heavyweaponsbot | 3rd Transmission / Audio

Not intentionally, perhaps. [He... oh man, did he just snort? Apparently he's running low on discomfort with this body. He releases him once it's done.]

If you believe you could successfully mimic me - including my loyalty to Lord Megatron.

Never! It is my function to protect them! Not harm them! [all but flings himself away, shuddering like he can get the touchy-feely feeling off him.]

... No. I will not. Hmpf!

Not intentionally. You said yourself that my claws bothered you, and I was concerned that you might accidentally harm someone besides my body with them. The problem has been rectified. [He watches him, posture relaxed but looking vaguely confused. He fixed it, why is there more freak-out?]

I thought as much.

I am capable of controlling myself around the organics! More experience with them than you would be!

[Shudder-twitch, vaguely wanting to find a shower, or whatever the robot version is]

Be silent.

And I have yet to injure any of them.

[Unfortunately, they probably just have to use the showers. Bummer. He's slightly concerned; the last time he saw someone twitching like that, they'd... well, they'd been locked in the Stockade for a hundred stellar cycles and were completely insane.]

"Yet". You have yet to harm them.

[That's fine, he'd like one. His body touched a Decepticon, and he got touched by one... in his... Ew. Ew. He would like booze. A lot of booze. Wait, crap, does this body even have the capacity to drink?]

There would be no point to my intentionally harming one. If it happened, it would likely be due to some altercation with you.

[Most of the Energon for social drinking is back in Shockwave's room. And it does, in fact. He's just failing to mention it because he knows the reserves in his body aren't running empty yet.
Or because he's a jerk. One of those.]

You make it sound as if I am clumsy, Decepticon. If I chose to take you on, only you would walk away damaged.

[Hide believes it's because he's an aft. Who made him look like an idiot.]

Hardly. I simply know what happens when two Cybertronians fight - collateral damage of impressive amounts.

[He doesn't mean to make 'Hide look like an idiot. Mostly.]

Smaller now. Downgraded. I could take you on with little resulting damage... to the surrounding area, anyway.

[This corks are still irritating 8|]

You certainly sound confident about that.

[Well, if Ironhide would rather keep shredding his room... 8|]

[Looks from Shockwave's body to his and back]

I am stronger than you. Heavier. Fewer fragile apparatuses on my exterior. Without weapons...

I am confident.

[It's taken him a while, but he's figured out Ironhide's facial structure enough to manage a poker face. It's not his usual one, but it does well enough. He refuses to let on to what's running through his processor.]

Stronger and heavier. Also slower. Not to mention that you are... broken.

But if you feel the need to challenge me, then you are welcome to locate me when we are returned to our proper bodies.

[His default expression is really ":|". He tilts his head, refusing to let those antennae flick around or whatever they usually do, they're staying still]

You think I have not taken on faster opponents before? While damaged? I am a soldier, Decepticon... Fighting in adverse conditions is in my basic programming.

I might.

[That's the only problem with someone else being in his body; stubborn soldier-processors make reading his own body language difficult.]

You have, likely, if you have warred as long as I have heard. But you have not 'taken on' me, Autobot.

Only 'might'? Here I thought you could not stand my mere presence on this ship.

[Same. And having only two default modes of expression makes things even harder.]

Longer, I am willing to bet. And now you sound overconfident.

Depends on several factors.

[Shockwave's just glad he's used to being in bodies that aren't formatted like his. It makes getting used to Ironhide's that much easier.]

Perhaps your personality subroutines did not completely transfer. They might be rubbing off on me.

Does it now?

[Then he gets to laugh at the awkward attempts to compensate balance for a lighter body.]

... They best have. Or the party responsible will pay. I will not take on any Decepticon traits!

Yeah.

[Oh, he's laughing on the inside. He only wishes he could record it. He could have spliced it with the other funny 'Hide video and set it to silly music.]

Unfortunate. You might have been more entertaining that way. Possibly more agreeable.

Mm. Well, we shall we then, yes?

[Oh, if he ever found out, he's going to kill something...]

I doubt that. I will never be a Decepticon. Ever. Nothing good comes from Megatron's troops.

Yeah. We will.

[Luckily, he keeps everything in his processor behind strong firewalls with heavy passcoding. His paranoia in action.]

You were one before you left, were you not? Certainly your allies would count that as 'something good that came from Megatron's troops'?

[He's not being intentionally flattering, he's just trying to make a logical point.]

[Logical or not, that point makes him go very still. The rage is back, and he looks like he'd very much enjoy tearing Shockwave some new holes--even if it is his body he'd be wrecking]

... Do not speak of that. Ever.

[He lets his poker face fall, just long enough for an 'I dare you' look to cross his borrowed faceplate. He'd like to see if Ironhide would really attack his own body for a fleeting bit of 'justice'.]

Too late.

[Don't test him, Shockwave. He knows exactly where he was shot--and thus where to shove an elbow. Which he does, taking advantage of this smaller, faster body--aiming to throw the joint into the nice hole in his body's chest.]

[He can see Ironhide moving, but he can't backtrack as fast as normal; he doesn't get a chest full of his body's elbow, but it still clips. Proximity alarms scream a klaxon in his processor - he ignores them in favor of the damage warnings and his borrowed, shorting pain receptors. He groans quietly, lashing out to try to grab Ironhide again.]

You are behaving irrationally.

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