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[The backdrop is definitely the organized interior of the Police Headquarters. McCrane, however, is standing in the open doorway, and the sound of a high-speed racecar can just be heard zooming away.]

This is McCrane, of the Brave Police. I am alive again, for those I have not had the chance to get in touch with yet.

[There were a few, and he felt badly. Especially since he was still coming to terms with having died.]

Blurr and I have encountered a Priority One situation. Overlord has...

[How can he explain this?]

...has been released by Megatronus Prime. Please exercise caution if you are outdoors. We will be attempting to rectify the situation.

[They already were, as Blurr was racing off to keep an eye on Overlord and talk to Megatronus while he made this announcement.]

We have also apprehended the murder suspect Pharma. Law Committee, I am awaiting further instructions on what course of action to take.

((OOC NOTE: REPLIES WILL BE FROM BOTH MCCRANE AND BLURR.))

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Or the scientists. Perceptor... he's a friend. He's very smart. If they can't help, maybe he can.

[So much faith in his friends.]

[He pauses.]

You would rather not have emotions? Why? Everyone says that's... what means I'm alive.

[And that's important.]

I didn't really mean it that way, either. It's more... I don't know if I can ever be truly part of your team. Because of that.

I have not met him, but if he is your friend and has helped you, then I trust him.

[Having faith is good! And having someone who can get them out there and get them exploring so they have other options is good, too.]

Hm.

[That's not an easy question to answer, though.]

I understand that, and I understand why we have them, and why they're useful. [He went through what he did with Seia to learn those lessons, and he believed in them very strongly.] But I don't like it when they get in the way of a mission, or when they make it hard to think.

[He'd never be fully comfortable with them, even if friendship and companionship were not things he'd be able to live without.]

[There's silence for a long time, on that last bit.]

Do you want to be?

[Because that is what is important.]

I let him look at my frame when I first arrived. He was... very careful with me. I trust him.

[He makes a quiet sound -- an understanding sound.]

I don't know if I can agree that they get in the way. I... saw the world for the first time, because I felt afraid for my life. That girl lived... because Shadowmaru and I understood each others' feelings.

... I feel strongly for him. And I can't imagine not feeling that way.

[A pause on his end as well.]

I want to feel as if I have a place somewhere. A purpose. To... live to my heart's content.

I would like to meet him sometime.

[He probably should meet everyone, anyhow, as a ranking officer of the Law Enforcement.]

I can't deny that emotions can be...useful. Or pleasant. If it weren't for Seia, however...

[He trails off. If it weren't for her, he'd have rather died than experience them.]

No. Nevermind. I understand. How you feel for Shadowmaru...that is important.

[He misses her. A lot. And that is what prompts him to say what he says next.]

You have a place with us, any time you want one...but...
You don't have to be limited by that.

You can keep exploring to find your place, and we'll still be here if you want to come back.

He's... quiet. More than I am, sometimes. But a good friend.

[And maybe he kind of hero-worships the Autobot a little bit.]

Seia? Who is that?

[She wasn't involved in the whole mess. And it's a name he's never heard before.]

I wouldn't want to lose those feelings. I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't feel for him, as I do. You wouldn't be yourself, either, if you felt nothing.

[Then, he falls silent.]

...

I don't know if I fit here, either. Here, with these living robots. I'm not like them. I'm not like any of you.

Maybe I don't have a place at all.

Being able to make new friends here has made being stuck more bearable. [He's glad you've been making some, too, like Kay and Perceptor.]

It does not stop me from missing who I've left behind, though. Seia...

[...]

Seia is one such friend.

[The friend.]

You are right, Kagerou. I would be less, if I did not feel. [Remembering Seia just makes that all the more clear.]

But I do not think you are right about not having a place. Gunmax, Drill Boy, and I...we were programmed to do what we now do. You were programmed to do something different.
You can teach and test fighting skills, can't you?

... One important to you, then. Who was also left behind?

[Yep. He knows what that's like. In more ways than one.]

I don't know many things. But... this... I do know something about.

[It's actually said a little wryly. For once.]

Maybe that's why I can't find a place with any of you. We were never meant to do the same thing.

Yes. A little.

Yes. She was--she is a Colonel in the Japanese Defense Forces. She helped me to define who I am.

Who I wanted to be.

[It is not the same as Shadowmaru, but McCrane doesn't hesitate to share this with Kagerou, because he knows its close enough that Kagerou will know what he means. It hasn't been easy to share with anybody else. Anyone who doesn't already know about Seia, at least.]

I think you have more skills than you give yourself credit for, Kagerou.

If you feel differently, however, then I think it might be that. You and Shadowmaru were comfortable around each other because you had similar programming, and similar goals.

You might be able to help us, here, without doing the same thing that we do. [Especially if you can train others in how to defend themselves, or help them practice.]

... Then you'll need to return to her as much as I need to return to him. Won't you?

[No, it's not the same. But far be it from him to say anyone's connection to someone is less important.]

[Unless it's Gunmax and he's being a butt -- then he'll say whatever he wants.]

Mm.

I can't speak for his goals. It's not my place to speak for him. But... yes. I do know him. His style. His... frame.

Yes, I know... much about him. So I am comfortable with him.

I don't know how I could help.

I would like that, very much.

[Just to see her again...yes.]

You could help others learn to fight, or help them refine their skills.

We have to go home, then. To see the ones who matter.

[He would do anything to see Shadowmaru. Do the others feel the same, then?]

That implies there are robots here who are less skilled than I am. I don't think that's true.

We do.

And to do that...I think we're going to need cooperation from the Firstforged, instead of conflict. [You've given him a lot of good ideas in this conversation--he intends to act upon them.] I think I need to talk to Prima, when I have a moment.

[Because if their keepers kept interfering in their lives, then their keepers weren't focusing on the real problem--the Lambda.]

I think you'd still have moves that none of them have seen. It might be worth a try.

[He doesn't know, but he wants to help.]

Cooperation. When they don't care for us at all. Is that even possible?

[He doesn't think so. And his tone of voice implies that heavily.]

A prototype having knowledge beings... thousands of years old don't?

I don't think so. It's kind of you to say, but I know what I am. And I know what they are. They surpass me, greatly.

I don't know. But I don't think we can get home by ourselves.

[He doesn't know about you, but he has no idea how to cross dimensions.]

I...understand.

I do believe there is a place for you, though.

Neither do I.

[Yep. He's lost on that one, too.]

I wish I were that certain.

... if Shadowmaru were here...

If he were here, the two of you would find someplace together.

But...

You have made good friends, it sounds like.

Maybe one of them can help you figure out what you want to do?

[It won't be the same as Shadowmaru, but it will still be good, he thinks.]

[He doesn't answer. Not for a while. Because there's a sudden stab of loneliness, so sharp it's overwhelming.]

[There's... something of an edge to his voice, then, as a result.]

They. Might.

They might. If... I ask.

...

[He catches that edge, and goes quiet for a moment.]

I will still help you, too.

[He says it softly...because he wants to be considered as one of Kagerou's friends, but also does not want to push.]

[More silence. Metal creaks. In all likelihood, he's wrapped his arms around himself.]

... I know.

I know that.

[And he does. He knows there are a lot of people who care. But he can't figure out why that doesn't fill the void. Why he's surrounded by people who care, and still manages to feel utterly alone.]

Don't think it's unappreciated. Please. That isn't the case.

Thank you, Kagerou.

I just wish there was something more that I could do for you.

[He gets it, to an extent. He's felt like something has been missing, without the rest of Build Team there.]

... So do I.

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