[Video - Transmission from Alpha Trion's Temple]

[symmetriphiliac]

[The feed flicks on to reveal a rather furious looking boy with three white stripes on the left side of his hair, his unnatural gold eyes glowering at the camera. His chest is heaving as he struggles to restrain himself; if looks could kill, then the device would be dead five times over.]

Is this someone's sick idea of a joke?! How could anyone possibly think of doing something so twisted?!

[Of course, he must be referring to his appearance on Cybertron. Not hours earlier, he had been in Death City, speaking to his fellow classmates... It would only make sense for him to be so incensed, having been whisked away to a foreign planet!]

This marking on my shoulder! Why is there only one?! It's completely asymmetrical!

[... Or not. Even without the glyph directly visible, the very idea that he could be marked in such an unbalanced, terrible way... His skin should have rejected the ink to begin with!]

I demand to speak to the ones responsible for this atrocity!

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[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

[This is a new one on him.]

Did you talk to any of the acolytes about adding a second one?

[Because, really, if the kid wanted two tattoos, Six wasn't going to argue with it.]

[Video]

[symmetriphiliac]

When asked, they refused to answer.

[Actually, they just sort of stared dumbly at him. It is apparently not a common request.]

If I am to have this rectified, it would seem that I will have to go to the source.

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

I'm not familiar with which Firstforged's mark that is. Your best option would be taking it up with the acolytes. Can't imagine why they didn't answer. They usually answer when you tell them to remove it.

[Six had not been pleased to see he'd been branded like cattle.]

[Video]

[symmetriphiliac]

I have been told that it belongs to Alpha Trion.

When I was told that it would not be removed, I asked if they would consider giving me a second one. [His asking was less a bit more... insistent than they were used to.]

They weren't particularly helpful.

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

...Odd.

[And not just the acolytes' reaction.]

Perhaps Alpha Trion could correct the...mistake. Or you could try again. Most people want the mark removed. You probably surprised them.

[Video] 1/2

[symmetriphiliac]

[The fact that Alpha Trion had been able to mark him at all was worrisome; his skin should have rejected the ink, just as his hair refused to accept dye. It bothered him, nearly as much as the sheer imbalance of it all.]

I've been told that the glyph affords some sort of protection from madness. I'm not willing to accept that without proof, but it would be careless to ignore the possibility.

[Video] 2/2

[symmetriphiliac]

That said, they could at least maintain balance if they're going to mark us like this! If they wanted to protect us, they should do so with perfect symmetry!

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. I've heard quite a bit of testimony about those without marks going mad, so I'm not going to complain about the branding.

[And Six is about to regret ever being born.]

If you like symmetry so much, why did you only dye your hair on one side?

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[symmetriphiliac]

Precisel-

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[symmetriphiliac]

Why?! Why does my hair have to look like this? It's a disgrace! Disgusting! I shouldn't even exist!

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[symmetriphiliac]

It's no good. Even dye couldn't cover my shame!

Just... let me die.

Done.

[symmetriphiliac]

[Video] I had a feeling I was gonna get 8 comments. XD

[sixthdeadliest]

[...Well, now there's a reaction he didn't expect.]

[Deliberately picking on White Knight is one thing. Accidentally making a random kid cry is another. He feels kinda guilty now. He always did have a soft spot for kids.]

It's not that bad. It looks...unusual...but not in a bad way. Certainly not worth dying over.

[Video] ... I'm going to pretend I am clever and that the 8 was intentional. |D;

[symmetriphiliac]

Y-You don't have to lie.

I understand how disgusted you must be. How could you not be? You must think I am a pathetic, despicable being, to have been born with such asymmetric white lines in my hair.

[Video] XD

[sixthdeadliest]

I'm not lying. They're honestly not that bad.

[Think, Six. Think.]

It could be a lot worse. You could be bald on one side of your head but not the other, right?

[He feels ridiculous...]

[Video]

[symmetriphiliac]

[That wasn't particularly comforting, but it was a terrible thought indeed. It could have been worse.

... It could have been better too.

Still, he's temporarily distracted at the sheer revulsion at the idea.]

W-Why would anyone want their hair so uneven? The thought of it makes me sick!

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

[On the plus side, the kid isn't beating himself up anymore?]

It's some kind of punk fashion. More like idiocy if you ask me.

What's your name? [Trying to pull you off-subject.] And where are you?

[Video]

[symmetriphiliac]

It doesn't even belong in the same sentence as the word fashion.

[Focus. Do not visualize how atrocious the hairstyle would look.]

Forgive me for not introducing myself - my name is Death the Kid. According to the acolyte, I am currently located in Alpha Trion's temple.

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

It's fine. There's a lot going on around here.

[Gonna just sidestep that little fit there.]

I'm Six. Should be there in about ten minutes unless someone's picking you up.

[Video]

[symmetriphiliac]

I wish we could have met under better circumstances.

Thank you for your concern. I don't have anyone coming for me; though at this point, I'm honestly not sure where I should be going.

I need to try to contact my father.

[Video]

[sixthdeadliest]

I'll come get you.

And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's not likely you're going to be able to reach him unless he's here.