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Entry tags:
- character: skyfire (g1),
- character: sokka,
- character: starscream (g1),
- character: the doctor (other),
- character: the master (other),
- crossover,
- fandom: avatar,
- fandom: discworld,
- fandom: doctor who,
- fandom: star trek: tos,
- fandom: star wars,
- fandom: transformers g1,
- genfic,
- pairing: doctor/master,
- pairing: starscream/skyfire
Five Times Starscream and Skyfire Came Home to Write Really Weird Papers [G1 + multifandom]
Title: Five Times Starscream and Skyfire Came Home to Write Really Weird Papers
Rating: G
Genre: Crossover / Humor
Characters: Skyfire, Starscream, and a couple crossover people here and there.
Pairings: ... only if you squint? I like to see them that way, but the fic is very much gen.
Words: 1139
Summary: There are some really, really strange worlds out there.
Notes: Since the crossover fandoms didn't fit in the subject: Discworld, Star Wars, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Star Trek, and Doctor Who.
"Everything attacks Starscream" is pretty much canon. :P Everything else... I have no excuse. Shiny?
i.
"Magic? Magic?" Starscream was pacing around in a way that, considering their human-sized surroundings, was nothing short of dangerous. "They're living in one of the most improbable planets out there, and the best explanation they can come up with is magic?"
"I'm not exactly fond of the term either," Skyfire agreed, without lifting his gaze from his instruments, "but just because they call it magic doesn't mean it can't be explained. They might be onto something about octarine. Look at these readings... The energy patterns are extremely unusual."
"Ever the optimist. I suppose now you're going to ask for a thaumometer, too."
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try."
"I can't believe you," muttered Starscream, crossing his arms in defiance. "We should have stayed on the moon to study the dragons."
"That's not what you said when they took an interest in your thrusters."
"Oh, shut up."
ii.
The planet they were going to investigate in the first place turned out to be an uninhabitable gas giant, but the trip certainly hadn't been in vain. One of its moons was covered in forests, and full of a great variety of organic creatures. There were even a few sentient species living there, but they were all too timid or too violent; none of them seemed willing to have a nice talk about science, in any case.
So they were exploring the forest on their own, now. Skyfire had to admit that he much preferred it this way. There was so much to see here, and they had all the time in the world to appreciate it, with no interruptions, in perfect quiet – well, perhaps in relative quiet. The small, red animals he had been observing all abandoned their nests and flew away at the sudden shrieking.
"Get off get off get off!"
He turned around quickly, almost expecting to see one of those nasty boar-wolf things again, only to tilt his head in surprise at the image he found in front of him.
"Oh. That must be unpleasant."
"You don't say," Starscream snapped, as he struggled to get rid of the creature that seemed intent on getting its tentacles into his knee joint. "Are you going to help or what?"
"Of course I am-"
"Without laughing," he added with a glare.
"… that might be a bit more difficult."
iii.
The sea serpent was large enough to be a serious threat. Perhaps Starscream wasn't so wrong when he said they should be carrying weapons, Skyfire thought, as he tried to free the jet from its vicious grip. But he had more urgent things to worry about at the moment, like getting rid of the creature, and hopefully staying calm since it was quite obvious that Starscream wasn't going to do that.
"Can't you transform?" he asked, and somehow managed to sound much less worried than he felt. "Maybe if you were in base form-"
"You think I haven't tried?"
Then everything happened very quickly. A heavy rock was thrown into the water on the opposite side of the bay, making a school of orange fish jump to the surface, and the serpent moved on to easier prey when it saw them.
"I should have thought of that," Skyfire mused, although he was too relieved to dwell on it too much. Starscream finally transformed, muttering about how nice it'd be to for once find a planet without everything trying to kill him.
Then they were distracted by the young organic running towards them, who didn't look in the least concerned in spite of the size difference. He was wearing a huge grin when he stopped and looked up.
"Close call, huh? You're lucky I was foll- around," he panted. "Oh, wow, this is so much better than space earth!"
"Thank you. We really owe you one…"
"Nah, it's nothing!" he interrupted. "So, what are you guys? You're… explorers, or something?"
"Scientists," Starscream said, pride fully restored, "from the planet Cybertron."
The look on the young man's face became even more excited.
"This is the best day ever."
iv.
"Absolutely not."
"I didn't even ask anything," Skyfire said, absently petting the minute bundles of fur that had found their way onto his hand. The way they purred at his touch was really quite nice.
"I don't care. I know what you're thinking," Starscream insisted. "We're not taking any of those hairballs with us."
That was enough to make him look up.
"Of course we aren't! I wouldn't take them from their natural habitat. Besides, we couldn't feed them back home…"
"Don't sound so disappointed about it. What do you even see in these things?"
"They're adorable!" He lifted a hand so his friend could get a closer look, but Starscream just pulled a face.
"There's something suspicious about them, I can tell."
"Aw, come on. What could possibly be suspicious about these?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe that there's about a million of them on your hand alone? And that I'm pretty sure they're multiplying? And- aargh, they're in my vents now!"
