re_alignment | [Video][Transmitting from Junk Pile's edge near Megatronus's Quadrant]

[The Link flickers on to revel darkness cut by a single shaft of pale light. Only the tip of a pointed silver footplate is visible in the light, occupying the immediate foreground. From there the view travels up, the darkness marred only but the soft gray lines of a white frame punctuated by blood red accents seated in the background.]

[The helm swivels, sharp white audials slicing through the air as the glow of red optics comes into view.]

Fellow Haveners, refugees, it's Wing again.

[The voice: it’s very definitely wrong. It’s not Drift’s but it’s not Wing’s. It's almost a beautiful melding of the two but with a dark, sticky-sweet coating. He moves like a ghost, slipping from his perch to come down to your level.]

Please disregard my earlier broadcast. I assure you there's nothing to worry about. Aside from a slight frame mix-up-- [the helm leans further into view stopping just short of a ray of light, revealing Drift's features instead of Wing's] --which appears to just be a thing that's been happening of late, I feel peeeerfectly fine. Mooore than fine, in fact.

[It’s much of the same cadence and language that Wing uses, but his normally gracious words carry none of their usual earnest weight, instead sounding overly casual and almost patronizing.]

The only thing that's not fine is that I don't know where Drift is. [A thread of irritation--insolence--that gets covered quickly and his tone becomes sweet again.]

But maybe there's someone out there that can help me with that. Speaking of...

[Wing will just call out a few people of interest now, and not bother locking any of the frequencies. What would that accomplish?]

[To Soundwave]

Soundwave. Why so blue? It’s horribly depressing. Not to mention boorish. You’re better than that. Can’t you make some beautiful music for me? [Oh, there's a look that promises something in return, should you indulge him.]

[To Kagerou]

My friend Kagerou. You said recently that you wanted to start living. I was happy to be there to cheer you on. Now I'm ready to step up and take you places. Do you really want to start living? Come find me and I'll show you.

[To Perceptor]

Perceptor, did they lock you up for those shootings yet? No? Good. We could have some fun with that overactive trigger finger of yours. I’ve better uses for it. [Have a impish little smile.]

[To Pharma]

Oh Pharma... [He waves a hand casually.] Just wondering how it feels to know you touch the world through Decepticon crafted hands? Self servicing must be a real conflict of interest now.

[To Blurr]

Blurr, [it comes out as a purr almost, as if caressing the syllables as they leave his mouth.] You naughty thing. I’ve been watching you. I saw what you did. I just have to say...Bravo. [A slow clap, dark fingers into a cool metal palm.] Veeeery entertaining. Please, let us have mooore.

I do wonder though...how you think you’ll get your police force off the ground with behaviour like that. But I guess we didn’t really need it anyway. That’s no fun, right?

[To Starscream]

Starscream. No, no the other one. You are as big as your ego now. Have you challenged Megatronus yet? You were so confident about being his equal earlier when you were telling me how you'd throw him over your knee and slap his aft til he cried 'Primus!'. I'd love to know how that goes. [Can he watch? Please?]

[To Vandal]

So Karrie--err, sorry--Vandal.... Maybe you should come stay with me? You’ll be safe here. I can protect you if...Drift is otherwise occupied.

[To Drift]

And Drift... Where arrrre you? You've been avoiding me. [a pout of distaste] Perhaps I can understand why but, reeeaaally, we just have more in common now! Could be fun, yeeees? [the helm tilts provocatively as he leans uncomfortably close into frame.] Please let me know where you are. I've miiiissed you so very much. And I've I gotten as much fun out of myself as I can. I need you. Don’t make me come fiiiinnd you.

At this rate I'll have to find myself a lesser substitute just to satisfy my needs...

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If I didn't know better, I'd say insanity is contagious.

[he lets the Karrie thing go. For now.]

Look, you, Blurr, and Soundwave all started acting...different... in negative ways. Self damaging or damaging to others. Or both. That can't be coincidental, can it? [a hesitation; he can't with the science] The only thing that shoots my theory in the leg is that you're human and they're not, so whatever this is has to be affecting more than one kind of physiology.

Something is-

Hnnngh!

[She holds her head, and then snaps back to attention.]

Oh fucking christ not you too...

Vandal?

That's not funny. That's the least humorous response I can think of at this particular moment. I mean it.

Fuck fuck fuck!

[Think, Karrie, think...]

[She switches to text.]

Use text, not video.

vandal i swear

keep
it
together

i am.

okay just... i've been seeing things again. everyone looks like those fucking monsters to me. everyone except for wing, drift and that primary care asshole.

but it's not like usually. i mean when i see things.

my head feels clear. like it's something else that's causing it.

Edited (i accidentally a typo) 2012-09-14 17:39 (UTC)

thank you, (i mean it)

that actually gives me a little more to work with

i feel like there's an obvious connection i'm missing actually

like what?

i did notice, i think it may have something to do with a page i found. i wrote on it, and i wasn't the only one who did that, it looks like.

What did you write?

you remember what i wrote on my uh... my house?

i can't help it sometimes it just has to come out

i'm sorry

it's fine it's not like you mean to make trouble

it's just your specialty

are you going to be okay / do you need company

yeah i'm kinda realizing that.

i'll be okay, like i said it's not super bad like it was before it's just freaky.

are you okay?

so what are you seeing exactly

the same thing you saw before?

i'm fine i'm a decepticon remember

monsters but... like everyone is monsters. everyone is just... huge. awful monsters.

it's not like it is usually

that doesn't mean you dont have feelings

i'm not usually a huge awful monster ?

just kidding

uh probably not the best time for jokes

how do you know ?

haha

you are not fucking funny starscream

i just know

it beats the alternative

decepticons don't do weakness
that includes emotional weakness
physical, mental
etc

so when you held me and comforted me after the hallucinations

what was that?

[scrabbling to try to make this private]

SDFSDF"SDFDSFDFDdfsf-sdf

i can't retroactively

private that

can i

no

consider that my vengeance for that one time with the letter

dont play around this kind of thing could get me offlined

really?

[he's editing and deleting (strikes) like a motherboardfragger so it takes a while for him to reply] if megatron showed up here and found out what i was doing

~~he might kill you~~

he would consider it a disgrace to the decepticon ideal

he doesn't care that ~~they've lost~~ ~~i am the ideal~~ it's not important here

do you prefer i call you vandal

he sounds like a super huge cockwad

we'd protect you

oh

in public yeah

i'm not worth protecting from him vandal

i can handle it, just

you have plenty of your own problems

do you mind if i ask why

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