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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 6, 2015 23:36:52 GMT
I'm useless now? Great. Today sucks. I don't want to die. I-I think. It'd be a relief, an end to the war, but I still have a job. Leaving would just harm those I care about. So no. I don't want to die. Not yet. But I will ask that you do something about the others. Get them out of my head, into something else.
Straightedge always began to lose his insanity when talking to somebody for a while. Especially when fearful. He was never truly insane, he just snapped during the war. The sane part still showed.
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Post by Kick-Start on May 6, 2015 23:43:14 GMT
Kick-Start raises an eyebrow at the request. Then she smiles.
"Ye-es, I think I might be able to do that. And justify it to Backbeat too. Although you do realize that these extra personalities will also be incarcerated on the Nemesis? Well, unless they elect to be more co-operative than you're being."
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 6, 2015 23:51:46 GMT
Sandy will be co-operative. John will cause riots. I don't know what I'll do. They're usually telling me what to do, guiding me. But now I don't need guidance. I'm going to prison. Or worse. So, use my CNA. But just leave me alone wherever you put me. I don't need any more people disappointed in me. So, what's on the agenda?
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Post by Kick-Start on May 6, 2015 23:53:57 GMT
"Straightedge, you may have to be strapped to a table, but you are the first moderately intelligent person I've talked to for weeks. Why would I want to kill you and spoil it?" Kick-Start asks him.
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 7, 2015 0:00:28 GMT
Because most people don't like my company. My mouth moves just as fast as my pedes. Either way, you seem awful nice for a Con. What gives?
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Post by Kick-Start on May 7, 2015 0:10:04 GMT
"What? A Decepticon can't be 'nice'?"
Kick-Start keeps working, although Straightedge can't see what it is.
"I wasn't always a Decepticon. Well, it depends on your definition really... If we're going to be technical I was originally a Casseticon - my Deck was a Decepticon. Then he was offlined, and I and my brothers were... homeless, I suppose you could say. To survive, I rebuilt my own body to be taller and more bulky, with a transformation mode..."
Kick-Start gestures at herself. She's skinny and only 14 feet tall, diminutive even by motorcycle standards.
"As you can see, it had... limited success. In certain ways, this body is almost a shell."
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 7, 2015 0:14:38 GMT
I know a guy.... Where the exact opposite happened to him. An original Cybertronian, died, was rebuilt as a Casseticon. And no. They can't be nice, it's in their name.
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Post by Kick-Start on May 7, 2015 2:54:55 GMT
"You really don't know anything about Decepticons, do you?"
Kick-Start looks at Straightedge sympathetically.
"'You are being deceived'. That was Megatron's rallying cry. That the people were being 'deceived'. Conned, even, as to the nature of their rule. That they were being deceived into believing the Council was just, that the people were equal, that the class system was fair. They called themselves Decepticons."
She walks forwards.
"And the Council twisted it, just like they twisted everything. People didn't join the Decepticons to deceive. They joined to reveal the truth."
She maintains optical contact, face to face with him.
"No wonder you're going crazy. I would too if I believed so many of our own people are wicked beyond redemption. But in the real world, everybody is a faction unto themselves, with their own beliefs and morals and dreams. It's just hard to realize a dream alone, y'know?"
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 7, 2015 13:52:32 GMT
I don't understand. Can you put that in layman's terms?
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Post by Kick-Start on May 8, 2015 18:21:20 GMT
"Sure. The world isn't black and white," Kick-Start notes something down on a sheet of paper, "People don't do bad things because they like doing bad things. They do things because they think it's the right thing to do at the time, one way or another."
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 8, 2015 19:51:41 GMT
I know that firsthand. Ever killed a superipr officer because their actions were unjust? And then, it turns out they weren't? And you develop voices in your head to keep your crumbling mind intact? But... I think I get it.
Straightedge tried moving his hands and legs, not to escape, but to cross his arms and legs, like he usually did when talking, but he quickly remembered that he was restrained.
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Raiza
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Post by Raiza on May 9, 2015 16:53:16 GMT
A knock came at Kick-Start's door.
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Post by Kick-Start on May 9, 2015 21:29:57 GMT
"Come on in, Raiza," Kick-Start beckons the other medic.
She looks at Straightedge again.
"It's hard to keep your head... regular. It's something you have to deal with."
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Raiza
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Post by Raiza on May 9, 2015 23:22:32 GMT
"Hello, my favorite friend in the office"
Raiza said to Kick-Start as she strolled into the room. She leaned against the desk with her hands holding her against it.
"Last time I was here, I thought it was smaller. Guess I was wrong"
She looked around the room in a fake curious manner.
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Post by Kick-Start on May 9, 2015 23:35:03 GMT
"That's one way to put it..."
Kick-Start lifts her list.
"Some of the things I'll need include Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sulfur..."
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Backbeat
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Post by Backbeat on May 10, 2015 5:53:12 GMT
A private message from Backbeat is sent to Kick-Start's radio
' I need an estimate on when my new army of improved vehicons will arrive... '
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Post by Kick-Start on May 10, 2015 12:58:13 GMT
"Hmmm? Oh, that's easy Lord Backbeat..."
Kick-Start flicks through some of the files.
"I need the chemical compositions to create the cultures. But it won't be long before they are growing."
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Post by Straightedge and Scatterblast on May 10, 2015 15:50:26 GMT
Hmm.
Straightedge cracked his neck joint, looking at Raiza. No doubt she saw the resemblance between Straightedge and the mech she recently fought. The mech looked around, wondering still his fate.
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Backbeat
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Post by Backbeat on May 10, 2015 17:40:36 GMT
Backbeat replies
' Good... It's refreshing to see someone who understands how to follow a simple plan... '
He adds
' Some days it's like no one wants to win this war... '
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Post by Kick-Start on May 10, 2015 19:01:00 GMT
"Depressingly there are no small number of warriors who live only for battle... I'm faxing you the ingredients now, Backbeat."
Kick-Start chews on her lip thoughtfully.
"Time to build the preparatory tubes, eh Raiza?"
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