warborn: (are they gonna be saved)
Fortress Maximus ([personal profile] warborn) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment2012-10-07 07:30 pm

2. [VOICE]

So here's a question. We've got the - 'Haven', whatever, the quadrants and temples and whatever inside of it, and other than that we've got the Badlands.

But this is Cybertron, right? That can't be it. So has anyone bothered doing any real exploring? See what's out there?

[there has to be more...right?]



PRIVATE; Vandal

Hey.

You still got some of your - what'd you call it, whiskey?...any of that left?


PRIVATE; Ultra Magnus

[attached is his 'usual' datalog - the progress report, as it were - but there something else he adds, short and curt;]

Done with Rung.


PRIVATE; Whirl [Text]

[he thought a long while before sending this. but. may as well just...do this, himself, before it's brought up anyway.]

Not gonna see Rung anymore.

He'll be safe from me.
lifepersists: (Here's a waiver for you to sign)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-16 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah well. First Aid understands. Not everyone is quite as friendly as him. His hands drop to his sides. ]

Possibly. I don't remember much of anything after waking you up and the Genericons broke loose, so it's important.
lifepersists: (I'm hot just like an oven)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-16 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ First Aid doesn't say anything for a moment, mainly because it felt like a frozen chill had just run through his circuits. Pharma, working for the 'Cons. It was so unlikely it was almost absurd to even accuse but-- he had suspicions.

His optics dim. ]


Why was Pharma working with the Decepticons? Any idea?
lifepersists: (Before they can pay)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-16 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ But no, it had to have been good. Fortress Maximus didn't know Pharma like he did, living with him for ten years. He was familiar with Pharma's mannerisms, his likes, his pet peeves, things he loathed. He was never a fan of Decepticons.

So what happened to make him sink so low? To try and kill the mechs he'd worked on saving for so many years? ]


Pharma saved my life recently.

[ So he had to ask him. Why was his life worth saving anyway, when all these pieces would come together eventually? ]

I suppose it doesn't matter.
lifepersists: (Like a surgeon ooh)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-16 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
I... didn't mean to offend if I did.

[ He waves his hands at him. ]

I'm just trying to piece together the lies. Nobody's told me about this. I've been working with him this whole time.
lifepersists: (I'm a quack)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-16 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
As alright as Pharma has been. He's always been a bit of a control freak. Has to have his-- er --hands in everything, so to speak. Where I've been, what I've been doing, what I should have been doing, what and who I should like or dislike...

[ Between Ratchet and Pharma, he didn't really have a superior he trusted well enough besides Ambulon. And Ambulon was well... pretty stuffy. ]
lifepersists: (and my forceps)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
He hasn't yet.

[ But he nods. He doesn't feel right dragging Max into his own issues, though. Not when the former warden had so much of his own things to sort. ]

And after we left Delphi, what happened?
lifepersists: (With my scalpel)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ First Aid's optics narrow slightly. If that wasn't clue enough that the nurse already knew something, then Max was failing at picking up his super obvious body language. ]

You said you'd be honest with me.
lifepersists: (and my forceps)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ That rather intense look of disappointment was now turned on Max's back now at least. ]

Why'd you do it?
lifepersists: (Cuttin' for the very first time)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ First Aid was hoping that Max had some kind of explanation or excuse. The disappointment he feels surprises even himself. ]

I'd hope that Whirl wasn't telling the full truth.

[ What's he going to do with you? ]

Are you even sorry?
lifepersists: (Here we go time to operate)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't tell me you shot people.

[ Now some of that disappointment was turning into some mixture of surprise and horror. Not an extreme amount -- First Aid has seen and dealt with a lot -- but he's been finding a lot of mechs he trusted and respected had their own terrible sides lately. ]

He told me you took him and Rung hostage. And Rung was shot because of you.
lifepersists: (Now I'm trying to avoid)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
What did you think was going to happen, Max? Taking people hostage, shooting mechs.

Pretty sure that, you know, leads to people getting hurt.

[ He crosses his arms. ]
lifepersists: (Organ transplants are my line)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ First Aid takes a step back now. If Max wanted, he could pretty much crush him with one hand, something First Aid is pretty aware of. ]

They didn't force you to do that, Max. That's all on you. What would you have done as a warden?
lifepersists: (Oh ho oh ho)

[personal profile] lifepersists 2012-10-17 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For being as small as he is, First Aid is taking this in stride. He stares up at Max, shifting just a bit back farther. ]

And what were you going to do with Prowl? You said no one else would get hurt, that you didn't want to hurt anyone... All you've been doing is trying to justify hurting people!

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