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[redshirtrobot]

[When the video comes on, Fracas is shifting on his feet, only pausing to rub the back of his neck and let out a reedy laugh. He coughs when he finally gets control of himself, then claps his hands together and mutters to himself before speaking up.]

S-so, uhm. I... I guess everyone's noticed the new Starscream. Well, he's the Starscream from my world. More the point, I.

I need help.

He can't know there's a Vehicon here. That I'm here. I will end up dead again and I-I don't... I don't want to die again. There. There has to be some way to keep me completely off his radar, right?

... ^Right?!

[Fracas's voice cracks for a moment without him even realizing it.]

S-something. Anything. I just. I can't. I r-really can't.

Please?

[He could not possibly look any more desperate and pathetic, even if he had a lip wibble.]

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[redshirtrobot]

Huh. Well, I guess I should. Thank him sometime, or something. [He's not even sure how he ended up with Vector Prime's colors on his arm, really.] That... I could do that. It's not like I'm not getting around anyway.

[Fracas starts when he realizes the implication of what Wing's saying about his order, and waves his hands a little in a slight halting gesture. He's more surprised - and definitely flustered - than anything.]

Don't get me wrong, I need to know how to, but. I really don't like fighting. The last time I did in the field a centipede was trying to eat me, here. I-I transferred to the Maintenance Division because I didn't feel comfortable in Security anymore. You wouldn't believe the paperwork doing that. I'd rather not have to at all, but... well, there's monsters, and if I'm getting all this training I might as well help stop them.

Right? It'd. It'd be a waste of everyone else's time and effort otherwise.

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[winged_knight]

Couldn't hurt. [Being polite and grateful never did, in Wing's mind.] It's an idea, for now. You could get a redeco too. But that's all hiding, which is no way to persist through life.

[The reaction surprises him, but not in a bad way. Also, Fracas uses the word 'help', which resounds well with Wing and reflects the gold in the Vehicon's glyph.]

Very well then. When would you like to start? And have you ever used a melee weapon?

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[redshirtrobot]

You'd be surprised how well hiding has worked for me over the centuries. O-of course, there were always about a thousand more Vehicons and no one could tell us apart...

[Which is terrible, he realizes, but it's also the truth. At least admitting his general distaste for fighting isn't so awful.]

I uhm. I'll need to talk to my medic about a few things, but... maybe next week or so? A-and I haven't; I'm not equipped with one but I need to learn.

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[winged_knight]

I imagine it's a little different when you can hide in a crowd, in plain sight.

Still that's no way to live, in fear. You deserve better than that, yes?

[Try and convince him otherwise Fracas.]

We can begin whenever you like. I'll see about fashioning some practice swords, but basic hand-to-hand is where we'll start. You should always be able to defend yourself without a weapon.

[He comes from a universe where getting disarmed is a whole easier than it is in yours, if that wasn't already obvious.]

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[redshirtrobot]

I... it was just normal. It was wasn't about... deserving things. You... you're going to be stubborn about this aren't you.

[He's not sure how to feel about that. It's kind of nice... but also really, really weird.]

Well i-if I don't have a weapon then I'm technically fighting without arms, but. That would be good to learn in case there's not time to get anything ready.

[And so that he's accustomed to close-ranged fighting since everything in the world wants to get up close and punch Vehicons in their faces.]