[ closed ] because 4 million yr olds are really 5 yr olds in disguise

[sorrynotguilty]

When: After Optimus' post
Who: Megatron and Rodimus
Where: Observation Deck
What: Rodimus thinks he can kick Megatron's ass. Well... That's not going to happen.


[ TODAY HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD DAY. Optimus' arrival doesn't spark that fire that once ignited every time he had encountered the Prime, but oh he's still rather pleased about the situation. Megatron is far too obsessed with the former cop to be anything less. giving him a hard time as well as Rodimus? his day is now complete.

now all that's left to do is kick back, mediate, and have some energon. ]

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[sorrynotguilty]

And I'll keep telling you - it's all that's left of him.

[ goddamn, Rodimus. doesn't anyone keep mementos from fallen comrades? don't they try to carry something with them at all times? carry on passed torches and the like? some times Autobots are so weird with their reservations.

but Megatron grows silent. thoughtful. he doesn't really want to share this with Rodimus. the big guy is sure that he's going to get mocked or that the other isn't going to believe him. then again, does it really matter if Rodimus believes or not? at least he's asking. ]

Becoming unaffiliated isn't enough, Rodimus. I, genuinely, want to change.

[rodders]

What's wrong with a photograph?

( Seriously. Look, they don't tear out their spark casing to make their badge, so wearing parts of people seems a bit drastic to them. Cut 'em some slack.

Rodimus is silent for a moment or two, crossing his still on fire arms over his chest while he gives Megatron a look. He doesn't believe him, not fully. And he doesn't really want to believe him because what if they're all wrong? What if they're wrong and Megatron eventually attempts to kill them all and he could have stopped it, if only he'd still been on his guard? )

Shame you couldn't suddenly decide on a change of spark a few million years earlier.

( Slightly mocking, yes. But not an outright rejection of the possibility. )

[sorrynotguilty]

[ thankfully, Megatron doesn't expect anyone to drop their guard fully. he most certainly wouldn't if the roles had been reversed. his point still stands, though. ]

It would have saved us all a lot of pain and sparckache, it's true.

[ so he might be holding himself in a bit of not quite shame. remorse, maybe. a little. he does wish he had come to this realization sooner. ]

[rodders]

You think?

( That gets an incredulous huff, and Rodimus turns his focus back at his hands and then back at Megatron.

This is.... awkward. )

[sorrynotguilty]

[ awkward for Rodimus maybe... ]

Your hands. Are they all right?

[rodders]

Beyond the fact they're on fire and I can't get them to not? ( SCRAP why did he admit that to Megatron. ) Yeah, they're fine.

( Waving them around for emphasis. )

[sorrynotguilty]

Waving them around like that isn't going to do anything but keep the flames alive. You were mad and upset when this started...

So think of something that calms you down.

[rodders]

Don't-- ( It's snapped, but he cuts himself off and settles on glowering instead.

Okay. Calm. Something that calms him down--- To be honest there's not much that does, but he casts his mind about and settles on remembering the Matrix. How it felt when it bonded to him.

Calm it might not be, and there's a second where the flames on his hands burn brighter and stronger until they dwindle down and vanish. )

Huh.

[sorrynotguilty]

[ yeah, that's right. taking a moment at least calm down. now guess who's over here looking pretty damn smug about being somewhat right?

oh yeah. this guy. ]

[rodders]

( This is officially THE WORST. )

Stop that.