TheBossMegs (10:03:42 PM):

TheBossMegs (10:03:42 PM):	Is coming down the hall, rubbing his head as he walks. Pauses in front of the door and hesitates before he knocks.
crush all humanz (10:05:01 PM):	there's the loud clattering of empty cubes being knocked aside, and after a minute or so, the door opens .....THOUGHT Y'D ASKED T'MEET AT TH' COMMON ROOM. WHATEVER. C'MON IN. steps aside and wow, there are an awful lot of cubes lying around, empty and full alike
TheBossMegs (10:06:16 PM):	Blinks at the mess This place is the Pit itself...
crush all humanz (10:07:20 PM):	'S NOT THAT BAD. 'SIDES, 'M JUS' GETTIN' STARTED. abandons his post at the door and goes to his berth, digging around through a half-pile of empty cubes to pull out two full ones, holding one out for Megatron
TheBossMegs (10:08:06 PM):	Takes it, still frowning at the room, then at Bonecrusher ...how can you live like this? takes a sip
crush all humanz (10:10:00 PM):	simply I CAN'T. takes a huge swig and sits on his berth, eyeing Megatron ...YER NOT DOIN' SO GOOD, ARE YA.
TheBossMegs (10:14:11 PM):	Visibly stiffens. I'm fine.
crush all humanz (10:15:05 PM):	.....IF Y'SAY SO. shrugs NOT M'PLACE T'ASK, BUT HEY. GOTTA GET MY JOLLIES SOMEWHERE.
TheBossMegs (10:16:50 PM):	Takes another drink, looking for a place to sit down You don't look so good either.
crush all humanz (10:17:41 PM):	'COURSE I DON'T. AN' HERE. stands again, going to flop in the corner and waving a hand at the berth NOT TH' BEST HOST, CAN'T HELP IT.
TheBossMegs (10:19:43 PM):	Isn't certain he wants to sit on Crusher's berth, but does so anyway And your ok with...waves his hand around at the mess, then Crusher this?
crush all humanz (10:22:26 PM):	AS MUCH AS I CAN BE. 'S NOT SO BAD, AFTER TH' TENTH 'R SO CUBE.
TheBossMegs (10:24:05 PM):	... takes another drink, then unsubspaces a small bottle of yellowish liquid. Pours it into the cube and chugs it down Hn...I guess it wouldn't. But really, what do you hope to accomplish this way?
crush all humanz (10:25:04 PM):	EVENTUALLY, MY SYSTEM WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AN' IT'LL SHUT DOWN FER GOOD, HOPEFULLY. eyes the bottle, but doesn't say anything IF NOT, EH, 'M SURE I'LL SAY SOMETHIN' T'GET ME SLAGGED T'THE PIT SOON ENOUGH.
TheBossMegs (10:25:52 PM):	Suicide by energon consumption. Shakes his head slightly and then nearly tips over
TheBossMegs (10:26:06 PM):	....slaggg...righting himself
crush all humanz (10:27:02 PM):	......SUICIDE IS SUCH A STRONG WORD. I RATHER...... DEATH BY STUPIDITY. FITS BETTER. looks at the bottle for real this time PACKS A PUNCH, HM.
TheBossMegs (10:30:45 PM):	Nods, optics binking slowly Energon doesn't dull it anymore...have to use other means. tosses him the bottle, which is empty. It's the equivelent of horse tranquilizers to a human, but he's developed a tolerance
TheBossMegs (10:31:19 PM):	...but drinkin yourself to death...seems kinda cowardly to me. shrugs and takes another drinks, making a bitter face
crush all humanz (10:32:41 PM):	AIN'T TRYIN' T'LET TH' ENERGON KILL ME. sighs and rubs his face, taking another drink JUS' MAKES IT EASIER T'DEAL WITH CONFUSION. flatly, if a little bitterly Y'KNOW 'M NO GOOD AT ANYTHIN' BEYOND BASIC "BREAK THIS" 'ER "DESTROY THAT" THOUGHT TRAINS.
