[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

[harderfasterwrecker]

Turns out I don't hate Bucket Head enough to shove Tailgate in the compactor.

[He kind of crackle laughs, it's not a nice sound.]

Who knew?

[He pauses.]

You didn't know that part. You really didn't, right?

[knaval]

No. Magnus told me. I thought it was just the one big mutiny thing.

[harderfasterwrecker]

Huh.

[Whirl picks at his claw again.]

Good. I am pretty sure I might've killed you for that one. Just so you know.

[knaval]

Yeah, and it's not like I wouldn't have deserved it.

[throwing tailgate under the bus is too much, man.]

[harderfasterwrecker]

Glad you agree, Tugboat.

[Whirl looks at him. And continues looking at him. This is basically a very long blank lampface. It's a little bit unsettling probably.]

[knaval]

I want to say I have standards, but...

[he shakes his head.]

I don't know anymore. I don't even know who I am if I'm the type of person to willingly give up Autobots to the DJD.

[harderfasterwrecker]

Well. Turns out you are.

[Whirl is still staring at him.]

Surprise, surprise.

Turns out you hate Megatron more than you like all of us.

[Whirl gestures vaguely with a claw.]

Guess we've all been finding out interesting things about ourselves lately.

[knaval]

Lucky us. This is stuff that was gonna come out eventually, I guess.

[harderfasterwrecker]

Always does.

[Whirl pauses and vents, crossing his rotors.]

I still want to take your head off. I'm not going to. But I still want to.

[knaval]

Thanks.

[he's not being sarcastic.]

You know if you change your mind, just don't do it where Sideswipe could see it, alright?

[also not being sarcastic.]