Skyfire hung his shoulders. So much for a planet with gentle wildlife.
"Just stay still. I'll get them out-"
"You better! This is all your fault!"
It was going to be a long, long cycle.
v.
It was the kind of planet where they weren't too fond of visitors; that was obvious soon enough. The tacit understanding was that they would just refuel and go away quietly, and that this wasn't to be mentioned in any papers, of course, not unless they wanted to get into a world of trouble.
On the plus side, they had an Academy there, too, complete with a pair of students who were curious and reckless enough to sneak out of class and go find them. They were quite clever – no, they were brilliant, Skyfire realized after only a short while talking to them – and full of questions. It brought back memories of the times in his own Academy: the joy of learning, the yearning for the stars, and being lucky enough to have someone to share that.
"One day we'll go into space, too," one of the young men told him, his eyes lost in the orange sky. "We're going to see everything and we're going to learn everything and, oh, it'll be fantastic!"
"It is," Skyfire said gently. "It really is."
"Oh, you've got to see this," the other student called. "Look at this! Technology of this level…"
He was quite taken with Starscream's new null rays – the jet had insisted on getting weapons, after the incident with the serpent – and it seemed as if he couldn't wait to show what he had just found out. Even though it only took a few seconds for his friend to cross the short distance between them, his fingers drummed impatiently on the cold metal, tap-tap-tap-tap.
Rating: G
Genre: Crossover / Humor
Characters: Skyfire, Starscream, and a couple crossover people here and there.
Pairings: ... only if you squint? I like to see them that way, but the fic is very much gen.
Words: 1139
Summary: There are some really, really strange worlds out there.
Notes: Since the crossover fandoms didn't fit in the subject: Discworld, Star Wars, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Star Trek, and Doctor Who.
"Everything attacks Starscream" is pretty much canon. :P Everything else... I have no excuse. Shiny?
i.
"Magic? Magic?" Starscream was pacing around in a way that, considering their human-sized surroundings, was nothing short of dangerous. "They're living in one of the most improbable planets out there, and the best explanation they can come up with is magic?"
"I'm not exactly fond of the term either," Skyfire agreed, without lifting his gaze from his instruments, "but just because they call it magic doesn't mean it can't be explained. They might be onto something about octarine. Look at these readings... The energy patterns are extremely unusual."
"Ever the optimist. I suppose now you're going to ask for a thaumometer, too."
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try."
"I can't believe you," muttered Starscream, crossing his arms in defiance. "We should have stayed on the moon to study the dragons."
"That's not what you said when they took an interest in your thrusters."
"Oh, shut up."
ii.
The planet they were going to investigate in the first place turned out to be an uninhabitable gas giant, but the trip certainly hadn't been in vain. One of its moons was covered in forests, and full of a great variety of organic creatures. There were even a few sentient species living there, but they were all too timid or too violent; none of them seemed willing to have a nice talk about science, in any case.
So they were exploring the forest on their own, now. Skyfire had to admit that he much preferred it this way. There was so much to see here, and they had all the time in the world to appreciate it, with no interruptions, in perfect quiet – well, perhaps in relative quiet. The small, red animals he had been observing all abandoned their nests and flew away at the sudden shrieking.
"Get off get off get off!"
He turned around quickly, almost expecting to see one of those nasty boar-wolf things again, only to tilt his head in surprise at the image he found in front of him.
"Oh. That must be unpleasant."
"You don't say," Starscream snapped, as he struggled to get rid of the creature that seemed intent on getting its tentacles into his knee joint. "Are you going to help or what?"
"Of course I am-"
"Without laughing," he added with a glare.
"… that might be a bit more difficult."
iii.
The sea serpent was large enough to be a serious threat. Perhaps Starscream wasn't so wrong when he said they should be carrying weapons, Skyfire thought, as he tried to free the jet from its vicious grip. But he had more urgent things to worry about at the moment, like getting rid of the creature, and hopefully staying calm since it was quite obvious that Starscream wasn't going to do that.
"Can't you transform?" he asked, and somehow managed to sound much less worried than he felt. "Maybe if you were in base form-"
"You think I haven't tried?"
Then everything happened very quickly. A heavy rock was thrown into the water on the opposite side of the bay, making a school of orange fish jump to the surface, and the serpent moved on to easier prey when it saw them.
"I should have thought of that," Skyfire mused, although he was too relieved to dwell on it too much. Starscream finally transformed, muttering about how nice it'd be to for once find a planet without everything trying to kill him.
Then they were distracted by the young organic running towards them, who didn't look in the least concerned in spite of the size difference. He was wearing a huge grin when he stopped and looked up.
"Close call, huh? You're lucky I was foll- around," he panted. "Oh, wow, this is so much better than space earth!"
"Thank you. We really owe you one…"
"Nah, it's nothing!" he interrupted. "So, what are you guys? You're… explorers, or something?"
"Scientists," Starscream said, pride fully restored, "from the planet Cybertron."
The look on the young man's face became even more excited.
"This is the best day ever."
iv.
"Absolutely not."
"I didn't even ask anything," Skyfire said, absently petting the minute bundles of fur that had found their way onto his hand. The way they purred at his touch was really quite nice.
