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Oh. Sorry. That must've been awful.

[he knows she won't want to talk about it-- but riptide figures that just having someone say "sorry you had to go through that" might help.]

I-- yeah. I know. I just... I thought he was the one that had killed Tailgate, because that's the sort of shit he'd do. I lost my temper... [understatement of the century.] But it's okay-- he's not as subtle as he thinks he is in how he deals. He still thinks I'm too stupid to notice most of it, too. Ironic, right?

...Plus I have a gun. He does not.

[ Oof. The sympathy, which she didn't expect, reduces some of her anger towards him. But not by too much. ]

You're both fucking gigantic and have superpowers. Somebody's going to get hurt no matter how this goes down.

[ She's standing up now just for the sake of moving, and taps her foot anxiously. ] So what are you going to do now? Do you know what you're going to do now?

Neither of us have powers that we didn't have back home, save for the human thing and the gun I can summon. I feel like if he has a power he was hiding, he would've used it when I killed him? He had nothing for self-defense. Besides, we're still as susceptible to power nullifiers as everyone else. We may have size, but that doesn't really mean anything when there are stronger people around. Not that I really want to get into a fight where people might get hurt? Or at all? [...] Uh, you probably don't want to know, but when I killed him I managed to get him out into the country. Away from anywhere else. For safety reasons as much as secrecy.

[it's clear he's actually given this some thought, as bad as it is.]

I know he's back and after seeing what he did during the mutiny... whatever he does won't be as simple as just finding me and killing me back. All I can do is wait and see-- I'll keep an eye on people he knows I know, too. I don't think he even considers humans alive, but if he does anything to anyone I'll tear his spark out again.

[...well, he let that last part slip. riptide also pointedly does not mention he's actually not sure what to do, and that he's pretty scared.]

[ Huh. She's kind of surprised Riptide thought about it so hard- not that she dislikes Riptide, but he seems impulsive and naive, to her. Which killing Getaway is a sign of, obviously.

But it seems like even if he fucked that up, he's been trying to make an effort to unfuck it...though who knows how well that'll turn out. ]

I...okay, what sort of shit do you think he'll want to do with you? Brainwash you again? Something else? Because every other option I can think of is completely fucked.

[ Not-a-robot torture? Weird body part swapping? How do these guys work? ]

I can tell you what he's done before and what he might repeat, but you'll want to sit down. It's bad.

How did you know I was... [ Standing. God. She's thinking too hard about this. Against her better judgement, she sits back down. ]

Whatever. It can't be that much worse than any of the bullshit I've seen around here. Go on.

I didn't.

[ha HA]

Alright, well, I'm not sure how much he'd be willing to do with his own two hands, but he was happy to force someone else into killing people to bring him down with him, getting a stronger person to tear people apart for him... then there was, uh. The monetizing. Of spines and brains. I'm still not sure what that was about, so I don't know if it's something he'd repeat, but... he got the parts out by using scraplets. If he's willing to have people eaten alive to get their spines out instead of just removing them with a medic...

[an important distinction for robots, okay.]

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[ ...What? This is one of those horrific things where Riptide just says it so bluntly that she can barely wrap her head around it. ]

I- what the fuck. This is a guy who literally sells cyber-body parts on the black market or whatever the hell you have? Is this as horrific as it sounds for your...species? Because I also couldn't understand half of what you just said.

Something like that. It's pretty bad, yeah. He also sold out a bunch of people he didn't like to an organisation called the DJD, which is like feeding them into a meat grinder? That's also really slow and sadistic?

[a pause.]

I'm more concerned about him getting other people to do his dirty work, honestly. Especially with that nudge gun.

[ She stays quiet for a moment, and then sighs loudly. Not that this doesn't sound terrifying, but it's terrifying to the point where it's almost beyond her. ]

So...a organ-snatcher who likes to be cruel on top of his already existing cruelty. [ This is somewhat familiar. ] Yeah, he shouldn't be near anyone.

There's no way you could warn people about him without tipping him off? Or- do you think there's anyone he'd specifically target? [ Hm. If Riptide was already worried about Tailgate... ] You thought he'd hurt your friend. Do you still think he will? Especially considering he's got to be pissed at you now?

Yeah. He didn't need to say half the shit he said to me before he tried to kill me back home.

[siGH anyway]

Not Tailgate. He's trying to talk Tailgate into... fuckin' marrying him or some crazy shit. I've told Tailgate all I can, all I can do is help him stay away when he wants to. Like I said, all I can do is wait and see.

