly come out ahead on.  The celebrations had gone on long into the night and the recreation room was already a mess.

Thus, it was the perfect chance for a lone Autobot to slip casually outside.

Mirage had no shift currently scheduled, so he was free to spend his time as he pleased.  He certainly made no move to hide his departure, greeting his comrades in the halls on the way out, but the box in his hands remained unopened despite any passing curiosity.  It was quietly shifted into subspace before long, and  the former noble shifted into alt mode just as smoothly when he reached the doors.  Despite the completely inappropriate earthen race car mode, the mech had little trouble self-adjusting before driving off into the forest covering the mountain, for business unknown...

Date: 2015-07-10 04:02 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (eh what you say - Sideswipe is wordy)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Cliffjumper almost stomped right on - after he'd had his own moment of quiet staring - when Mirage stopped, but when the crowd that was waiting for them registered, plus the fact that Mirage wasn't moving, Cliffjumper stopped.

Glancing back up at Mirage, it didn't take much to realise he must be doing some sort of... priest thing, and with a quick look around it was obvious the gathered Paradronians approved.

Well, that was a good thing, he supposed.

Resisting the urge to roll his optics, Cliffjumper dropped his gaze to the ground - that ought to be safe enough, right? - until Mirage was done.

Date: 2015-07-18 11:44 am (UTC)
cliffjumper: (listening - may not like it)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Standing there waiting for the short Blessing to be over, Cliffjumper caught movement out of the corner of his optics, and saw, to his disgust, that the Decepticons had gone through with sending their own envoy, though Thundercracker didn't looked all too pleased to be there, and his Paradronian entourage looked slightly pinched.

That, if nothing else, was pleasing enough, and Cliffjumper ducked his helm again so he wouldn't be seen smirking smugly.

When Mirage was done, a tall, slender mech flanked by eleven others stepped forward, smiling at both the Cybertronian ambassadors.

"Welcome, and may your sparks ever shine bright."

Date: 2015-09-06 03:39 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (eh what you say - Sideswipe is wordy)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
"Curiosity and kin could make us do nothing less," the mech said, the response aimed at both foreign ambassadors, "this way, if you please." He turned half around, gesturing in a wide arc in front of him, down from the landing pads and, presumably, along the wide boulevard that led into the city.

Cliffjumper, when they started to walk, and starting to feel somewhat... hemmed in. Sure, maybe it was partly because the Ark's crew wasn't very large, and even adding the Decepticons to the mix didn't up the cybertronian population on Earth by a lot, and there was a mixed bunched in general.

Here, though, as he glanced around, he couldn't see a single mech approaching minibot size. The shortest ones were still several feet taller than he was.

Frowning, Cliffjumper kept from inching closer to Mirage - that, too, would be embarrassing, and looked around as they walked, half-listening to the description of the city they were getting.

Date: 2015-09-15 06:39 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (just talking - for once I'm planning)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Cliffjumper glanced to Mirage and rolled his optics. He was almost feeling dwarfed? What did he think Cliffjumper felt like?

"I noticed our average height is closer to that of your other faction," the ambassador said with a nod towards Thundercracker, who smiled thinly and clearly darkly amused. He, if not Mirage and Cliffjumper, fit right in size-wise, at least if one went by the average height; Thundercracker was still taller than the majority.

"I'm afraid I can't give an elucidating answer at the moment, but maybe the archives could have something." They were shown to repulsor-lift platforms with railing around the edges; open and simple to ride and could float above the general ground traffic for the sightseeing without slowing it down...

Or losing any of the newcomers.

"When we arrive, you'll be shown to your quarters. I imagine a bit of rest before we start with the more... involved greetings may be desirable," the mech said with a smile, and Cliffjumper quietly agreed even if he didn't want to agree.

Date: 2015-09-21 08:13 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (this is what I think about this)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Cliffjumper would insist it wasn't a tiny detail being boxed in by a crowd taller than him anywhere from half his height to his full height or more. Especially, he thought warily, since none of them would be used to moving around someone who was that much shorter than they were.

It made the rest of the short tour when they stepped off the transports in front of the gilded building at the end of the boulevard, spires twisting around themselves, arches and whatever else creating a delicate, intertwined whole, less enjoyable than it could have been.

Maybe he was just being paranoid, but Cliffjumper didn't like how close some of them got either way.

Thundercracker was shown a room first, and then they stopped in front of a second pair of doors and the ambassador bowed.

"If there is anything you require, don't hesitate to ask, and we shall do our best to provide," he, as well as the mech who'd led the delegation to the Autobot faction, smiled. Cliffjumper squirmed and was hard-pressed to stand still and not go into the room immediately.

Date: 2015-09-23 06:45 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (listening - may not like it)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
It took Cliffjumper half a moment to realise what Mirage meant with the nudge, but he finally caught on and tried to copy Mirage, hiding the roll of his optics as he did so.

