A Return to Normalcy at Last
[Here Nexus, have an entirely pissed off Malgian Decepticon Leader, glaring promised death and violence to all those that choose to glance at their communicator. If one looks closely enough they will see multiple dents, scrapes, and general wear and tear on his frame from a recent battle
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...did you at least enjoy it?
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[Optics slowly dimming back down to their normal sultry glow.]
Yes, we shall.
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I shall, as stated, leave mechs from your universe to you, with the exception of those already in my service--who are welcome to return to you if they wish it.
[Granted, it would be a moot point when he left to return home, but...]
Was there anything else on your end?
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Yes... about this 'Portal' you've been surely meaning to bring up in idle conversation... I wish to be a part of it. A close part.
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I want information on Starscream, in return.
Oh, and I want to borrow your cannon.
[He doesn't expect the second one to work, but he still hates Nemesis...]
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Borrow my fusion cannon, Magnum? Why, you might wish to check your processor for glitches, unless you happen to wish for a Decepticon Warlord still very much attached to said cannon.
...But all things considered, I believe there are quite a few things you would wish to know of your new, dear Air Commander.
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And I did not say you had to be separate from the deal.
[He laughs.]
...such as the fact that he will eventually betray me?
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[His own chuckle joins, sultry and rich.]
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However, I hardly think that only partial information about a single individual is worth complete access to the most powerful transtech device in the Nexus.
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Was there... anything else you particularly seek?
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Yes.
Or, you can...take care of a little problem for me.
Have you heard of Nemesis Prime?
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Mm... yes, the name rings a certain bell.
[There is a pause, then he leers straight through the communicator, staring hard right into Magnum's optics.]
Though do not believe me a fool to think he is so easily taken care of. If you need him disposed of, it will be a joint effort or none at all.
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You will need to bring your own energon for using it--40 standard cubes per run.
[That isn't his price--that is...actually how much energy it takes--Energon enough to fuel a mech for months.]
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[As far as the energon... that would take a bit of work to acquire.]
[Still, he nods.]
Very well. Though I am curious.... what you could possibly see in my Starscream that I have not in the past. He is a curious creature, as I'm sure you've seen... but he has flaws like the rest of them.
[Take that as the Megatron's way of saying 'You're in for a wild ride, but no takebacks, he's yours to deal with'.]
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Two Gigarams of useful data, I will add. I do not have the patience for that which is horribly out of date or inconsequential.
[The...query surprised him, though....enough that he actually entertained giving this Megatron the real answer.]
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He was trained by you.
[And...that...was it, really. Magnus was a Megatron that he trusted to be as cunning as he, himself, was, but also by the same token was a Megatron completely unlike himself. One that hadn't made the same mistakes his future copy had.]
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Surely you must have seen something in him, once?
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Before he was lost in his own blinding attempts of becoming the 'Supreme Air Commander'? Of course, once. Were he capable of pulling his helm out of his own exhaust port he likely would have become a rather lethal weapon within my ranks. But that was not to be.
Your first meeting with him... I trust he was rather... exuberant?
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