#sarbee

It’s not easy, but Bee manages to make it through with constant gaming and patrols.

However, to make up for it, Sarbee is going to hang around for at least three days.

Megatron is intrigued. He’s known about fusion for a while, given that he didn’t have much else to do has a head than study humans and their culture. He’s already pondering how Sari is able to fuse with a Cybertronian. He’ll have his followers keep an optic on them for now to see if fusion would be an asset to the Decepticons. If it proves to be, he won’t hesitate to kidnap Sari and try to uncover how to unlock fusion between cybernetic beings.

Starscream is horrified, plain and simple. He might try to mock Bumblebee, saying that he’s so weak that he needs to pair up with a squishy techno-organic just to improve his own skills. After Sarbee just replies with “New phone, who dis?” he just scoffs at them and does his best to not touch them. He doesn’t want to end up mashed together with a fleshie.

Shockwave is already coming up with experiments he wants to run. He’s especially interested in how Sarbee’s mind works. If the Autobots know what’s good for them, they’ll keep Sari and Bee the hell away from Shockwave.

Blitzwing thinks it’s hilarious. He’s secretly really interested, but he’ll never admit it. He’ll make a ton of jokes during fights and make a bunch of comparisons between Sarbee and himself. He’s curious if Sarbee’s inner thoughts are like his with three personalities fighting for dominance. He leaps at any chance to fight them just so he can get closer. It’s... a little on the creepy side, to be honest.

Lugnut is completely disgusted, but he keeps his opinion to himself once Megatron shows how interested he is in the concept of fusion. He will start repeating Megatron word for word on how beneficial fusion could be for their cause and how they need to capture the strange fusion. He’s also hesitant to touch Sarbee, simply because he thinks all organics are unclean.

Optimus is supportive, but also a bit wary. He’s thinking of the future, when they go back to Cybertron and Sari has to stay on Earth. He worries for Bee, but he can’t bring himself to deny him this happiness.

Ratchet thinks Bee is being ridiculous at first. Honestly, why in the name of Primus would a Cybertronian waste their time getting involved with an organic? But after he sees them together more and more, he starts to understand a bit. He isn’t going to discourage Bee’s feelings, but he certainly won’t be encouraging them any time soon. If Bee ever tries to ask him for advice, Ratchet will feign hearing loss and leave immediately.

Prowl is quietly supportive. He’ll speak with Bee sometimes about what sort of things he thinks Sari would like to receive from a potential partner. All of his knowledge is based off of all the people watching he’s been doing since they came to Detroit. He’ll listen to Bee and offer real advice. Even if the minibot is annoying, Prowl still wants him to be happy.

Bulkhead thinks it’s absolutely adorable. He’s poking fun at Bee when he gets flustered and hints about his feelings to Sari sometimes. Thankfully, Sari hasn’t picked up on what Bulkhead’s really saying, but Bee still freaks every time he sees Bulk talking to Sari and smiling.

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Sari: 

After Sarbee emerges, the Bots want to learn everything they can about fusion. Sari does her best to explain, and Professor Sumdac even comes in for a bit to get into the logistics of fusion.

It would definitely be in the middle of a fight, given that I doubt Sari and Bee would be comfortable relaxing to the point they’d fuse around the Elite Guard.

Ultra Magnus is shocked to say the least. He’s never seen anything like this before - not even with combiners. He doesn’t really interact with Sarbee during the fight or afterwards, since Sarbee wants to stick around for a bit. He’s quietly watching them, but he’s definitely going to talk to Ratchet and Optimus about this. He may or may not be coming up with some ideas to propose to Preceptor and Wheeljack once he gets back to Cybertron SOMEBODY STOP HIM

Sentinel is, to absolutely no one’s surprise, disgusted. Like, beyond disgusted. He actually gets nauseous when he see Sarbee for the first time. He refuses to get anywhere near them or any other human. He doesn’t understand the logistics of fusion, and he isn’t going to listen. he’s convinced it’s some kind of possession thing straight out of a horror movie. He’ll probably try to stay on the ship for the rest of their visit. He just wants to go back to Cybertron.

Jazz is hesitantly curious. He’s cautious, but he’s definitely going to learn more about Sarbee. He just needs to build up the courage first. Prowl definitely helps him get over some of his xenophobic assumptions. He’s especially interested in how Sarbee’s thought process works. The whole “one being, not two people” conversation is one that he loves discussing in-depth. 

Jetfire and Jetstorm actually don’t understand at first. They think that Sari and Bumblebee are another Combiner team like them. Prime’s team tries to explain it, and Sarbee will try to once or twice, but it just. Doesn’t land. Like at all. They’re willing to ignore the fact that Sarbee is a quarter organic in favor of having a combiner flying buddy. And maybe pranking Sentinel. Maybe.

Reactions range from confusion to indifference to absolute disgust (Three guesses on who that would be *coughcoughSentinelcoughcough*)