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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.

Comments

[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.]

Re: ☄ PRIVATE

[knaval]

[riptide hesitates for a moment, then decides he trusts niko to tell him.]

A head. I don't know who exactly it's for... most people here knew him. Just... his head, after he was murdered. It could be for the purple guy, because his team did it but I'm not handing it over.

☄ PRIVATE

[vengeance_driven]

What sort of sick metal man mafia bullshit is this. I know guys back home that do the beheading-and-send-as-present crap.

[He'd like to not get murder victims in the Cargo Bay??? That would be nice!]

I'm sorry about your friend. Look, um... Maybe the captains will let you do something honorable with it, okay? I don't know how you do burying or memorial but seems to be the right thing to do.

[When one randomly receives the worst reminder of gratuitous death imaginable from some point in their probably distant past? Hell if he knows. But if they don't keep it around, chucking some guys head out an airlock and bidding it adieu with a sad wave seems a little disrespectful.]

Otherwise, we should probably make it so not everyone can just come in and pull it out whenever they like.

Re: ☄ PRIVATE

[knaval]

I don't think it's that... they recovered his entire body after it happened.

[megatron spent many moons sulking over it.]

They won't have a choice. I don't know what to do with just a head, but we can do something. He deserved better than he got, anyway.

[DEEP SIGH.]

...Tell me at least that last part was locked like I wanted it to be.

Re: ☄ PRIVATE

[vengeance_driven]

I locked all of it. You're okay.

[Most people that end up as only a head deserve better. Not a rule of thumb but as a general guideline.]

Tailgate works down here. You want I should ask him to stay away from it? At least until you guys can talk more?

Re: ☄ PRIVATE

[knaval]

Tail-- oh, god. Tailgate can't see it. Are you down here? I'm near the back. I need to-- we need to lock it away!

[until he can figure out what to do with it. he won't leave teebs like that for good.]

☄ PRIVATE

[vengeance_driven]

I'm close by! I'm coming back, don't worry. We'll take care of it.

If there's no name on it we'll label it as your property, even if ah... it's not the best thing to have.

Re: ☄ PRIVATE

[knaval]

Okay! Okay. That's fine. I'm-- fine. We can do this.

[he is pacing so much.]

Put a combination lock on it. I'll talk to someone about what to do.