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Hello. You have reached the personal comm of Ultra Magnus, Former Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord. Second-in-Command of the Lost Light. I am unable to receive your communication at the moment, but if you could leave a detailed message, clearly stating your name, purpose of call, the exact date and time, and a method of which I can contact you, I will return your communication as soon as I am personally able. If this is an urgent matter, please state BEFORE you state your name the nature and urgency of your situation on a scale of one to ten; One being a minor emergency, ten being the rough equivalent of a necrotitan resurfacing and wreaking havoc on-- BEEP

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He did no such thing. I'm not sure where he got that idea. Then again, I only have two expressions, and the latter is only an angrier version of the former.

Are you sure about that? You seemed pretty expressive out of that armor. :)

But on a serious note, Riptide mentioned saying how he elected to betray you all because he, personally, hated you. Ring any bells?

There were outside influences at work. Yes, I recall him saying something that profoundly stupid.

So you know you should go and talk to him, correct?

As of this exact moment, I don't necessarily feel inclined to. He has it in his head that I do not care and that I should not care. Frankly, after what I have been trying to do for him in light of everything that's happened, I am insulted.

Magnus... He's being defensive, you giant blueberry. Being scared does that to someone.

Frankly? Riptide knows he's hurt you and I don't know why the hell I am being asked how to get back in your good graces when the two of you need to sit down and talk it out.

Edited 2016-10-25 03:52 (UTC)

'Giant Blueberry?' Bumblebee, it's...difficult for me at the moment. I've heard some disconcerting news from Ravage and Swerve. I know how the battle turns out...

Earth berry. It's blue with a spiky top. Tart, mostly.

So tell me what happened, Magnus.

Not all of us make it, Bumblebee. Skids gives his life to give us some sort of...'overcharge.' It helps us fight off the DJD. Ravage is ripped in half by Tarn.

It would have been a miracle if everyone had. I am sorry, Magnus. It's hard to loose people.

Does Megatron know about Ravage?

He does. It did not go well. It was stupid of me. I should have known better. The odds of anyone surviving were astronomically low. In wartime, the fact that we only lost two would have been seen as a damn miracle. But we're not at war anymore, Bee. We're supposed to be at peace. Rebuilding our lives and our society. Riptide, as much as I know it's not his fault, is a walking reminder that two people lost their lives to this mutiny.

I didn't imagine that it would be. Hopefully someone actually - dare I say it - thought of protecting Tarn in this situation?

We're not all at peace, Magnus. The war isn't over for some. Their hatred and anger still burns and won't easily, if ever, die. These people would rather watch everything that we're working towards burn than allow to continue. Unfortunately those that bring about peace must also find the means to protect it.

Someone has to stop the circle of hate, Magnus. If it can't be them, then it has to be us - starting with forgiving and letting go of these walking reminders.

I certainly haven't. I've been more worried about Megatron.

[Those sure were some words he never thought he'd type.]

How can I, when doing so led me to be stranded and left for dead? Led to the deaths of two people who didn't deserve it?

If you are really worried for him, then make sure that nothing happens to Tarn. Do you think that he can mentally handle hurting another person when his anger subsides? While it may be justified, he's still pretty new to his convictions. It's important that positives are reinforced, not failures.

And I don't know the answer to that, Magnus. It's different for every person. Though I would question why it is so hard. Yes, it led to two people dying but you've forgiven Megatron haven't you? What about Ravage? Brainstorm? Didn't they also kill people that didn't deserve it?

...Didn't you? Didn't I?

That was different, Bee. That was wartime. This is supposed to be peacetime.

Crime is still crime, regardless of it is done during peacetime or wartime.

C'mon. You know this. You KNOW there's really no difference.

There is a difference. The difference lies in 'intent.' We've all done terrible things. But I never killed anyone with malice on my spark. It was duty. Bee, a conscious decision was made to send us to our deaths, and now two lives are snuffed out. How does one reconcile that?

Malice or not, killing is still killing. The NAILs don't think we were justified. Only WE do. Regardless, I'd say for quite a few of us the intent was really all the same. An Autobot puts down a Decepticon with malice in his spark pretty often and vice versa. Just because YOU didn't doesn't make it any less true for someone else.

You're also forgetting that I worked with Prowl for a LONG time. He makes those kinds of choices before breakfast. If reconciling it were EASY, friend, then maybe there wouldn't have been a war to start with.

That's really for you to figure out, not me.

Prowl operates inside of a different cognitive spectrum that only makes sense to Prowl. It's a world where there is no such thing as 'remorse.' Nevertheless... No, nevermind. I don't have a reasonable counter argument to that. You're right.

I wouldn't say he's COMPLETELY without remorse.

And of course I'm right. Again.

It almost sounds like you're keeping score.

Would I do that? :)

Back on topic, did Riptide go to trial? You can't really keep acting like he's a guilty party if he hasn't, you know. Innocent until proven and whatnot.

Yes. No, he has not had a formal trial. Charges can't be brought against him because, for him, they have not happened yet. That's crossing a dangerous line. I've looked into matters of time dilation in regards to criminal activity. We'd have to prove that Riptide knew the outcome of the mutiny before it happened. We'd have to prove that he had intent, and that he had the means to ensure it would happen.

What about a court martial? For conspiracy.

Proving 'conspiracy' in a court of law is tricky. Riptide is also entitled to a defense counsel but there's just far too many from the Lost Light on board. I can't imagine anyone would be willing to defend him.

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