AUDIO;

[inferiordude]

Hey, so. That noise I was hearin'... it stopped a few days ago.

Then all these new dudes are poppin' up. Weird, how that panned out, but you know? With a place that's got, like, magic pages an' stuff in it? Ain't hard to see how weird scrap happens.

So! To all of you new dudes! Name's Soundwave. Nah, I ain't the usual quiet, monotone creeper. Ain't my scene, dude. If it helps separate me from the usual? Jus' call me 'Wave. Lotsa people do. I help run the recreational center with Wing. So chances are, I'll see you all there sometime.

Shoot me a message if you dudes need anything.

Soundwave, rockin' out.


[VANDAL]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Yeah, I. Kinda need to talk. Like, real bad, Joan Jett. Got a few kliks?

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[STARSCREAM]

Uh. Hey.

Comments

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[The mercurial seeker is processing this information over and over in rapid cycles, looking at it from an abundance of different angles.]

Then how do you intend to test my loyalty?

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[inferiordude]

Stars, I don't need to test your loyalty to know you give a scrap about me. You've always looked out for me, for one reason or another.

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[ex_dishonestly997]

But this is Megatron. My Megatron.

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[inferiordude]

...I know who it is. I've dealt with him for awhile.

Stars, bottom line is? No matter what happens, you're not gonna shake my confidence in you. I won't ask you to do anything crazy like try to kill 'im.

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[Starscream isn't sure why, but the situation as it stands makes him want to purge.]

Okay.

Soundwave, ah.

[it went counter to every Decepticon ideal he had, but it bore saying]

...Thanks for--being honest with me.

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[inferiordude]

Hey, of course. I...

I'm sorry that I hide some things. Habit, I guess.

You tell me if you need anything?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

That badge you're wearing might be a different color, but it still means something, Soundwave.

I need time to talk to him. I can handle him, I can make sure things work out. [though with a Prime and a Megatron here that's not a promise.]

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[inferiordude]

Glad you see it that way.

...I'll give you space with him. [He sounds reluctant, but he means what he says.]

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[it's so confusing, he feels ...underlying loyalty to Soundwave that he can't define, and the pull of loyalty from a world away where Megatron promised all the wonderful things he felt he could never acquire for himself. A way to fill the void that was his ego, and clamored for admiration.

And it wasn't, confusingly, all about self-gratification. He struggled for a moment to find words, words that weren't thank you because too much of that suggested debts he might not be able to repay, but...]

..thanks. I'll try to make sure you don't regret it.