“Well… I don’t know what it is, but there’s like… multiple versions of the same person. You just happen to be my carrier’s counterpart. I am the offspring of another Drift.”
Drift frowned slightly. “How’s that possible?”
“My Drift and my Perceptor had sex,” he deadpanned.
As he was about to greet his new followers, the most recent one—driftninja—managed to completely distract him from the others. ”Oi, look at the wee lit’le fella. You look a lot like Drift—only skinnier!” He chuckled before eyeing the other two warily. They didn’t appear as comical as mini-Drift. ”Greetings, Drift and… someone I don’t know.”
“Go suck a tailpipe, fragger!”
“Haha, feisty!”
“…no.” You’ll have to excuse him, Wing. He isn’t the most educated of mechs outside of his training.
Ah well. “There are multiple timelines, different universes, out there. In the timeline I’m from, you and I are very close.”
“Uh…right. This sounds kind of like that weird metaphysical slag Dai Atlas is always trying to fill my processor with.”
He sighed. ”My name is Scope.”
“Nice to meet you, I guess. But what did you mean about counterparts and carriers?”
“Well… I don’t know what it is, but there’s like… multiple versions of the same person. You just happen to be my carrier’s counterpart. I am the offspring of another Drift.”
Drift frowned slightly. “How’s that possible?”
“Hello, counterpart of my carrier…”
“…what.”
He sighed. ”My name is Scope.”
“Nice to meet you, I guess. But what did you mean about counterparts and carriers?”
As he was about to greet his new followers, the most recent one—driftninja—managed to completely distract him from the others. ”Oi, look at the wee lit’le fella. You look a lot like Drift—only skinnier!” He chuckled before eyeing the other two warily. They didn’t appear as comical as mini-Drift. ”Greetings, Drift and… someone I don’t know.”
“Go suck a tailpipe, fragger!”
That got a blank look, then Drift’s suspicious frown returned. “What are you talking about? I’m the only Drift there is, and I don’t know any Wing.”…Whoops. He’d been used to the multiverse for long, Wing sometimes forgot that there were some who hadn’t encountered their counterparts yet. “My apologies Drift, I don’t mean to confuse.” How to explain? Perceptor had offered an explanation about the existence of different universes once… “I’m not the best to explain this, but I’ll try… Have you ever heard of multiverses? Alternate timelines?”
“…no.” You’ll have to excuse him, Wing. He isn’t the most educated of mechs outside of his training.
Now this was unexpected. Definitely Drift, but a much different frame. Not from a universe like his, then. Still, it was Drift, and there was no keeping the warmth out of his voice as he greeted the mech. ”Hello Drift. Are you well?”
Drift eyed the strange mech that apparently knew him, frowning. He didn’t remember meeting this mech before, so instant suspicion. “Who the frag are you and how do you know my name?”
Well, that reaction wasn’t very surprising. “My name is Wing. As for how I know you… I know the version of you that lives in my universe. You’re very recognizable, Drift.” He couldn’t help grinning slightly, but refrained from chuckling, not wanting the mech to think he was mocking him.
That got a blank look, then Drift’s suspicious frown returned. “What are you talking about? I’m the only Drift there is, and I don’t know any Wing.”
Now this was unexpected. Definitely Drift, but a much different frame. Not from a universe like his, then. Still, it was Drift, and there was no keeping the warmth out of his voice as he greeted the mech. ”Hello Drift. Are you well?”
Drift eyed the strange mech that apparently knew him, frowning. He didn’t remember meeting this mech before, so instant suspicion. “Who the frag are you and how do you know my name?”
