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Post by Terrashock on Feb 21, 2013 10:58:47 GMT -5
"I came along later, on dhe place I lived we were facing a different kind of situation, we had to fight, of course, but we were not being affected by dhe war yet.. but by something else, somebot." He looked up again and hissed, keeping in silence, his arms crossed and he looked back at her, finally speaking again. "No, it doesn't help. I am not dhat insane to talk about it to a AUTOBOT. If I don't talk about it to dhe Decepticons, what makes you dhink I would tell you? You are a autobot, and I barely know you."
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 21, 2013 11:29:48 GMT -5
"You're not a pit fighter then," Shiftlock replies with a knowing smile. "Y'see, there's a bond forged when you're down under Kaon, killin' other bots for the roar of the crowds. You never forget it. Gladiators know gladiators, and the side they're on don't always matter. We know our own kind. I was a 'Con once, don't forget that. The only reason I walked away is because D-16 forgot what he was fightin' for. He turned into the same high-caste oppressor he swore he hated."
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 21, 2013 11:44:32 GMT -5
"I am not. And well, honestly, you can keep talking about dhis, but I won't care at all. And offending Lord Megatron infront of me is not a brilliant idea too. I follow his cause without doubting, he knows what he is doing, and unless you want to keep wandering alone and die somewhere, you will try to hold your glossa." He hissed quiet, touching a topic like that was starting to annoy him, he hated to talk about the past or if somebot was going to talk about Megatron infront of him, it was better them be careful.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 21, 2013 17:50:48 GMT -5
"Oh he knows what he's doing, but he's forgotten what his goals were," Shiftlock replied, unafraid.
"I was there when he was D-16, a nameless, forgotten miner Kaon. I was there when he fought in the pits, fought against the Insecticon drones Shockwave modified. I was there when he named himself "Megatronus", mocking the guilds and the Senate by having the bearings to pick his own name." She smiled at the memory of it.
"Back then.... he mourned the loss of the nameless. He didn't want to see anyone die anymore. All he wanted was the right to determine his own destiny... and I believed in him." Shiftlock slid open one of her chest plates; there, against some of the delicate mesh and machinery was a Decepticon insignia - cruelly branded on, the edges wrinkled and seared like old scars. "I got this for standing up for him and what he believed in."
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 22, 2013 10:35:57 GMT -5
"No, he didn't, he wants to bring peace to us. He wants to give us a better place to live, many of us were rejected by dhe society, we were hated or harmed for being different."
Terrashock listened to the story in silence and grumbled a bit when he saw that Decepticon insignia with her, that just made him confused. "Dhis doesn't make sense, why would you leave dhe Decepticons? Don't you see we still trying to reach a good objective? But we are being stopped by dhe autobots, and I guess dhis discussion will not end well, so I guess we should stop here." He really did not look amused, he believed on everything that Megatron told him, and of course he would not tolerate having others saying things that could sound negative when it was related to him.
He kept with his arms crossed and looked down again, wondering if she did not notice that she was invading his personal space, unless she simply did not care about that.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 24, 2013 13:55:33 GMT -5
"I got branded by the Decepticon Registration Act, before the war started," Shiftlock explained. "I believed in a better life, a self-determined life, for all of us, too. So we're not all that different deep down." She closed her plates and gave Terrashock a little more room. He seemed to be getting a little uncomfortable.
Nevertheless, she pressed on.
"Does it look like we're stopping you now?" she asked. "Look around you - there's nothing left. Cybertron's all but in Shockwave's fist, Velocitron's at war, Junkion is destroyed and the rest of the Autobots are scattered to the winds."
"Who's the oppressor now?"
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 24, 2013 14:04:41 GMT -5
"And dhat is what is going to happen once we win dhis war, we will get dhe so needed better life, for a long time, dhe autobots stepped on us, and now dhat we have dhe power to stand up against dhem, we are pointed as enemies.."
Terrashock snarled, that was starting to poke some areas where he really hated to be poked on, anyone who was against Megatron's thoughts were a enemy to him.
"Yes, dhe autobots STILL trying to stop us, if you didn't notice, dhese few autobots who survived still trying to stop our plans instead of just giving up and accepting it. You can't call us oppressor, who began dhis and who brought dhe existance of dhe Decepticons were dhem, dhey brought dhis on dhem. And like I said before, hold your glossa or rust on dhe sand by yourself."
He stepped away and turned around to proceed with his work, not feeling talkative anymore.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 24, 2013 14:25:07 GMT -5
"They're just going to kill us," Shiftlock said. "There's no surrender. There's only death."
She looked at the cube in her hands, and vented, turning aside as well.
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 24, 2013 14:27:47 GMT -5
He shook his helm and kept scanning the area before giving a cold reply. "I couldn't care less. Dhere was death for us too in dhe past. ", he was lying about that part, partially lying, if he needed to kill autobots to finish that war, he would, but at the same time, he just wanted to see it over and see both of the sides finally getting along.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 24, 2013 14:29:27 GMT -5
"You can't say that. You weren't there," Shiftlock protested quietly.
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 24, 2013 14:50:56 GMT -5
"I heard dhe stories, and I told you I don't want to discuss about it, so unless you want to die around here, you will start listening to me." He waved a servo in disinterest and kept scanning the area, walking away to finish his job.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 24, 2013 15:03:18 GMT -5
That was a strange thing to say. "... Excuse me?" she asked, turning around to look at Terrashock as if he'd suddenly grown three extra heads.
"I have to listen to you to survive?"
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 24, 2013 15:13:00 GMT -5
"Yes. You will have to accept my orders, but as I bet you are just going to yell like any other autobots exclaiming no, I will just finish my job, dhis conversation isn't worth my time." He kept working on the data map before a beep come out of his scanner, it was done. Giving a quiet vent of relief, he placed the scanner back into his shoulder compartment and sat back on the now smashed container to get another energon cube.
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Post by Pearl Forrester on Feb 24, 2013 15:23:28 GMT -5
Shiftlock just stared.
"Am I your prisoner? I kind of missed the whole being captured part."
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Post by Terrashock on Feb 24, 2013 15:40:43 GMT -5
Terrashock grumbled and shook his helm in denial ."No, you are not..but f you expect me to give you a place to stay at, you will have to behave, dhat is all."
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