[Locked]not_your_gunSeptember 14 2011, 21:40:53 UTC
[He smirks.]
Of course I can. It's war that is new to me, Wing...but I am a fast learner.
And you are not un ruly. You follow a very specific set of rules, Knight--they just are in conflict with mine. Maybe there can't be 'peace' between us, but I haven't killed you yet.
[Locked]swordofpeaceSeptember 14 2011, 22:39:51 UTC
You must be, to have transitioned from the mines to bloodsport so quickly. [His tone is slightly arch but he is sincere. You would not have survived without a certain quick ability. Too bad it was an ability to kill.]
I am not certain you would recognize peace, Magnum. But I will endeavor to show you.
[His smile wavers.] I am. Why would you think otherwise?
[Locked]swordofpeaceSeptember 14 2011, 23:13:49 UTC
I will do more than try.
[Wing knows he's right. Magnum's dodge is irrelevant.]
....[For a long moment Wing has no response, feeling something almost wrenching below his spark chamber.]
[He cycles a vent, regrouping.]
...because you seem to find it more amusing to harry me? [It's a thin joke; the only thing thinner is the smile he tries to go with it. See? You're wrong. Smiling.]
It has already been scheduled.
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Of course I can. It's war that is new to me, Wing...but I am a fast learner.
And you are not un ruly. You follow a very specific set of rules, Knight--they just are in conflict with mine. Maybe there can't be 'peace' between us, but I haven't killed you yet.
[Not even once.]
[An optic ridge is raised.]
I do not believe you.
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I am not certain you would recognize peace, Magnum. But I will endeavor to show you.
[His smile wavers.] I am. Why would you think otherwise?
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[He hates having to admit that Wing is right...so he defaults to not precisely admitting it, at all.]
....because you've lost too much.
Perhaps at one time, merely living was enough to bring you a sort of contentment...but Wing.
I rarely see you smile.
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[Wing knows he's right. Magnum's dodge is irrelevant.]
....[For a long moment Wing has no response, feeling something almost wrenching below his spark chamber.]
[He cycles a vent, regrouping.]
...because you seem to find it more amusing to harry me? [It's a thin joke; the only thing thinner is the smile he tries to go with it. See? You're wrong. Smiling.]
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[It would be an ironic number.]
Come, surely you have other friends than me?
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[He flicks his wings to regroup, and grins.]
Are you calling me a 'friend', now?
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[He watches those wings flick, and leaves his optics on them.]
I'm still too new at being a Decepticon to forswear friendships entirely.
A friend is merely someone that I'd prefer I not have to sacrifice to see my goals through to the end.
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Why then...I'm honored.
But if you sacrifice everyone who believes in you to your goal...what will you have but emptiness?
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[He laughs!]
Or did you expect remorse?
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[Considering you barely know what to do with Wing.]
I expect nothing. I merely hope you find it beneath you to lie to me.
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[He baits his lance with poison, and blunts the end with honey.]
I do try not to lie to friends.
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I have friends. [Just not here. Just mechs who all think he's dead.]
[Perhaps they're better off that way.]
Does it require effort, then, to tell the truth? [The question is reflex, automatic. Megatron may honey the end--the blow still hurts.]
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[He's not even trying not to smirk as he says it.]
No, Wing, it doesn't. Have I lied to you?
[And its sticky, too.]
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