"I don't care. I know what you're thinking," Starscream insisted. "We're not taking any of those hairballs with us."
That was enough to make him look up.
"Of course we aren't! I wouldn't take them from their natural habitat. Besides, we couldn't feed them back home…"
"Don't sound so disappointed about it. What do you even see in these things?"
"They're adorable!" He lifted a hand so his friend could get a closer look, but Starscream just pulled a face.
"There's something suspicious about them, I can tell."
"Aw, come on. What could possibly be suspicious about these?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe that there's about a million of them on your hand alone? And that I'm pretty sure they're multiplying? And- aargh, they're in my vents now!"
Skyfire hung his shoulders. So much for a planet with gentle wildlife.
"Just stay still. I'll get them out-"
"You better! This is all your fault!"
It was going to be a long, long cycle.
v.
It was the kind of planet where they weren't too fond of visitors; that was obvious soon enough. The tacit understanding was that they would just refuel and go away quietly, and that this wasn't to be mentioned in any papers, of course, not unless they wanted to get into a world of trouble.
On the plus side, they had an Academy there, too, complete with a pair of students who were curious and reckless enough to sneak out of class and go find them. They were quite clever – no, they were brilliant, Skyfire realized after only a short while talking to them – and full of questions. It brought back memories of the times in his own Academy: the joy of learning, the yearning for the stars, and being lucky enough to have someone to share that.
"One day we'll go into space, too," one of the young men told him, his eyes lost in the orange sky. "We're going to see everything and we're going to learn everything and, oh, it'll be fantastic!"
"It is," Skyfire said gently. "It really is."
"Oh, you've got to see this," the other student called. "Look at this! Technology of this level…"
He was quite taken with Starscream's new null rays – the jet had insisted on getting weapons, after the incident with the serpent – and it seemed as if he couldn't wait to show what he had just found out. Even though it only took a few seconds for his friend to cross the short distance between them, his fingers drummed impatiently on the cold metal, tap-tap-tap-tap.
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I was giggling helpless all the way until the end and then *shivers.* Cold chill. Future wlking over your grave. Inspired.
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does Starscream call the Librarian a monkey? I bet he does.
Oh, definitely! I wanted to add that, but it just didn't fit in.
The ending just had to happen. Poor Sky.
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And yes, Starscream, the universe hates you. XD
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I almost want to say that he's asking for it, but he wasn't that bad at this point yet, heh. :P
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... and I love your icon.
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oh, the Discworld one was cool too.
(^_^)/
BEM
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The thing about the last one is that, just like the Master, Starscream becomes a villain. So that's a bit of evil foreshadowing there, heh.
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/is doomed for life
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Also, your icon is the best thing ever.
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What is that supposed to mean? :|Well, I did read it because of your tags, yes. But still.Isn't it? It's so Ten. And so me, ffff.
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That you don't have to worry about anything new :oI know, I know. XD Too bad there's about one line of shippiness, really. (And yet it felt wrong not to add the tag.)Hopefully your angst is less cosmic than Ten's. :/
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HEY. :||I was gonna say BUT EVERY LINE OF SHIPPINESS MATTERS and then I realized it wouldn't really help my cause. Omg what have I become.... give me a TARDIS and we'll find out.
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If you have a TARDIS you should use it to have awesome adventures, not to increase your angst. :|||
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Not increase it, test it. If the TARDIS suddenly crashes when I leave, that means mine is cosmic angst. :o
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Ooooh. That's a different story, then.
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So little faith. ;;
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Well, you were saying you were like Ten... :P
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BUT EVEN TEN DIDN'T USE THE TARDIS TO INCREASE HIS ANGST! ... except in EoT. Ah crap.
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Everyone IN THE UNIVERSE. I love that guy. ♥
... yes, that was. Special.
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/uses angst for fic
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Love this sort of thing, particularly when Dr Who gets involved... :D
OCTARINE!!!! ::giggles @ Skyfire::
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Like in your icon. That's great XD
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I adored these. I love how indignant Starscream is about magic, and I love the tribbles, but I think my favorite might have to be the last one. The foreshadowing and the parallels between the Master and Starscream (and between the Doctor and Skyfire) are chilling and more than a little sad, considering how they all end up.
(Also I am selfishly very glad that that conversation resulted in fic. :D )
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I love how indignant Starscream is about magic
The beauty about G1 is that the strangest things are canon. XD He does go all "magic can never defeat SCIENCE!" in this episode (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court) (and I still think it's awesome that an episode like that is canon at all).
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...wow. And I thought "Webworld" was cracky. Transformers: where none of your fanfic can possibly be as insane as what the writers have already come up with. :D
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I did recognise Discworld, and the tribbles, but everything else... well it also took the comment to make me realise the last one was Doctor Who. I should read the tags more.
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ME HACE FELIZ VER QUE NO IBA MAL CON LO DE LA OVEJA XD
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Todo lo ataca. TODO.
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Casi me da pena. Casi. Y mayormente es por Sky. xD
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y el último es chilling :S
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