loborobo: (Extremely doge.)
Shadowmaru ([personal profile] loborobo) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment2014-02-09 04:27 pm

VIDEO

[The feed flickers on, which shows nothing at first. Oddly enough, it’s the inside of the altar room ov Vector Prime. Maybe someone had left their--

But there’s a flash of orange eyes. They only flicker in the feed for a fleeting moment. In another flicker, there’s something peering down into the device, a nose prodding it. It looks to be a a dog of a robotic nature.]


A communication device… [The dog’s eyes brighten and fade with every word and he lifts a red paw up to reposition the object.]

Calling Brave Police, this is Shadowmaru. [He lifts his head, ears alert as he hears something off in the distance. Thankfully it was one of the acolytes. The BP Unit relaxes.]

I am low on fuel. I’m not quite sure if this place even has fuel, but. I’ll try my best for the time being.

If anyone else can hear this, I will try my best to send my coordinates. I read other signatures here, but I’m not familiar with any of them. [His head perks up again, orange optics wary.]

Again, this is Shadowmaru, calling for the Brave Police. If anyone could give me their location, it would be appreciated.

[He then races off screen, the device jostling before shutting off.]
thxforthememories: (Why is there a tiger on my chest...)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[When he starts to walk around him, his hand comes up. It slaps down over the glyph on his arm, out of pure reflex, self-consciousness winning out rationality.]

[It's only after he's actually done it that he realizes it's happened at all, and looks down toward his hand, avoiding Shadowmaru's face.]

[He'd dreaded and dreamed of this.]

[Having the moment of revelation so close makes unease flood through his AI. Shadowmaru is proud of him. Proud of him. What if this changes everything?]


Something... something like that.

[Very slowly, he lifts his hand away. His Glyph is different, to be sure -- it's not Vector's mark. But it's also far more intricate, more detailed and defined, than any other's.]
thxforthememories: (Engaging in sulk mode)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He fidgets, where he stands, his wings anxiously flaring and folding down again. He still avoids the other's gaze, though he no longer makes the effort to hide his glyph.]

They mean... we've been claimed by the FirstForged -- the robots in charge here. That we won't lose our minds, and disappear.

[Like the others.]

Mine... Mine is different. Because of what -- [His voice catches a little.] -- what I've done.
thxforthememories: (Seriously car we need to have words.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[What courage he'd gathered in order to tell him falters, seeing him step back like that. Maybe he should have waited. Maybe he shouldn't have said anything...]

[But he craved reassurance... so badly. He had to know it was all right.]

[Or... if he were irredeemable for it.]


I... I told him I would help him. Watch for him. Observe for him. Do as he asked of me. In order to keep my memories safe. To keep all of you safe.

[The words start coming out in a rush. Anxiety sparks in his every word, his posture slowly growing more hunched and uncertain as he speaks.]

I only wanted to help. I wanted all of the others to stay safe. I wanted my memories to stay safe. I --

[It will set you apart from him. Make you different from him.]

[His head jerks up, something abruptly fearful in his face.]


I'm so sorry.
thxforthememories: (But I don't even like submarines.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[It's as if the words are some sort of magical keywords. He stops, staring at him, then starts to cycle air through his systems more slowly. A nod.]

[When he speaks again, it's with forced calm. But, still, calm.]


The FirstForged who claimed me. Alpha Trion.

[Another pause, another series of slow "breaths."]
thxforthememories: (Shh we're having a serious talk now.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Like... Vector did you. And Megatronus Gunmax.

[He can see that anger. And he isn't sure how to take it. He'd always known how to react to Shadowmaru, but... everything about this is different.]

[He does his best to keep the calm mask in place, though, for whatever it was worth.]


Having their mark... like you do. It means you're safe here. [Safer, anyway. Because it's not a sure thing. But telling him that now won't help. That much he knows.] You won't lose your mind. You won't start trying to kill others. You'll... be protected.

That's all.

Unless you make deals with them. [Like I did.]
thxforthememories: (Engaging in sulk mode)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[That calm mask flickers. All the uncertainty beneath shows through. Just for a moment, before he manages to get it back under control again.]

I only wanted... I wanted to protect the others...

[But there's hesitance in the words. As calm as they are.]

He promised.

[That's really all he has to go on. But given how important promises are, to him...]

He promised he wouldn't force me to do anything. That I could end it... if I chose.
thxforthememories: (Why is there a tiger on my chest...)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
I can quit.

[He tries for reassuring. And though his voice shakes a little, he's sincere. He means it.]

[Even though the percieved disappointment is eating his AI alive inside.]


I would... if he ever did anything like that.

[He lowers his head, staring down at his hands.]

... I promise you.
thxforthememories: (... I should go.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[The longer he waits, the more anxious he starts to become. It's... more difficult than he'd expected. More complicated.]

[The longer he waits, the more he wonders if he should have even said anything at all. If he should have waited. Said nothing at all. His hands start wringing themselves, wings fluttering. Nervous motions. Those, at least, haven't changed.]

[There's the barest flinch, at "listen".]

[He looks up slowly, honestly dreading the answer. He'd been so happy a moment ago. So excited and pleased to know the one who'd mattered most was proud of him. Now he feels, in some way, like he's disappointed him.]

[The answer -- the touch -- takes his words away.]


You... you aren't angry with me? Disappointed...?

[You are the deciding factor echoes in his head, but he manages to bite it back, the hope on his face almost tangible.]

I never wanted to make you worry.
thxforthememories: (Making this look better than Perceptor)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Relief. Relief and some nameless emotion deep enough to drown in washes over him. He literally sags where he stands, and it's everything he has not to simply grasp the other ninja, pull him close and hold on again.]

[Instead of hurting or anxious, this time, his words are shaking with gratitude, with relief.]


I'm -- I'm so glad you're not angry... I was so worried.

[Which sounds foolish now. But after nearly a year of constantly wondering, constantly doubting and second-guessing... it's hard not to say it. It's like a weight lifted off him.]

[It's almost euphoric, this feeling.]


Listen. Watch. He... wants me to build a bird for this world, with Kay. But we haven't had time to. Answer questions, sometimes... nothing more than any of that.

thxforthememories: (Oh my god I can actually smile)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[The little sound he makes would have been a relieved sob on a human. Even though the look on his face is far from upset, even now. He can't be. He's too relieved.]

[He reaches out and grasps that hand, holding it with both of his, now.]


He won't. You can't say that, though. If anything happened to you...

[And then he seizes on that topic change, almost sheepishly.]

Yes. Kay and me... I know it sounds odd, but. It's not a bad thing, is it?
thxforthememories: (Shh we're having a serious talk now.)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Oops. His faceplates heat up, and he looks away, doing his best not to look embarrassed.]

Of course I will.

[Then, as if to try and explain himself better.]

She was my first human friend, Shadowmaru.
thxforthememories: (Making this look better than Perceptor)

[personal profile] thxforthememories 2014-02-11 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[That smile makes his faceplates heat, enough to where he glances away, shrugging. But the corners of his lips twitch, smiling in his own right.]

She's... young. And excited. She loves swiss rolls and has a pet crow. She promised she would stay here, as long as I did, and I promised to look after her.

Kay is...

... she's family. We decided it, together.

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