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[ 001 - Hologram] What's big, pink and smells like....strawberries?

[There's apparently a lot of giant robots around here. This one's looking a little out-of-sorts though, and it's pretty clear why, when he holds up--or attempts to--a very large wiggly semi-transparent pink cube. Give him a break okay: it's quite slippery, given its gelatinous state.]

Uh. Does anyone...want this? I bought it in the marketplace. I thought it was, ya know, something I could eat. Apparently it's for organics though. [Don't ask how Drift knows this. A medical diagnostic might be on his to-do list though.] And apparently non-returnable now.

[He has no idea what organics would do with such a large quantity of 'strawberry jello' or why it has any right masquerading in the form of an energon cube, but oh well, lesson learned. Drift sets it down before it nearly slips from his hot little fingers, (nevermind the squelching noise please) and pulls out an energon ration pouch, the pink liquid inside sloshing around as he holds it up.]

I am looking for more of this though. It's our fuel, and trust me when I say it's not good for organics. If you see any though, let me know. I can pay you for it, if need be.

[Just...not a lot. What a time to be without his gold currency card. But seriously people, Drift really, really likes not staving! He's done that before and would rather not again. But you better believe he's just the type of idiot to give out what rations he brought with him to the others of his kind. Because even if he's not fond of starving, hey, positive side: he knows how to tolerate it probably better than anyone.]

So Wing, Rodimus, Megatron, anyone else... let me know what supplies you have? I have some rations, if you're in need.

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Yeah. Except maybe hoarding ration packets. [Like Drift does. Because starving.]

But hey look, I'm fine! No harm done.

[Nevermind the sticky mouth.]

...Drift. I was referring to him suffering due to his stupidity, not suffering from starvation.

[ quite literally rubbing his helm now. ]

Oooooohhhhh....

[Naw, he knew that. He's totally not so tuned into the food issue to the point of being blind to all else. Nope.]

[SIGH] Still couldn't leave him to suffer alone though. [It's just not his style anymore Megs.]

I could.

Megatron.

[A disgruntled sigh. He'll just casually lock the feed.]

He's my friend. He's far from perfect. But then neither am I.

A friend would not have allowed you to take the blame to cover up his own mistakes - inevitable ones at that. A true captain would be concerned about the well being of his crew instead of consistently putting them in danger.

No one is perfect, no. We all make mistakes. Rodimus feels no remorse. His intentions are all focused inward. His quest. His ship. Everything must revolve around him and what he wants for himself.

[!!!!]

[oh frag.]

[WELP there's the awkward subject that reared up between him and Rodimus when they first got here. They'd been trying to beat down some invading aliens at the time so it had sort of slipped by the wayside, but he hadn't at all expected it to come up again from this direction.

Drift feels both touched and slightly terrified that it's coming from Megatron.]

It's not that he didn't feel remorse. I know that much.

And when I brought up the idea to him? Rodimus refused it, not once but twice. But I insisted.

So if you want to lay blame, it's not wholly on him.

[Sorry Megatron, remember how stubborn this one is? Though granted, the truth of Rodimus still allowing him to take the fall in the end, just as Megatron says, has burned like a painful question since his exile. But he's pushed it away every time because in the end it doesn't matter. Rodimus had to stay captain, end of story. ]

Edited (missing words deeeerp) 2014-07-12 03:29 (UTC)

If he felt any sort of remorse or guilt, Drift, he would not keep putting his needs before others. Whether or not it was his idea or yours, he did not take responsibility for his actions.

You're right. He's got a bad rep in some ways. You think I don't know that? [Well, mostly.]

But if we're talking about needs, what about mine? I needed him to stay captain. Not for him, but for all us, the whole race, and our planet.

And do you think he would have stayed captain, if he'd told people what he'd done?

[NGL though, he could've done without the exile part. But what else was there to do?]

I think you are making excuses. You are a loyal and dedicated sort, Drift. However that may blind you to seeing things for what they are.

Do you really think he is a captain, though? An actual leader to be looked up to? I hate to tell you this, but he failed to find the Knights. Failed in keeping his crew unified and safe.

Rodimus may have what it takes to lead like you seem to think he is capable of, but he will never succeed since he fails to take the opportunities presented to him to grow. He's had plenty of them, as I have come to understand it.

[Okay so he really can't refute a lot of that. And maybe a lot of the shiny hero worship he had for Rodimus has rubbed of. But that just means he sees someone underneath that's flawed just like Drift is.]

Can't say I was every a great leader either, so I'm not gonna point that particular finger. Maybe if more people had faith in that potential though, he would become that leader.

[Annnnnd maybe if Drift was less of an enabler and actually called Rodimus on his bullshit more often, the not!Prime would learn some of those lessons. Cough.]

It's more than that though. He's important. I don't know if it's the matrix affinity or something else but...I know he needs to be there for our quest to succeed.

He had an entire ship of people that had, at one point, placed their faith in him and his capability to lead them. How many more would it take?

Yeah they did...

[Whu--wait]

What do you mean, 'had'?

[OMINOUS PAST TENSES, DAMN YOU.]

Ask him about the numbers he has written on his hand.

[....]

I did notice those...

[Clearly he has more than one thing to discuss with Rodimus.]

There was a vote of competency.

[...........]

A vote?

Among the crew?

[He's not liking the sound of this.]

That's right. You two are going to have so much to talk about.

I realize that. [SO UNCOMFORTABLY UNSURE right now.] I'll be certain to take it up with him.

Regardless though, [Look at Drift, trying to take control of the conversation back.] we're here and neither of you have the ship, nor the crew, that you're captain of, so it's a fairly moot point.

[For now, at least.]

Drift. That ship and its crew - new and old - are all that I have left.

[ MAAAAYBE playing that up a little. but he LOOKS sincere about it. it IS half true, after all. ]

[.....]

[Oh.]

[Drift relates...on a smaller scale. That ship and that crew was all he had too. And now...]

I...

We'll get you back to it.

For now though...you, we, aren't alone.

I didn't think that I was alone.

[ superficially, anyway. but let's not get into emotionally or metaphysically. ]

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