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dear_mun2013-04-08 07:01 pm
needsmoarbombs) wrote in dear_mun2013-04-08 07:01 pm
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Homeless and Full of Disappoint
I must admit, small one, this decision was unexpected of you, particularly knowing what you know... of my fate.
I had hoped for a better outcome, with the decision I had made. In all sense of the phrasing.
[Committing treason had been a difficult thing for him, and look how that turned out. Starscream lived and the Autobots still failed; it was like his sacrifice was completely in vain.]
Still, I suppose that the choice is yours... but the end result will be of my will, and mine alone. I will not be dragged about by you as leashed pet. Though I will expect you to keep me informed of events regardless.
I had hoped for a better outcome, with the decision I had made. In all sense of the phrasing.
[Committing treason had been a difficult thing for him, and look how that turned out. Starscream lived and the Autobots still failed; it was like his sacrifice was completely in vain.]
Still, I suppose that the choice is yours... but the end result will be of my will, and mine alone. I will not be dragged about by you as leashed pet. Though I will expect you to keep me informed of events regardless.
throwing Mirrorverse Starscream at you
Poor Starscream XD
I died on your account, traitor.
Desecrator!
the universe likes to beat on him in any dimension
[First instinct is to shift into jet mode and circle Dreadwing at a distance. Shoves that one aside. Jerkily raises his hands instead, spread out to show he wasn't sharpening his claws or shifting to blasters, just placating hands.]
That's not--!
[Stumbles over the words.]
--ah, D-Dreadwing, have you heard of the theoryofalternatedimensions--?
[And off into rapid-fire ramble. Starscream really did not want to get into a fight, especially with a comrade, even an alternate version of him--especially one that apparently died. And because of his counterpart.]
it really does i'm so sorry
You would say anything to save yourself, Starscream. I had thought you a more capable liar than this!
[Honestly, he expected better than alternate dimensions if Starscream was going to lie. Something more along the lines of 'it was a horrible accident, I tripped and turned your beloved twin into a zombie'. Which does give him a little pause.]
you'd think he'd be used to it by now
[Oh for pit's sake, that sounded bad...but it was the truth, and his best argument at the moment.]
I would never say something that unreal unless it was the bizarre truth!
at least he still hopes for the best?
Then speak, and I will decide if your simpering has merit.
[Of course, he might stab Starscream anyway.]
definitely a Determinator
Er, in the interest of keeping this brief...multiple and alternate versions of a universe can exist, where events play out differently, people live different lives, though the degree of difference between these alternate versions vary, from the miniscule to the extreme, to somewhere in between....
[Was he already going too long?]
I'm a version of Starscream that...that hasn't even seen you in ages. [Now he's struck by the uncomfortable thought that the Dreadwing in his dimension could be dead for all he knows. Gives another cough to distract himself and get back on topic.] Somehow, this place, wherever, whatever it exactly is, it can...it can break every scientific law and gather people from different dimensions, different times, and...and even from the dead, you are not the only one. [Struck by the downright painful reminder that he had met Thundercracker, a different, living version of him.]
no subject
Your definition of brevity differs from mine significantly.
[Still, he rolls the thought around in his processor. Alternate universes. Could still be a lie, of course, which he wouldn't put past Starscream, even if this one is different like he claims.
It's a stupid thought to entertain. And yet...] And what of my twin? What of the Skyquake of your supposed alternate reality?
no subject
Admittedly I did not adhere to that definition at all.
[...Ohscrap why didn't he think this through of course he'd come up and if Dreadwing is asking did that mean that another version of Skyquake was also--then maybe his trine from this Dreadwing's world was also...also....]
Dead. [Voice flat and small.] Made a Terrorcon like my trine....
no subject
I doubt you are capable.
[Hearing 'dead', while no surprise, is also a disappointment. But the part about the Terrorcons... Dreadwing growls again, advancing a pace if only to loom. This is the first he's heard of Starscream having a trine, but the curiosity over that can wait.]
Who disgraced his sacrifice so? [Hope you have a good answer, Starscream.]
no subject
[Something of a low snarl.] Optimus Prime and Ratchet wanted to experiment. Again.
[Then the other coin drops.] ...Wait, if it wasn't them, who--what happened to your Skyquake--?
no subject
... [Optimus? No. There's no way.] Optimus Prime has more honor than that.
You. He died a warrior's death in combat and you disgraced that by raising him from the dead. You desecrated his memory and his body! [Well now he's angry again.]
no subject
Not my Prime.
[Well, no wonder Dreadwing wanted to eviscerate him, and Starscream's brain has kindly been broken, he'll just be speechless and looking horrified for a while.]
no subject
No pleading? Or shrieking? Have I found the sole instance of you being rendered speechless?
[It was much easier to start swinging a sword at Starscream when he was pleading for his life or making excuses for his horrid behavior. Either the reinstated Commander had become a better actor... or he's telling the truth. Which means he can't get vengeance here.]
sorry for MirrorScream's Blue Screen Of Death
nonsense it's beautiful XD
I... believe you.
Re: nonsense it's beautiful XD
...Does it really matter now? [His voice a low guttural scrape.]
[Starscream had run into Optimus, Orion, whatever the frag he wanted to call himself, in this strange place, once. Had instantly attacked him, only to learn later that he technically never ordered the experimentation or the destruction of Vos. And since then...he'd wondered, sometimes, what he'd do if he ran into a Ratchet that claimed he was guiltless. The thought made him see red. Starscream doubted it would matter to him, it would still be Ratchet, Ratchet that--
...He couldn't fathom Dreadwing really letting any version of him go like this. Not after what happened.]
no subject
[That hardly eases his frustration at the situation, of course. But he can't kill someone that wasn't directly involved with what happened to his twin, and he's convinced that this Starscream wasn't. In spite of his looks. The only death that mattered now was that of his own Starscream and some way or another he would track him down and make him pay.
Killing this Starscream would be a hollow, meaningless victory in Skyquake's name. And Dreadwing isn't willing to do that.
He has no brother and no cause; all that's left is his honor. And he'll uphold it.]
However, if you are lying to me I will discover it. Then I shall rectify what was done, and Lord Megatron himself would be unable to keep me from it.
no subject
No, I would not lie to you about this.
[Another thing catches his attention, and draws an instinctive response.]
Seems like Lord Megatron would let you rectify such a thing.
[Mouth, insert heeled foot.]no subject
He seems to find more use in a traitor's cunning than the loyalty he claims to prize.
A choice he defends strongly.
[To Dreadwing's disgust... and death. If he'd had his revenge then everything might have been settled between them. Shakily, but settled nevertheless. No such luck.]
homeless still?
[Unless was this other Megatron being...merciful? If the impossible happened and his dimension faced the same situation, he couldn't really see Megatron denying Dreadwing like this.]
submitted an app to Ink City, actually!
[His Megatron wasn't particularly known for mercy. Of course, Dreadwing hadn't been in the mood for mercy at the time, whether it was towards Starscream or him.]
My last hope for the war and vengeance for my brother lays in the hands of the Autobots now.
cool, I tried apping there, will have to revise
[Alternate dimensions or not, Starscream's still wary of the Autobots.]
[OOC: Mirrorverse!Starscream recently joined the