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[knaval]

[riptide is pale. very pale. his optics are wide and the usual deep yellow glow of them is so intense it's almost white.

his grin is uneasy and forced.]

Hi! Just a quick note - who deals with the Ingress junk mail? Can I ask you not to leave body-- [he stops, inhales.] --just be more careful where you leave stuff, yeah? And, uh. Personal request. If anything comes through for me, space it. I don-- I don't want it. Ever.

[he looks about ready to shut off the video but stops.]

...Rodimus, don't look in the blue crate in the cargo bay. Just leave it.

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[vengeance_driven]

You get something fucked up too?

It's your private property, I'll lock it down so he can't get into it, if you want.

[knaval]

Yes. Very much so.

[he scrubs his face with a hand.]

It's not mine, it's... I don't know if locking it away is appropriate.

☄ PRIVATE

[vengeance_driven]

This does not sound like it promises to be a good time.

What exactly is it? And is it for Rodimus?

[He's getting better at these Cybertronian names. First try. But also he really lays into those "r"s heavy.]

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[heelys]

Dude, you okay?

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[knaval]

I'm--

[CONCEAL DONT FEEL]

Yeah, Bee. I'm fine.

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[heelys]

[He does not look convinced in the slightest.]

Uh huh. [SURE PAL.]

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[iseedeadbees]

[So Starscream doesn't care. Starscream doesn't even remotely almost kind of care, but his grand master plan (whatever that ends up being) is going to hinge on people trusting him at least a tiny bit. Which means he needs to act like he gives a shit. At the very least, he is kind of curious about whatever's got Nice Boat here so spooked.]

Saying something like that is more than likely just going to make people want to see what's in the crate even more, you realize.

Re: [Video]

[knaval]

That was... meant to be locked.

...

Fuck.

[as the humans say.]

[Video now with super PRIVATE power]

[iseedeadbees]

[The humans are nasty don't repeat what they say. BUUUT just as a courtesy (or something), Starscream goes ahead and locks the rest of this chat.]

Well, this is locked. I don't really want to pry, but I can't ignore the fact that whatever is in that crate has you pretty worked up. Is it something we should dispose of?

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[redshitlord]

[Not again... Why can't this poor guy catch a break?]

[... Needless to say, Riptide is forgiven by now. But ... What do you even say here?]

Yeah, got it. Space it is.

... You gonna tell me what's wrong, big guy?

Re: video

[knaval]

[because he is played by jabbers]

No.

[sorry sideswipe. riptide isn't sure how you'd react to all this.]

[video]

[harderfasterwrecker]

[ Okay. Literally just told the guy with impulse control issues not to touch something. ]

What's in the box.

Re: [video]

[knaval]

That was meant to be locked from everyone.

[JUST SAYIN]

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[aerospacecommander]

Ohhh what did you get? Is it something horrible? Tell me it's something horrible.

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[knaval]

It's something boring. Something so horrendously boring it's going to give me the most boring nightmares ever for a week.

[SORRY TEEBS]

[daintylegs]

Riptide?

[Whatever it is, it sounds serious.]

What's wrong?

[knaval]

Reaaaally... bad prank. That's all. I'm fine now! Really fine.

[stop him]

[taselikeabee]

You know that Rodimus is going to go look now, right?

[knaval]

Yeah, but at least now I can say I tried to warn him instead of just letting him find it.

[terrible plan, riptide. terrible.]

[video]

[soldiergenes]

[ For the most part, Snake tolerates Riptide. There's no way to stop a giant robot from pestering him if that's what he wants to do, and so Snake has learned to put up with it. (He's learned to put up with a lot in general.)

In this instance, though, something is clearly wrong. It's still bizarre the way that he can pick out expressions and body language on a hunk of metal, but there it is all the same. Riptide is freaked out, spooked, disturbed by something even.

On top of that, Snake's pretty sure he knows how Riptide was going to end that sentence before he cut himself off.

That being said, he doesn't assume anything as he sends a reply. ] What was it?

Re: [video]

[knaval]

Hi, Snake. Something... uh. Bad.

[he doesn't really want to broadcast to everyone that there's a fucking HEAD in the cargo bay, sorry mate.]

[asafepairofhands]

What the hell happened?

[knaval]

I got a box in the mail! Guess what was inside!!

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I'll give you a hint. It starts with Trail and ends in cutter.

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[heroicpose]

Why? What's in the box?

[ Is it his dead body again because he's had enough of that. That's what his face is saying at least. ]

video -> locked

[knaval]

[the reply takes a good ten minutes to come, while riptide is debating with himself if he should tell rodimus or not.

eventually he decides it's better if he knows, rather than finding out later. he's the captain after all.]

...Trailcutter.