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Hey. Haven.

There are a few points we need to discuss.

[And Skids, being the unofficial announcer of all 'Committee' things, was taking it upon himself to bring them up.]

First of all, as far as I can tell everyone is starting to return to normal. That's good.

[He didn't really like being on the other end of the whole 'not remembering' thing.]

However, the Pillar is still here, and the Firstforged are still not. I'm open to suggestions on how to deal with this.

[Surely someone had gathered some information that would prove useful.]

Second, it looks like Knockout has applied to be on the Defense committee. I'll leave the voting up to Black Arachnia, so if anyone objects to his presence let her know.

It might not be a bad idea to have voting for an announcer, too, unless it sounds like I have a good voice for a holocube reporter. I won't do the weather, though.

[Granted, it was something he could do, but...well, who knew how long it would be before he was bored of it on a world where 'dry and sunny' happened every day.]

Finally...

And most pressingly...

I need help.

[He doesn't even know how to go about asking.]

Of the medical variety, or the scientific variety, or the any variety, because...

Well. Lets just say Knockout passed on his special 'talents' before Barricade got to him.

That's all.

[He stops transmitting and hopes that wasn't too cryptic...but just in case it was, he opens up a private transmission to both Perceptor and Dead End:]

[Private to Perceptor and Dead End]

Specifically...what am I supposed to do if I...uh. Want the energon of the living?

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Back to normal...? Well, I guess this would explain all these weird notes and messages I have...

[Fracas is still sifting through piles of printed notes and datasticks all labelled 'IMPORTANT!!!' Who even uses that many exclamation points?]

Sorry about not being available for working on the road. I uhm. Seem to have lost some time without dying.

Wait.

... what 'talents'? Why do you need a medic about them?

[Dude did something happen while he was... whatever? D:?]

You...don't remember the crazy parts?

[Skids is finding himself in the unusual position of actually wishing he could forget something.]

Roads can wait. After that storm I've been checking on them and...they survived.

[Thats about all he can say for them, but a little bit of cleaning and they'll be back to new.]

....

It's complicated. Unless you have some extra energon to spare?

... What crazy parts am I supposed to remember?

[Because aside from what he can gather from all those messages and the Link, he has no idea about what's been going on. Whether that is good is debatable probably.]

Oh! Well that's good at least. I'd hate for us to have to do it over again...

... I can probably scrounge up a few cubes.

The parts where you were trying to convince everyone to be more optimistic and join the Autobots?

Which, well, I already had that part covered. [He taps his symbol.]

Sadly, cubes aren't working anymore. I'm...I'm hoping for something a little more direct.

... I was?

Oh geeze. That is so embarrassing. I-I'm so sorry. Ugh, that must have been so weird for everyone else... I'd never. Not in a million cycles would I. That.

[What am proper sentence structure.]

... Wait. What?

Since I was under the impression that you used to be a decepticon?

I figured it out pretty fast that it wasn't you.

[In other words--no worries.]

Energon is super-charged by Cybertronian systems after being injested.

Well I. Technically still am a Decepticon. So.

I hope he... I... he wasn't too weird at least.

[Though he's admittedly seeming weird from all these notes.]

... please tell me you're not saying what I think you're saying. Because if you're saying what I think you're saying then we're in trouble.

Are you?

I hadn't actually thought about it. Factions, I mean. It's been a while since they've mattered.

[That, and most of the time you aren't acting very Decepticon-y.]

I'm saying if you've got any spare inner energon, it would be appreciated.

Yeah. Got the insignia and everything. Answer to Lord Megatron or whichever other Decepticons from my world are around.

Vehicons aren't like the officers.

[In other words, they tend to not be murder- and torture-crazy.]

Energon from my body. Which means you have to eat people.

So...theoretically...if a Megatron asked you to stop working on the roads, you would?

[He can't imagine why a Megatron would suddenly do so, but he's curious.]

I don't have to eat an entire person! Just a bit. Some energon. A little to start off with maybe.

If mine did I would have to. And I suppose Shockwave's, if he asked too. I don't know why they would object to roads, though...

[That would be weird. In the meantime, there is the low thunk of Fracas smacking a palm to his face.]

And just. Let me guess. If you eat a little bit they end up like you.

You wouldn't have to, though...right? I mean, you have the option of saying no.

[He hears that thunk. However, it's what comes afterward that interests him more.]

I have no idea...but that IS what happened when Knockout bit me. Have you heard of this?

With mine? I could say no... and then he'd probably pull my head off. If I was lucky.

Of course I've heard of it. All of my coworkers ended up like that I. I had to shoot all of them. And I swore I'd do the same here because I don't want another outbreak.

That...yeah. You probably want to avoid that.

But you still have the choice. Bulkhead and I would back you up.

[He doesn't remember to say nice things often, but he's saying this now. They're here for you.]

Fracas.

Are you threatening to shoot me?

You... you would?

Wow. I don't think anyone's ever done that for a Vehicon...

[That is really nice, dude. Like. Really nice.]

Well. Technically I'm promising to shoot you, Skids. In the spark.
If I have to.

But I'd feel terrible about it.

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