voice, forward dated post rescue

[ex_dishonestly997]

[it is still not decepticon to admit weakness so this post sounds hella jovial]

Next time it looks like I want an all-expenses paid vacation to Cybertron-knows-where, I'm not going to risk it. I'll just book a few days off from whatever it is stressing my processor and do the mountain retreat thing. Or drink.

So. Giving due credit to the planet for an overdue and pretty decent assassination attempt - I think, still a little fuzzy on that, I'll get back to you - what else have I missed? Vandal, how's your flimsy excuse for a house, any stiff breezes take it down yet? Blurr, are you still overworking yourself? Miko, Knock Out, your friends ever turn up? Soundwave, I'm thinking Sinatra? It's human, but nobody's perfect, right?

Megatron--...

...Still here?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[:c oh no] W...I don't--... he took the express route? I don't know.

[well slag and blast]

I'm having some trouble remembering exactly what happened, that's all. It's not my fault.

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[maxicpolarity]

Did I say I was blaming you?

[Trust him, he'll look into Breakdown as well, just to be certain.]

Because I'm not. I consider you...[Ah, how to put this.]...a gift. A mech, returned to me.

I will, of course, expect you to report for a brief examination.

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[ex_dishonestly997]

No.

I hope you kept the receipt.

[wait what ah frag no screaming internally.

He whispers;]

...i can be of so much more use to you alive.

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[maxicpolarity]

[Liege simply...stares. For a good, long time.]

...

[True, he'd gotten rid of his own refugees before, but generally that was done much, much more quietly than this, and under much more dire circumstances. Really, he preferred to get rid of his brethren's ilk, and have a convenient excuse on hand.]

...

[However, he had no need of telling Starscream this.]

The 'receipt' is on your arm. [He raises one eyebrow ridge, carefully.]

You seem so certain of your value to me. What use can you provide that would be greater to me than being the only mech to return alive from the badlands?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

I'm a warrior. If you dissect me, I won't be able to earn glory in your name. There aren't many mechs who--who respect inquiry and fight, your brothers are hogging all the other battle capables. Who else is going to defend you? Wheeljack?

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[maxicpolarity]

You've made me more curious, you realize, about how well you can fight. [But it was a good tactic.]

I suppose that the examination does not need to be invasive. I do, however, require that you report to my primary laboratory immediately.