To Woo a Datsun
Transformers (G1) Verse
Rating: PG
Characters: Jazz, Prowl
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers or anything to do with them.
Thanks for rubbing it in.
Attempt #1 – Words Make the Mech…unless another mech makes said words trivial.
Words had always been a strong point for the saboteur. With the smooth and liquid quality of his voice and his ability to think on his pedes, Jazz had the natural charisma to charm femmes and mechs alike and he knew it. This he had used entirely to his advantage over his lifetime, as just another weapon in his extensive arsenal for both courting and espionage. One might say he was a "pro" at it as well.
Prowl was definitely no slouch when it came to wordplay either. Although things of a sensual nature were a big unknown for him (apparently), he really could be quite witty and charming in his responses. Thus, the hapless second unknowingly opened the door for Jazz's advances.
He tried casual wordplay at first—cleverly wrapping innuendos with standard conversational statements when addressing the object of his desire—in an attempt to get a telling reaction out of the logic bot. Jazz watched with rapt interest as he fed one of his many patented, never-fail one-liners to Prowl, only for the mech to respond by delicately raising an optic ridge in confusion before directing their conversation towards something less convoluted and more "logical." It only took a grand total of two more times of this happening for Jazz to decide that a change of tactics was in order. He could be called many things, but never 'dull' or 'dim.'
Even after giving up on seducing the stoic tactician by words, Jazz came to realize how much he truly enjoyed the dry humor that was almost a constant repertoire between them. Something that ironically (and sadly to the rest of the Ark crew) only increased the tactician's overall appeal to Jazz. Hound and Mirage had outright called him 'insane' after they overheard Jazz intentionally baiting Prowl into a light-sparked argument over the intrinsic value of aluminum foil to humanity.
Regardless, with that route 'foiled,' Jazz decided to try something more in Prowl's comfort zone.