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[Video/Action; Originating from Vector Prime's temple] Pata-pata!

[UGH. That is not the audio function. Stupid new body.

Have you ever seen an angry Italian Ferrari robot? Well if you have, you probably haven't seen them in six-inch form. The Link opens up to show Mirage, and it's obvious to see that something about him has changed. Compared to everything else around him he seems...more petite. Not that it stops him. The bot is rather stubborn, and is making his way around Vector Prime's temple (at a snail's pace, mind you), hoping he could just voice-talk his way through this problem, get it solved and move on with his life.

However, luck is not on this guy's side today, so congrats everyone! You're looking at bitty!Mirage! And...he's not too happy, rattling off curse words in both Italian AND Cybertronian. That's not good language, mister )8<

On the front of his chestplate is the Cybertronian glyph for "Mirage". An...odd aesthetic.]

Dio mio...This is embarrassing...

[If Shockwave or Barricade see this--]

Ironhide. Anyone. I require some assistance.

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[He leans against those fingers again, eyes never leaving Barricade's. Hey, he's just being cautious.]

You and I have very different definitions of...'attractive'.

[Cautious, suuuuure. Barricade just chuckles quietly.]

Being on Nemesis, you had t'have a different definition if you were ever interested in swapping paint. Decepticons don't look like Autobots.

[DON'T JUDGE HIM.]

No statement has been more true. Perhaps you could have considered a more attractive faction.

[BUT HE JUDGES EVERYONE.]

And left my brothers-in-arms behind? No. I fit in better with them than I ever could have with Autobots.

[And the Autobots had about the same track record for accepting defectors as the Decepticons did.]

[A small nod to the side. Yeah, he can see what you mean.]

I heard it worked fairly well for Jetfire.

[Then again, he's dead now.]

Didn't he show up and then just rip his own spark out, though?

[That's not exactly a glowing recommendation, there. "Join the Autobots, become a meatsuit for Optimus Prime!"]

[Mirage can't recall the situation exactly, but that seemed to be the rundown.]

I don't believe anyone expected that.

[Barricade only knows what he'd heard, really; he'd been absent of the entire thing.]

Not exactly the sorta thing you might wanna put on a brochure though. Or those two drones that are living like Witwicky's pets, either.

[Those optics narrow slightly.]

I will never understand what Bumblebee sees in human partners.

[That yellow bot gets bossed around like a dog.]

The little ones choose to live there.

I'll never understand why any of you let the humans order you around.

[Alex Mercer may not have been human, but they surely didn't give each other orders.]

Hardly an optimal living situation.

The human Lennox has Ironhide's respect after disposing of Blackout.

[And a small bit of his too.]

The others, not so much.

[If anything, the human government's been a hassle.]

Mm. Blackout deserved better than he got, really.

[No one deserved to be shot to death in the crotch.]

How you put up with them, I'll never know.

[He doesn't have much tolerance for being treated like a weapon by creatures smaller than him.]

I avoid them when necessary. There is no need to associate further.

[He had maybe grudging respect for Reynolds, but that was a stretch.]

I suppose it is the same with how you put up with your own intolerant comrades.

Probably smart. They're liable t'drive you batty otherwise.

[His respect for humans is extremely limited. He has yet to meet a full human he can stand for long.]

Except when I hit my comrades f'r being intolerably stupid, they don't explode into meaty chunks. They hit me back.

[Which was glorious.]

[That last line gets a chuckle out of him.]

I have my own comrades for that.

Mm, they are awfully good for that aren't they?

[Something they can agree on? Madness!]

[Mirage is pretty surprised at how easy it is to talk to you too, Barricade.]

Especially when they deserve it.

[Well, at least they're both surprised? Otherwise it would just be Barricade that was appalled by his own lack of hissing and spitting at the other mech.]

Oh, absolutely. Sometimes they just aren't the sharpest tools in the shed and need t'know it.

...Who did you smack around?

[No offense, but you're one of the smaller ones...]

Anyone I had to. I'm runty so I didn't have much choice. It was that or get pushed around, and I don't let just anyone push me around. Gotta earn that privilege.

[He knows he's small. He also knows how to throw his weight around like a much bigger mech.]

They had to know messing with me or Frenzy was a bad idea.

[That earns a laugh out of him, and not even the condescending kind.]

I suppose you'd have to where you are. I don't really throw my own weight around against Ironhide or Ratchet, however.

[His armor is one thing he lacks in. It's less fun to wrestle that way ):]

[He grins. What can he say? He was pleased with his own performance.]

Never had to do that with Starscream, myself. Proved my worth there. But gettin' up in every other taller mech's face was extremely satisfying.

[Especially knowing that his armor was heavy enough to take them fighting back.]

[Mirage quickly adjusts himself back to stoic-mini-Ferrari, wings fluttering idly.]

Somehow I am not surprised that you didn't take anything from others.

[It's like you were abrasive or something.]

Well, if they couldn't give me a reason to, why should I respect them?

[Which, technically, goes for everyone here. But pushing people from other dimensions can occasionally get boring, annoyingly enough. Especially when the result isn't "they posture back" but rather "they get uppity".]

I know that feeling.

[He'd acquired many nicknames back home thanks to his accent he'd picked up. B( Wheelie was especially lovely.]

Respect must be earned.

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