WHO: Barricade, Blackout
WHERE: Zone 4-ish
WHAT: Barricade feels the need to figure out why Blackout's alive/bring him up to speed on Axiom happenings...at least, from a Tyran Decepticon point of view.
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come on man, you can't be real I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build )
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The area he had chosen was out of the way, with more than enough room for Blackout to land and transform, but still with enough cover to avoid any other aerial units from eavesdropping. Barricade's scanners kept an 'eye' out to ensure that any ground units were well far away.
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His rotors gave an uncertain rattle as they settled against his back, but his expression was impassive as ever as he turned to face Barricade. "You have information for me?" he asked, Small talk? The word's not in Blackout's vocabulary banks.
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"What have you discovered, so far?" The better he knew so he wouldn't linger on information Blackout already knew.
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He went quite for a moment, then elaborated a point that no doubt Blackout would raise anyway. "There are Megatrons here - not ours. From other worlds and wars. And other Primes as well...and over five different versions of Starscream, if I recall correctly."
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His rotors rattled again, though his didn't move otherwise. "Five Starscreams?" he hissed. "That I didn't know."
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He changed the subject back to the alternate. "What do you think of the Megatron here?"
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He was silent for a moment, contemplating his impression of the mech he'd agreed to assist. "He reminds me of our Lord," he said finally, the words considered, "as he was in the early days of the war. Motivated, but not overzealous."
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And that was the most he would speak of him for now.
"He is...young," Barricade said slowly, considering his own words as he studied Blackout. "Inexperienced. Even as Lord Protector, Megatron knew what it took to lead an army; I have the feeling that 'Magnum', as he goes by, does not understand half as much."
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What it had certainly been enough for was to charm Blackout, although he kept that to himself.
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Barricade was silent again, as he considered his next words. Blackout had met Megatron slash Magnum...gotten his own impressions...
"...I have agreed to follow him, for now. Have you?"
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He glanced away, considering elaborating further, and decided that there was little reason to conceal from Barricade the information that; "He's also offered me lodging, until I manage to acquire my own."
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Especially with the Autobots far from friendly towards him.
"There are a number of Autobots from here; from our own dimension, I have confirmed Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Arcee."
The fact that they were outnumbered went unsaid, but was as clear as anything else.
"...to say nothing of the humans that have come with them."
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He vented air from secondary cooling ducts low under his rotors in a derisive snort. "It's not the pets that concern me," he muttered.
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"And perhaps they should concern you, Blackout; as my memory stands, one was responsible for your own death. I would rather not such a history repeat itself."
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