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kismet_loop2015-06-18 08:30 pm
10_20_15_5_50) wrote in kismet_loop2015-06-18 08:30 pm
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I'm glad you're willing to!
I'll let you know just what's going down when there's a time and place agreed on. Are there any which wouldn't work for you?
I'll let you know just what's going down when there's a time and place agreed on. Are there any which wouldn't work for you?
I'm going to need an escort for safety's sake in the very near future and was hoping you might not mind.
[Have a concerned frown.]
Not at all. Planning to visit the Warehouse for supplies?
Not at all. Planning to visit the Warehouse for supplies?
Planning to negotiate, actually. And to try to wrap this all up.
Negotiate? [Shocked...and maybe a little please.] With Dirge? How do you plan to do that?
Yeah.
[We'll see how long the 'pleased' part lasts.]
I don't trust Dirge, but he seems to take signed contracts seriously, and to be desperate. So, I'm thinking to present him with terms for having his sense of taste restored in contract form and have him sign... if he is serious.
[We'll see how long the 'pleased' part lasts.]
I don't trust Dirge, but he seems to take signed contracts seriously, and to be desperate. So, I'm thinking to present him with terms for having his sense of taste restored in contract form and have him sign... if he is serious.
[Well, he's not worried yet.]
How do you intend to be sure?
[As much as he could wish that his disappointment had been enough of a blow to Dirge to have him serious, Wing wasn't sure he could count on that...]
How do you intend to be sure?
[As much as he could wish that his disappointment had been enough of a blow to Dirge to have him serious, Wing wasn't sure he could count on that...]
I talked to Soundwave, and he's agreed to verify that Dirge is telling the truth, if he is.
[Okay, now he's growing a little concerned.]
And how is he going to do that, exactly?
And how is he going to do that, exactly?
He's going to read Dirge's mind.
[MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL]
[His expression turns decidedly sour...he was afraid she was going to say that.]
...I don't like this, Sam.
[A pause]
Will he be given a choice to allow this?
...I don't like this, Sam.
[A pause]
Will he be given a choice to allow this?
Edited 2015-06-25 04:34 (UTC)
I'm not wild about it myself, but I don't know of any other way we can be sure Dirge means what he says. His giving word won't hold water [ironic as that is] and by this point he'd probably pay lip service to anything at all.
Yeah, kind of. It's going to be a take-it-or-leave-it term, but I am gonna say so upfront.
Yeah, kind of. It's going to be a take-it-or-leave-it term, but I am gonna say so upfront.
Edited 2015-06-25 04:40 (UTC)
........[he's thinking.]
So the deal is Soundwave invades his mind to make sure he's sincere about signing a contract, and you return his sense of taste, correct?
...And what exactly is this contact?
So the deal is Soundwave invades his mind to make sure he's sincere about signing a contract, and you return his sense of taste, correct?
...And what exactly is this contact?
Edited 2015-06-25 04:43 (UTC)
That's right.
The contract is going to boil down to his signing to understanding and accepting that in exchange for having his sense of taste brought back, he's not to harm, attempt to harm, or attempt to engineer harm to me, and he's not to murder or attempt to murder anybody else. I don't have a final draft just yet, but that's basically it.
The contract is going to boil down to his signing to understanding and accepting that in exchange for having his sense of taste brought back, he's not to harm, attempt to harm, or attempt to engineer harm to me, and he's not to murder or attempt to murder anybody else. I don't have a final draft just yet, but that's basically it.
........................
Call me again when you have your final draft. I will not agree to help subject a mech to supposedly consensual mind rape over approximate terms. If I am going to agree to help in this I want to know exactly what Dirge is being manipulated into agreeing to. [And don't deny it's manipulation. He knows that Sam is aware of how Dirge is taking the loss of his sense of taste, and that the Seeker is desperate to get it back. It's likely he will agree to all of this if only because it's the only option he's being given that will give him what he wants most... It's blackmail in a sense.]
[And just to be clear, there's no accusation in his tone or anything. He understands why she's doing this, and understands that this probably is the only way, it's just...yeah...he doesn't like this. Sorry, Sam.]
Call me again when you have your final draft. I will not agree to help subject a mech to supposedly consensual mind rape over approximate terms. If I am going to agree to help in this I want to know exactly what Dirge is being manipulated into agreeing to. [And don't deny it's manipulation. He knows that Sam is aware of how Dirge is taking the loss of his sense of taste, and that the Seeker is desperate to get it back. It's likely he will agree to all of this if only because it's the only option he's being given that will give him what he wants most... It's blackmail in a sense.]
[And just to be clear, there's no accusation in his tone or anything. He understands why she's doing this, and understands that this probably is the only way, it's just...yeah...he doesn't like this. Sorry, Sam.]
I'll call you again when I have the semi-final draft, since I won't consider it final until it's got your okay.
[She won't deny it's manipulation, as that would be a bald-faced lie; everyone is aware of how Dirge is taking the loss of his sense of taste, and every move she's made since witching that sense away was with the aim of stacking the deck.]
[She won't deny it's manipulation, as that would be a bald-faced lie; everyone is aware of how Dirge is taking the loss of his sense of taste, and every move she's made since witching that sense away was with the aim of stacking the deck.]
[He nods, seeming to relax a bit.]
Thank you, Sam. [For letting him have final say on this contract...it...makes considering this a little easier...]
Thank you, Sam. [For letting him have final say on this contract...it...makes considering this a little easier...]
Point, but I am already imposing upon you. I would be imposing and inconsiderate if I didn't at least ask.
...and on things to ask. Your mind-reading, can you manage with anyone, or...?
...and on things to ask. Your mind-reading, can you manage with anyone, or...?
I know, but really I'm free.
I can only read the minds of like... intelligent inorganic life. Like I can hack a computer, that's the same thing, but if it was like a super smart robot, I could read that.
I can only read the minds of like... intelligent inorganic life. Like I can hack a computer, that's the same thing, but if it was like a super smart robot, I could read that.
Kay. And okay.
[Organics off the hook? Good to hear.]
That's interesting...
I hope I haven't been overstepping with my questions. Or, making you feel appraised or anything like that. It's just that I've never crossed paths with anybody who has that kind of ability before.
[Organics off the hook? Good to hear.]
That's interesting...
I hope I haven't been overstepping with my questions. Or, making you feel appraised or anything like that. It's just that I've never crossed paths with anybody who has that kind of ability before.
What, telepaths? Well... they're not really well known on Cybertron either? I'm kinda... y'know uh.
...
A little different.
...
A little different.
Telepaths, yeah. And, ah, that acknowledged? I should probably level with you.
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