[Video-open] Mega-thread of Mega-doom.

[not_your_gun]

[He's sitting on his 'chair' in the Hollow's empty throne-room...looking more scuffed than normal. From the small energon stains, the dust, and the smirk on his face...it might be obvious he just came from the Arena. It definitely looks as if he won.Soundwave and Ratchet both disappeared for three days: I have the evidence of their absence, right

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[Video]

[gditsideswipe]

Awww, what's wrong? Somebody lose their pet?

[Psh, who cares about Starscream, anyway.]

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

Yes. I have.

Do you know where it is?

[Video]

[gditsideswipe]

Why would I?

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

What, are you saying you couldn't track down one of the most ferocious beasts in the Nexus?

You did it before.

[greasemunkygal]

[Oh, she is GRINDING HER TEETH MAGNUM.

When she speaks, her voice is tightly controlled.]

Has someone already 'claimed' him?

[not_your_gun]

It seems a number of people might try.

[He's amused. Starscream had more proponents than he'd thought.]

Is something the matter?

[greasemunkygal]

Put me on the list.

[Her eyes are blazing but she keeps herself under control.]

What do you want?

[not_your_gun]

...you want to have Starscream?

[He...stares for a moment.]

I want all of the Autobot information on kidnapping, and I want my dog.

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[sumptushubris]

[but he's just gonna creeper here a bit]

[video]

[teh_koptur]

[There is the sound of barking. The camera jiggles, swings, adjusts. And there is Magnum's goggie, playing Tug-of-war with Blackout. Two heads bark while the other tugs. The tail is wagging.]

Uhhhh, Mr Magnum? Is this the goggie you're lookin' for?

[He kinda hopes not and stuff. Because, yeah, he...kinda doesn't want another Starscream. One was enough.]

[video]

[not_your_gun]

[He stares for a long, long while.]

...

Does he answer to the name of 'Cerberus?'

[Or just 'The Dog.' It had been called that often enough, too. Not that there could really be that many huge, three-headed canines running around.]

Re: [video]

[teh_koptur]

[This is quite possibly your worst nightmare, Magnum: your vicious killer watchdog...in the hands of an idiot.]

...I dunno.

[But he will try!]

Hey there, goggie! Are you Slurperous? Slurperous? That you?

[The creature bounces up and down, slavering.]

He's kinda slurpy, so...maybe?

[video]

[not_your_gun]

...

[There is just more staring.]

You.

Have.

Been taking care of my creature?

[swordofpeace]

[Again?]

Once again you value a mech's life with a...dog.

[Someone never learns. Maybe neither of them.]

[not_your_gun]

It's Starscream.

Or do you think I could hold out for a dog and a cat?

[He wondered if there'd be a cat big enough, and thought on Ravage.]

[oh yeah Video]

[swordofpeace]

[A cat might fit in with the sort of Evil Genius image? Like Dr Claw. Magnum could stroke it whilst contemplating his world-destroying plans.]

A mech is a mech, Magnum. [Yes, even Starscream: he and Wing have had their differences, but still....] Once you start devaluing some mechs' lives as less than others, you start the same system you claim to be trying to fix.

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

Devaluing?

No.

It was a really, really good dog. [He smirks.]

[And locks this part.]

Besides, I intend to let him go reasonably unharmed, as soon as I have obtained what I need. I don't suspect it will be overly complicated.

And won't it be worth it, to have enough information to detect a pattern in the kidnappings?