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[heelys]

Hey, so I figured I should clear something up before it becomes an issue, because I'm not really into being mistaken for somebot else. Especially when they aren't as cool as I am? I got a reputation to protect, y'know?

[He holds up a screenshot of the recent video post that the other Bumblebee posted not hours before, and it's of the other Bumblebee's face.]

I'm Bumblebee. This guy is also a Bumblebee too, I guess, but he's old and kinda cranky and if you're looking for fun I'm the guy you wanna talk to. Seriously! I'm way cooler, and funner. So, let's call me Bumblebee number one--because I'm the best one, obviously--and this guy can be Bumblebee two or whatever.

As long as he keeps the Starscreams, I'm kinda cool with that. Got it? Good!

[He pauses.]

--Oh! Also, who else is a Crow's Nest Technician? Because I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to be doing except having stasis naps up there. Which, don't get me wrong, is a pretty sweet job but there's only so much napping one guy can do before he's super well rested.

[Another pause.]

Also, also, is there like, a video game system here that's not the VR room I can use? Lemme know. I'm dying to play something, and the arcade on the planets we're on is kinda boring. I wanna get back into getting my highscores up!

[it's only boring because he broke the machines there, but he's not gonna say that.]

Comments

[taselikeabee]

I don't think anyone would ever get us confused.

[heelys]

[He laughs.] I know right? But humans seem to struggle with telling Autobots apart! So two with yellow paintjobs will just blow their minds.

[taselikeabee]

They struggle with the concept because they don't get it. In their own civil wars, it's usually two different people groups that are warring with each other. Even in the United States, it was the northerners versus the southerners. That's not quite the case with us.

[heelys]

[Can you see his optics glazing over? Because they are.]

I don't remember asking for an Earth history lesson.

[taselikeabee]

Maybe you should reconsider. Given the fact that there are many different versions of the universe represented, it might help more than you realize.

[heelys]

But it's so boooooring. I know all the parts I need.

[taselikeabee]

All right, I'll bite. Such as what...

[heelys]

You know. The cool parts. With the dinosaurs.

[taselikeabee]

How old are you supposed to be again?

[heelys]

[HUFF]

Almost 2,000 stellar cycles! [That is a lie. He's closer to 800]

[taselikeabee]

Two thousand? That's it?

[ not that he believes it but damn. ]

Kid, no one I know is that young. I don't think anyone is younger than four million.

[heelys]

The only bot I know that old is Ratchet. And, well, Ultra Magnus, but he's hella old.

[He crosses his arms over his chassis.] Even OP is like... Five thousand or something.

[taselikeabee]

Ultra Magnus is pretty old, sure. Hell, Prowl is older than I am. He was working for Sentinel Prime before I came in.

[heelys]

[He frowns, trying to remember information.]

Prowl I think was around before the war. But... Sentinel? He trained with Optimus.

[taselikeabee]

Not from my pocket of the universe. After Megatron took out Sentinel, Zeta became Prime. Pretty sure Optimus was still just a cop at the time: Orion Pax, specifically.

[heelys]

[He's just staring blankly at you.]

Orion Pax?

[taselikeabee]

Optimus' name before he got the Matrix of Leadership.

[heelys]

...What's the Matrix of Leadership?

[taselikeabee]

[ dear god... ]

Kid. You're killing me.

[heelys]

Optimus has always been Optimus! He didn't change his name because of a Matrix thingy. What's it supposed to do anyway?