((Thanks for the reviews everyone. They're like chicken soup for the writer's soul... hey, isn't that a book? :3
I will try to do at least one of these a day if possible... it shouldn't be too hard. I hope. I'm getting lazy again... ^^
Taurucis does not own TF, stop poking her with pointy sticks.))
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Drinking Energon
A very outlandish question wandered across Optimus Prime's CPU late one night.
He wondered why Energon was almost always stored in cubes.
There must be a reason why humans do not create cube-shaped drinking vessels, he mused as he swirled the purplish-pink substance around in its cube. Cubes aren't the easiest shape to drink out of.
As he took a sip, his reasoning was affirmed soon enough.
Especially when they're this size. He wiped away a stray trickle of Energon running down his chin. Maybe it has to do with easy storage, or convenience.
But still, he couldn't help but think about variants on Energon cubes. Spherical containers, conical containers, hexagonal containers...
Suddenly, he blinked, sitting up a little straighter behind his cluttered desk, and asked himself why he was thinking about the shape of the containers that Energon came in.
They can be frustrating sometimes, but they're still important no matter what, he told himself. Nonetheless, they're good at what they're meant to do, and what shape they come in doesn't affect things much
And the stuff inside them is always good, he concluded as he drained the remaining Energon in a single gulp.
As he tidied up his office for the night, he couldn't help but notice the odd similarities between an Energon cube and his Autobot crewmates.
They could be frustrating and even outright irritating at times, but that didn't make them any less important.
They were good at their tasks.
No one made a huge fuss about what their crewmates looked like. Well, except for Sunstreaker, maybe...
But it was what lay within their exteriors that really mattered.
As the human saying goes... Optimus smiled to himself, closing the door behind him as he left. It's not the outside that matters, it's what's inside.
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((I don't know why, but while I was writing this, I kept thinking of the G1 episode where Megatron and his homeboys got wasted on Energon. While I was watching that clip I thought "WHAT?! How do they drink it without spilling? Those cubes are about twice as wide as their heads!"
Anyway, I'm not exactly sure how I made a mindless drabble about the shape of Energon cubes into something about friendship. And I can't help but think that if the ending was any fuzzier, it would pass for a blanket...))