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[knightoflight]

Who: The Cybertronians and anyone else who might be nosy as to what all the large robots are doing together because why not.
What: Sharing resources houseparty?
When: Shortly after the robot network post excitement
Where Green 6, aka Wing's Swingin' Bachelor Pad

After Drift's post, Wing realized that as a knight, he had a mission, to help his people come together and find a way to coexist. Or else.  And Drift had mentioned that they should pool resources.  So, after double-checking with Drift, Wing sent a small message to each of the Cybertronians on the station to please meet him, this evening, in his quarters.

He wished food wasn't such a consideration here, because he felt bad not being able to lay out a spread of food for hospitality.  Maybe they would all bring their own?  He can hope. He has his few flight grade fuel rations on a table, just as, well, something.

As it is, he has soft music and subdued lighting, hoping they might defuse any, well, interpersonal tensions. 

He stood by the door to greet his guests, with a silent prayer to the whole Guiding Hand, that this went well. 

((OOC: This is a general robot shindig meet and greet and hopefully not punch each other.  Feel free to post a header for your character for others to tag into--anywhere in Wing's quarters or the hallway or whatever; mess with his stereo, steal his towels, show up early, fashionably late, whatever you want!  And of course, non-Cybertronian partycrashers welcome!)) 

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[sorrynotguilty]

Having a good spark and good intentions only nets you so much in the end.

[ all Megatron can offer there is a slight shrug. people mean well, but under the pressure and stress that these situations deal out, it's hard to say what actions will be taken. the general populace will not remember that someone's actually decent, only what they did. ]

No one can fix something that's falling apart. There were other factors as well you forgot to account for: Starscream and Prowl, mostly. Then there was myself, but at that point you couldn't have known I was still alive.

[ hey. he admits it at least.

as for the other parts? Prowl undermining the people that he is supposed to be helping is nothing new. Bumblebee is just too trusting. he needed someone around that wasn't Prowl that would have actually helped him. kept him grounded to reality and not encourage such dreadful behavior. and Starscream? well he's Starscream. no explanation needed there. ]

It's very easy to stumble when you do not have the appropriate support system in place. His venture was doomed to fail from the start.

[rodders]

( Doesn't he know it. )

Feel free to take this as personally as you want, but we all knew it'd be too good to be true if you were actually dead. ( Rodimus finds it hard to believe that Prowl wouldn't account for someone like Starscream, if only because it's Prowl. ) And Prowl could use someone removing whatever's been lodged up his exhaust pipe for the last four million years, but everyone knows he's Prowl. ( Apparently Bee didn't. While Rodimus doesn't like the former second in command of the Autobots, he's not blaming him for what happened aboard the Lost Light. No, that one is all on him, and his thumb runs across the numbers on his palm again. )

I told him so, and he was supposed to keep it all together until I found the Knights and bring back the Golden Age.

( It feels weird to be talking to Megatron like this. Not the casual insults or the constant reminder that he didn't like Megatron, but the sort of-- talking to him without the expectation of having that cannon leveled at him at any point in time. Although he wouldn't put it past the other to try. )

[sorrynotguilty]

[ a grin flickers across his features. oh Rodimus... yes, the world is likely better off without him but... ]

Of course. However, if I were dead, then you most certainly wouldn't be fit to actually find the Knights.

[ basically you failed, Rodimus. but with him on board, oh no. Megatron is confident that he is going to keep people on track this time around. actually educate them,

and then his grin turns into a smug smirk. ]

As for Prowl... Why, he certainly does have his hands full with the Constructicons now. Being one of six with a shared mind must be oh so taxing on him. Or liberating.

[ but then his expression dies somewhat. Megatron doesn't agree with Rodimus in regards to Bumblebee. ]

There was no way he could have, Rodimus. As I said... There was no one there that would actually help him in the capacity that he needed.

[rodders]

Wouldn't be fit? ( ANGRY CAT HISSING except not really, instead he just splutters for a second or two. ) I had a plan! We had a plan! And it was going to work too, once we found Thunderclash.

( Frag him, he hates Thunderclash. But he also knows that he's their only reasonable hope for finding the Knights at this point in time, what with the map destroyed and everything. Still, it doesn't make Megatron of all people trying to rub it in his face any better. He's not going to stand for that. )

-- the Constructicons. Prowl. Is that-- is that what that thing was?

( Although he's not going to lie the idea of Prowl having to combine with Decepticons does make him snicker. Because he is actually five and dislikes Prowl as much as the next person. Probably even more. But this? This is a suspicious sort of squinting going on. )

Are you seriously trying to tell me that you think Optimus and I - that we shouldn't have left?

[sorrynotguilty]

[ not even deeming Rodimus' statement about having a plan worth answering. nope. Megatron thinks that lowly of how Rodimus had been running the ship... and it is going to make the other mech kind of even more upset. two reasons, then, for just moving along in the conversation. ]

He is their new head. Literally.

[ they're all perfect for each other. really. Prowl might have Cybertron in mind when he undermines each and every person he is supposed to follow, but even Megatron questions those methods. Prowl should really have been a Decepticon... ]

All I am saying, Rodimus, that neither one of you are really good at sticking around and have abandoned responsibilities more than once.

