[Open][Video; At the edge of the Haven, slight static]

[megaton]

[So he'd made it. He'd made it, he was alive, and he was still here. He could see the distant temples from the mountain he stood on, some ancient and run-down building in ruins behind him. Despite the dilapidation, there is a very new 'STARSCREAM FOR OVERSEER' poster tacked onto the wall within his view...the perfect place for a high-flying, far-ranging jet to test out non-permanent adhesives without anyone noticing.]

So.

[He begins by reaching out, aiming, and completely blasting the wall and accompanying poster.]

Is there anyone who actually intends to vote for Starscream?

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Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Of course. I'm hard to get rid of.

[Shrugs] There's never enough of anything for me anywhere, but having a special tank like mine helps~

[Oh wow, you figured that out quick. Dirge wasn't going to mention it until he could figure out how to explain not working for you anymore.]

Ehr. Yes. [He ducks a little, like he expects to get hit. Even though they aren't speaking in person.]

[Video]

[megaton]

I'm sure the junk pile helps, too. Been finding anything of use in there?

[He catches the way Dirge ducks, finding it all the more incriminating than the words themselves.]

Have they been generating sufficient paychecks?

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Lots of things. [Some of which he ended up giving to Tarn in exchange for information about spark eaters.]

[How the heck did Magnum do it? All he said was 'yes' and the tank got 'I'm working for him' from that? It wasn't fair! Dirge sighs and crosses his arms, glancing off camera.]

No paychecks. There isn't a money system here. He's given me something better. [Just one so far but....]

[Video]

[megaton]

But never enough.

[Which Megatron found useful...and occasionally exciting. Giving things to Dirge was an unending delight, because the jet never tired of receiving them.]

Better?

Is it as good as possessing the rank of supreme Air Commander?

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Right. That hasn't changed.

[Did you say 'supreme'? Dirge cocks his head to one side, silently calculating the worth of the two things in question.]

...It depends. One of them might fix my problem.

[Video]

[megaton]

One of what, Dirge?

How am I supposed to make you a better offer if you're not forthright?

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Better offer? [You're not going to come over there and slag him?]

I'm surprised you haven't guessed yet. [Smug grin] Tarn's let me have a spark, Magnum. Not a cybertronian one yet, but...

[Video]

[megaton]

[He laughs.]

You're trying that again, Dirge? It did not work so well the last time...

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Don't laugh! [Dirge snarls, nearly crushing his communicator.]

I can't think of anything else! Maybe if I... maybe if I keep trying.... it'll work. [There's an audible sniffle from his vents.]

[Video]

[megaton]

That's a waste of a good spark, I'd say. Imagine what you could do with it if you put it in a body, and used it for your own purposes?