#clematis post

At least that's what Clematis believed. With the colder Earth months approaching, the flowers didn't stand a chance of survival, so she wanted to make sure she could see them before they disappeared for the year.

Plus it was nice to get away from the base for a little while and not have to fight the Decepticons - something Clematis really didn't like doing. She hated the thought of hurting anyone, friend or foe, but she knew she wouldn't always have a choice. That's what made this war so difficult, but at least she had the luxury of staying behind at the base from time to time in case someone needed medical aid.

Clematis returned to the woods not far from the river Hot Shot had brought her to when they'd first met, crouched down on the ground so she could see a patch of flowers she found a bit more closely.

"I almost want to take a few with me, but I know they'd only wilt faster. So sad."

That and the Cybertronian bags being much bigger in general.

Each gift contained a mini-first aid kit that she'd personally put together, appropriate snacks and some flower stickers. It'd taken Clematis a lot of time to put the gifts together, and she admired them once they were all set under the tree.

But now the real question was what to do first? Dancing was tempting, but it was only really fun if you had someone to dance with.

If only Nightshroud hadn't already bailed in her quest for that punch bowl. Adjusting her Christmas wreath floral crown, Clematis glanced around to do a bit of people watching before settling on what to do.

"W-what..? But... What did I do wrong?" Clematis pouted, staring at the screen.

Nightshroud couldn't help but chuckle as she picked up her own datapad. "Well then mine should be good, right?"

"Are you kidding?!" Nightshroud threw her servos up in the air.

In the distance, Wheeljack decided to do the very same thing.

"Weird, but I'll take it."

Clematis screamed maybe a little louder than she'd meant to, but how could she not be excited? Were the live actions remakes the greatest? Maybe not, but... but...

She'd put on her floral crown - an oversized green Christmas wreath with red and gold ornaments glued onto it and a shimmering red bow on the bottom. Clematis was ready to go.

"Nightshroud, you ready?!"

With no decorations or gifts in hand, Nightshroud walked into the room.

"You're.. not even going to dress up?" Clematis asked.

"Remember? Me showing up is the gift."

"Oh yeah. Anyway, it's almost time~."

Clematis quickly got over the whole mistletoe virus thing, and onto bigger and better things. She had a lot of work to do ahead of this Merry Crisis party, and she wanted to make sure she had goodie bags for everyone.

Wait... was everyone going Cybertronian? What if there were humans going? Someone who wasn't either?

Clematis whined, focusing her efforts on Cybertronian gifts first. She had a whole day to figure out the rest.