Watching the War away

::…nah, you’re not too bad. You’re nice enough.::

<<Maybe by Decepticon standards.>>

yourethefoolnotme

Score one for the Decepticons. «Truuueee… But even Starscream has bad ideas sometimes. It seems more like him to make a little perfect army than it does to gather up other mecha to follow him. ‘Cause other people could disagree with him and attack, but if he makes what he wants then they can’t go against him. Know what I’m saying?»

«Sooooooooo it’s only a matter of time before Megatron comes back and beats down Screamer then for lying about his death, huh?» «Bummer.»

«Right. Everyone is a potential liar.» It’s the first rule of the Decepticons, Skywarp. How could you forget that?

<<Exactly. It's best to gather up information from several sources and cross check consistencies and reputation of the individual giving said information.>> She would know as that's apart of her job. Although it was supposed to be more listening to conversations than actually having them.

<<Surprisingly, I do know what you're saying. I'm impressed.>> No sarcasm included, a little patronizing though. Just a little. She'll have to make a record of the moment. Maybe partly because she hadn't thought of that herself. <<Starscream was never good with handling outside advice. Unless you were patient enough to make them believe they thought of it first of course.>>

She was not a patient woman.

<<Judging by our own Starscream's actions, Megatron's return and their fall may be unavoidable.>>

#yourethefoolnotme

windnreign

{{ Ah get that, though we don’t got nothin’ like that here. But groups that go out an’ torture, even kill ‘em? Ah get wantin’ ta bring down desertion rates, but… ain’t that sorta counter-productive? }} He barely understood the Divisions when they were explained to him, and it was very unlikely that he would get it any time soon.

It wasn’t just the memories Thundercracker was worried about losing, it was his very being. Although he wished to eventually drop the whole “pretend you’re an idiot to get noticed” act, he didn’t want to lose the mech he was underneath that along with it. Medics in general were frightening enough, but allowing a mneumosurgeon to poke around, whether it was with his permission or not, was enough to churn the bit of fuel left in his tanks.

{{ Ah remember. When Ah first took on my coding, Ah had someone all up in my processors fer quite awhile, just doin’ as they was directed. It’s… not somethin’ Ah wanna relive. }} While the threat had not been brought up recently, he was dreading the thought. He didn’t expect any Autobots to suggest the idea, as reformatting was sort of taboo amongst their ranks, but there was one mech he had a feeling would use it as a threat, and actually carry it out.

It was a reality he would have to face eventually, in one way or another.

{{ It’s sorta crazy how much Unicron was really able ta do, even if he was supposed ta just be a myth. Slag, that’s what we thought about Primus, too, but hey. Apparently my universe is weird like that. }}

He did mention that Primus had actually appeared, right?

{{ Well, as far as Ah know, there ain’t much ta keep secret aside from my location. Y’all know what Ah mean by that, so. }}

<<It's only counter-productive if our dropout rate was particularly high. The act itself keeps the number low by fear along with the other variables we've discussed.>> It was a balance of wanting to die by Autobots or by such extermination groups. War was hell but the Decepticons were crazy and well known for their acts of aggression. The Autobots were fluffy compared. Or at least that's how it seemed and that's what kept that number low.

<<I've had extensive work done on my frame and processors. I have a good idea of what you mean.>> She didn't used to have a fear of medics but here she was. Only bot she trusted with her insides now was herself. Even if she could only do a patch job and left a great number of flaws in. Easier to ignore problems than address fears. Not that she had an option of seeing capable medical personnel out here anyway.

That hole was partly hers to fill when she was transferred out here.

<<It makes sense that figures of legend would become largely disruptive after emerging. For multiple reasons.>> Surprise a large one. She's going to completely ignore the part about Primus though. Coping mechanism to dismiss the damage she had helped to Cybertron. Had to live with herself somehow.

<<It's not so much as discovering secrets and learning about this universal junction and the other plains I am unacquainted with.>>

#littleblueseeker

yourethefoolnotme

Because reasons.

«Yes. Yes I do.»

Zie’s heard crazy things and needs to gossip about them, and who better to gossip with than an ex-trinemate?

«Uhm… I don’t… But it seems kind of crazy to make that up, right? I mean, like, why would a Starscream say he has Megatron’s processor when he actually doesn’t? Seems like a good way to get yourself killed, yeah?» «…then again, Starscream never was any good at coming up with bright ideas, was he?»

«I know right? Like, how the frag do you go about breaking the source of life for Cybertron? Just— do you strap a bomb to it or something?!»

<<Exactly why it was likely a fabricated story. The Allspark is supposed to be indestructible by nature. Simply relocatable.>> Which is why their Decepticons lost it. <<Even if it was, it seems it would be a much better idea to hold unto those pieces and use it as a beacon to gather more troops rather than make them and alienate other bots. Starscream is nothing if not crafty.>>

<<Scheming and talking were their large points. I don't know what good fabricating Megatron's death would be but if there is any, Starscream has likely thought of it.>> Actually, she can think about twenty good reasons off the top of her head but she's not going to go through all of that.

<<Remember that all of the information you receive has a chance of being corrupted depending on the individual you talk to. Not everything is truth.>>

#yourethefoolnotme

::Mmm. Hope that’s all that’s rusty.::

::Now that you’re done makin’ fun of me, how are you?::

<<Fair to middling. I hope my teasing hasn't effected you too negatively.>>

lickety-split-splat

::Yeah. …Sorry?:: Even during the best of times, some things tended to fly over Lickety’s helm. Sarcasm was one of those things.

<<That was a joke.>> Her face is having a nice date with the palm of her hand.

#licketysplitsplat

:: =( That’s mean.::

<<My social etiquette must have become rusty from years of no use.>>

::….you’re makin’ fun of me, aren’t you.::

<<Eh. Only a little.>>

#ooc #[Girl always ends up making me feel like a giant dickle sometimes. Way to go TC]

[ooc]

::…..what?::

#maverickofmayhem #[i'm sorry]

Okay. She'll stop. <<I'm sorry. Is the voluminosity of my elocution perplexing your ratiocination?>> Okay. Now she'll stop.

::…obst- what?::

<<Perfectly precocious.>>

yourethefoolnotme

«GET THIS.»

«SO I MET A STARSCREAM WHO IS NOT ONLY LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS, BUT HE KILLED MEGATRON. LIKE, FOR REALS, HE KILLED THE BIG GUY. TOOK OUT HIS PROCESSOR AND HIS SPARK AND EVERYTHING. I EVEN GOT TO SEE A PICTURE OF HIS PROCESSOR. IT WAS COOL BUT KIND OF GROSS BUT MOSTLY COOL.»

«AND THEN I MET A DUDE - I DIDN’T GET HIS NAME, DOESN’T MATTER - WHO SAYS ANOTHER STARSCREAM TOOK BROKEN ALLSPARK SHARDS AND MADE HIMSELF A CLONE ARMY. THIS IS WAY LESS COOL THAN THE OTHER ONE THOUGH BECAUSE WHO THE FRAG BREAKS THE ALLSPARK JUST TO MAKE A CLONE ARMY?! THE IDIOT DOOMED US— THEM ALL! THEY’RE ALL GONNA DIE CAUSE THAT IDIOT WANTED AN ARMY!»

«CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?»