15th Transmission

[heavyweaponsbot]

. . .

[Awkward silence for a few moments.]

Anyone here know how to dispose of a corpse on this ship? Particularly one that is... falling apart...




((ooc: Yes, the fish that so traumatized Mikaela, and had taken up residence in Ironhide's bathtub... has passed on. He's not allowed pets.))

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Well...yeah. I mean, we're organic. [She finishes washing her hands for the umpteenth time, then heads towards the door of the bathroom. God it reeked of fish in there.]

Might wanna hit up like, one of the shops or something, see if you can find some air freshener or something.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He turns to watch her, and leans against the wall.]

I shut off my olfactory sensors. Does not bother me.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Lucky you.

[She looks him over.]

You doing okay...?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah.

[He... looks away, and shrugs.]

Just fine.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She shifts. Are things still awkward? Yeah. Things are still awkward.]

You uh...you sure?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He shrugs, and prods at the hole in his chest, wincing.]

Yeah. Everything is fine.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

You don't...you're not acting like you're okay.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Would you? If all you trusted had turned to the Decepticons?

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She flinches.]

Ironhide that's...that's not what we're doing. We just...we don't want to fight anymore. I'm tired of it. I can't...I don't want to do it anymore.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He's silent. An end to the war was... a pleasant thought, but that was all it was. Just a thought.]

... they will betray us. That is their nature.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She shifts. It's...always a possibility.]

Maybe. But...I'd rather try for a truce instead of continuing it when we maybe don't have to.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He doesn't move, except to prod at his chest again.]

I do not believe a word of what Shockwave says. Therefore... I do not see the sense in trying.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She comes closer, peering up at that hole.] You should let Ratchet look at that again.

I know you don't, and...believe it or not, I understand why. I've fought them too, remember?

[She rubs at her forehead.]

But it's...we can't pass this up. Not when there's a chance of us - of me - getting caught in the crossfire. Again.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He covers it with a hand.] There is nothing he can do.

If you understand... why are you so quick to believe him, hm? To trust him?

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[Total suspicious look here.] If you say so.

...I've been here a lot longer. It...I wasn't quick to believe him, or trust him. It's taken some time. I've been here since July, remember?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

He said so himself.

[He shifts a little, hand still covering the damage.] Only months. Where we have been at war for millenia.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She just sighs.]

But not...not with him specifically. I mean, I bet you don't even have a Shockwave back home, do you?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

He wears their sigil. He swears allegiance to their lord. It does not matter his designation... they are all the same.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

I think you are purposefully being stubborn. [She's giving him an annoyed look.] We just want peace, and it's worth giving it a whirl.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He isn't looking at her.]

... Then you will have peace without me.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She just has a sad expression on her face.]

I don't understand why you want the war and the fighting to continue.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[There's a lot he could say right here. That war is all he was made for, that it's his function to fight...]

It is not peace, when it is based on some Decepticon trick. All this is. Even... Prime knew the war could only end when they were gone.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Doesn't..doesn't have to be a trick. They're in the minority, and...no one wants to continue a war here on the boat. Just...just cause you guys don't want passengers involved, well...we're involved anyway.

[She might as well be talking to the wall.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

They are Decepticons. It is in their programming to lie to us, to do anything to get what they want.

[Yes, yes it is.]

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, then, cause the rest of us want peace, evem if you don't.