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[sword_redemption]

[The camera shows Wing's quarters, a breeze lightly rustling a curtain behind the two mechs. Drift's standing, almost pacing, as though he's been talked into this and is still not very comfortable.]

[He hesitates, trying to gather the right words. It's so much easier when he's writing it for someone else.]

A lot--more mechs than we even know--died here, or went missing. Everyone deserves to be remembered, whether we have their bodies or not. They were all like us, and we, any of us, could disappear or....worse, ourselves.

[Ghosts, zombies, the unknown fate of the badlands: so many options, all of them terrible. Wing doesn’t like any of those notions, but this idea is heartening. He rises from his seat near the window.]

If there’s one thing recent events have taught us, it’s that memories have a power of their own. We need a way, not just to mourn, but to remember those no longer with us, both past and future. To honor them. And maybe keep hope alive for the lost.

We were thinking of a place, not like a cemetery, but some place that recalls them as they were. This is for all of us, not just Cybertronians, so we were kind of wondering. How do you celebrate the memories of those you've lost in your worlds?

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[notyourblueangel]

Where I came from, there was . . . really no effort made to remember the fallen. We had been at war for too long, and they were considered to have failed.

[His neutral tone makes it hard to grasp if he agrees with that or not, though considering his personality, he doesn't, necessarily. Most of them were anarchic, blood-thirsty cutthroats anyway, though, so.... The few he actually cared anything about, on the other hand...]

What about a wall or some other structure, with people's names listed? Something that can be easily added to as needed?

[Yes, he's thinking about the Vietnam Memorial that he saw on a documentary on TV once. No, he's not going to admit he used to pass the most boring - and claustrophobic - hours on the Victory between missions distracting himself by watching things like The History Channel.]

[Video] WOW how did I miss this!?! I'm so sorry. ;-;

[winged_knight]

None at all? That's so sad. [Unfortunate, really. How do you value life if you don't mourn its loss?] I would think remembering their failure would help teach others not to repeat their mistake.

[That may sound too callous for Wing, but he can relate in a very specific way: having failed in battle, paid the ultimate price, and then given a chance to learn from it.]

Oh! Yes I was thinking a structure of some kind. I do like the idea of people being able to add to it, so it become one large memorial that grows...

[Video] IZ FINE BB not like I'm not late as hell. 9,9

[notyourblueangel]

[You forget, Wing – Decepticons as a faction aren't known for valuing life. If you ask him directly, though – in private, where he won't be overheard by others – you'd probably get Thundercracker to admit he agrees with you, though.]

[He nods at the last.]

You might as some of the Earthen organics here, if any of them are from a country called America, what they know of a structure called The Vietnam Memorial. That one's static, since it was erected long after the war it commemorates, but I'm sure the idea could be modified easily enough.