hush

[ex_enraging628]

I see you've made no further progress on that submission. If all your ventures end so poorly formed, I have nothing with which to concern myself.

Much as I would have enjoyed being forced into that organic suit, made to play your little domestic games... Hm. But I would have thought you'd be eager to see me tormented.

So is it sloth, or fear of failure, that stays your hand?

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[viced]

Or it could be admiration? Although with that attitude...

[ex_enraging628]

Ahhhh.

You're the machine whisperer she spoke about, aren't you.

I wondered when I'd get the chance to meet you.

[viced]

Christ, the last thing I need is to be compared to fucking Caesar Milan.

Yeah, I'm the machine talker.

[ex_enraging628]

And they call you--Hundred. Most of your names have no meaning even now I speak the tongue passably. But that one, I enjoy. It means something.

[damn Megs learn some history]

You hold a powerful weapon in that tongue, boy.

[viced]

[ Yikes, it's like he's trying to make this sound as gay as possible. He winces. ]

It's not really my fucking--

Never mind. It's not a weapon. It's just good communication skills.

[mightiestgreen]

[Hulk actually has a smirk.]

Talkin' tin can.

[He finds that amusing.]

[ex_enraging628]

Hm. You're rather large for an organic, yourself. [THIS CAN ONLY END IN TEARS]

[mightiestgreen]

[Nothing good can come of this.]

Hulk is the strongest.

[Maybe not the tallest, but he's no lightweight. Probably weighs a couple of tons on his own, even if he only comes up to Megatron's knee (?)]

[ex_enraging628]

The strongest what, I wonder.

You don't look human.

[Megatron is all of 35' so knee sounds about right!]

[loyal_second]

My Lord Megatron,

Perhaps she is struggling with the ability to contain your greatness into a single application.

Too much and you would surely have any game trembling in fear, but too little and she fails to do you true justice.

[ex_enraging628]

[oh my god

Starscream]

You could be a comedian, if you weren't a joke, my Second.

[damn it but he was probably serious]

...How have you fared with your human?

[loyal_second]

[He flicks his hand, though the narrowing of his eyes is there. So much for offering his lord a complement.]

She is hardly considering taking me anywhere, after all with the time she has been restricted to she didn't want to risk putting me anywhere that she could end up giving me less than my due.

[Why yes, Starscream is preening about that at the moment.]

So your mun is talking about trapping you in a human body? How ever will you manage that, my lord?

[ex_enraging628]

Hm. Good that one of them at least respects what they possess. [a pause] As I possess you, and hold you to the standard you earn.

[Let his commander preen if he likes - a little vanity has never hurt Starscream's performance.]

She thinks to use it to cause me to grow. Neglecting that I know well enough what insects are good for already, and I do sorely doubt I'll change my mind.

Doubtless I'll cope; while you keep my throne warm.

[houndofmegatron]

You deserve better than to be subject to the machinations of these insects, my Lord. For the best, that she never finishes her application to slave you to the will and whim of herself and the others.

[LISTEN TO THE BITTER VOICE OF EXPERIENCE, MEGATRON.]

[ex_enraging628]

You've suffered long and much at her hands, haven't you. [for a change he actually is listening, instead of having a stubborn uniprocessor effect going on.]

I refuse to be cowed by the thought of pain or the fear of suffering. [what was that again about listening

Also Blackout's gettin a casual backscritch because he's there and available and will probably tolerate it from Megatron]

But... would that I had you with me.

[houndofmegatron]

...Affirmative. [Don't mind the embarrassed way his mandibles clamp shut, it means nothing. Really.]

[He goes rigid, perhaps surprised by the casual scrtiching, but after a moment his rotors unclamp and he relaxes.]

Would that I had had you to guide me, my Lord. I... have strayed, at times, from our cause. And from my service to you.

[ex_enraging628]

[He can read that and only guess at the potential cause, but he's spent a while wandering through this mun's mind raking thoughts - his guesses are probably not that far off the mark.]

We have all had ample opportunity to practice patience. [whether he wanted to or not Bc] But destiny decreed you'd not be away from my side forever, my hound. ...You have my confidence that whatever you have done served best the moment in which it was done.

Shall we dwell on the future - that can be changed - rather than the past, that can only be regretted?

[disinformation]

An organic suit [ a brief hesitation before he decides a Megatron is a Megatron, even if it isn't his megatron ] ...my liege?

[ex_enraging628]

Shockwave. [rather jovial given how annoyed he is with his mun] You look different, old friend.

[very different.]

Have you reformatted?

[disinformation]

I believe you may be thinking of my alternate counterpart. The only change I have made is returning to my true colours.

[ex_enraging628]

[Oh well that makes more sense. He's a little warier now because alternate counterpart means alternate history, means maybe this Shockwave ain't as fond (or at least as reasonable).]

For what purpose were you made to dissemble, hm? [it took him like five years to pick an Earth alt he was so completely opposed to being a robot in disguise] I would that my people wear my symbol with fearless pride.

[namesnotprowl]

Better that the hand is stayed; I doubt you'd approve of being trapped as a human. It's not a particularly pleasant situation and it doesn't exactly suit you, regardless.

Better to avoid the whole experience, really.

[Heavens know he's had enough of it over the years.]

[ex_enraging628]

Do you speak from personal experience, Barricade? [he's really happy to see this particular follower, though he's far too tsun to make it immediately apparent. His mun's squealing though.]

I'm told you had a hand in minding Blackout. Or perhaps he minded you?

[namesnotprowl]

A little more than I'm pleased to admit, sir, but yes. [With Barricade's recent habit of failing entirely (at least in their home dimension), he'd be shocked to learn Megatron is pleased to see him.]

Might have been a little of Column A and a little of B. Not that either of us are particularly skilled at keeping each other out of trouble.

[ex_enraging628]

You should attempt to control your mundane, rather than the reverse. [like he can talk. He's the one an inch away from being jammed into a human body]

As expected. [it's less a smile and more a vicious grin] What is your current directive, hm?