[banging fists on table] MORE ROBOT DRAMA MORE ROBOT DRAMA MORE ROBOT DR

[knaval]

Who: riptide and some other dudes
When: after magnus's post
Where: riptide's room
What: sad fish boy
Warnings: cw for possible discussion of war, violence, ptsd, generally the depressing shit you get with these metal tittybabies



a. magnus

[accepting his fate, riptide allowed magnus to drag him to his room, no longer fighting.

if he had more knowledge of the situation, he would respond differently. he doesn't, though, and all he knows is he takes part in something that results in all his friends being left for the djd. after everything he's experienced in regards to tarn aboard to moira, after everything everyone has done for him, he was still stupid and selfish enough to leave them all for dead.

what the fuck did getaway say to him?

these are things that riptide will wonder about until he's physically unable to stay awake anymore, but for now he just lets whatever's going to happen to him happen.]

b. megatron

[they didn't finish the wall.

riptide eventually gets sick of laying on his bed staring at it like a useless sack of shit and gets up, sliding off the berth to carefully press at the edges still sticking out awkwardly.

he still thinks the table looked fine where it was.

sighing, riptide gets to work. missing brainstorm and nautica intensely for a moment before telling himself he doesn't deserve to.]

c. anyone else

[you want this sad fish? come yell at him in his room. he's not leaving.]

Comments

C - slams in here

[redshitlord]

[He's so mad. So very, very mad right now. Things had been working out -- they seemed like they were getting better. Not a lot better, but still. Better than they were. But right now he is the angriest noodle teenager you have ever seen.]

[Things were going better and then... then all this happened. Some Ultra Assness had to show up and wreck it.]

[He has to actually pause outside their door and breathe for a minute. Before ducking inside.]

Hey, big guy. You still here?

oh my

[knaval]

[riptide is laying on the berth, facing the wall.

he doesn't even turn to look at sideswipe.]

Go away.

["wreck it" is a bit light.]

[redshitlord]

Kiiiinda hard to do that when I live here, man.

[That. Hurts, though. But everyone said just to keep trying. So... here he is. Trying.]

Sorry.

A - son you're grounded

[onlytwoexpressions]

[Some time had passed since Magnus' initial confrontation with Riptide. He'd gone about exploring the Moira, determined to not only get his bearings, but to sort himself out. The amount of people coming to Riptide's defense was enormous, and it certainly cannot be ignored.]

[But then, there was the fact that Riptide did, in fact, know about the mutiny before it took place. He'd seen the results, and to be honest, he wasn't even sure if they were meant to survive. This may be the only time and the only way to get answers out of him for the choices he'd made.]

[However, it appears entry to Riptide's room was blocked by an...overzealous, alternate version of Sideswipe. Fortunately, this Sideswipe only had a problem with Ultra Magnus. He had absolutely no issues with one, Minimus Ambus, who happened to be the one showing up at their door. A quick introduction and a request to 'see his friend Riptide and see how he's faring, later and Minimus was tapping the back of his hand on Riptide's door.]

Riptide...?

It's Minimus Ambus.

I would like to speak with you.

BUT DAAAAD

[knaval]

[there's a long moment before riptide answers. long enough that it may seem like he isn't going to at all.

the door does swing open, however, and riptide gestures him in. it looks like the reveal has hit him hard - he looks pretty exhausted and generally like he's stopped caring about himself.

which isn't entirely inaccurate. he just doesn't expect magnus to give a shit about his well being.]

Okay.

no buts no tv forever

[onlytwoexpressions]

[Magnus walks in, his hands clasped behind his back. He doesn't say anything. He doesn't even turn to Riptide. He stays focused solely on the wall in front of him. Even at his diminutive height, especially compared to Riptide, the shadow he casts is long and reaches high up the far wall.]

[He lets the silence hang for what seems like an eternity, until the disappointment can practically be felt, hanging in the air like a fog.]

[Finally, he speaks, without turning.]

This version of Sideswipe is especially fond of you. He wouldn't have let Ultra Magnus get within a hundred klicks of you.

I felt odd having to pretend to be someone else just to get within your vicinity.

c - heyoooooooo

[asafepairofhands]

[Ratchet knocks on the door to Riptide's room twice, brisk and no-nonsense, then waits a beat.]

Riptide. It's Ratchet. ...open up, please.

HEYOOOOO

[knaval]

[sighe. riptide opens the door, squints.]

Yeah?

[asafepairofhands]

Can I talk with you a minute?

Please.

