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thisavrou2016-06-22 10:31 pm
redshitlord) wrote in thisavrou2016-06-22 10:31 pm
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Okay, yeah, I know, bad timing Sideswipe, and we've got bigger problems, Sideswipe.
But... a lot of Not So Awesome stuff is going down with a friend of mine. And ... I...
[Some of the flippant nonchalance in his voice cracks. He goes quiet. This is really hard to admit, and yes, he KNOWS there's a lot going on right now. But it's been beyond him for a long time.]
[Too long.]
I don't know how to help. I wanna.
But I don't know how.
So if anyone's got a sec? Appreciate some feedback here. Y'know, anyone who isn't gonna yell at me for bringing this up right now. That'd be great.
But... a lot of Not So Awesome stuff is going down with a friend of mine. And ... I...
[Some of the flippant nonchalance in his voice cracks. He goes quiet. This is really hard to admit, and yes, he KNOWS there's a lot going on right now. But it's been beyond him for a long time.]
[Too long.]
I don't know how to help. I wanna.
But I don't know how.
So if anyone's got a sec? Appreciate some feedback here. Y'know, anyone who isn't gonna yell at me for bringing this up right now. That'd be great.
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Scrap! I knew something was wrong! Is he okay?
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I... I don't think he's been okay for a long time, dude.
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...Yeah. He. Fighting in a war for that long does things to a bot... I don't even know what that's like... the War has been over for millions of cycles.
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I'm doing literally everything I can, but sometimes he wigs out. And... and I dunno how to help that.
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But I dunno if -- if it's really going to be enough. Y'know?
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I... don't know.
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When my friend Sari's father went missing, we tried everything to cheer her up. Nothing worked, not even video games or TV or trying to make her feel at home in the factory. When we actually, y'know, stopped trying to cheer her up and just told her we were there for her, her face got all leaky and she did the crying that humans do when they're really sad... And things got better. [Bumblebee frowns. He misses Sari so much.]
I mean, humans aren't the same as us but. Just being there for her and letting her be sad seemed to help. It sucked seeing her that upset, but. Yeah.
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I've said that though, that I'm here and stuff. He just... acts like nothing's wrong when I do. It's scary.
I'll make him cry if that's what it takes, dude, but I am... out of ideas here.
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[He gives a small vent of hot air.] I dunno, Prowl was better at this stuff than I ever was.
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Y'know?
... what's a Prowl?
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[Maybe making him cry IS the way forward here.]
Prowl is part of my team back home. He's a really frustrating Cyberninja who thinks he's the best and better than everyone and one with organic nature. He's weird... But he's got good advice sometimes.
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[Sideswipe you can't.]
... cyber... ninja... ?
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We have Drift. And that's just as bad, trust me.
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[he's squinting at you. Because none of that makes sense.]
What? Pumpkins are the things at Halloween right? How can it have shoulder... babies?
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They're minicons.
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[He ducks away for a second, and then pops up with:]
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Wait, so are the babies... online?
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[he's pulling a face.]
That's... Gross. Do they just hang out on him until he needs them?
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