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robothell2015-11-06 09:32 am
aminerproblem) wrote in robothell2015-11-06 09:32 am
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[It isn't often Megatron decides to post to the network, but the darkened expression presents quite a different air to initial plea for cooperation he'd posted sometime back.]
I've seen what we can do when we put our efforts together. We've built a home out of ruin, a meager spark of civilization on the graveyard of our predecessors.
But there are still threats to the existence we've carved here. Cybertronians who are stuck in the past and seek to inflict violence where none is needed.
[He steps back to allow a better view of the space around him.]
Tarn is bound on his knees on what could be identified as a slightly elevated platform in front of the Decepticon stronghold. Megatron wanted to be sure whoever was nearby would see what was about to undergo. Even if he didn't particularly plan on broadcasting the entire grisly execution over the network, it was clear enough what was about to occur here.]
[He steps to the ex-Decepticon's side, the red-hot edge of a makeshift (but oddly well-crafted) blade hovering next to his mask.]
I'm sure you're all aware of Tarn. He has taken it upon himself to torture our allies to the point of near death, something he seems particularly fond of doing. He's broken the pact he's made with our faction, and sought to destroy the peace we've built on this planet numerous times.
He has been given many chances to redeem himself, but squandered them in favor of engorging on his own thirst for blood. He will be punished accordingly as fitting of his crime. Let us hope this will not be necessary again.
[And from there the video goes to black, though it doesn't click off completely. He'll be letting Sixshot deal with whatever responses people feel the need to send. He was never one to completely close off all ties.]
I've seen what we can do when we put our efforts together. We've built a home out of ruin, a meager spark of civilization on the graveyard of our predecessors.
But there are still threats to the existence we've carved here. Cybertronians who are stuck in the past and seek to inflict violence where none is needed.
[He steps back to allow a better view of the space around him.]
Tarn is bound on his knees on what could be identified as a slightly elevated platform in front of the Decepticon stronghold. Megatron wanted to be sure whoever was nearby would see what was about to undergo. Even if he didn't particularly plan on broadcasting the entire grisly execution over the network, it was clear enough what was about to occur here.]
[He steps to the ex-Decepticon's side, the red-hot edge of a makeshift (but oddly well-crafted) blade hovering next to his mask.]
I'm sure you're all aware of Tarn. He has taken it upon himself to torture our allies to the point of near death, something he seems particularly fond of doing. He's broken the pact he's made with our faction, and sought to destroy the peace we've built on this planet numerous times.
He has been given many chances to redeem himself, but squandered them in favor of engorging on his own thirst for blood. He will be punished accordingly as fitting of his crime. Let us hope this will not be necessary again.
[And from there the video goes to black, though it doesn't click off completely. He'll be letting Sixshot deal with whatever responses people feel the need to send. He was never one to completely close off all ties.]
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I'm not a politician, or a scholar, or a lawyer, or a judge. I'm not in a position to debate legal theory, or the nature of punishment, or the efficacy of executions in deterring future crimes. I'm a medic. I was taught to do no harm, and after four million years in a shooting war I still believe in it, except for a few notable exceptions. If I'm not killing someone in a fight where they're trying to kill me, the only other real acceptable excuse I can come up with for ending a life is if there's nothing else I can do for them. If there's no chance for anything but suffering for them unless I help them in this way. I won't sit here and tell you I haven't been betrayed or angry or hateful or grieved enough to have been tempted before, but you came into my medibay a little while before I showed up here, crippled from the waist down, and I fixed you instead of shooting you in the head. Because that's my job, and it's what I believe in.
I don't know if Tarn can be fixed--I sure as hell know I can't fix him, whatever him being 'fixed' would even mean, though not torturing my friends anymore sounds like a really excellent start. But I don't know--I'm not a hundred percent sure--that there's nothing else that can be done for him. And even if I was, I know how hard going through with something like that can be. I didn't want that for you. [He shrugs a little into his crutches.] That's selfish of me, I guess, but there it is. I don't have a better answer for you than that.
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...Thank you. Whatever help Tarn needs is well beyond what I can provide him.
[He continues walking. He may not feel entirely comfortable with what he did, but he is glad they could talk about it. He looks at the ground ahead of him.]
Personally, I think you make a stellar debater when you want to be.
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[Ratchet shakes his head, but he's smiling a little.]
You asked. I just wanted to give you a proper answer.
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[Ratchet gets a gentle squeeze of the shoulder before he's let go. It's been a while since he's seen the old medic smile. Which makes him grin a little in turn.]