[Voice]

[vandalization]

Vandal here.

I've been sifting through the junk pile and I found a few things of interest. A few hard drives, some music and films on them, haven't sorted through or formatted it yet, but if anyone's interested in some entertainment there's that.

Found some stuff I might be able to turn into a human-sized living space. Old mobile home. Kind of shitty, but a nice fat project to work on. But uh.

Can anyone help me haul this thing out? I mean, I got it dislodged, but my RIG only has so much moving power.

Also: Hey Max, you around? When are we going to do that whole drink until we can't stand thing?


[Private to Ratchet]

Ratchet? I have something to ask you.



[Private to Perceptor]

You owe me that story.

Comments

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

I can hear Optimus's sanctimonious spark breaking from here.

Alright, you got me. I want your conversation. You're one of the only ones here without a good reason to hate me.

[Private]

[vandalization]

Who?






Oh. Well.




That's kind of shitty. Yeah I uh. I'll talk to you.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Optimus? Optimus Prime? Oh, I keep forgetting you're not from the Earth in my universe.

[the wince is pretty obvious in his voice] I don't want pity. Tell you the truth, I probably deserve to be alone. Especially if Drift's told you anything.

[Private]

[vandalization]

Kind of sounds awesome, but yeah never heard of him.

No, not really. I don't know. You seem like a pretty decent guy. For a politician.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

[quasi-offended silence for a moment, but she doesn't know any better she'd probably still think he was awesome if she met him]

He was the Autobot leader during the war. There's no love lost between us. [weh weh weh.

And then he hesitates, because half of him is like aw yeah ego fuel, and half of him is cagey.] You're just saying that. [but his faceplates betray him and he's smiling a little.]

[Private]

[vandalization]

Ohhhh sorry. Robot drama?

Nah, you did come to check on me after I had a weird freakout on you.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Just don't mention his name to any Megatrons. He's more serious about it than I am, and he has a worse temper. [well, not the SG one, but he'd rather caution her to look out for all fins that could be sharks than bother quantifying every so often you get a dolphin.]

And you can't imagine how much I want to pry about that.

[Private]

[vandalization]

Fair enough.

Yeah, I honestly can say it's not just you. I don't want to talk about it.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

If you're still set on this mobile home idea, will you let me come take a look, at least?

Okay. That's fine.

[Private]

[vandalization]

Alright, if you insist.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

I think you need someone to insist. [a pause] Who's helping you? Drift and Blurr?

[Private]

[vandalization]

I don't really but okay.

Yeah.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Come off it. How else do you prove loyalty and absolve yourself of responsibility, all at the same time? "Hey, I didn't tell you to! In fact, I warned you in the opposite direction!"

They're good mechs.

[Private]

[vandalization]

Yeah, yeah. Fair enough.

I know they are.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

So are you angry?

[Private]

[vandalization]

Angry about what?

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

I don't know. Me playing motherboard all over you?

[Private]

[vandalization]

Get in line behind everyone else for that, seriously. It seems to be the popular consensus that as I am made of flesh and bones, I clearly can't handle my shit.

So not really at you. I'm just not used to people worrying.

A whole gaggle of large robots no less.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Look at it from our perspective. [if he can be so bold and assume he is sharing a perspective with Blurr and Drift. Even briefly.] You're incredibly small, very breakable and some Cybertronians haven't even seen humans up close. Add to that the Autobot tendency to protect little cute aliens -- mostly -- and you have a recipe for a bunch of prying 'bots. [and then there's him.]

[Private]

[vandalization]

[She only gets one thing out of that.]

Cute? Excuse me?

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

You get offended about the weirdest things. [oh right it's HER fault, obviously]

[Private]

[vandalization]

I'm not offended just.

Haha. Cute. Yeah, okay, sure. Either way, there are plenty of other humans around, what makes me so vulnerable and helpless?

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

I can count on one hand the number of humans I've talked to ever, Vandal, and all of them have been here. What would I know about how vulnerable you are specifically?

Why don't you tell me why Drift and the rest of them think it?

[nice dodge asshole]

[Private]

[vandalization]

Yeah well.

I guess it's just. I don't know. I'm not fucking helpless, though.

[Private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

[a hesitation.] Have you thought about trying bloodsport, instead? It's relaxing.