I've been adjusting to having Wingblade in my life. Skywarp and I
took her for a flying lesson. She's eager to learn and very energetic - I've got a feeling that keeping an optic on her won't get boring. She had me worried when she found her way to
Kalis.
We had a happy time when I
took her to meet Waspinator and Terrorsaur.
Met
another Decepticon from Snowcat's universe. His name is Shockblast.
Came across
a fleshie from a universe where humans collect toy Decepticons. He wanted to take me home with him. I declined. Saw Shockblast again on that occasion. I still don't like the way he looks at me.
I've also seen more of Quint. He
came to me after he had a fight with Leader-1. (He was staying with Leader-1 because he
can't go home.) I wasn't too surprised that there would be trouble -
one time I met him before, he was going on about how "all Decepticons are bad". :| The
last time I saw him, he didn't insult me, though.
Speaking of xenomecha, there are more of Quint's kind in the Nexus, including many alternate universe doubles - even another Quint. The Quint I know
didn't take it too well at first. When I came to
give him advice, I walked into a hubbub. A woman threw a fireball to get the others to back off and I ended up
arguing with a guy who reminded me of Ratbat. (I met the fireball thrower again
later.)
On a sadder note, Quint's been worried about
losing his brothers. Not just worried - knowing they're going to die. (I met them once before under -
somewhat strange circumstances. I gave Ballade the ride of a lifetime... And now he might never wake up again.)
Someone made the mistake of mouthing off to him while he was in that mood, and he went blank. He fights very well while he's in that state. I shot him to keep him from killing Punk - I knew how he would have felt if he had. I think he understood that -
he wasn't angry at me at all. But we still don't know what to do for Ballade. :(
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Seeing him like this, with the fear, the knowledge, the pain of losing his family... I've been thinking of Wingblade. If the universe she's from is like the one I know, Skywarp and Thundercracker will get reformatted in the(ir) future. The thought of her losing her family...
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