[rodders]

( Okay, that actually makes him laugh a little, because oh Primus. )

Prowl's their head. Prowl's the head of a bunch of Decepticons. ( THIS MIGHT BE THE GREATEST THING HE'S HEARD ALL MONTH. ) That's-- oh man, I bet he's furious. This is great!

( So what if he's slightly unsympathetic to Prowl's plight? Sue him. But Megatron's next comment is like someone just threw him into a bucket of cold water. )

No way, I had this conversation with Hardhead before he disintegrated. And how would you know? Since you were on the opposing side and everything?

( He hasn't abandoned shit! Except for that once on Earth, but that was with good cause since people KEPT DYING. )

[sorrynotguilty]

They are rather pleased with their new catch. Prowl is still adjusting. He can't be too upset since he tolerates their presence better than I thought.

[ it's really an amusing situation for Megatron. the Constructicons taking to Prowl like they have shouldn't be surprising. Prowl allowing them to carry on like they do is. there's likely some tactical advantage, but eh. ]

You'll also find that I am very thorough when it comes to information. I have read every report Ultra Mangus has submitted, every file on each person that is on the Lost Light, and did my best to research what I could of the Knights while doing your job the last six months.

[ a smirk. ]

Details are important, Rodimus. Knowing your crew is also important.

[rodders]

( Ugh. He hopes Megatron enjoyed all those stupid memos. And it's not like Rodimus didn't - he was just getting into the groove of being better before they ran into Optimus. Of being a good captain and now he'll have to deal with Megatron's everything.

He knows what Megatron is implying, and if there's one thing other than people dying that gets on his nerves, it's people like him insinuating that he doesn't want the best for people that he's in command over. He has always wanted that, he wants them to be happy. He wants them to be alive at the end of the day.

So that is absolutely a finger being jabbed in his direction, optics narrowed. )

Don't ever try to say that I don't care about my crew ever again, Megatron. I don't care what you think you're trying to prove by doing this whole thing, but reading files doesn't mean you know them or give a scrap about what happens to them. ( He mad? He mad. ) So fine, I'm stuck with you on my ship and here. Optimus can be lenient all he wants, but I'm not going to - you've killed people. And you kept on doing it.

It's gonna take a while for me to swallow your sudden change of heart from a guy who told me that true leaders don't regret the things they've done. From the guy that said he'd keep on slaughtering people because it gave him joy.

( Oh yeah. They listened in on that. Thank you Omega Supreme. )

[sorrynotguilty]

What I didn't say was that you didn't care. You simply don't understand them and help them to better themselves. For instance, instead of dealing with Trailcutter's addition, you let it continue. You never tried to understand why he behaved in the manner that he did or how you could pull him out of that stupor. You used Rung as bait without his explicit permission, putting him in needless danger.

[ now he sort of rises to his full height. looming is just sort of a thing that he does. an intimidation factor because yes, yes he has killed. Megatron will never say that he doesn't deserve a death sentence - because he does. he surrendered himself to it and would have allowed it if the trial had actually been unbiased. ]

That is the problem I have with you, Rodimus. It isn't that you don't have potential... Even I saw that in you an age ago. What is bothersome is that you do not know how to be anything other than a petulant adventure seeker that does what he wants without consideration of the larger picture or the lives that could be at stake.

[ Megatron is so doing the equivalent of rubbing at this temple. ]

I did have a thought to help push you in the right direction so that you wouldn't repeat the mistakes that Prime and myself have made. Yet the more and more I see how you behave, the less and less I am convinced. [ scoffs. ] "Until all are one..." You don't even know what that means.

[ it's then that he turns to leave. he has had enough dealing with Rodimus. he doesn't expect forgiveness or blind trust that his intentions are genuine... but the blind hatred that has spurned this on for 4 million years... can't people be tired of it already? Megatron is... ]

I've killed many, Rodimus. I will not deny it no more than I will deny that I deserve what I get. If you were to try to kill me, I wouldn't fight back. What I seek isn't redemption or forgiveness. It isn't even acquittal. To give back what I've taken - to ensure that all those that lost their lives at my hand or yours are not in vain.

[rodders]

( You know what he's not going to let happen? Megatron having the last word. Nope, won't do it. )

I don't have to listen to this from you. I don't have to take this from you, of all people. And I absolutely don't need you to offer your 'help', whatever that is.( Because help from Megatron is the last thing anyone should want. Pretty much ever. ) This whole quest, my quest, by the way. That's me growing up, and you what? Just walked onto my ship as 'co-captain' because Optimus says it's okay?

( NOT FAIR, HIS SHIP. HIS QUEST. HIS. )

Magnus once told me that justifying people's deaths by gaining something in return cheapens it. That saying "at least they didn't die in vain" is pointless because they're still dead.

( That it was good thing they didn't find the Knights after Luna 1, because then no one would say that everything that had happened would be 'worth it'. Because nothing was worth people dying, was worth Rewind and Pipes and everyone else. Was worth Drift. )

He's right. So come find me when you realize that too, and then we'll talk.

( He's going to his best to storm past Megatron and away - snatching a ration packet as he does so. )