as the only one to be transplanted to dreamwidth for the forseeable future...

[residualforce]

...Seriously? 

There is something wrong with you. I'm sure of it now. Where are the journals for your other muses? You know, the ones you actually used? All we do is talk about the same old thing over and over and over again.

I don't understand why you feel the need to renew this relationship.

So, once again: seriously? 

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[residualforce]

[Well, Magnet would have offered the massage even if he honestly didn't like Quick, because it's a massage and you just don't withhold those from at least the people you're aligned with. But yeah.]

I'm in the right group, but you're not a human or a Lightbot. You're a Wilybot. Completely different class, there.

[shrugs] Your loss.

[fasternlightbot]

No, I mean, if you're not a monster, what are you doing with us Wilybots.

It's not like I could hold still for anything like that anyway.

[residualforce]

Says the guy in the same line as Bubble.

Just because we're monsters to humans and Lightbots doesn't mean we have to tear each other apart. We wouldn't be much of an army that way.

...I could magnetize you. Or knock you out.

[fasternlightbot]

So you're the Bubble of your line? [He means nothing bad by this, honest]

And yet we do.

Nonononono. I need to move. That'd cause damage.

[residualforce]

No [because of course Quick meant something bad by that.]

We attack each other, but for the most part we're not always actually trying to destroy each other [lalala optimism]. You could make the argument that we're looking out for each other by keeping our members sharp. It's common sense. If we don't look after each other when it's necessary, we're useless to the doc.

What, even when you're unconscious? How do you get repaired?

[fasternlightbot]

But you're not a monster?

No, I'm pretty sure we're all trying to kill each other.

I get shut down for repairs.

[residualforce]

We all are in a certain light. Even Bubble. I'm just saying we don't have to act like that all the time.

I haven't tried to kill you yet. And I don't think you've tried to kill me. There's two. Shadow doesn't count because he's...Shadow. He has quirks.

Oh. Hm. We could try that? You wouldn't get the immediate effects, but the after effects might still be there. [assuming that a massage is obviously going to happen at some point. it's a massage! what's there not to like?]

[fasternlightbot]

It doesn't matter how we act; it's a mentality.

You haven't done anything to warrant death yet. And Shadow does too count.

I'm not shutting down and letting you do stuff to me, are you crazy. [Quick has never had a massage and is paranoid]

I'm sorry for disappearing; I fell asleep!

[residualforce]

But it's a massage. I mean, usually, sure. I wouldn't shut down for just anyone either, but this isn't one of those times. [Magnet, not everyone shares your weird obsessions shush]

[and, yes, every other topic of conversation has been deemed unimportant in light of the massage issue

It's okay; I've done that myself

[fasternlightbot]

What's so special about a massage that makes it worth the risk of shutting down like that?

[residualforce]

It's relaxing and it feels good and it improves system performance. Besides, I don't have to get shut down and none of you guys know how to do it, so it's kind of a moot point.

[fasternlightbot]

So you're saying you don't actually know if anything you're saying is true because you've never had it done to yourself.

[residualforce]

I have, just not from you guys. How do you think I learned to do it?

[he spent ages messing around with the large magnets in the junkyard he worked at. It was awesome. And occasionally painful and disorienting.]

[fasternlightbot]

[This is Quick's look of skepticism. He thinks Magnet is full of it.]

[residualforce]

None of you could do it, anyway. You need magnetism. Or really big magnets.

[oh no you are not doubting his massage capabilities B|]

Look, I already said Shadow let me do it - that one from Megamix. Ask him if he ever shows up.

[fasternlightbot]

That's exactly why I don't believe you.

[all the doubt!]

I don't trust him either you know.

[residualforce]

You don't have to trust him. Just ask yourself whether you think Shadow - any Shadow - would lie just to preserve my dignity. Especially that sort of lie.

I could show you, but we've already ruled that out as an option. Unless you want to grab someone else...

[fasternlightbot]

Ah.. huh. Alright, that makes some sense.

[And grabbing someone else to act as a test subject sounds like a good idea as well, if he can find one...]

[residualforce]

If you do, try for someone with thinner armor like you or me. I'm not even sure it would work on someone like Hard.

[idly discussing kidnapping. like you do.]

[fasternlightbot]

Right, of course. [Off to search for kidnappies. More likely to get distracted by something shiny.]

[residualforce]

And not Crash I don't want to get blown up!

[god speed you easily distracted bastard. magnet will just wander off to find a duck pond or something then and probably forget about this entire encounter.]