Part 4. Octave
Earth. Between Chapter 1 and 2 of Pursuit.

"She is the heart that strikes a whole octave. After her all songs are possible."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

Barricade watched Mikaela Banes sleep. She sighed, and Inched closer to where she was curled against his side, pressing herself against warm metal. He had not realized humans moved so much as they slept. Cybertronian's did not, otherwise he would have feared squishing her during recharge. Mikaela moved in her sleep. She was always moving. Always, and he could watch her for hours.

For the first time in vorns he felt like composing. The notes welling through his processor already. Each note and octave. Each pause and refrain was an echo of the girl lying beside him. She had became his muse, and more. The very air around him. The energon running through his system. She was heart. Home. She just was, and he was thankful for that.

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Part 5. Lies.
Cybertron. Pre-War. Rule of Optimus Prime.

"...if you love enough, you'll lie a lot"
~Tori Amos

Optimus snaked a possessive hand around Elita's willowy frame and promptly lied to his brother. Of course Elita and he knew each other. They were off on a date. It wasn't until that moment that Optimus Prime found that he was excellent at creating falsehoods. He made them believable. And sometimes they even became truth. He did end up loving Elita very much. As a result more lies followed...

Optimus Prime watched his brother interact with the seeker and forced a smile on his face, pushed the jealousy away. "I'm happy for you both. I'm glad you have found someone."

"I'm glad you've found someone to bond with, Megatron."

"No, brother, I don't mind that you spend so much time with my son."

"No. I don't want to discuss it any longer. You have Starscream. I'm not jealous."

"It isn't as if I love you like that."

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Part 6. Trine.

"There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving."
~Aldous Huxley

New Vos was very much interesting to Arcturus. He had never been near so many seekers. Truth told he had only been allowed to be near any seekers but his creator, Thundercracker and Skywarp. His elder siblings. The red and black seeker sat back content to watch things enfold in his new home. He particularly kept his optics on one young seeker. Galaxyreaver, one of the New Vosians had told him. Arcturus found the blue and purple seeker quite...interesting. He doubted Megaera would. She just wasn't interested in anyone but Arcturus, but if he wanted the other seeker in their trine she would indulge him.

The more he watched the more he thought that Galaxyreaver would be the right choice. A smile graced his face. He hoped Meg wouldn't be too irritated about it. She was possessive after all.