TheBossMegs (10:37:53 PM):	Hn...what's there to be confused about? His words a very slow and rounded, as if he has to think about how to make them sound right. Takes another drink and shudders.
crush all humanz (10:39:25 PM):	YER NOT TH' ONE GETTIN' DUMPED BY A DECEPTICON AN' BANGIN' AN AUTOBOT IN........ SLAGGIT, I DUNNO IF IT'S EVEN RETALIATION ANYMORE. tact? TMI? there's no such thing for Bonecrusher at this point
TheBossMegs (10:41:22 PM):	...you're right. That is confusing. Retailation? For what? optic ridges have raised slightly
crush all humanz (10:42:30 PM):	....I DUNNO. 'S ALL MUDDLED UP IN M'PROCESSORS. THINK 'S 'COS BLACKOUT GOT SO PISSED ABOUT ME ACCIDENTALLY KISSIN' TRACKS AN' I JUS' DIDN'T SEE WHY I SHOULDN'T TRY IT OUT A BIT... MORE THAN I DID. AN' EVERYTHIN'S JUS' GONE DOWNHILL FROM THERE. glugs
TheBossMegs (10:45:10 PM):	...well...
TheBossMegs (10:45:23 PM):	takes another drink, the cube finally dry
TheBossMegs (10:46:23 PM):	...If Prime were to do something like that...not kiss Tracks specifically...but someone else, I...pauses, frowning again.
TheBossMegs (10:46:38 PM):	...I really don't know what I'd do. But it wouldn't be pleasant...
crush all humanz (10:50:25 PM):	.....THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, 'TWEEN YOU AN' ME, MEGATRON. waves a hand at the pile that he had dug the cube out of SHOULD BE MORE IN THERE. EITHER CASE, 'M NOT... I DON'T SEE TH' ISSUE. WELL, DIDN'T. IN EITHER CASE, NOT LIKE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
TheBossMegs (10:55:20 PM):	Rummages around in the pile for a cube and then settles himself back down on the berth ...Hn...maybe it wasnt 'n issue for you. But it was n issue for Blackout...
TheBossMegs (10:55:48 PM):	...he wouldn't 've been so mad if he didn't care... takes a drink
crush all humanz (10:57:43 PM):	......KNOW THAT. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. 'M NOT GONNA CHANGE HOW I ACT FER ANYONE. 'M SICK OF HOLDIN' BACK JUS' T'MAKE EVERYONE ELSE HAPPY. 'S FRAGGIN' STUPID. finishes his cube and reaches into another random pile for another
TheBossMegs (10:58:28 PM):	raises his cube slightly Can relate...
TheBossMegs (10:59:09 PM):	Makes his voice raise a pitch "Be fair, lord Megatron, be kind, lord Megatron..." Hn...
TheBossMegs (10:59:17 PM):	drinks the whole thing down
crush all humanz (11:03:37 PM):	.....THEY SAW HOW TH' AUTOBOTS ACTED AN' THOUGHT THEY COULD GETTAWAY WITH TH' SAME LEVEL OF DUMBAFTEDNESS. snorts 'S JUST HOW IT IS. THIS WHOLE PLACE IS FRAGGIN' MAD.
TheBossMegs (11:04:56 PM):	...they'll jus have to learn the hard way...
TheBossMegs (11:05:11 PM):	...but, for Prime...
TheBossMegs (11:05:52 PM):	I'd change everything. looks down into his cube as if all the answers are found in the bottom
crush all humanz (11:08:38 PM):	....'S GOOD FER YA. leans forward, mock-secretive though it's up to anyone to decide if he's seriously trying to be secretive at all IF Y'NEED SOMEONE T'SLAG NAYSAYERS FER YA SO TH' PRIME DOESN'T GET PISSED ATYA, 'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
TheBossMegs (11:09:22 PM):	laughs ...would give you somethin to do, wouldn't it?
crush all humanz (11:11:37 PM):	IT WOULD. frowns, drinking deeply for a moment, before looking at Megatron seriously I DON'T LIKE NOT KNOWIN' WHAT 'M NEEDED FOR. I ASKED WHY NOBODY TOLD ME NOTHIN' AN' THEY ALL SAID 'COS 'M DRUNK ALL TH' TIME, BUT THEY DON'T GET IT. 'M ONLY DRUNK THIS BAD 'COS I GOT NOTHIN' LEFT T'LOSE. 'M ONLY DRUNK NORMALLY T'KEEP FROM RIPPIN' THEM APART. AN' THEY DIN' TELL ME ANYTHIN'. I HAD T'PULL TH' RANK CARD ON DIVEBOMB AN' HE STILL DIDN'T TELL ME. I DON'T LIKE THAT.
