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[itcanwait]

Uhm, hello? [There’s a little girl on the feed and she looks as though her eyes are a little bloodshot around the edges with blotchy cheeks.]

Everything’s going so fast but I was just in- [An accident? A murder? He has to try and keep himself calm otherwise his eyes are going to leak again.]

Has anyone seen Cyclonus? Or anyone called that? He’s purple...has a giant sword and horns like this. [He scrambles to perch the phone somewhere and holds his hands up to make horns with his fingers.] Oh and he’s really skowly. [And possibly dead. Oh, he shouldn’t think like that.] Please, I need to find him and know if he’s okay.

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[knaval]

TAILGATE!! Tailgate, what's going on?! Why is-- what happened to Cyclonus? Are you with anyone??

[riptide decides just to use his robot form for this and cut to the chase.]

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[itcanwait]

Riptide! I-we... [He puts a hand on his head and shakes it.] No I'm alone.

I think...I think he's dead and it's my fault.

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[knaval]

Dea-- what? He was fine last time I saw him!

[SO! MANY! QUESTIONS!!!]

Oh jeez... Tailgate, what happened? It can't have been your fault. I'm sure of it.

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[itcanwait]

You've seen him? [He's pretty desperate and totally taking what you say to mean, in this place.]

I don't...Getaway he set me up I'm such an idiot, I believed him and Cyclonus, he got really hurt. Then it's a blur and I'm here?

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[knaval]

Last I saw him was before we left for Necroworld.

[he frowns slowly.]

Getaway, what? What happened with Getaway?

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[itcanwait]

Before? [He frowns himself. But it's short lived as his jaw then clenches.]

He convinced me that I could take away Megatrons bad thoughts. Y'know, stop him being a villain if he went back to it? I thought it was he cared about me. He said he did.

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[knaval]

[take away his... oh no. oh no. riptide pales.]

What?! He said what? Did he do anything to you?! Was Chromedome involved?

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[itcanwait]

[He shakes his head quickly.]

Come on, Chromedome isn't stupid enough to fall for something like that. [Just him.]

Getaway gave me a gift, part of the conjunx ritus? Mnemo needles, said he'd laced 'em with a virus so I didn't have to do anything but inject him. I didn't get close enough. Not that it would have mattered if I did.

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[knaval]

[riptide straight up yelps.]

MNEMO?! HE TRIED TO MAKE YOU DO MNEMO ON MEGATRON?!

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[itcanwait]

That should have been the first sign something was up but he seemed so... [He deflates] genuine? I thought he loved me.

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[knaval]

You thou-- oh.

Oh.

Tailgate... where are you?

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[itcanwait]

[Don't pity him he's a dumb child.]

Heropa uh, 006.

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[knaval]

Right.

[not soon after, tailgate will hear banging at the door.]

Tailgate, it's me! Riptide! Open up!

[mansplane]

[ Hell, it's a kid. Steve's own grasp of this technology is poor at best, so his camera is currently aimed at the ceiling, but he's trying, dammit. This kid looks like they're in distress. ]

Is that the only guy you know here? Anyone else who might recognize you?

[itcanwait]

[Poor Steve, wait until he finds out the kid is really 6 million years old...]

I don't think so. Not like this anyway.

[mansplane]

[ That's gonna be a lot of fun to find out. ]

Like this? What do you mean?

[itcanwait]

[It's gonna be such a blast. He points to himself.]

The way I am just now. I don't usually look like this, so I guess it would be hard for them.

[mansplane]

[ Uh. He leans down to squint at the screen. ]

... How do you normally look?

[itcanwait]

Less organic and not as small. But I don't know how to go turn back yet. This is different than an avatar.

[mansplane]

[ What the hell does that mean. ]

You're usually bigger? Less ... fleshy?

[itcanwait]

Like not fleshy at all. My file says I can turn back but it doesn't say how. You'd think if they took who you are away from you, they'd at least let you know how to get it back, it's pretty rude.

[mansplane]

Uh huh. Yeah, pretty rude.

[ His tone says he doesn't entirely believe you. ]

Do you turn into a statue or something? Made of clay?

[itcanwait]

[Well you're added to the pile of people that are rude.]

I turn into my normal self. A Cybertronian? Not clay, mechanical.

[mansplane]

[ Look. He's beginning to think he might be getting teased here. ]

Never heard of 'em.

[itcanwait]

You have now. [He looks down at his file and frowns. How the hell did it work??]