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Greetings.
Any still-effected Decepticons are welcome to obtain samples of counter-virus. I may be amenable to providing samples to other effected beings for a price--if they even wish to be cured.
Also, as you may have noticed, my project is finished. If there are any still interested in an...ah...expedited visa, please apply within ( Read more... )
Any still-effected Decepticons are welcome to obtain samples of counter-virus. I may be amenable to providing samples to other effected beings for a price--if they even wish to be cured.
Also, as you may have noticed, my project is finished. If there are any still interested in an...ah...expedited visa, please apply within ( Read more... )
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[And you are atrocious with stolen swords, fyi.]
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[He tilts his head.]
Uses?
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Mmm. Yes. I never got to thank you for returning me to my proper state of mind.
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...but you do have a point. For this battle, it would not be optimum. If going up against two Primes...there should be two Megatrons, should there not?
[He chuckled....which faded, instantly, at the final line.]
Don't. You weren't meant to have been infected in the first place.
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Oh-ho! And how interesting that might be to see. I'll surely attend to cheer for you, Magnum.
[Awkward pause.]
Yes it was. [He quells the urge to throw something.] My mistake.
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[Okay, that does get a grin out of him.] But your adulation would be appreciated.
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[He...quiets.]
Are you alright?
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Mmm, yes [He chuckles.] should I make a flag? 'Magnum is Number One'? [He's joking, of course.]
I... I am alright. Just. Being that way. So weak and passive, it was...
Disturbing. In time I'm sure I will distance myself from it proper.
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Or a fight to the death.
[He actually isn't sure which would be more enjoyable to see.]
There...used to be flags, actually. [It was something about the old arena that he missed.] But don't feel compelled to strain yourself.
[He shudders.]
It was not you. No Decepticon should have to live through that.
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Really now? Actual flags? What a novel thought.
[A beat.]
Yes. I agree- it took an important piece away from me. Sucked my ambition. I can only remember it as a feeling of dampened, diluted emptiness. [As opposed to the rabid, greedy kind of emptiness.]
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Yes. Flags. And paint kits. And Holovids. And there were small-sized likenesses for collectors.
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The Arenas were meant to make money off the deaths of mechs, and especially off the ones who refused to roll over and kick it.
[He considers this, however, very intently, optics resting directly on Starscream's over the video.]
Perhaps you can answer a question for me. I am...curious....if you found yourself acting oppositely on existing feelings, or acting oppositely on opposite feelings?
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... Tiny models? How amusing! I should have liked to see such things! Mechs who refuse to accept death as a sell point? Hah, perhaps I should take part in a fight there ( ... )
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[He huffs a chuckle.] You'd probably enjoy the roar of the crowds chanting your name, Starscream. Not every Arena match requires brute strength--the best fighters combine remarkable skill with elegant showmanship....
[That is a difficult subject to tackle when something sort of deep is transpiring, however, and he quiets.]
It was...almost randomized, then. Some parts of you were still you...you just acted differently on them?
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Yes... it was as if I had made different choices- been programmed differently. It was strange. I do not enjoy thinking about it.
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[There's almost a purr behind the words.]
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Think on it no more, then. You have answered my question.
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I will then, after my shift...
My thanks to you, Magnum.
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