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[eyestothesky]

[Guess who's looking better?

If you guessed one Titanium robot, you guessed right. But he's been feeling rather antsy, and hunting the Junkpile as often as he could but still coming up dry. Time to put a call out.]

So... anyone in this place know where there's a guitar? Acoustic'd be preferable, but in this situation I can't really be picky can I? If it's broken, or if you only found parts of one that's okay too... it's more than I've got, and it's not like I can't fix it myself if I needed to.

Any point in the right direction's appreciated.

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[deadlydoctor]

[Knock Out's quick t point that out. He can't help it.] You named your guitar....'Guitar'. The king of originality, aren't you Spine?

[eyestothesky]

Well, that's what she is. [No he legit sees nothing wrong with this.]

[deadlydoctor]

I know that but why bother naming the thing if you were going to give it a name it already had?

I mean, we name or weapons, we don't call them Weapons. [Then again. Megatron wasn't the best at coming up with names etieher *Cough*DARK Star saber *Cough*

[eyestothesky]

Because it's my guitar, not just any old guitar.

How else will anyone know the difference?

[deadlydoctor]

But if it's important to you you should give it a proper name Like...I don't know, Soundbreaker or Lucille.

I don't think that using 'Guitar' will help you much with that.

[eyestothesky]

Guitar is a proper name. [Knockout, this robot is named The Spine. By a man named Peter, who named his twin sons Peter, and Peter. Who also named their kid's Peter.

The Walters kind of... suck at naming things.]

[deadlydoctor]

Alright, alright, if you think so...[The 'bad at naming things' trend runs in the family, uh?]

You are really odd. [Said the giant robot alien car.]

[eyestothesky]

I get that a lot. [Dude, if only you knew.]

[deadlydoctor]

Me too. [Do tell him them.] It's not always a bad thing.

[eyestothesky]

Of course not. Heck, odd means you're never boring right? [Unlike what bratty siblings might claim.]

[deadlydoctor]

Exactly. Odd is underrated. [Or what Commander seekers might think.] What's life without some fun?

Let em ask you something, did you also name yourself?

[eyestothesky]

Downright dull, that's what.

[A chuckle, and a shake of his head.] Oh no, The Grandmaster named me. The only ones that named themselves were The Jon and Hatchworth.

[For reasons.]

[deadlydoctor]

My feelings too.

The Grandmaster is your creator?

[Knock Out's not sure if someone who names themselves with 'THE Jon' is any better.]

[eyestothesky]

[The Jon is the best at naming out of all of them.]

Sure is. Colonel Peter Walter I.

[deadlydoctor]

[Cybertronians are awful at names too, Knock Out's not one to judge.]

Colonel...you were at war too?

[eyestothesky]

[Someone would peg onto the title wouldn't they?]

...A few times. Wasn't what we were built for, but the government basically told the Walters that either they volunteered us or they'd confiscate us and we'd be fighting anyways.

Volunteering at least we'd get sent home after.

[deadlydoctor]

[Yep.]

Count on the ones in charge to abuse their power. Can't say those are news to me.

If you survived. Which you did, that much is obvious, but...

[eyestothesky]

Better than the alternative. Human family members weren't quite as easy to repair after all, and if we didn't go, they'd be dragged into it.

[deadlydoctor]

That is true. Organics break way too easily.

[eyestothesky]

Exactly.

I'd rather it was me than my brothers, or nephews.

[deadlydoctor]

your brothers and nephews are also family, you cared for them less than you cared for you creator? Did they made you this way?

[He just want to understand rather than trying to be rude or intrusive. He wouldn't ask if he didn't care. Knock Out knows a lot about having to risk your life for others who doesn't even care for you, he got tired of it. Main reason why he changed sides.]

[eyestothesky]

...My creator was too old for them to draft when the government demanded we serve after the first time. One less person for them to unofficially hold over our heads for good behavior.

And the first time he was more useful to them as an inventor rather than a soldier.

[deadlydoctor]

I see. for how long did that war last? Or is still going on?

In my world it ended recently.

[eyestothesky]

Different wars each time, actually. The first... was the shortest. Seems they get longer each time though.

[deadlydoctor]

Wars seems to be a constant thing among all the sentient species. It's a miracle none started here yet.