obligatory hot springs episode

[cavedwellers]

[what the hell, the brochures said nothing about a hot spring! but WHO CARES it'll be fun and there's pretty much enough light to see by in this part of the caves. Also there is still no lifeguard on duty, but there are little bat-eared monkey things hopping around the rocks so probably there's nothing too predatory in the water. And it's all steaming and warm -- if you're a lifeform that enjoys warm water, anyway, you're in for a treat! Almost certainly nothing could go wrong here. Just keep an eye on your valuables; those little buggers have clever paws.]

((Mingle post go! Tag each other, have fun.))

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[wingedjustice]

How?

[onlyhonournow]

I'm not so sure.

[wingedjustice]

Hmm.

[onlyhonournow]

But my spark was... corrupted. Is... still corrupted. Or else it wouldn't have...

[sitting up and placing a hand over his chest, tracing a circle lightly over where his spark chamber is]

[wingedjustice]

Sparks don't get corrupted like that. This much you should know already.

[onlyhonournow]

The Dead Universe summoned me, Wing. There was nothing else I could have done. So I did what was right.

[wingedjustice]

Which was what exactly?

[onlyhonournow]

... It had control over my spark, so I extinguished it.

[wingedjustice]

...

You...

[wingedjustice]

You fool!

[onlyhonournow]

[oh no you're mad at me .-., better put up my hands in order to try and calm you down]

--It's fine. I'm fine. I got better. It was okay.

[wingedjustice]

How did you get better?

[onlyhonournow]

... If it's one thing the Decepticons don't have, it's dedicated doctors.

[wingedjustice]

Go on.

[onlyhonournow]

Apparently they got to me just in time.

[wingedjustice]

[relaxes slightly]

I thought I beat that suicidal streak out of you.

[onlyhonournow]

... I made the right choice, Wing. I wasn't going to let anyone else come to harm because of me. Not again.

[wingedjustice]

[snorts]

I wasn't harmed because of you. As if I'd let you take responsibility for my spark.

[onlyhonournow]

... It's not just you I'm talking about. All those that I killed, with my own hands. I wasn't going to let that happen again. I choose not to let it happen.

[wingedjustice]

Hm. But it's obviously not going to happen again anyway.

[onlyhonournow]

It wasn't "obvious" then. I told you, it summoned me. I couldn't fight it off, not completely.

[wingedjustice]

So then what?

[onlyhonournow]

[so good thing robots don't cry, because all the upsets right now.]

So then I had to stop myself. Why are you making me repeat...?

[wingedjustice]

I needed to hear it.

[getting up, agitated]

[onlyhonournow]

[oh god don't leave me again oh god]

--Wing. Wing, listen to me. I ... would have died either way, if it had taken me. I choose the way that... Wing. Please.