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[redshitlord]

[Ah, here we have the not-so-illusive Sideswipe. Fresh, red hot angry teenager for you, Moira. All those blue lights on his armor glowing hotly. Here is a robot child with a bone to pick.]

[He's standing outside his room -- if anyone knows for sure where that is, and... bristling. As much as a guy covered in armor can bristle.]

Okay! So, hey, are we done arresting each other for stupid stuff?

[Sideswipe 'mutiny' isn't stupid--]

Because, I gotta say, if anyone else has a problem with Riptide? You're gonna take it up with me! That's right. Me.

[A guy who looks more like a beanpole than a warrior.]

The great Earth-Cop Sideswipe! Team Bee's finest! And Riptide's mine to handle, so there. No one else gets any other ideas about dragging him anywhere, no matter your universe. Unless you want to get sideswiped.

Out the airlock.


...

Oh yeah also, if you're tiny and organic and some idiot the size of a building starts throwing down? Page me. I'll be your one-way-ticket out of smashville.

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[heroicpose]

[ He likes you Sideswipe, but... ]

Ultra Magnus is... a bit zealous but fair. He'll audit door frames for not being perfect right angles or people parking 1 minute past the parking time zone but...

What Riptide did was... serious.

[redshitlord]

Gee, y'think? Dude's bigger than like ten of me! He's gotta watch his step around the humans or he's the one who should get arrested!

[He just puffs up harder.]

Did anyone think about maybe, oh man, I dunno, talking about it? Instead of hurting him?

Some "adults" you jerks are.

[harderfasterwrecker]

[ Whirl had a point. And then it got utterly murdered by this thought train.]

'Get sideswiped.'

Did you think of that yourself?

[redshitlord]

Well, duh. You see anyone else here talking?

... except Rodi-ass.

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[daintylegs]

Sideswipe.

[His voice is soft and very sad.]

He did something terrible. He deserves worse than he got.

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[redshitlord]

He's had worse already! Hasn't he!

You guys -- you -- you told me over and over again how bad this Tarn is! And he got to Riptide.

Isn't that bad enough? Just -- leave him alone, Tailgate!

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[diamondhack]

Are you all like this?

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[redshitlord]

no no no no no

no its

theres a lot of really stupid bad scrap with a lot of these old guys its awful

im really worried about my friend and all the humans here so

im gettin a little mad pls dont freak out

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[whatshimadayou]

You are young, therefore I presume you do not have a comprehension of what was done was needed.
Ultra Magnus clearly was performing his duty. You do not have to like it or approve of it, but he was doing as necessary.

Perhaps not perfectly, but Riptide had to be apprehended. Your fondness for Riptide should not come in the way of what must be done.

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[redshitlord]

dude.

are you from his ship? NO??? do u know whats happened to him around here?? ALSO NO????

so shut up

go suck magnets exhaust port if you like him so much

[vengeance_driven]

I think I'm going to have to have this Riptide thing explained to me.

[Because Cybertronian politics never stops confusing him.]

[redshitlord]

Oh my god dude.

... everyone's getting their wires crossed because of some scrap they say he did in the future? But he ... [He falters, trying to figure out how to say this.] He doesn't need to get punished anymore.

Not after what they already did.

Y'know?

[asafepairofhands]

It was a misunderstanding, Sideswipe. It'll get taken care of.

[redshitlord]

A misunderstanding?

A misunderstanding isn't supposed to almost kill people! Or whatever happened to him! Don't any of you weird old scrap-heaps talk to each other?

Because I'm pretty sure getting murdered is enough "punishment" for anything!

[He's yelling, but. Honestly? It's the angry tears kind of yelling.]

video; ps, it was suggested on plurk that he bench press a robot, i'm so sorry

[deconstruct]

[ okay, so, sassy robots is apparently a thing here. sassy robots having inter-robot issues. andyr's seen a lot of shit in his life, so he's not completely weirded out by it, though it is really freaking weird to watch go down. it's nothing that's interrupted his day so far, so he hasn't been concerned, but an idea did just occur, with the mention of idiots the size of buildings and smashville. and the training room's relative lack of heavy enough equipment for people like him. ]

How much do you guys weigh?

[ sorry, robro, his sense of tact is nonexistent. okay, but also - ]

Did you just pun your own name?

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[redshitlord]

... Like a lot? Dude, I don't know. Go ask Ultra Fatness.

[Sorry human bro, the inter-robot-issue train is pretty much parked in his station right now. But anything to shame Magnus, at this point. Or, you know, toss him out into space for a bit to cool off.]

Also yeah. Why?

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[knaval]

sideswipe

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[redshitlord]

youre not gonna stop me

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[snipard]

Did you really just turn your own name into a catchphrase?

[ that is clearly the most important thing here. ]

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[redshitlord]

yeah i know i could do better but

im a little stressed out ok

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[onlytwoexpressions]

[There's a sturdy knock at the door to Sideswipe and Riptide's place.]

[Magnus, now stripped of his Maximus Ambus armor (due to glitter) stands at a much more perfectly reasonable height, and waits patiently for the door to open.]

[ACTION]

[redshitlord]

[The door cracks open. Sideswipe stares out for a minute or two.]

[And then eases himself out, pointedly closing it behind him. Staring up at Magnus like he's daring him to say anything about it.]

What do you want?

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[pushed]

Someone has a problem with him?

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[redshitlord]

uh yeah like everyone

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[heelys]

[Have a sad Bumblebee.] Have you got to see him yet? He doesn't deserve this, Sideswipe. We gotta bust him outta there.

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[redshitlord]

I know. I know he doesn't.

I'm. Hangin' outside his room. Just in case. But I dunno what else to do, man.



He thinks he deserves it, Bee.