Are there any self help books for clones? [Video]

[endless_avarice]

[The camera shows Dirge with an unfamiliar expression...contrition? It seems to weird him out as much as it probably does the viewer

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[houndofmegatron]

[...Well. This is suspicious, and the closed-mandibled, narrow-opticed expression on Blackout's face makes it clear that he's not taking you at your word, Dirge.]

Hn. Why the sudden interest, jet? Didn't you already take care of your inadequacies?

[Yyyeah, guess who doesn't know yet that you've lost your spark.]

[endless_avarice]

[Probably a good idea in general not to trust Dirge]

I... [grimace] ...lost it.

When I died. [Which you were pointedly unsympathetic about]

[houndofmegatron]

[After all the noise you make about being able to come back from the dead? I hope you weren't expecting a medal.]

Heh. You? Lost something? I'm shocked.

[endless_avarice]

[Maybe that wasn't the best idea in hindsight....]

Yes. Something very important to me. And it is not. Funny. At. All.

It was going to make me whole.

[Glare] I wasn't aware you liked me like this better.

[aircommanderp]

Interesting to see you're attempting to learn.

[endless_avarice]

I want my title back.

[Looks away] And you said it was possible.

So maybe it is.

[aircommanderp]

Well. You're not getting your title back. It was never yours to begin with.

[endless_avarice]

I am and it was! Magnum gave it to me!

[sound_loyal]

[He's still not sounding like his proper, emotionless self. :< He is upset about Magnum.]

Why?

[endless_avarice]

I need to get my title back. And I....want to be better. So that I can keep it.

Starscream said I could learn to be whole.

[sound_loyal]

Your title was rightfully stripped.

You are not capable of overriding your base programming. Teaching will not remedy this fact.

[endless_avarice]

Was it? What did Magnum say- for failing to keep Ironhide dead and away from him? [Growl] Well, you've failed at protecting him too.

....You really don't think I could do it? [Now that's...depressing. For some reason he thought Soundwave would have been a good choice for help.]

Or is it you can't teach me because you can't even fix your own emotions?

[isveryafraid]

W-w-what.... [ twitch ] W-what do you w-want?

[ Wait, maybe that's the wrong question to ask Dirge. Cringe. ]

[endless_avarice]

[People just love asking him that, don't they?]

I'm going to skip my usual answer this time and just ask you what I want to know.

Skywarp. Don't you ever want to be more than just the coward? [Maybe it was a dumb question- he wasn't sure how much other clones could really 'want' compared to him.]

[isveryafraid]

W-well, it... would be n-nice not to be s-scared all the time. And n-not to be the u-useless one.

[endless_avarice]

Apparently Starscream currently finds you more useful than me. [Snort]

Have you ever tried being brave? Or anything besides scared?

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[airspacecommand]

There is no amount of help that you could ever receive that would fix you.

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[endless_avarice]

What would you know? I'd say the Starscream of my universe has had a lot more experience with clones than you.

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[airspacecommand]

I had a clone, who wasn't just a piece of me. And I killed him. Not to mention the Aerospace Extermination Squad were pretty much a mindless little clone army of me -- you would be able to relate to the mindless part of course.

By the way, I never did tell you that you have am alternate in my universe, did I? Not a clone, has nothing to do with me in fact. He's even a different seeker model. He's his own mech with his own spark. And guess what? He's still a loser.

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[endless_avarice]

Not just a piece? [Now that's interesting] How was that done? And why would you kill him?

[Silently jealous of the other him getting a spark] Good. I should be the only one positively associated with my name.