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re_alignment2013-06-09 02:31 pm
sword_redemption) wrote in re_alignment2013-06-09 02:31 pm
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[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?
[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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[Which, well, maybe they don't. He's not fond of this 'defense committee' but they've done all right in the past year for themselves.]
It seems to me that sometimes the best ones are lost.
[He's thinking of Gasket, of Wing. He has Wing here, now, but he's a daily reminder of what Drift had done without for so long. ]
....we should talk, sometime. Maybe share some memories, you know?
[That would be less weird than hugging, yes?]
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[Blackout. Frenzy and Bonecrusher. Alex Mercer.
Convoy.
His one real consolation is Megatron returning, which he's more than grateful for. And Dirge, strangely enough.]
... I'd like that. Give us both a chance to get them out into the air.
[Less weird than hugging. Though hugging might happen anyway.]
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It sounds a bit grim when you say it like that.
[But true. ] But it's an important job, to remember.
I could, I mean, we could meet at the Hub? You could start by telling me about ghosts.
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[Barricade hums lightly.] It is. And someone's gotta be around to do it, and it might as well be us.
Ah yeah. Ghosts. [That does get a slight grin and a chuckle out of him, in spite of their... recent encounters.] Sounds like a plan t'me.
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[So much for positivity?]
But we can't give into despair, you know? We're alive for a reason.
You'll let me buy the first round, right?
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If you let me buy the second.