TheBossMegs (11:13:44 PM):	frowns again, obviously confused ...didn't tell you what?
TheBossMegs (11:13:54 PM):	...about...me?
crush all humanz (11:15:10 PM):	ABOUT EVERYTHIN'. ABOUT YOU, ABOUT HALF TH' SLAG GOIN' ON WITH THA' WHOLE VOK THING, ABOUT EVERYTHIN'. SLAGGIT, I DUNNO WHO'S AN AUTOBOT AN' WHO'S A THIRD FACTION'ER ANYMORE! growls and then takes a swig I MIGHT NOT BE VERY SMART, BUT I LIKE M'INFORMATION. AN' I LIKE INFORMATION T'BE SHARED.
TheBossMegs (11:16:22 PM):	Something passes across his face...but then it's gone ...join the club.
TheBossMegs (11:17:56 PM):	...'n to be fair...my problems are my problems. I don't want them spread across the base. Rubs his helm again, then unsubs another bottle and dumps it into the fresh cube
crush all humanz (11:19:46 PM):	'M NOT EXPECTIN' YOU T'TELL ME EVERYTHIN'. BUT SLAGGIT, THUNDERCRACKER KNEW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOIN' ON THAN... SHOCKWAVE. SHOCKWAVE'S IMPORTANT, AIN'T HE? AN' Y'COULD TRUST HIM MORE'N... ANYONE. shakes his head and drinks
TheBossMegs (11:23:51 PM):	Now there is something there on his face ...Thundercracker knows....things...because Prime talks to him. And visa versa.
TheBossMegs (11:25:14 PM):	...I have no secrets on this base. And he drinks from the laced cube once more
crush all humanz (11:27:43 PM):	NO ONE HAS SECRETS ON THIS BASE. 'S LIKE TH' SLAGGIN' ACADEMY. frowns AN' PRIME TOLD THUNDERCRACKER.... HNN. shakes his head again, tilting it back against the wall DOESN'T MATTER, IN TH' END. EITHER THIS - waves at the mess - 'R ME MOUTHIN' OFF'LL GET ME SLAGGED, EVENTUALLY. THEN I DON'T GOTTA WORRY ABOUT NOTHIN'.
TheBossMegs (11:29:33 PM):	...told him what?
TheBossMegs (11:29:45 PM):	Cube poised at his lips
crush all humanz (11:30:30 PM):	ABOUT YOU. ABOUT YER HURTIN' AN' SUCH? I MEAN, Y'JUST SAID PRIME TALKS T'HIM. 'S HOW HE KNOWS THINGS. MEANS PRIME MUSTA MENTIONED IT AT ONE POINT, RIGHT?
TheBossMegs (11:32:32 PM):	Mmm...suppose so. A sigh and a shrug. He needs someone to talk to 'sides me. I shouldn't let it bother me...
crush all humanz (11:34:39 PM):	Y'SHOULDN'T. BUT Y'WILL, AN' THAT'S EXPECTED. Y'PROBABLY JUS' NEEDA RELAX MORE OFTEN, MEGATRON. YER STRESSIN' OUT AN' THAT, LAST I REMEMBER, LEADS T'YA FREAKIN' OUT.
TheBossMegs (11:37:09 PM):	Nn...feels like I do nothin but relax. Sittin on my aft all day...Do you realize I've started to watch human television? That I have a list of programs I watch daily? shakes his head
crush all humanz (11:39:59 PM):	I PLAY TETRIS WHEN I GET BORED. 'S JUS' SOMETHIN' THAT HAPPENS. sighs ALMOST WISH SECTOR SEVEN'D COME BACK. AT LEAST THEN WE HAD TIMES T'BLOW SHIT UP WITHOUT ISSUE.
TheBossMegs (11:41:16 PM):	Well...they're dead...killed' m good. You need a hobby...nods as if he's found the solution to all the world's problems
TheBossMegs (11:41:35 PM):	...can you build anything?
crush all humanz (11:41:42 PM):	..........
crush all humanz (11:42:04 PM):	shakes his head DEMOLITIONS, MEGATRON. AIN'T BUILT FER MAKIN' THINGS, JUST FER TEARIN' EM DOWN.
TheBossMegs (11:46:43 PM):	...humans seem to like to tear things down. Perhaps you could...get a job? thoughtful
crush all humanz (11:48:21 PM):	.....laughs, loudly 'S SLAGGIN' GREAT. BECOME EVEN MORE EARTHEN THAN I ALREADY HAVE.
