[Transmitting from the junkpile as usual]

[dirge]

So many mechs dieing around here. It feels like home. [He sighs wistfully.]

Speaking of dieing- I have a question. I want to know about sparkeaters. Someone mentioned there might be others around here who know about them. I'm very interested.

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[dirge]

They must be delicious if there's a species devoted to eating them.

Imagine- consuming something that is in its essence what makes a mech who they are? Ah~ It gives me tingles.

[dinnerdate]

Are you a sparkeater?

[dirge]

I guess you could call me an aspiring one?

[dinnerdate]

...Why would you want to be one?

[dirge]

I think it might help me with a problem I have. I need more information on them first.

[dinnerdate]

What problem?

[dirge]

My spark problem.

I don't have one.

[dinnerdate]

...How can you not have a spark?

[dirge]

That's a secret. My secret. [Grin]

[dinnerdate]

... Dark energon?

[dirge]

What's that? Does it taste good?

[dinnerdate]

Blood of Unicron. It's... something.

[dirge]

Blood of who? I've tasted plenty of organic blood but there's no way it would be able to power me.

[dinnerdate]

Unicron... You know, the opposite of Primus?

He's not organic.

[dirge]

....You've lost me.

I thought only organics had blood. Are there mechs with blood instead of energon from your universe? [How interesting!]

[dinnerdate]

I'm really not the best mech to explain this... Maybe you should ask one of the Firstforged, they know a lot about Unicron. I'm sure they could explain dark energon to you.


But I'd avoid the stuff if I were you.

[dirge]

Oh right, I do have one of those, don't I? [He pokes at the glyph on his shoulder.]

Don't say that! You'll just make me want it more!

[dinnerdate]

Yeah.


If it's not the reason for your lack of a spark then just forget about it. It'd probably kill you... Or make you a mindless zombie.

[dirge]

I doubt that. Not having a spark actually makes me very hard to kill.

...Zombie? That might be a problem.

[dinnerdate]

So... You're basically dead?

I'd be more concerned about the mindless part.

[dirge]

Quite the opposite! I just don't use a spark as my power source.

That's what I meant. It's bad enough I'm incomplete without being completely mindless.

How do you know so much about this stuff anyway?

[dinnerdate]

...What do you use as a power source?

[This all started with eating people, so might as well ask. Could be something tasty.]












It infected me. I don't really want to talk about it.

[dirge]

I already told you- it's a secret.

Infected? You don't seem much like a mindless zombie to me.

[dinnerdate]

But maybe it could help you get spark.



...I have a spark. You don't.

[This is a big thing with dark energon, as far as he knows.]

[dirge]

What? Me telling you the secret?

Wait. So...this stuff'll turn me into a zombie because I don't have a spark? Doesn't seem likely to help me get one, then.