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"So… what's this we're watching again?"

Blaster was looking intently at the TV that was blasting out some kind of music and showing a jumble of shots of a human running around, fiddling with stuff and jumping away from explosions.

"I told you, it's called television. It's kind of like holoshows back home, but of course a lot less advanced. Anyway, it's mainly used for entertainment, although sometimes they show newscasts as well, and some other stuff." Mirage looked up from the datapad he was reading and glanced at the TV screen. "Although I have no idea what this stuff is. Looks like a new show. MacGyver… haven't heard of it before."

"Hmm." Blaster said. "So this is entertainment here then?"

"Mm-hm." Mirage said distractedly, leaning back in the sofa and returning to his datapad, tuning out the theme music from the TV. He'd never been particularly interested in human entertainment, which he considered far inferior to what had been produced on Cybertron before the war, and if he understood things right even humans thought that most of the stuff on television was junk. Why they still watched it was beyond him. He could, however, see how a mech like Blaster, who always craved something new and flashy, would be intrigued by it. Especially since Blaster had only been awake on Earth for about four days, ever since they had excavated part of the Ark that had collapsed in the crash and found several of their comrades there, still in stasis. Having been revived and endowed with an Earth alt form he now spent most of his free time taking in Earth's different forms of entertainment.

Everything was quiet in the lounge for a while, except for the sounds from the TV set. Most 'bots were on duty or preferring to spend time elsewhere, so Blaster and Mirage where almost alone in the room, except for a few minibots sitting at a table on the other side of the room, chatting animatedly about something.

"Now that was pretty cool", Blaster suddenly said. Mirage looked up from his datapad, contemplating for a moment if he should ask and risk a long explanation. Curiosity got the better of him.

"What?" he said.

"This MacGyver guy just used a paperclip to defuse a nuclear warhead. Now, that's what I call inventive!"

"A paperclip? How is that possible?" Mirage said, somewhat misbelieving.

"Ah, he managed to short-circuit the timing device, ya know, un-bending that little thing and using it on the wires. He's pretty smart this guy, for a human."

"Short-circuiting with a paperclip… now that's a new idea. Don't tell Red about it or he'll confiscate all paperclips as potential weapons. Imagine getting short-circuited by stationery." Mirage chuckled softly.

"Hmm", Blaster said, looking thoughtful, a small smile on his face. "It's not too bad…"

Mirage whipped his head around, staring at the larger 'bot next to him.

"What? That has happened to you?"

Blaster snapped out of his reverie, grinning at Mirage.

"Yup."

"You got short-circuited by a paperclip?"

"Well it wasn't a paperclip, it was a short piece of wire, but the principle was the same, so, yup."

"How?"

"Eh, just poked it into a circuit. Easy."

"Why?" Mirage asked, totally bewildered.

Blaster leveled him with a look.

"Because it's good, that's why. You can do it to others too, or have them do it to you. Oh man, was that a night to remember…" He started to drift off, remembering a time long ago, back on Cybertron. Mirage coughed.

"You mean you got off by short-circuiting yourself? But… isn't that dangerous?"

"Yeah, so? Danger just adds to the pleasure, babe."

Mirage leaned back in the sofa.

"Wow", he finally said. "So… you just place it… where?"

"Well, it's better the closer you get to the spark, but also more dangerous. You have to find a nice balance. Why, you thinking of testing?" Blaster said with a lewd grin.

"What, me? No!" Mirage protested.

They sat in silence for a while, watching MacGyver make a rocket of a flare gun, plug a sulfuric acid leak with chocolate and make a bomb from gelatin and sodium. The show ended and Blaster changed to another channel, this one showing a tennis tournament. He watched the game for a few minutes before apparently deciding it was boring and he started to flip through the channels.

"So…" Mirage finally said. "You know where to get hold of a paperclip?"

A/N: Yes, that is the pilot episode of MacGyver they're watching, which aired September 29 1985, four days after the first airing of Dinobot Island, the episode where Blaster first shows up. Yes, I do silly research. :-P