TheBossMegs (11:48:42 PM):	shrugs Not like we have much choice.
crush all humanz (11:49:08 PM):	..........'S TRUE. sighs THIS IS WHY WAR IS GOOD.
TheBossMegs (11:49:53 PM):	drinks again Would you feel the same if Cybertron were still around?
crush all humanz (11:50:33 PM):	I DUNNO. idly, draining the rest of his cube and going for another I DON'T THINK LIKE THAT. WHAT-IF'S AN' COULD-BE'S DON'T APPEAL T'ME.
TheBossMegs (11:51:32 PM):	Maybe the should?
crush all humanz (11:52:42 PM):	......NAH. THEY'RE USELESS. ALL THEY DO IS CONFUSE ME MORE. nods firmly at this Y'CAN'T CHANGE TH' PAST. Y'CAN'T CHANGE TH' PRESENT. Y'JUST GO WITH IT AN' HOPE YER DECISIONS ARE TH' RIGHT ONES.
TheBossMegs (11:55:14 PM):	You can change the future...said quietly
crush all humanz (11:58:37 PM):	SURE Y'CAN. 'S TH' ONLY THING Y'CAN BE SURE OF IS THAT Y'CAN CHANGE TH' FUTURE. BUT Y'CAN'T GO BACK. Y'MADE YER CHOICES, AN' NOW Y'LIVE WITH 'EM. AT LEAST... takes a swig 'S HOW I SEE IT. MAKES THINGS A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED.
TheBossMegs (12:03:42 AM):	But another frown, processor fuzzled if you don't think of the what if's...you can't change the future.
TheBossMegs (12:04:16 AM):	And if you don't think of the could'ves...how do you not repeat the past?
crush all humanz (12:05:23 AM):	.........I MAKE A NOTE OF MY MISTAKES, BUT I DON'T THINK TOO LONG ABOUT 'EM. 'S EASIER THAT WAY. Y'KNOW Y'FUCKED UP, AN' Y'TRY IT DIFFERENTLY IF Y'GET THE CHANCE TO. BUT Y'CAN'T KEEP WORRYIN' ABOUT THE PAST. IT'S TH' PAST FER A REASON.
TheBossMegs (12:06:15 AM):	...hn.
TheBossMegs (12:06:30 AM):	Another long drink I guess.
TheBossMegs (12:06:52 AM):	...then, why are you holed up here?
crush all humanz (12:07:13 AM):	'COS 'M CHANGIN' MY MISTAKES. darkly
TheBossMegs (12:08:19 AM):	In here? Looks around
TheBossMegs (12:08:22 AM):	How?
crush all humanz (12:09:07 AM):	'M DOIN' WHAT I WANT AN' SLAGGIN' TH' CONSEQUENCES. 'M NOT DEALIN' WITH FRAGGERS. 'M JUS'.... chuckles A LEAF ON TH' FUCKIN' WIND.
TheBossMegs (12:09:54 AM):	So...you're hiding. sips
crush all humanz (12:10:44 AM):	glares HARDLY. M'DOOR IS ALWAYS UNLOCKED. ANYONE CAN COME SEE ME WHEN THEY WANT. 'S JUST..... offlines his optics and leans his head back against the wall again
TheBossMegs (12:11:31 AM):	Watches him, taking another drink
TheBossMegs (12:11:46 AM):	...just that, you're hiding.
crush all humanz (12:12:21 AM):	.......'S EASIER T'DEAL WITH IDIOTS IN HERE WHERE TH' ONLY THING I CAN HURT IS M'SELF OR M'WALLS. ........'M TRYIN' T'BE GOOD HERE, MEGATRON. REALLY.
TheBossMegs (12:13:20 AM):	...which idiots?
crush all humanz (12:14:05 AM):	....ALL OF THEM. winces slightly
TheBossMegs (12:14:39 AM):	....
TheBossMegs (12:15:11 AM):	just shakes his head
TheBossMegs (12:15:24 AM):	...you have friends here...so that ain't true.
crush all humanz (12:15:56 AM):	YES. IT IS.
crush all humanz (12:16:17 AM):	puts a hand to his forehead, pressing in I HATE THINGS, MEGATRON. 'S HOW I WORK. NO ONE GETS IT!
crush all humanz (12:16:35 AM):	'S WHY 'M ALWAYS DRINKIN'. MAKES IT EASIER T'HANDLE IT.
