[Video] feeling the Call

[sword_redemption]

[Drift has looked better. His armor's dented and stained, but nothing looks obviously fatal. More than that, he looks...tired. And twitchy. Which is not a good combination in anyone, least of all him.]

Going back out to the Badlands.

Don't follow.

((OOC: because of his canon (D-Void) and having been into the Badlands twice already, he's feeling the effects of the Calling sooner than anyone else. BUT feel free to comm him or stop him or whatever! ))

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[sword_redemption]

I don't care what anyone else thinks. I need to do what's right. Right is more important than obedience. I learned that the hard way.

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[thehardway]

And you're correct based on what fact?

[sword_redemption]

That I've felt this before. I know what it means.

[Video]

[sword_redemption]

Wing.

[...he has no retort for that, honestly. ]

I will return. I can fight it. I fought it before.

It was fast, but it was coming through. If this Unicron is still...wherever he is, it's weaker.

I don't want to wait till it gets stronger. Till it takes someone else.

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[thehardway]

So nothing.

[sword_redemption]

One day you'll listen when someone--even someone you don't like--tries to tell you something. Something important.

[vandalization]

I'm fine. Seriously.

Uh. I have some canned tuna, I'll be okay. Just don't go, please.

[sword_redemption]

Make you a deal. You eat, right now, talking to me.

And I'll think about it.

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[thehardway]

It would be more helpful if you were actually telling me anything.

[sword_redemption]

You don't remember? On Cybertron? At the end of the war?

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[thehardway]

Of course I do.

[sword_redemption]

Then you know what I'm talking about.

It. I can feel it. It's here.

[thehardway]

Verify with the Firstforged before you go running off based on a theory.

[Really, he'd rather Drift was wrong.]

[sword_redemption]

You trust them? They didn't tell us about Unicron until we'd already lost how many?

[thehardway]

I don't have much of a choice. They are the authority of this world, Drift. I have to.

[audio]

[winged_knight]

[There's a moment where Wing just...can't quite comprehend what Jetfire is saying. Or rather, he comprehends, but that's different then understanding...]

Jetfire. You... 'have him?'

[It's possibly the most absurd and wonderful thing Wing has ever heard.]

Ah... my room in Vector's tower. Balcony that faces the rising sun with the red pennant.

[He not sure where else would be best at this short notice, but at the very least, if Wing has to knock Drift out and then lock him inside then he will.]

[sword_redemption]

Then that's your choice.

I can make a different choice. Because I've fallen for false leaders before. I won't do it again.

[thehardway]

I will follow rank and law, as is always required of me. Their word is the closest we have to fact, outside of a familiar feeling you are experiencing.

And I will not lose another mech to his own foolishness. Which seems to be a concept you cannot grasp.

[sword_redemption]

That's not your choice or your power to control, Ultra Magnus.

[thehardway]

Perhaps not, but you could make it infinitely simpler.

[sword_redemption]

And be wrong. And others would get hurt, maybe die.

I'm not going to 'make your life easy' if it means someone else could die.

[Video]

[winged_knight]

Do you know how hard it was to let you leave last time? [His demeanor is fierce, but behind it hides a quavering fear and grief...]

I won't let you go. Certainly not by yourself.

If harming others is your concern then Haven has a perfectly good jail.

[He should know, McCrane had him test it. Though thoughts of McCrane almost break him again.]

... Til it takes someone else? So you think you can just...go into the Badlands and fix the problem? By yourself? The very thing the First Forged are still trying to purge from the planet? ...how?

And how do you know it isn't Unicron making you do this!?

[audio]

[angleofscience]

[There was swooping and everything! Very dramatic. And probably ridiculous as well.]

Since reasoning with him wasn't working for any of us, I... ah. Went and got him. If I'd been sure merely confronting him where he was would have worked, I would have, but it seemed... safer and simpler to do it this way.

On my way, then. Shouldn't take more than a breem.

[Since he's flying slower with Drift in his arms... Not so much because Drift is heavy (he isn't), but to cut down on wind and debris.]

[audio]

[winged_knight]

[Hopefully there's video evidence, for reminiscing later! In other words, Wing would love to see this...]

I...

[It's true, Wing was making progress, but only a little. He was starting to think he'd have to go after Drift himself.]

Thank you Jetfire. I'll see you soon then.

[vandalization]

Deal, but you don't think about it, you just stay.