[He's sitting on his 'chair' in the Hollow's empty throne-room...looking more scuffed than normal. From the small energon stains, the dust, and the smirk on his face...it might be obvious he just came from the Arena. It definitely looks as if he won.Soundwave and Ratchet both disappeared for three days: I have the evidence of their absence, right
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Pretty brazen of you to just come out over the network like that. Guess I shouldn't be surprised, though.
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[He laughs.]
Perhaps someone should put a tracer in me beforehand, hmm? That will make me easier to find than you were.
[Since he couldn't find you at all.]
Tell me, do you know what was even done to you, yet?
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I know very well what was done to me. I assume Soundwave filled you in.
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I am not pleased with this arrangement, but...I cannot imagine that you are, either.
Tell me, what happens if the two of you are in the same room?
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It echoes a little, but the sensory feedback isn't as bad. How'd you get proof we were missing?
[Because that's what he REALLY wants to know. The information would be invaluable combined with everything else and obviously Magnum knows it too. It was just a matter of who was going to let the other have the ball in their court, so to speak.]
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[Oh, the grin is positively feral.] You could give Starscream a makeover. We could watch old vids. It is only too bad that Optimus Prime destroyed the footage from the Tyran cluster...because that was fascinating to see. I particularly liked the part where Ironhide threatened to shoot an innocent canine.
[Granted, it had looked like an over-sized rodent, he couldn't blame the mech entirely.]
Did Wheeljack not tell you? He was incredibly forthcoming with information related to your disappearance. It seemed he was rather attached, if I might be so bold.
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[The rest of it, though-- oh, that can't go without comment.]
He's an Autobot and a friend. Of course he's attached. Mentioning it must have slipped his mind around all the other slag happening.
[Everyone had been freaking out for a while there and he trusted Wheeljack. He refused to let Magnum think he could get him to doubt that.]
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[His voice drops, softer. Serious, and he vents a sigh.]
But. 'Friends' are what is needed, right now. We are not accomplishing anything on our own. It took an alliance in order to get even this much information.
If we're to take preventative measures, it is going to take more.
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Are you really going to talk to me about friendship and alliances while you're busy extorting Skyfire for the same things?
Try again.
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Extorting Skyfire? No.
My intention was to extort Starscream. I'd not actually expected anyone to jump to his rescue...consider it a point I'd been wanting to prove that went awry.
Skyfire happened to offer me something I couldn't refuse. I will take him up on it...
...unless you have a better offer?
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Ah . . . y-yeah, about that. [sighs] I did make that device he's got, the first one he indicated. I couldn't find ya, an' he offered Soundwave's frequency data if someone could build 'im somethin' ta help find Soundwave by it. I thought if I could find Soundwave, it'd lead me ta you...
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