011 // [Video] [Parts Locked to Magnus, Arcee, and Bulkhead]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

 [You take your eyes off the feed for a day...and everyone's at each other's throats. Is that really all it takes to set people off here?  Wheeljack doesn't know, nor does he care.

And after seeing not only people literally attacking each other, he's also seeing people threatening to attack people who are attacking. 

So why not join in fix this.]

'kay. What's it gonna take to smack some sense into you idiots? Cause if I have to knock a few dents in your head, I'll do it.

I mean it. 

[You peeks in from the corner, pulling her ears down like pigtails]

He means it.

And some of ya--[Donatello]--already kinda deserve it.

[Locked to Ultra Magnus]

Permission to take action, sir?

[Locked to Arcee and Bulkhead]

Tell me the bug hasn't got ya just yet.

[He could really use some sane people right now.]

Comments

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

point



far from it actually

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[oneeyedterror]

Ha!

pretty sure you can't be a wrecker and not be messed up.

[EVEN ULTRA MAGNUS is implied.]

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

aint that the truth


we pretty much got nothin left

thats why were in the wreckers

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[oneeyedterror]

[There is a delay in Whirl's response because... really he's not a Wrecker anymore.

And maybe there is a little part of himself that's trying to kind of reclaim that with Wheeljack, being a Wrecker that is, not that he's ever going to admit that. Ever.]

oh probably.

too bad it also got me kicked out of them.

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

[He...sort of had a feeling. Just from Whirl's attitude towards everything. Just a gut instinct, you know?]

i left

but wrecker isnt just physically being in a group
its who you are sometimes at your core

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[oneeyedterror]

You made a choice, that beats getting kicked out.

[And being arrested on top of getting kicked out, someday Whirl will tell Wheeljack everything.

Maybe.]

Heh at your core, if that's the case then I don't think you'd be a Wrecker in my world then.

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

wasnt a choice i wanted




yeah so ive heard
a scientist right

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[oneeyedterror]

No I mean.

You, like the you you are. Not the you I know from home.

[You're too good to be a Wrecker like he was, Wheeljack. Almost... Springer-esque.]

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

is that a bad thing

[The text has almost no forgiveness, so he's interpreting it as him not being Wrecker material.]

not sure i get it

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[oneeyedterror]

Nah it's a good thing

it's not like the Wreckers were good people, Jack

for one we didn't have Ultra Magnus leading us

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

i know

the reason i left the wreckers was because magnus was leading us


wasnt always like that you know
we werent saints but we got the job done

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[oneeyedterror]

That may be so but.

I doubt any of your leaders ended up in prison for war crimes.

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

probably not

they all died before trials could be held

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[oneeyedterror]

That's probably for the best then.

Although I doubt they'd say it was!

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

yeah


for the best

[It's still a sore spot for Wheeljack, though. Wreckers or not, they were close to him.]

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[oneeyedterror]

prison is not a fun place

and I speak from experience.


... and hey at least yours went down fighting.

[Is he trying to make Wheeljack not feel bad? Maybe, maybe not.]

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

[He can...sort of relate. Kinda.]

only been a prisoner of war


very briefly




thats true

[It's helpful. Even if Wheeljack won't admit it.]

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[oneeyedterror]

I wish I could say the same. jailed before the war and a bit after Springer went comatose

[Never going to mention the time he was part of a group that got caught by some Decepticons, nope.]


good to know.

[Good, Whirl LIKES you Wheeljack.]

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

since were talking about bright sides

at least it kept you out of trouble

[See, he can try too! Only because he likes you too, Whirl.]

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[oneeyedterror]

[...

... Oh god, he just tried to laugh and it hurt and dammit Wheeljack. No, being in jail actually just got him in more trouble.]

You say that as if trouble is something I'd want to avoid.

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

If only he knew. He'd be both glad that Whirl had the humor to take it, and slightly guilty. Broken jaws probably hurt.]

that was more for the world around you

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[oneeyedterror]

[Whirl will tell him, once he's all healed up. As revenge.]

Ha ha ha.

The world can handle it, I haven't blown up the universe.