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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 1:55:22 GMT
"Huh. You think you had it rough? I used to be Neutral," Kick-Start welds two wires together skilfully, "Didn't everybody? But the war destroyed my home. My family had nowhere to go."
Her expression hardens as she looks straight at him.
"And when we Casseticons say we have nowhere to go, we mean it."
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 2:07:17 GMT
So you're a casseticon huh? I take it you're more of a headmaster kind of unit now with that frame? Aren't casseticons meant to be 7ft tall'ish like the minicons?
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 2:27:28 GMT
"Do you know what happens to a Casseticon when their Carrier is destroyed?"
Kick-Start continues seriously.
"The initial claustrophobia is overwhelming. You think it's a big universe? I used to spend most of my time in the Infinite Void... but that's not the end of it."
She sighs with another strip of metal.
"Then comes the incompatibility. We can't attach to other mechs. We're not upgrades. We aren't even compatible with other Carriers. My original alt mode is a cassette tape. We are nothing. To survive, we had to rebuild ourselves. We had to make ourselves taller, bulkier, give ourselves alt modes to look like regular transforming mechs, but as you can see, the illusion is... poor."
She stands to spread her arms.
"I was my Carrier's Repair Cassette. You think your family is loving and close? Cassetticons are... parts of the whole. Without our Carrier, one by one we were scattered. They're out there, somewhere..." she pushes something back in place on Gearchange, "Every day I feel like I'm wearing the wrong body..."
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 2:32:08 GMT
I guess it must suck seeing soundwave then?
He felt something pop back in place.
I'm feeling a little more whole again, Kick-Start is it?
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 2:46:44 GMT
With the point of her heel, Kick-Start presses something back into place in one of Gearchange's servos with a little smile; not unpleasant though.
"It's Commander Kick-Start. And it 'sucks' as you put it, a little..." she sighs, "But I don't dislike Soundwave, or his family. How could I? He just reminds me of what I lost..."
She punches something into place on his shoulder.
"The Decepticons saved me, Gearchange. I was more alone than you can imagine. They saw something in what had become nothing. They took me in and gave me a reason to function. Lord Shockwave plans to bring peace to the scattered masses. How can I deny a Cause like that?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 3:26:07 GMT
Wish I could say the same, I was their play thing and when Megatron actually saw a fighter in me he took me on himself as one of his own apprentices so to speak.
I guess now I'm back in the ring and shockwave holds all the strings this time.
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 13:36:23 GMT
"And now you're stronger for it," Kick-Start smiles, "Think of it this way... every time Optimus Prime said "Til all become one" it was a sign for you to cleave some poor sod's chest in two."
She keeps twisting a wrench.
"You're still going to be fighting for peace. Just on the other side of the glass. Doesn't that make you feel any better?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 20:13:36 GMT
I... don't know. I wouldn't be me though. i wouldn't be in control it would be someone else... in my body.
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 20:26:31 GMT
"Oh, no, reprogramming doesn't stop you from being you. It's more like having your personality reset to factory standards," Kick-Start laughs, "You'll still be you. Same car, same destination, different roadmap."
She gestures at herself.
"I'm still me, even if I had to make my own body. You'll still be you. Just with a new outlook on life. You won't even remember your family, so you can't possibly miss them. You'll be single again. You can't tell me you're not looking forward to that, eh?"
She smiles widely.
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 20:36:48 GMT
I don't think that outlook will be all its cracked up to be. But knowing shockwave he would want me to be the warrior megatron tried to make me.
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 20:53:59 GMT
"Not Lord Shockwave. He'll want you to be better."
Kick-Start steps behindGearchange, out of sight for a moment. She giggles.
Then she uses a small buzz-saw to open the top of his helm.
"I suggest you don't move. I'm just going to perform a teensy bit of pre-surgery preparation..."
With that, she moves in with a very small screwdriver and starts working on a chip in his targetting processor. She takes it out for a few seconds and makes a very, very small modification. It is subtle but she has just altered his targetting chip so that if he ever consciously fires a gun at her, his gun will jam. His melee weapons will still be usable on her though.
It's something she's done multiple times before, and Gearchange may never even find out about it. It's not in an area that will come to Shockwave's attention during reprogramming either.
"Can't have any complications. You want to come out of this functioning and ready to serve Lord Shockwave and the Cause, don't you?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 21:03:25 GMT
I guess
Gearchange closes his optics
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 21:14:01 GMT
"Oh don't be so depressed. I'm almost finished!"
Kick-Start slides the chip back into Gearchange.
"It'll be over and done with before you know it. Literally! You're all nicely ready to be moved now. In a few hours you'll have no worries and no responsibilities, and a whole new purpose in life!"
She snaps her fingers at the Vehicon assisting her. Between them - mostly the Vehicon - Gearchange is lifted onto a hover-berth. She switches the chains for standard metal restraints. Then she puts his damaged leg into a straight splint so that it will heal straight.
She grins a little madly. There is nothing she enjoys more than deeply invasive, highly complicated and dangerous surgery, "So turn that frown upside-down!"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 21:54:24 GMT
Right...
He replied.
I just hope that my past doesn't come back to bite any of the decepticons on this ship, Kaon was my home for a few years and a lot of its residents lost money because of me and my knack for being the pit's greatest.
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 22:08:44 GMT
"Aw, shame. But that's why it's called 'gambling', right? Never did think much of those fights. I prefer brains over brawn myself."
Kick-Start makes one last check of Gearchange's restraints and his wiring. His chassis is in pristine condition. The only part of him that remains unrepaired are his legs, which are also restrained. His weapons have also been disabled for now.
She inputs the code to open the plasma cell-bars and gestures for the Vehicon to walk and push the hover-berth, and speaks into a comm-link, leaving a message for Shockwave.
"Lord Shockwave, the prisoner Gearchange is repaired as per your requests! I am transporting him with all due precautions to your laboratory."
Her heels click-clack as she walks, calling over two more Vehicons as an escort.
"Well Gearchange, I will admit that I don't know exactly what will happen to you, but I'll bet it's going to be AWESOME. And even if it hurts, you won't remember it hurting afterwards, so that's cool too, right?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 22:38:23 GMT
If you call having your brain messed around with awesome then sure, whatever floats your boat Kick-start... just try not to piss me off when i'm a decepticon alright?
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 22:58:51 GMT
"A big guy like you? Last thing I want to do is make you mad at me," Kick-Start snickered very slightly, "Why did you even join the Autobots in the first place, if Megatron tutored you in the fighting arts?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 23:13:52 GMT
Because I never gave up hope in the fact that rescue would come one day, I'd have fought my way out to victory either way. I refused Megatron's offer to become his next apprentice in arms so to speak.
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Post by Kick-Start on Jan 27, 2015 23:31:15 GMT
"Yes but... why? Even if it was just Megatron..."
Wham. Just Megatron. And she speaks about him in the past tense.
"It would still have been a huge honour. The old system was corrupt and unfair. Megatron created the Decepticons to remedy that. You'll be united with the Decepticon Cause, and you won't be a mindless drone. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
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Post by Gearchange on Jan 27, 2015 23:41:47 GMT
Mindless drone? I'm an individual not some vehicon or pawn, I'm not going to allow myself to become Shockwave's plaything when he's done with me. You realise this right?
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