[heroicpose]

[ Dodging Sideswipe is hard, so Rodimus doesn't even try. He just lets the red mech know he just wants to talk and sort things out. In such, he knocks on the door and waits. ]

Riptide, it's Rodimus.

[knaval]

[he VERY ALMOST pretends he's not in. after a moment, the door opens.]

Uh. Hellooo...

[awkwaaard.]

[heroicpose]

[ Rodimus doesn't look too pleased. In fact, he looks rather serious for once. ]

Do you mind talking?

B - CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM SON

[aminerproblem]

[Familiar rumbling footsteps announce Megatron's arrival to the hole in the wall leading to Riptide's room. He's carrying what equipment he could pick up from the cargo hold and other areas to finish the job.]

[There's no judgment in his eyes, just a quiet understanding. He lightly whaps Riptide's chest to get him to step aside.]

Move over. You'll distort the wall further if you keep picking at it like that.

YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD

[knaval]

[riptide flinches away from the whap, scooting over on his ass.]

I'm not picking at it. I'm trying to--

[he doesn't finish, just huffs and lets megatron get on.]

[aminerproblem]

[He sets himself down, taking a look at the damage they had left to clean up. No matter how many millions of years he may have spent destroying, the first million were spent as a manual laborer, and that's never been clearer enough than when he quietly assumes that role again.]

[He reaches into the skeleton they've started to set up the circuitry that would sit at the core of the wall.]

Pass the solder.

[A hand reaches out expectantly in Riptide's general direction.]

C

[harderfasterwrecker]

[ Whirl is more than a little irritated by his guard dog. It's been a process getting here. He makes a truly obnoxious whistling sound before going ahead and opening the door instead of waiting.

Oh look. There's Whirl in the doorway leaning on it like the obnoxious bird he is. ]

You look terrible. .....I mean your face isn't great to look at most days but today's exceptionally bad.

[knaval]

Really? Do I have something on me?

[riptide groans loudly. he can't just ignore whirl like he would anyone else.]

C

[heelys]

[Everything has been loud and confusing, with threats of arrest and accusations of mutiny being thrown around over Bumblebee's head. He's not managed to piece together details of what's happening, but so far he knows that Ultra Magnus (or the giant fragger that's calling himself that) almost crushed Riptide against a wall for mutiny charges. Without even knowing if that's his Riptide, or if they're even from the same timeline. And then Riptide was arrested, Sideswipe blew a gasket, and the Cybertronians continued to cause the most amount of drama on the ship.

He hopes that Riptide was confined to his room, rather than being shoved in the brig. He's not even sure if the Brig was big enough to hold him anyway, so he stops at Riptide's room first.]

--Boat-bot? [He knocks on the door sheepishly, frowning at any silence.] It's me! You in there, big guy? I'm kinda... freaking out about everything that's happening. I wanted to make sure you're okay... and what's even going on?

[knaval]

[the door is open, it'll swing open slightly when bee knocks on it.

unfortunately, bee finds riptide in the same way sideswipe does. on his berth, laying on his side facing the wall.]

I screwed up is what happened. Talk to Magnus about it or something.

C i mean obvs right

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift had originally meant to talk to Riptide again sooner, but then the whole thing with Magnus had gone down and things were all crazy for a while. He'd decided to wait until things had died down a bit, hoping to avoid being interrupted during their talk.

And SO, Drift is outside Riptide's door and knocking gently.]

It's Drift, Riptide. Do you have a moment?

[He kept his voice calm, he wasn't here to get pissed or to yell at Riptide. He'd figured the poor guy had probably dealt with enough of that lately.]

hgggg

[knaval]

[there's a small thunk against the door.

riptide had been sitting with his back to it and let his head drop back when he heard drift. no other movement is made to open the door.]

I don't know. If you're gonna stab me just do it through the door.

C of course

[whatshisname]

[It doesn’t take Rung long to track down where Riptide’s room is. He’ll knock softly, but won’t wait for an answer before opening the door and stepping in.]

Hello, Riptide.

I c youuuu

[knaval]

[riptide had been laying on his back, but turns onto his side when rung enters, facing away.]

Not now. I can't do this again.

c

[taselikeabee]

[ ONLY BECAUSE BEE HAD BEEN CONCERNED AFTER THAT ARREST OKAY? NO OTHER REASON.

but yeah. totally knocking on Riptide's door. ]

[knaval]

[another one? riptide sighs, not sure how to feel, and opens the door.]

Hi, Bee.