Jazz: “Hey, truck-tires and tank-treads! My Optimus has a message for you fools!”

Megatron: “A friendly message of peace and understanding?”

Jazz: “You KNOW it’s not! YOU KNOW THAT! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN ASK?!”

Megatron: “It never hurts to ask, not today, not on Ember Festival Day.”

Jazz: “Now your wholesome, stinkin’, stupid stuff has got my head all scrambled. What was I even talking about?”

Megatron: “I think you were talking about the fellowship of all sentient beings and the light we celebrate in these dark days.”

Jazz: “IT DEFINITELY WASN’T THAT! IT WAS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT! NO ONE IS COMING TOGETHER HERE!”

Megatron: “Really? I think a Megatron and an Optimus are about to come together to clobber you back into our home dimension.”

Marissa Faireborn: Commander, you did a Time-Slide alone. Teletraan comparison shows this is a universe where Starscream lead a Sharkticon army to… well, “victory”, I suppose. Seems in this timeline Starscream and a human Commander were actually rather close. Your best plan is to follow along until you can Slide again.

Starscream: Commander! There you are. I have heard that some of my dearest Decepticon compatriots were looking for me and I wanted you by my side. If things go sideways, I’ll also need you standing in front of me… for cover.

(Fighting)

Mixmaster: Starscream! Reveal yourself, you jumped-up jet-fueled jack-axle!

Starscream: You rang, oh Mixed-one?

Mixmaster: Your sharks ate my friends!

Starscream: I can’t be expected to keep track of every hungry mouth. Maybe your friends were just too edible. Have you considered that?

Mixmaster: You used to go on and on about your plans! But now that you’re in charge you ain’t got a plan for nothin’ and we’re all suffering.

Starscream: Well this was all, ah, the Commander’s idea. Yes, they are just too proud and noble to say it. Commander, was this your plan? (silence) You see? They are so very powerful. They harness the strength of silence.