Reprogramming: Necessary.

[sonicundulation]

Characters: G1 Soundwave, SG Ravage
Content: Soundwave calls for friends and contemplates what to do with his odd kitty.
Location: East Iacon
Time of day: Early evening
Warnings: None yet.
Status: (Active/Finished?) Active.

Comments

[derpcat]

Soundwave felt funny. Oh, it felt so very nice to be tucked away again, close to his creator, but... but Soundwave felt funny. Like they weren't quite syncing.

Maybe he'd been hurt! When Slag had fallen and let out that bellow and last gout of flame, maybe Soundwave had been hurt trying to save him! Oh, that would be no good! No good at ALL! But he can't check on Soundwave until the cassette player allows him to eject, and Ravage, as much as he would like to pester to be let loose, doesn't know if it was safe enough to do that yet.

Right before he had just about talked himself into asking, anyway, Soundwave gave the order Ravage had been waiting for.

// OKAY! // he chirruped, flinging himself out of the deck and transforming so that he could land near Soundwave's feet and rub against him, purring up a storm. // Oh it's so GOOD to see you! It was SCARY without you! Can you see me? I MISSED you! //

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There was a processor ache coming on already, Soundwave could feel it. Ravage was just... unimaginably not himself.

Soundwave knelt by his underling, resting a hand on the feline's head. He knew Ravage enjoyed physical contact from time to time, but he had never been so demanding or vocal about it.

"Affirmative. You were missed as well," he stated, trying his hardest to get the white cat to calm down. "Ravage, at ease."

This... wasn't going to be easy.

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Ooooo! Pettings! Ravage intensified his purring, leaning into that hand upon his head, nearly turning himself inside out to rub himself back and forth under it. His amber optics were half-closed with pleasure, and his tail was nearly trembling with happiness.

At ease? Hm. That was... kinda a weird thing for Soundwave to say, but... Ravage supposed he could give that a try. Maybe.

// Okay, Soundwave. Sure! // he chirrups happily, turning about sharply one last time before sitting, curling his tail around his feet, and staring up at Soundwave with a look of utter adoration. // Hey, did you get a new paint job? It's a lot darker than it used to be. What does Megatron think about it? Is Megatron here? Have you seen anyone else yet? I only saw some Autobots, except they were... weird! Like, they seemed like pretty nice guys! I was totally weirded out by that! //

At ease didn't mean keeping quiet, after all.

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"Negative. Unsure. Negative," Soundwave responded to the questions as they were rattled, increasingly more and more perplexed by his companion's incessant need to vocalize. Ravage had always been the silent type before. Yes, he could communicate as others did, but had preferred to keep to himself. Whoever had done this was going to pay dearly.

"Ravage, calm yourself," he ordered, trying once more. He moved his hands to either side of the cassette's head, fingertips just barely touching the metal plating of the feline. First thing was first: Identify the problem.

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Calm himself? That was... a really weird thing for Soundwave to say. // I... am calm? // Soundwave was acting weird. Really weird. All quiet and stiff and now, asking Ravage to calm down when he already was? (He wasn't leaping off of buildings and flinging himself bout like a rabid spring on crack, after all)

That... had kinda hurt, actually. Ravage's optics widened, the accusatory expression upon his feline features could not have been more damning if Soundwave had yanked his tail.

// What's wrong, boss? You're being weird. Why are yo being so quiet? What are you doing? Did I do something wrong? I didn't mean to, whatever it was. I know I didn't get much stuff from the Autobots, but.. but I don't think they're the right Autobots. They didn't try to shoot me, or anything. They were nice, and even gave me pettings, even if that did feel kinda odd. I mean, who wouldda thought that an Autobot could be nice? I mean, even Optimus Prime was nice! He didn't try to stomp on me, or anything, and you should have seen all their faces when I

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Soundwave was forced to pause at Ravage's comments on Autobot habits. "... Repeat?" He asked after a moment, wondering if his audios were faulty and glitching. Why on Cybertron would Ravage think Autobots were supposed to drink the fuel of their enemies? As far as Soundwave was aware, there were very few bots that would even consider something like that, and none of them were on the Autobots.

Much to his relief, Megatron's familiar and welcome voice lit up his communicator.

//Condition: functional and unharmed,\\ he reported to his leader while keeping half of his attention on his ill companion. //We will come to you.\\

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// Repeat what, boss? \\ Ravage asks, tilting his head. // That Optimus was nice and never tried to hurt me? It's true! I swear! Hey, was that Megatron? He's here? Really for really? Are we going to go find him? Because that would be really good! \\

He's trying very hard to keep staying still, just like Soundwave asked, but... it's tough, and his tail is starting to lash with excitement.