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[flashdrive]

[Whoa, Rewind, you look like you've seen better days. The feed cuts to the library, with a flash drive huddled up on one of the many seats littered about it. Ambus, his acolyte seems to hover over him, books held in its hand. There's soft coughing coming from the flash drive, attempting to sit up and look at the screen.]

เ ђคשє ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ เ ђคשє t๏ รคא...

[Cough cough. Wow, Rewind, you sound all modulated and awful. Ambus seems to notice, leaning over further as if to mother hen. Rewind, stick to typing.]

[So he will. Fingers reach out to the keys of the link, typing things up as best he can.]


If anyone has a problem with the A.I. members of our community, you're going to answer to me.

I've noticed their treatment over the Link.

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[letmefixyou]

Awfully accepting of lesser beings, aren't you? What an admirable trait.

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[needlefingers]

Rewind!

[Chromedome drops whatever he's doing and leans in as close to his device as he can possibly get.]

A-Are you okay? Do you need me to take you to a medic? Should I bring a medic to you? How'd you get sick? Wait, don't answer any of that, I'm on my way!

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[flashdrive]

Do not talk to me about lesser beings.



None of them are.

I. HATE. THAT. PHRASE.

[loyalflier]

I agree with your friend. You should to see one of the medics.

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[flashdrive]

ςђг๏๓є๔๏๓є! เ'๓ Ŧเภ--

[More coughing. You're not doing yourself any favours, Rewind.

Ping! A text.]

I have work to do. It's nothing.

[flashdrive]

[He's about to speak, but all that comes out of his vocalizer is a modulated tone. Jeeze, robot sore throats suck.]

I'm fine. It's just a cough.

[Video]

[needlefingers]

What?

That's it?

You have work to do?

You're not going to do any good deliberately keeping things from me you know! I'll be there in a bit.

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[letmefixyou]

[too bad this isn't video/audio, because he bursts out laughing at that.]

Sounds like someone's been on the receiving end of it! Are you one of those drones, too?
What'll you do? Malfunction at me? Please.

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[thxforthememories]

[Thank you Stumpy for texting for your stupid master.]

Rewind...!

What happened? Are you all right?

[loyalflier]

Given that there was a widespread illness a few weeks prior? Knowing that something is amiss at the moment?

You really should get yourself checked out.

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[flashdrive]

[You'd get the biggest death glare ever given by someone 9 feet tall.]

I'm not a drone. I'm Cybertronian, thank you very much.

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[letmefixyou]

Then forgive me for being baffled at your defense of those lesser beings.
Self hatred is not healthy. I recommend seeing a therapist.

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[flashdrive]

It's not self hatred. It's called being a good living being.

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[flashdrive]

[What else are you going to use those things for.]

I'm fine. Just really annoyed.


They're not bothering you too bad are they?

[Video]

[flashdrive]

иσ σиє єℓѕє ιѕ gσιиg тσ ∂σ ιт.

[And to be honest, Chromedome's still been MIA for most of the time. Suspicions cast aside.]

Domey.

[Video]

[needlefingers]

Why do you care about the AI's so much anyway?

They're just... machines.

[Video]

[flashdrive]

[The sound that comes out of Rewind's mouth...it's just a mess of modulation, really. There isn't enough flash drive rage in the room to even start explaining.]

Is that what you think? So anything that isn't like how we are is suddenly less alive?

You sound like THEM. You know what I'm talking about.



And it's sickening.

[Voice]

[needlefingers]

That's NOT what I meant Rewind!

[But man does he realize that he's gone somewhere he shouldn't have.]

It's totally different! You're trying to apply a context that doesn't make sense!

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

You okay there? Sounds about like when Rabbit tried to eat that maple syrup candy on a dare.

[flashdrive]

It feels the same to me. Do you know what it feels like to be called something like that?

Whether or not they were born or made, they're self aware. They operate outside of human commands.


And they hear what you say about them. I hear it. And I'm going to fix that.

[nobody_number_8]

[Axel sees Rewind looking sick.]

Lemme guess... brown energon, right?

[Because he's not counting this as a coincidence.]

Anyway, though, I'm probably just gonna prove how little I know about robots by saying this, but to be perfectly honest, I can't tell which ones of you guys are A.I.s and which aren't unless somebody points it out to me. So if I've I've been messing with any of them more than I normally mess with people, it's kind of by accident.

[flashdrive]

[There's a slightly defeated look, although he makes no move to get up.]

I'll go as soon as I'm sure this problem is solved.

[needlefingers]

Rewind, I-

[If he wasn't in his alt-mode right now he'd put his hand on his face. As it is, he settles for a soft sigh.]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel that way.

I can apologize to them personally if that'll make you happy.

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[flashdrive]

[There's a couple of coughs, although he waves his hand dismissively before going back to the typing.]

Just coming down with something. It's nothing big.

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

You didn't by chance run into any funny color energon, did you?