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[gainedlove]

[The feed opens to a small child--one that looks oddly similar to a certain child that was the subject of a few trials last month. Unlike Chara, however, this kid doesn't seem to have any anger bubbling under the surface, nor a glint in their eye like they're sizing up an opponent. In fact, they actually look somewhat...guilty?]

Um, hi everyone! This is Frisk. ...um.

[Frisk looks up at something away from the camera, then back down again.]

Uh, I know we got mail a while ago, but I was kinda...busy, and...um. I forgot to ask...

[They move the camera around to point at a ridiculously oversized, futuristic-looking canon leaning against the wall of their dorm--how it was dragged into the room is anyone's guess, but it certainly can't we wielded by this tiny kid.]

Um, th' captains gave this to me but it's not mine. If it's yours, you can come get it! My room is number five on Nomo deck.


( ooc: The canon actually belongs to Megatron, but people are free to try and convince Frisk it's theirs! He will be regaining proper custody of the gun, though. )

Comments

[aminerproblem]

I take it that friend of yours isn't Cybertronian.

[A sad, if thoughtful look crosses Megatron's face as Frisk poses the second question. He'd spent quite some time thinking about his use of that thing. It wasn't even the physical weapon itself so much as what it represented that made the answer difficult to articulate.]

[With a very tired sigh:]

A long time ago, I used it to fight in a war. One terrible enough that it consumed and destroyed our entire world. It has done a lot of damage, so Magnus is right to want to keep it somewhere out of hand.

[gainedlove]

Naw, he's a robot. What's a Cyber...Cybertrobian?

[So close, and yet so far. At least they tried, right?]

[Frisk frowns a little, taking that explanation and quietly digesting it. Part of Frisk wonders if humans didn't do the same with their magic after the war with monsters--maybe that's why they never could find anything about it on the Surface.]

...it's good that you're being nice about it now. What was the war for?

[aminerproblem]

[This poor small human knows nothing about them? He must correct this ignorance immediately!!]

[Slowly, and more diligently:]

Cybertronian - from the planet Cybertron. I take it you've never heard of us if you're asking about the war...

[gainedlove]

Cybertronian. [Frisk enunciates the word carefully, then nods with a smile.] Yeah. I know 'bout the monsters war but that was a super long time ago.

[aminerproblem]

[He's not entirely sure what this human meant by monsters, but he does recall Sans referring to himself as one. He'd say Sans doesn't seem like the soldier type - but honestly there were plenty of Lost Lighters that had fallen into a similar haze of idleness after the fighting stopped.]

I don't recall that war being mentioned when I last visited Earth.

[He was curious, and perhaps he could connect the two to make it easier for Frisk to process their own planet's history.]

[gainedlove]

A lotta people forgot about it! But a looooong long long time ago, monsters were livin' on the surface with humans. But humans got scared, because monsters can take human souls but monster souls don't stay long enough for a human to take them. So the humans attacked the monsters and put them underground and cast a spell to put the Barrier there.

[There's more to the story, but Frisk never learned about the nitty gritty details. Just the broad, important strokes.]

1/3

[aminerproblem]

[...]

2/3

[aminerproblem]

[Ok, he most definitely did not visit the same Earth that Frisk is from.]

[Ahem.]

3/3

[aminerproblem]

Our war was different, though I suppose that isn't surprising.

It started because leaders of our planet stratified Cybertron's people into categories based off function. Someone with my second form would be sent to work in an energon mine for the entirety of their lives - until they were injured and disposed of like a piece of equipment.

The fighting was to overthrow them, depose of the system entirely, but it got... consumed by the momentum. The war took on a life of its own and began to fuel itself.

[gainedlove]

[Frisk frowns, partially upset about the war getting so out of hand but mostly in sympathy for the plight of Megatron's faction. They know about stories like that, in history and in things less real, where people are made by other people to be not anymore. It's not fair, and Frisk can understand wanting to make it all stop.]

[Standing up, they walk over and...well, an attempt at a hug is made, but mostly they're just latching onto the Decepticon's leg.]

'M sorry that happened. Did it get fixed?

[aminerproblem]

[There was an important addendum to add to the story, one he was going to address when Frisk posed the question...]

[But then the child pastes their arms and upper body to his leg armor. Are they trying to fuse or burrow to his frame?? Is this small human looking for a host to lay its eggs?? He is not sure how to feel about Frisk touching him, but it wasn't threatening, so he doesn't immediately move to flick them off.]

Erm. What are you doing?

[gainedlove]

Um...givin' you a hug?

[Frisk frowns and takes a step back, clasping their hands behind their back shyly.]

I shoulda asked first, I'm sorry...

[aminerproblem]

...It's alright.

[He is far less repulsed by Frisk's touch than he expected.]

But that is generally a gesture of comfort. Did I seem distressed?

[gainedlove]

Nnn...no. But it was a bad thing that happened to you.

[Frisk fidgets a little bit, one foot scuffing against the floor.]

An', um. Even if I'm not upset, I get sad about old stuff sometimes.

[aminerproblem]

[Humans were really quite the strangest little creatures to Megatron. It's clear enough that he really doesn't understand Frisk's reasoning.]

[He did mention that he used that cannon for murdering people, right?]

I see. Is this something you humans do often?

[gainedlove]

[He did, but even if Frisk wasn't Frisk it's hard for a young child to fully comprehend the horrors of a war. Megatron has admitted he did bad and horrible things, yes...but to their eyes, he's being nice now. If he's trying to make things better,then he deserves the benefit of the doubt, right?]

Mmm...some people do. Some people don't like hugs an' stuff so much like I do.