Therepy bonding tiem! [closed, in-progress]
WHO: Starscream loltraitorlol, Shockwave, notsoloyal
WHERE: Deceptibase
WHEN: During the whole LOL BAD GUYS ARE NICE AND DERPY Event. Thx troy.
WARNINGS: Derp
SUMMARY: STARSCREAM AND SHOCKWAVE TALK ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS. This will come back to haunt them.
FORMAT: Quicklog
( Dare think me aloof, but know, I'm not alone. )
WHERE: Deceptibase
WHEN: During the whole LOL BAD GUYS ARE NICE AND DERPY Event. Thx troy.
WARNINGS: Derp
SUMMARY: STARSCREAM AND SHOCKWAVE TALK ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS. This will come back to haunt them.
FORMAT: Quicklog
( Dare think me aloof, but know, I'm not alone. )
[Is currently sitting at the counter. Small wave.]
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[sits down]
... so.
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... is there something hot to drink? I think I actually am in the mood for tea for once.
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The tea should be ready in a few more minutes.
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So...
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How do I even start? I mean...
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I am certain you will decide what you wish to mention as you go along.
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I'm truly happy with Skyfire. Which is... it's great, it's wonderful, really...
[okay sure they never have sex, but hey, frankly? Organic interface squicks Starscream.]
... but I worry. I mean...
Shockwave, what are we even doing, as Decepticons? I'm so worried that I'm not really leading us in the right direction. I feel like I can't be as ruthless as I should be, and I worry that I'm... compromised. And I mean, I worry anyway that I'm not a good leader.
... so basically, about your question as to whether or not it's worth it... I don't know. I get a wonderful sense of fuffilment from being with Sky, from talking to him, but...
But we're no closer to our goal of returning home. I'm no closer to my goal of being a great leader, or at least, I don't feel like I am. And that's all I really want, you know...
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[Nods, quietly thinking it over.]
I do not think you are compromised. To be honest, I cannot say you are the best leader, but you are trying. That is important ( ... )
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[stares. Just. listens quietly and can't quite believe what he's hearing]
[nods in agreement about financial domination, and about not being ruthless. And about not being Megatron.]
Yes... yes, you're completely right, I -
[... won't. wibble. WIBBLES. A LITTLE. MAYBE.]
...
Shockwave.
[smiles. oh man smiles.]
Thank you.
May I give you a hug.
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[D'awwwww wibbling. Blinks at the hug request. Not so much at the smile. That oddly, does not seem to bother him right now.]
Oh. Okay.
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... you're probably right, you know.
[sighs, and has some tea]
So... what about you?
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Hm. What about me?
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How do you make relationships work?
It was not exactly something I could ask the network, as no one really knows me. But with the entire lack of logic, emotional aspects of it-- Not that I am in a relationship, or at least I do not think it would be classified as one. Perhaps it is.
Hn. Just. How do you make them work?
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I don't claim to be an expert. I've fragged things up with Skyfire more times than I can count. And not just Skyfire... about everyone I've ever tried with. Back in the Academy, during the war, eventually I gave up.
... but I think things are working now, so...
The first thing is trust. You have to trust your partner, and they have to trust you. And you have to be honest, as much as you can be. That's... where I usually fail. But I do trust Skyfire, more than I trust anyone else in the universe. I know he'd never...
He'd never betray me unless I did so first.
The second is compromise. There's going to be things you don't agree on, and each side has to agree to disagree. Skyfire knows what I do. And I know that he wants no part of it. So we agreed that we weren't going to interfere. And there's little things, too - Sky doesn't eat meat, I do, but I deal with vegetarian food when I go to visit him. [shrugs] It's give-and-take ( ... )
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