re_alignment | [Video] feeling the Call

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[Video] feeling the Call

[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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Wing.

I know. [Believe him. He knows. He hated leaving. And he hates that he hasn't reclaimed the rest of that kiss yet. ]

...I can't. Not jail. Please.

[He tilts his head, Wing's obvious distress penetrating his mood. ]

I can try. It's bad enough we have mechs like Overlord here, hurting our kind. Now this?

[He shrugs.] Besides, the worst that could happen...isn't that bad.

[There's something in hearing the name, as if it helps keep them bound together.]

Drift.

[There's so much he wants right now...]

"Fair enough. Then somewhere else? Confined to quarters. Mine or another high in the tower. There are options that are better than you leaving."

[He does his best to steady himself, flight panels fluttering in discomfort.]

Trying without some chance of success is just suicide. I'm not saying we shouldn't fight him. Vector even bid me to do so when I asked how I could help. But we have to be smart about it, don't we?

[His amber optics twitch in alarm as he looks at Drift searchingly.] And what do you call 'the worst that could happen' that it isn't so bad?

...I don't want you to have to see me. If it gets like that again.

[Why is it so hard for everyone to accept he's trying to save them?]

No one even seems to realize this is an enemy. We're all so focused on each other that half the time the mechs we've lost we haven't even noticed until it's too late. Someone's stealing them from under us. We need to know who and why.

[He shrugs.] If I die, I'll come back.

Drift...I've seen you at your worst, or near to it. I'm in this, with you. I love you, regardless.

[Why is it so hard for Drift to accept help? Especially from his loved ones.]

I know it's an enemy Drift. But it's a faceless, frameless enemy right now. What can we physically do against it? How do we fight it? I'm certain that's why the First Forged never made it widespread knowledge. It'd just create panic.

I-- [A beat, because he hates hearing the first three words so much that it makes him think he's misheard the last three.] You'll what?

[Drift looks...distressed.] Promise me, Wing. Promise me you won't let me hurt you.

Maybe I can goad it out, make it show itself. Because it's not getting to surprise me. That has to be something we can use.

[He frowns.] The Primes hid things from us back on Cybertron, before the war. I'm sure they thought it was for some similar rationale.

I'll come back. Wing, if we were brought here for a reason they won't let us die without fulfilling it.

[It's a distressing subject all around.] I-I'll defend myself Drift. You know I can. I promise.

Goad it out. And then do what? [He tilts his head.] How do you avoid being surprised?

[Drift has a point, though it's hard for Wing to imagine that the First Forged would conspire against them.] Maybe they don't want to involve us if they don't have to. I think they're trying to protect us, not involve us in their battles. It's not their fault their enemy keeps targeting us, is it?

Come back...from death? [He stares, his face blank.] How is that possible? Is that within the First Forged power?

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