Are there any self help books for clones? [Video]

[endless_avarice]

[The camera shows Dirge with an unfamiliar expression...contrition? It seems to weird him out as much as it probably does the viewer

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[sound_loyal]

[He's still not sounding like his proper, emotionless self. :< He is upset about Magnum.]

Why?

[endless_avarice]

I need to get my title back. And I....want to be better. So that I can keep it.

Starscream said I could learn to be whole.

[sound_loyal]

Your title was rightfully stripped.

You are not capable of overriding your base programming. Teaching will not remedy this fact.

[endless_avarice]

Was it? What did Magnum say- for failing to keep Ironhide dead and away from him? [Growl] Well, you've failed at protecting him too.

....You really don't think I could do it? [Now that's...depressing. For some reason he thought Soundwave would have been a good choice for help.]

Or is it you can't teach me because you can't even fix your own emotions?

[sound_loyal]

[ . . . ]

You are in no position to judge my actions. [His tone gets more heated, vocals crackling, not entirely capable of inflecting the level of emotion he's feeling at the moment.]

I do not require "fixing." I will purge the extraneous data and return to proper functionality.

I will return Magnum to his proper state, he will lead the Decepticons, and you will remain a simple copy, incapable of progressing beyond a single-faceted, pre-programmed personality. Your efforts are meaningless.

[endless_avarice]

You've said that before and you haven't done it any more than I've succeeded in becoming balanced.

[Ouch, and Soundwave knows just what to say to hit him the hardest]

I am not just a copy! I'm Dirge! I refuse to be stuck like this! Nothing of mine is meaningless- everything I have is valuable!

I hope all of your problems just get worse! [Snarl] Then you'll be the one stuck with overwhelming emotions and Magnum will get rid of you.

[sound_loyal]

Correct. You are not a copy - You are a clone. You are a re-coloured fragment of the original. You possess only a part of a personality and no Spark of your own. You have proven unable to move beyond the urge to possess.

Your "hope" is irrelevant. Magnum will not abandon me!

At least I'm not a black recolor? ....actually that might have been better.

[endless_avarice]

[His wings droop, but only for a moment]

...I won't give up! Nothing stops me from getting what I want! I will find a way, without or without your help.

I may be just a clone, but something very precious of yours will always belong to me and not to Magnum. Something I know you wanted him to have.

... :|a Which clone would the black recolour be?

[sound_loyal]

Probability is minimal.

... What do you possess? I do not belong to you, nor does my loyalty.

STARSCREAM'S BLACKENED SOULLLLL

[endless_avarice]

[Smirk] You've forgotten already? Well, if you're so eager to experience embarrassment again...

Your first kiss.

fffffffffff

[sound_loyal]

Irrelevant.

Physical contact is meaningless. I had not intended to "save" anything.

Or maybe his inability to cook without burning things?

[endless_avarice]

Don't lie! I know very well that you intended to give the honor to your Lord Megatron. I know more about emotions than you- don't even pretend to understand things like that!

This is my clone, "Crispyfried"?

[sound_loyal]

You do not understand my internal functions. Do not pretend you are so capable.

[Soundwave is just seething, at this point. How many mechs are going to flaunt their understanding at him about this? He can understand how pointless emotional programming is, and how much it's holding him back.]

I have no reason to lie. I am superior to you!

PFFFTT

[endless_avarice]

Oh, perhaps if you'd only expressed your feelings to him you might have been able to serve him emotionally as well as physically! How sad.

Superior? Not in this arena. Passion is my domain. You're not even a contender.

[sound_loyal]

Silence!

[endless_avarice]

[Smirk]