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daintylegs) wrote2018-08-11 12:12 pm
daintylegs) wrote2018-08-11 12:12 pm
IC contact
"Hey, sorry I missed your call! I'll try to get back to you when I can, okay?"
"Hey, sorry I missed your call! I'll try to get back to you when I can, okay?"
It appears some of my personal items have gone missing from my quarters.
Oh no! Do you want me to help you look for them?
Also it's nice to see you two got out of the whale. Good on you.
Also it's nice to see you two got out of the whale. Good on you.
[FROWN]
So you know nothing of how this happened. Nothing at all.
So you know nothing of how this happened. Nothing at all.
No...?
[Tailgate says slowly, as if he can't imagine why Megatron is pushing this.]
Have you asked Magnus about them yet? Maybe he knows.
[Tailgate says slowly, as if he can't imagine why Megatron is pushing this.]
Have you asked Magnus about them yet? Maybe he knows.
He doesn't, and I'm curious why someone outside of our quarters would even be aware or interested in what was taken.
Beats me, I wasn't anywhere near your room.
I feel like you're accusing me of stealing though. The nerve!
I feel like you're accusing me of stealing though. The nerve!
You say that like the three of you don't enjoy getting into mischief.
[Riptide was with him in the whale for the last two days. Sideswipe doesn't even know about his books. That narrows the list down pretty quickly.]
[Riptide was with him in the whale for the last two days. Sideswipe doesn't even know about his books. That narrows the list down pretty quickly.]
Tailgate, I offered Megatron my assistance in locating some missing datapads he had stored in our quarters. He seemed to be under the impression you may have some information about what happened to them. Do you know anything about where they may have wound up?
[Oh. It's one thing to lie to Megatron, but another to lie to Magnus.
What is Tailgate to do?]
...No?
I mean, sorry I have no idea.
What is Tailgate to do?]
...No?
I mean, sorry I have no idea.
Mischief is one thing, but thievery is another!
I promise I have no idea where your stupid datapads went to.
[He gives a firm nod, confident he's gotten out of this.]
So is that everything?
I promise I have no idea where your stupid datapads went to.
[He gives a firm nod, confident he's gotten out of this.]
So is that everything?
Edited 2016-03-26 22:16 (UTC)
[He narrows his eyes, not missing that slip up for even a second.]
My stupid what?
My stupid what?
[Oh. Shit. Tailgate realizes his mistake instantly. Now would be a good time to confess, but also he thinks he might be able to wiggle out of this.]
Your datapads. Those are what were stolen right?
I mean, it's not like you own a lot of things. Process of elimination.
Your datapads. Those are what were stolen right?
I mean, it's not like you own a lot of things. Process of elimination.
That's an incredibly fortunate first guess.
[He sighs, still annoyed with this but not really interested in dragging it out longer than it needs to be.]
Tailgate, I don't care why you took them, I just want them returned immediately. I've had many weeks worth of writing stored on those datpads and I'd like to complete what I started.
[He sighs, still annoyed with this but not really interested in dragging it out longer than it needs to be.]
Tailgate, I don't care why you took them, I just want them returned immediately. I've had many weeks worth of writing stored on those datpads and I'd like to complete what I started.
[Well, looks like the cat's outta the bag, whatever that means.
But this is not going to end well.]
Let's just say that if, hypothetically, I did take your datapads. I'd have probably have donated them to someone else to help save the whales. So, I think it'd be accurate to say that they're not going to be returned. In this hypothetical scenario, that is.
But this is not going to end well.]
Let's just say that if, hypothetically, I did take your datapads. I'd have probably have donated them to someone else to help save the whales. So, I think it'd be accurate to say that they're not going to be returned. In this hypothetical scenario, that is.
Edited 2016-03-27 02:19 (UTC)
...
[There's a long moment of silence, where Megatron slowly, carefully cycles air through his vents. His hands are clenched into fists, his face is a tentatively controlled frown. One thing is certain: he's getting too damn old for this bullshit.]
[Somehow, he manages to retain a patient tone:]
You gave them away?
[There's a long moment of silence, where Megatron slowly, carefully cycles air through his vents. His hands are clenched into fists, his face is a tentatively controlled frown. One thing is certain: he's getting too damn old for this bullshit.]
[Somehow, he manages to retain a patient tone:]
You gave them away?
Edited 2016-03-27 02:42 (UTC)
[Tailgate instantly switches to his last line of defense: Tears.]
I'm sorry! But they were asking for things to give the mercenaries and I didn't have anything valuable to give them! Please don't be mad, I just wanted to help.
I'm sorry! But they were asking for things to give the mercenaries and I didn't have anything valuable to give them! Please don't be mad, I just wanted to help.
So you gave away my personal effects to mercenaries - organic mercenaries no less - to pawn off to some collector?
[Saving the whales doesn't seem too convincing a reason.]
[Saving the whales doesn't seem too convincing a reason.]
They were the most valuable things I knew of.
And after tormenting that one whale, I figured I owed it to them to help them.
And after tormenting that one whale, I figured I owed it to them to help them.
Are you certain? The only ones with access to our quarters would have been you or Sideswipe. Do you know if he has them?
He... He doesn't.
[He should just come clean but...]
What would you do if someone did take them?
[He should just come clean but...]
What would you do if someone did take them?
you mean the one that sounds like
having your arm sawed off with a musical saw?
having your arm sawed off with a musical saw?
...
I don't think anyone on the Moira deserves that
lets do it
I don't think anyone on the Moira deserves that
lets do it
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