It wasn't a very elegant bow, but there wasn't much to do about that. Cliffjumper had hardly been trained in it, and even so, the idea of bowing made him want to scowl and simply not do it.

He didn't at all like the idea of showing deference this way.

Date: 2015-09-27 12:47 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (this is what I think about this)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Cliffjumper almost shook off Mirage's hand, though more because he almost blushed when it landed there than that he was being steered into the room. A little because of that too, yes, but mostly for the other reason.

At least he waited to growl until the door had closed behind them?

"I hope there ain't gonna be a lot of that happenin'," he snapped, stepping away from Mirage even if he did rather want to stay close; but the hand had dropped from his shoulder and there really wasn't any reason for him to want or need to stay close.

Date: 2015-09-29 11:54 am (UTC)
cliffjumper: (CJ haz a suspicion - spies EVERYWHERE)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
"I don't see how bowing is rustin' polite," Cliffjumper said as he stomped off, basically doing what Mirage intended as well. Though as the minibot went through the room, his incredulity slowly grew.

It wasn't just the size and spread of their suite, it was the opulence - and Cliffjumper had the feeling that he wasn't even seeing half of it, since the things he dismissed as 'thankfully normal' might actually be the most expensive bits and bobs in the suite.

It was an unsettling thought.

"'Cause I hate to tell ya, Mirage, most of us didn't have a choice when it came to being 'polite' and bowing before the war." Cliffjumper called from where he stood in the doorway to the washracks, shaking his helm.

Couldn't believe what he was looking at.

Date: 2015-09-30 06:37 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (looking up - ain't that cute?)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
"Great. Except that doesn't fraggin' helpt at all," Cliffjumper said as he wandered back in, having had to resist the urge to use those washracks - and feeling embarrassed about wanting to use them - and then stopped staring at Mirage laying faceplate first into the plush-looking couch.

At least he thought it was a couch. It was shaped slightly funnily, and maybe that meant it had a different name, it wouldn't surprise him if it did.

"... Mirage? Hey, you okay?" Had they managed to poison him? Was he just tired? What? Cliffjumper crossed the room and hovered beside the... couch, whatever, not sure if he should touch him or not.

Date: 2015-10-03 11:56 am (UTC)
cliffjumper: (something off - the purple's not enough)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Arching an optic ridge incredulously, Cliffjumper scowled and crossed his arms.

"Yeah? You don't fraggin' seem okay to me," he snapped as he stared down at Mirage where he was sprawled out on the couch, long limbs stretched out and accomodated by the stuffing and cushions instead of being awkwardly too short or not broad enough.

Mirage looked like he belonged there, and Cliffjumper looked away, scowling at some etched piece of art on the wall and felt all the more awkward for it.

Date: 2015-10-05 09:14 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: ((over)dramatic pointing)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
"Fine? Nice?" Cliffjumper sputtered and whirled back on Mirage, pointing at him, "what the slag is wrong with you, Mirage?"

He was, to be honest, worried. Would have been even if he actually didn't like the mech, if he had no... rusting infatuation. But he did, which didn't make anything better.

What could it be? Mirage seemed to have... wilted almost immediately after they got in here, so was it something in the room? But he was unaffected. What had Mirage touched that he hadn't?

Throwing a glare around the room, Cliffjumper swore quietly. He wasn't really made for stuff like this.

Date: 2015-10-06 06:10 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (crossed arms - displeased)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Cliffjumper still didn't believe Mirage, and his stare probably broadcasted that loud and clear. He didn't like this. Mirage was usually pretty predictable; sort of high-strung, kinda snobby, irritable, and when it was right, surprisingly kind and considerate.

This?

This was just...

"You're sure?" Cliffjumper's frown refused to leave, and he cast a glare around the room again, eyeing the door. Mirage had leaned against that... Did these Paradronians have something like Bombshell's cerebro shells?

But what had Mirage just said? Familiar?

They hadn't ever been to Paradron---

Looking around the suite, which also made him scowl for another reason entirely, Cliffjumper frowned again.

Familiar.

... Mirage was a noble. Was that it? He was caught somewhere between disgust and exasperation, and still not entirely convinced that conclusion was the right one.

Date: 2015-10-14 07:38 pm (UTC)
cliffjumper: (something off - the purple's not enough)
From: [personal profile] cliffjumper
Relax? Here?

Cliffjumper's expression probably said all too loudly what he thought of his chances of that.

"I dunno how I'm supposed to do that," Cliffjumper huffed, not about to say he felt like he didn't dare sit down anywhere for fear of breaking it - or just feeling out of place.

"This place's got a real nice washrack, though, if ya wanna use that," Cliffjumper said as he threw Mirage a glance over his shoulder walking up to the large window that covered the wall, admitting that the view, at least, was really stunning.

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