TheBossMegs (12:16:36 AM):	...you hate Jeff?
TheBossMegs (12:16:45 AM):	...you hate Arcee?
TheBossMegs (12:16:49 AM):	...you hate me?
crush all humanz (12:16:53 AM):	.......I HATE EVERYTHING.
crush all humanz (12:17:09 AM):	onlines his optics and looks flatly at Megatron I HATE EVERYTHIN'.
TheBossMegs (12:17:29 AM):	You say that as if you're trying to convince yourself...not me.
TheBossMegs (12:17:38 AM):	...you hate Blackout?
crush all humanz (12:17:56 AM):	..........makes a soft noise I DON'T KNOW WHAT I FEEL FER BLACKOUT.
TheBossMegs (12:18:34 AM):	tilts his head a bit ...that right there should tell you something.
crush all humanz (12:19:01 AM):	........IT DOES.
crush all humanz (12:19:31 AM):	.......IT TELLS ME HE'S A COMPLICATION. MY LIFE USED T'BE SO SIMPLE. I PREFER SIMPLICITY.
crush all humanz (12:19:36 AM):	HE GUMS UP TH' WORKS.
TheBossMegs (12:20:31 AM):	...seems like it's more complicated to me looks around the room now that he's gone.
crush all humanz (12:21:34 AM):	NO. THIS... looks at the cube in his hand and tosses it down his throat THIS IS SIMPLE.
TheBossMegs (12:22:20 AM):	Drinks as well, but gives the other a knowing look Yeah, it is. But the pain's still there, isn't it. It never goes away.
crush all humanz (12:24:06 AM):	....'S NOT LIKE WE WERE SLAGGIN' BONDED OR ANYTHIN'. AN' IT DOESN'T MATTER. 'M SLAGGIN' FINE. HE'S SLAGGIN' FINE. AN' OUR DEFINITIONS OF RELATIONSHIPS CLASHES SO MUCH IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
crush all humanz (12:24:29 AM):	glares at Megatron YER HERE SO I CAN ANALYZE YOU, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
TheBossMegs (12:32:03 AM):	Well, then I'm fine too. drinks
crush all humanz (12:32:29 AM):	GREAT. snorts WE'RE BOTH FUCKIN' FINE. 'S TH' REST OF 'EM THAT'RE FUCKED, RIGHT?
TheBossMegs (12:34:33 AM):	Apparently.
TheBossMegs (12:34:38 AM):	Long drinks
TheBossMegs (12:34:51 AM):	By your logic, anyway.
crush all humanz (12:35:51 AM):	HOW SO. looks at him flatly
TheBossMegs (12:42:32 AM):	I mean...we must be happy, healthy mechs. Locked up in our rooms, with drink and drugs to keep us company, not feeling much of anything because our imaginations are more...cultivated than the rest of the stupid, sober slaggers out there actually living their lives. Shrugs again and sets his cube down. Neither Energon or meds seem to be taking hold well tonight.
crush all humanz (12:44:30 AM):	........WE REALLY, REALLY AREN'T, MEGS. BUT I'D RATHER BE LOCKED UP IN HERE THAN TEARIN' STUPID MECHS APART 'COS I CAN'T DEAL WITH THEM.
TheBossMegs (12:47:09 AM):	...I know.
TheBossMegs (12:48:57 AM):	And his optics look a bit haunted. I know. And with that, he stands, starting for the door. Suddenly, he's tired again. Prime's probably back by now...he'll be worried.
crush all humanz (1:25:01 AM):	.....watches Megatron and even waits until he gets to the door until he decides to throw caution to the wind IF Y'START FEELIN' LIKE THAT..... FER PRIMUS' SAKE, TAKE IT OUT ON ME, NOT RANDOM MECHS WHO CAN'T HANDLE YER DARKER BITS.
TheBossMegs (1:26:59 AM):	Turns around, just enough so he can look over his shoulder Anyone under my direct command should be able to take what I dish out.
crush all humanz (1:28:12 AM):	Y'D BE SURPRISED. flatly SOME OF 'EM ARE GOIN' SOFT. AN' THE AUTOBOTS.... THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
TheBossMegs (1:29:16 AM):	Stares at him a moment, optics dimming slightly Then let the culling begin. And he exits the room, leaving the door open behind him