[Video -> Text] [Transmission Originating From: Vectorian Sector]

[wakizashi_straight]

[The video is only on for a few moments - long enough to show a purple bot with wide shoulders, a samurai helmet, and glowing yellow optics - before shutting off. After that is a burst of text.]

Many of you exceed WRB height restrictions. You also violate a number of other WRB regulations, including illegal use of weapons and possession non-standard upgrades.

I am not where I should be.

[He would just like to let you all know YOU ARE SO ILLEGAL. SO. ILLEGAL now down to a few extra messages-]

If anyone happens to see Charlie Kenton I would like to be informed. He is a human with short, dark hair and brown eyes. He also has a son, Max. I do not wish them to be alone with unfamiliar bots if they come here.

Gunmax. Thank you for the ride, when we arrived. It was kind of you.

To the bot with the fins on his head: My name is Noisy Boy. 'Soundwave' is a terrible name.

And there was a red and white bot. I apologize if I fightened you somehow.

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[wakizashi_straight]

I hope so. Even if it takes you some time, it is worth seeing once.

[SOUNDS LEGIT.]

[deusexraf]

So where do I go to find you, when I get there? [this is even assuming that they're from the same world - he rather doubts it. but it's a place to start, he figures!]

[wakizashi_straight]

I am unsure. My current handler rebuilt me recently, but he has another bot he boxes with now. He might resell me.

[deusexraf]

[and that

give Raf pause, to say the least]

...and you're okay with that?

[wakizashi_straight]

[Oh. He's getting familiar with that tone. Way too familiar.]

I accept it; it would not be the first time I have been resold before.

[deusexraf]

I guess, if you're used to it...

[it's just...this is reminding him of History class and not in the good way.]

[wakizashi_straight]

That is how it has always been, for boxing bots. Though I am beginning to understand that others do not agree with it.

[At all. This is just so, so odd for him.]

this thread is almost two months old jfc

[deusexraf]

It...well, if you can think for yourself and everything, then you're a person, one way or another. At least, that's how I see it. And the idea of someone being bought and sold is a lot like slavery.

raf and noisy boy talk FOREVER

[wakizashi_straight]

We do not have the ability to communicate this to our handlers; I am only able to text now because of a device on my arm. If we cannot show the humans we are sentient, how are they to know we are?

[deusexraf]

[do none of them pay attention? Raf goes quiet at that, though, unsure how to respond.

he couldn't imagine not listening to someone just because they can't talk the same as he does.]

[wakizashi_straight]

I am sorry. It has been difficult for me to find a way to explain.

[deusexraf]

...don't apologize. It's just something for others to get used to, if you honestly don't mind it, I guess.

[wakizashi_straight]

It is simply how things have always been done. I am accustomed to it.

[deusexraf]

...Would you want it to be different?

[wakizashi_straight]

If it was different, I doubt I would have had the life I have so far. For all of its difficulties, I could not let that go lightly.

[deusexraf]

...I really can't argue with that, I guess. It's those things that make us who we are, right?

[wakizashi_straight]

It is an important part of it, yes. Our experiences and the people we meet are extremely valuable in that regard.