#virtute-praeditum

He's sizing up armour plates for the best place to adhere for this. Probably ... Between the shoulders, right? Or, maybe above the hips? he didn't want to burn the Prime, it was so weird to have a Prime that wasn't Solas, with his thrusters.

Don't mind the little star eyes of the mech holding it.

Sign. Sign. Sign. Sing

A little orange butterfly flutters near the robot. Perfectly normal and unobtrusive. It seems to be curious.

@virtute-praeditum:

    Naturally intrigued and admiring of lifeforms, especially those resembling Earth’s strange yet elegant organic shapes, Optimus soon noticed the orange butterfly. What a pretty little fragile creature. His helm tilted, optics following it without moving any other section of himself in an effort to avoid startling.

    He even kept a content exvent slow, in case a swifter cycling of air would disturb it.

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The butterfly flew closer, and soon alighted on the front edge of Optimus's boxlike chassis. Its delicate wings opened and closed as it basked in the sunlight, lacking any fear of the being so much larger than it. Most likely it was ignorant to its perch being a living being.

... Or so it seemed.

Oh, she's been sent on yet another mission. Infiltrate the Autobots, cause as much destruction as possible. Do NOT get caught and captured. Yes, yes, all things that she can and she is VERY good at doing...

She's lumbering along, in her typical large and loud way, before... wait! Optimus Prime!? That's possibly THE worst person to find her!! As luck would have it, there's a convenient, comically large boulder, right here and perfect for hiding.

However, the not so convenient thing about this large boulder, is that she is in fact larger than a large boulder. She is extra large.

"Grrrrrahaha! This is a great hiding space, and no one shall find me!"

Send a 👋 to pat my muse’s head!

Oh, this would CERTAINLY jeopardize the mission!! Here she was, getting PETS from the ENEMY, Optimus Prime!! What would her leaders say!?

...

Truthfully, Supernova did not have many thoughts when it came to forming opinions... but to be fair, she did not have very many thoughts at all. One of the higher ranking Decepticons would point at something, and she'd blow it up or bite it to pieces.

However, when she took the time to NOT attack the Autobots right away... they were actually pretty silly! Especially the big one- he was nice, and very blue. The Autobots wouldn't YELL at her like the Decepticons would, and they would pet her?? Isn't that awesome! However, the Decepticons had more food and let her break things more often- so she would receive her pets and new cool collar charm from Optimus before returning home. What a nice guy!!

"... It must be very convenient for you to kiss. I am, I think, a little envious. Not only do you still have an intake, but you do not have nasal ridges to get in the way." Despite the topic of observation, he seems entirely earnest.

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Optimus stares at his counterpart with no small amount of bemusement, and hesitation is audible in his voice as he responds, "I suppose that is indeed the case..."

What an odd statement.

Perhaps this is intended as an indirect way of confiding about a sensitive topic. His gaze softens in sympathy.