[ THE "DRIFT GOT HECKED UP BY TARN" CATCH-ALL POST ]

[auramatic]

Who: Drift, Rodimus, Ratchet, Megatron and whoever else wants to chime in
What: the inevitable fallout of the fucked up shit Tarn just did to Drift
Where: Red Alert's clinic
When: starting a few days after Tarn beat the shit out of Drift
Warnings: a lot of sad. a lot of gay

jk i'm lazy, thread starters below

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[quantumechanic]

"Spiky Megatron," Nautica attempted to clarify, waving a hand around her shoulder in a vague gesture with no explanatory power unless you'd already seen the Megatron in question. She happened to be using the arm with the fluid line in it, since she was lying on the other one, and she managed to catch the tubing on some of the plating on her forearm.

"Nice Megatron brought me to the clinic," she added absently, most of her limited attention on trying to untangle herself.

[rodders]

"There are officially too many Megatrons here," he muttered, rubbing the back of his helm. "Are you telling me there's another one beyond Eyebrows, Autobot, and-- okay, I'm not calling him 'nice Megatron'. Miner. There's one more?"

That settles it. He's died and his spark has gone to the Afterspark which, in some sort of cruel joke, has given him not one but four Megatrons. There is no other explanation he will take at this point.

[quantumechanic]

"He's nice!" she insisted, forgetting about the topic at hand and her efforts to disentangle herself (thanks for the help, Rodimus) to defend her friend.

Yes, pre-war Megatron's character traits was the hill Nautica was willing die on.

[rodders]

You're welcome, Nautica. "I'm letting you off easy because you don't know what happens like the rest of us do, but-- not nice. Pre-genocidal maybe. On a good day."

Rodimus was told that a true leader acted without regret after he blew up Nyon by a Megatron not so far removed from this one. He's got a hard time letting that and the near execution of Bumblebee go.

[quantumechanic]

It turns out if Megatron doesn't start a war, the future gets even crappier. What a terrible universe they live in.

Nautica paused long enough that if not for the steady glow of her optics, it wouldn't have been clear whether she'd drifted off. She was simply taking a long time to arrive at the conclusion that she was not going to be able to put together a nuanced explanation of the ethical principles involved.

"Can't blame him for things he hasn't done."

...Close enough.

[rodders]

Possibly the actual, literal worst.

Rodimus had actually considered that she'd fallen asleep with her eyes open - she wouldn't have been the first, but when she speaks again his attention snaps back to her instead of that really interesting point on the wall.

"Does it actually matter? He's going to."

it took me forever to figure out how to make this funny again, sorry

[quantumechanic]

Nautica couldn't articulate all the ways that was wrong, so she just sighed. "It's complicated."

IV be damned, she reached out in an attempt to grab Rodimus' hand. "Don't worry, you don't care about temporal physics anyway. Leave it to Team Rodimus."

She was perhaps the only other person in the universe besides Rodimus himself capable of saying that unironically.

HOW DARE no you're forgiven

[rodders]

"Hey, I'm allowed to have an interest in-- magic." He is not allowed to have an active interest in it, however. But her faith in Team Rodimus does make him smile briefly. "We're still missing Skids, unless you've found a good replacement."

He did love Team Rodimus, in all their brainy ways.

[quantumechanic]

"I'll cover for him." It was distinctly possible she couldn't spell her own name right now, but that didn't affect her confidence. "You can yell at him for slacking off later."

[rodders]

"Think you can out-learn a super learner?" Actually genuinely curious for once in his life. Mostly because Team Rodimus is the best team and he supports everyone, but he also likes having the best and the brightest at his relative beck and call. "Will do."