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[badboybikerbot]

[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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[mccrane]

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?]

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[badboybikerbot]

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

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[mccrane]

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.]

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[badboybikerbot]

Huh.

[just yeah nothing makes sense everything is terrible]

And he didn't remember anything either?

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[mccrane]

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?

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[badboybikerbot]

You mean this ugly thing?

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

What about it?

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[mccrane]

[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.

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[badboybikerbot]

[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.

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[mccrane]

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?

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[badboybikerbot]

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.

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[mccrane]

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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[badboybikerbot]

[Don't worry buddy, Gunmax'll figure it out eventually]

No, that. What? No. That's weird.

Everything is weird.