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Post by Sunstreaker on May 18, 2014 12:12:54 GMT -5
Hunter straightens up a bit as he listens to the others. They're more like him than he thought. That's- that's strangely comforting.
"Sunstreaker and I... well, he's decided I'm not human, and I'm really happy we're leaving Earth." So. All kinds of screwed up. His fists clench, and his breathing comes a little sharper. "They grabbed us off the road, in my timeline. He was taking me home- Prowl didn't want us humans with the Autobots anymore- It was too dangerous, with Megatron on Earth."
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Post by Blurr on May 18, 2014 12:35:23 GMT -5
"They–" Haywire sputters, gobsmacked. His face mottles darker over the next second or two as indignation sets in. "They did what? They – Muzzle–" He swivels to look at the older Nebulan for some kind of support or reasoning for such a thing, then back to Hunter. "Who's 'they'? They just – they just took you?"
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Post by Nightbeat on May 25, 2014 7:48:41 GMT -5
Muzzle nearly swallows his cigarette, which forces him to push himself up to a sitting position and leads to a prolonged fit of coughing and pounding on his chest. Elsewhere, Nightbeat nearly causes a five-carformer pileup as four different wheels try to spin in three different directions. So it's a while before the smaller detective responds "Are you trying to tell me that you and Sunstreak got kidnapped and someone performed major cybernetic surgery and a psychobond on you without your consent?"
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Post by Sunstreaker on May 29, 2014 13:52:33 GMT -5
"'They' are the Machination." Hunter stares at some point far distant from the piece of grass his eyes are focusing on. "We- I- we- didn't really find out much about them. They were human-- It couldn't have been humans alone, they knew me too well. They'd taken us apart before." Diction, expression, posture, everything changes for those two sentences. It's all barely-restrained fury-
Then it's Hunter again.
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Post by Blurr on Jun 8, 2014 13:28:09 GMT -5
Haywire isn't familiar with anything called the Machination; after a quick check, he knows Blurr isn't, either. But the faraway look in Hunter's eye and the shift in his tone – Haywire looks vaguely haunted when he realises it's Sunstreaker speaking, not the human – Haywire doesn't need to know what the Machination is to understand it's something terrible. A chill runs down his spine in spite of the comfortably warm confines of his armour and he rubs one arm uncomfortably.
He can't even begin to imagine how awful it must have been, going through that. For either of them.
"…I…." What can he say that doesn't make him sound like a jerk? Even I'm sorry feels hollow and trite. And it isn't like he can make it better with words. How does one make that better?
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Post by Nightbeat on Jun 16, 2014 18:13:39 GMT -5
Muzzle raises an eyebrow at Hunter. "Was that Sunstreaker just now? Haywire, can you and Blurr do that? Nightbeat and me can't do that."
The detective has no words of comfort to offer, the mushy stuff isn't really his strong suit. Instead he pulls his revolver from its holster and flips the cylinder open, making sure all seven1 chambers have a laser bullet in them and sighting down the inside of the barrel to make sure it's clean. "Too bad we're already on our way off Earth or we could see if this universe has a version of this 'Machination' and shut them down."
1. Yes, seven. It's Nebulan.
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Post by Sunstreaker on Jun 23, 2014 15:52:37 GMT -5
Hunter presses the heel of his hand against his eye. The sudden overwhelming presence of Sunstreaker's fury on top of his own makes it feel like his head is going to crack open. It's taking some serious effort to shove it away into it's own little box of 'not-me'. "Sometimes we get confused about which of me is which."
"There was... something on Earth. The- the local me was tracking them. I couldn't find out if they were the Machination or someone else. Too busy with Summer."
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Post by Blurr on Jul 25, 2014 22:32:45 GMT -5
Haywire glances aside at Muzzle and shakes his head in the negative. He and Blurr are close for a pair that isn't comprised of a robot and his head, and sometimes he catches himself thinking like Blurr or even talking like his partner, but he's sure they've never done that. He's not even sure if it's healthy, and he sort of wishes Arcana was here to ask.
"And now you're here," he says, no little bit anxiously, because maybe it's better to keep Hunter in the now rather than the then. Thinking back to something that horrible for both him and Sunstreaker probably doesn't do much to keep the lines between them clear.
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Post by Nightbeat on Aug 17, 2014 14:42:32 GMT -5
Muzzle and Nightbeat have one of the best Headmaster partnerships. They already thought and talked like each other before they were binary-bonded. And Muzzle still thinks Sunstreaker talking through Hunter's mouth is a bit creepy. "That pisses me off," he says helpfully before shooting a sidelong glance at Haywire.
"Right. Take it from me, kid, dwelling on the past won't get you anywhere until you're in a position to do something about it. Focus on the things you can do now." Muzzle gestures with his cigarette hand as he talks, leaving a hazy trail of smoke.
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