Marrying him? [ Cybertronians have marriage? But, also, holy shit. ] There's no way you can tell Tailgate more? Because I know enough to know that can't happen.

[ This rabbit hole goes deep. But if Riptide's done as much as he can... ] And...okay, anyone else? Does he have grudges against anybody, that sort of shit?

It's... complicated. [no shit.] It won't. I don't think Tailgate'll buy it.

[he's underestimating getaway's ability to lie and manipulate.]

No-one here. The only way this could be resolved well is if, like... Ultra Magnus gets ported in and throws him to the moon. He'd probably also throw me to the moon but honestly I have it coming 'cause of the mutiny.

[WISTFUL SIGH.]

Ugh. I miss the Rod Squad so much. I never thought I would. It's crazy how much you miss someone when it turns out they died because of you.

[ There were a few things she was going to respond to here- and then Riptide just threw her for a loop at the end there. ]

I- Riptide. You can't just say shit like that and expect me to know what the fuck you mean! What mutiny?

And...what do you mean people died because of you?

[ It's the last part that catches her attention the most, perhaps because Riptide has never seemed dangerous to her, at least intentionally. What happened...? ]

Oh, I thought I told you... I was part of a mutiny that Getaway led, before he made it clear he's a crazy bastard. It involved leaving a group of people behind on a neutral planet with no danger-- it seemed fine! They could easily have just got another ship somewhere!

But no. Getaway had to throw them to the Turbofoxes. They're all dead now because of the DJD. We even picked up their last transmission calling for help!

[it's up in the air whether getaway actually did do it or if it was just a coincidence... but riptide thinks he did.]

Well, that's...fucked. [ Should she say sorry? What would he even want to hear? Riptide takes everything in stride- or at least acts like he does. She can't tell how upset he is, and she was already bad at that with most people. ]

Should I know what the mutiny was about? Or is that not really relevant to Getaway's current fuckery? [ She sighs. ] And- that's to say nothing about it intersecting with Woden's bullshit. Because now it nearly has.

It's relevant, but not in a way you need to worry about.

[he won't try anything like it again here, riptide reckons. on account of there's a whole 3 cybertronians present.]

Did you know his doppelganger had killed people? Or that he even had one? You didn't actually sound that surprised, honestly.

I don't know, I feel like I need to worry about it if it's relevant at all, actually. [ Fuck, Riptide, why are you like this. ]

I know he tried to kill Martin- the kid my friend is taking care of. He claimed it was some weird-ass personal thing, but his reasons were as bullshit as anything else, so the idea that he was just stab-happy fits as well as anything.

[ ...Hm. ] Is your friend okay? And did he know Woden before?

No, not that I know of. We talk a lot, and Tailgate didn't describe him like he'd met him before. He's not okay.

[that's all he's saying about tailgate, at least.]

Good to know he's just a lunatic. What happened with him after the thing with that kid?

[ Well, that fucking sucks. She's never met Tailgate, but it's hard not to feel some sense of connection with yet another person who's been fucked over by Woden. ]

Woden's a lunatic who has actual goals. And I fucking hate admitting that much. The doppelganger was just...stab-happy.

[ She sighs. They're delving into some real fun memories, here. ]

He got killed. There wasn't any other way it was going to end. So now we're back to original pervert-in-waiting Woden.

Good. S'too bad him and his copies didn't stay dead.

[riptide's morals continue to be wildly different from cass's.]

Does he have a car, or something? Just let me know if you want me to accidentally trip and fall on something he cherishes.

[ Honestly? She's not going to fight him on wanting Woden to stay dead. She's starting to feel that way herself. ]

Even if I knew what he had here, I'm not going to let you do that. He'd use it as a reason to come after you eventually, trust me.

[ She pauses for a moment. She's not in a good mood, but- ] Back in London he made a clearly dick-shaped building for the Pantheon to fuck around in. I can't believe he didn't make something that obvious here.

I doubt he could do anything to me. I could just step on him.

[stupid humans...]

Why is it always sex and genitals with humans?

Yeah, and then he'd come back and find a way to fuck you up anyway. Don't try it. [ That's an order. ]

What, do Cybertronians not have something they're like that about?

You say that like I wouldn't just step on him again?

No. Not body parts, really. I guess you don't really have time to be weird about something when your entire race is fighting a war for four million years.

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