re_alignment | [audio]

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brave police: j-decker | gunmax

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[No video for you, kids. Gunmax isn't about to put his face all over some mystery space internet. You do get to listen to him complain, though.]

Oookay then, now that I'm pretty sure I'm not having some kind of sensory malfunction, I figured I oughta start getting information out of the locals. The creepy dudes in the robes already dropped what I assume are the basics on me, but there's gotta be more to this than "hi, welcome to the robot planet. You're stuck here forever, make yourself at home". I kind of had things to do back home. Important things. Things that didn't include being kidnapped by alien robots.

Anyway. It's probably a long shot, but if any Brave Police just happen to be hanging around here, shoot me a heads up. Oh, and if anyone happens to find a really big motorcycle, that's mine. Try not to mess with it, yeah?

[Nope not even dropping a name. What a courteous guy right. He grumbles something to himself before killing the feed.]

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You died.

Twice.

[That is how difficult.]

[oh hey look it's McCra-ooooh]

[Gunmax is kind of speechless. For once. How do you even reply to that?]

...Well, that's a hell of a way to greet someone.

You asked, and I feel it is best to be direct.

[...if it had only been as easy as simple death.]

I was not able to stop you from disappearing, either time.

I--

[He wants to say more, but he can't work up to it yet.]

I am glad that you are back.

[There. Clearly a much better greeting. He's trying?]

"Back" implies that I was here before. I've never seen this place. So what gives?

You were here before.

[He considers carefully where the best place to start with this explanation should be.]

...a version of you was, at least. The same thing happened with Deckard. He had come to Cybertron, and then disappeared to the badlands.

Then, he came to Cybertron again.

[Alright so it isn't the best explanation, but he is trying.]

Huh.

[just yeah nothing makes sense everything is terrible]

And he didn't remember anything either?

He did not. It was as if he had never come here, and those memories never resurfaced.

I do not think the Lambda understands time.

[McCrane is pretty sure that it just plucks people at random, and sometimes plucks them from before they were already here. It would be more fascinating if it wasn't headache-inducing.]

...do you have a Glyph on your arm?

You mean this ugly thing?

[Here he's just gonna show that weird little mark to you]

What about it?

[As much as he tends to be a bit of a wet blanket when it comes to showing his emotions, McCrane is very obviously releived to see that mark.]

Megatronus Prime.

That does not surprise me.

It means you are safe for the time being.

[oh Gunmax notices. He'd probably poke at McCrane about it if he wasn't so busy being confused and weirded out.]

Well good for me. "For the time being", I guess. That's not too reassuring, you know.

We all have to keep on guard against the threat of the Badlands.

That Glyph is one protection.

[As far as he'd been told, at least. Prima had been clear about it, but those with bright Glyphs had vanished before.]

[Oh. Right. Re-assurance.]

If it helps, there are some mountains that the other Gunmax enjoyed riding in?

You know what, I'll just take your word for it.

[He doesn't even feel like trying to figure this place out right now, he feels like his AI is going to short out or something.]

Other Gunmax. Man, I am never gonna get used to that. Don't know if that really helps, but it doesn't sound bad.

It...yes.

[He gives up, because he gets you. It IS confusing, up until it becomes part of your life.]

You will see the longer that you're here.

Should I call him something else? The first Gunmax? GunAlpha?

[Now it feels strange to him, too.]

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I can handle this.

[Dammit McCrane go to bed, you're supposed to be recovering.]

I know.

But.

It is Gunmax.

[He can't not speak up. He can't.]

...

I know that.

But ... fine. Do what you think is best.

I...

[This is now made particularly awkward, because he's suddenly realizing that he was developing similar feelings for you that he used to have for Gunmax. Now, Gunmax is back...but its not the same Gunmax. He doesn't know what to do.]

I think it is best if we both explain. He will have many questions.

[Well. That makes two of them in the What do we do now camp.]

I'm doing what I can.

Don't strain yourself. The virus may be in your systems still.

Kagerou...

[He smiles, just a little...knowing you understand in your own way.]

Thank you. I will be careful.

Good.

Carrying you was difficult enough, once.

You were good at it.

We will have to switch next time in order to be fair, however. I will carry you.

... You won't be offended if I say I'm not very interested in catching a virus in order to be carried, will you?

I will not.

I would not wish it on anyone.

Have you been immunized, just in case?

It... hasn't come up yet.

Kagerou.

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