this is absolutely a good idea

[primest]

Who: sentinel and blurr
What: come betray everyone with me bruh
Where: the bar
When: after liege sends out his message but before blurr goes to fight
Warnings: sentinel



[he's slightly anxious. of course he is, after the talk with liege - there were so many variables he wasn't sure about or if liege was even lying about the entire thing but honestly? the worst thing that could happen would be dying, and that a certainty if they try to fight unicron.

stepping back into the bar, sentinel takes the robot equivalent of a deep breath, grabs a random cube out of someone's hand as he walks past and puts on his best douchebag grin as he spots blurr and saunters over to the booth, sliding in and dumping the cube on the table. (oil mix? whoever he took this off has horrible taste.)]

I can't believe everyone came here after being called to arms! What... camaraderie! [a snort] Seriously though, big god of evil in the sky, go fight him, whatever. How are you doing?

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[raceme]

[Blurr is slightly startled but gives Sentinel a greeting smile before tilting his head at the mech's choice in drinks. Isn't that what the Brave Police members usually drink?]

Most of us wanted to say goodbye to others just in case and also have a drink. Can't really blame them.

Ehm..I think I'm managing. And you? [Because you seems a bit nervous, pal.]

[primest]

[probably. he didn't even look at who he took it from.]

Yeah I... yeah. Doing the same! [he holds up the cube, forcing a grin.] Probably the same as you. There's only so much that high grade can fix.

[raceme]

[Ey as long as it doesn't get sentinel sick. There's no time for that.]

Yeah. I'm here just to check how everyone is going in and then I'll leave to meet Vector. [All that cheerfulness in such moment is really weird, Blurr gives him a look.]

Are you completely sure you are okay? I know the news are core shaking.

[primest]

Vector... yeah.

[he swirls the drink then pushes it away, expression falling stony. now isn't really the time to focus on his own nerves.]

I was going to ask you about that. Are you sure you think going with Vector is the way to go? Just... charging blindly into a fight like that?

[raceme]

Is not like we had much options. I wish we could use a better strategy but we are talking about the Chaos Bringer. No much else we can do but try to stop him with brute force, he wont' stand to reason.

[primest]

Blurr, he doesn't even exist in our universe.

[sigh.] Whatever he's doing is playing hell with the Lambda, and... Liege said he had an in.

[he pauses, waiting to see blurr's reaction.]

[raceme]

We can be 100% sure of that and anyway, it doesn't matter much. We can't go back to our universe [And ever if they did, he's stick as a cube in their own reality. This is his home now.]

Liege? I..saw his post.

[primest]

I'm pretty sure he would've shown up at least once in the billions of years of Cybertronian history we have.

[sentinel doesn't know that, alas.] We can go back, because of him. Staying here is tantamount to a death sentence!

[raceme]

Thankfullyhedidnt! As if we didn't had enough problems...[Blurr makes a wry face and takes a sip of his own drink.]

I don't trust him nor I trust Unicron. Makes makes you think that Liege really holds any power? That Unicron won't just turn on him and kill him? Besides, it's just not right.

[primest]

I guess it's the same thing that makes you think Vector or any of the others have any chance. This entire thing is maybe and frankly, I don't really buy into any of it.

[he rubs at one of his wrist guards, still tense.] I don't think it's wrong. We can go home instead of fighting a pointless war on a doomed planet.

[raceme]

I don't know about you but I have to pick between the Destroyer of Worlds and the God who supposedly created me...well, it's an easy choice.

[Blurr frowns slightly, lowering his voice and leaning closer.] You are thinking about it.

[primest]

Blurr, you were brought online by Vector Sigma. Or the Allspark. Primus isn't a thing.

[sigh.] I'm not thinking about it; I've already made my choice. I just don't want to leave the only other Autobot from our home universe without the same option.

[raceme]

It's a thing here. And before Vector stigma there was the allSpark. No matter what you call it there's bigger things than us out there. And one of them wants to destroy everyone so I'm going to side with the other.

[It takes Blurr a moment to process the new information. He almost doesn't want to believe it, being torn between Sentinel seriously considering Liege's offer and the fact he came here to tell him about it.] You can't...you can't be serious. He might be lying, there's no real proofs that they will keep their word and we are your friends. Not just me the other here...

[primest]

I don't care, I'm not having a discussion on the nature of our beings right now.

[ugh this is what he was afraid of.] If he's lying, then we're dead either way. I took his offer because I want to go home. What have the others promised you if we win? To be stuck here indefinitely? [he tries to avoid the question about the others, the thought making his tanks turn. he does consider some of them close to friends, but ultimately cares more about getting home.] Like I said, you're the only one from the same universe as me. Take the offer or leave it, but I don't like the idea of leaving you here to die.

[raceme]

Fine. [It will lead them nowhere, anyway. Blurr massages the back of his helm, thinking.]

The thing is, I can't go home, Sentinel. Even if that was an option I would consider, which it isn't, I can't go home. I'm as good as dead in there too.

That's the only reason why you are asking me? Because we come from the same reality?

[primest]

Why? Who would want you dead?

[YOU'RE SO CUTE??] Yeah. Yeah, it is. There's no point screwing with timelines and whatever by bringing someone from a completely different universe into another permanently. Besides, you're pretty much the closest thing I have to a [COUGH] friend here. So, you know. I don't want to leave you behind.

[raceme]

Shockwave, but you probably knew him as Longarm Prime. I figured out that we had a double agent infiltrated, I went to report it to my superios...just to discover that he was said double agent. Shockwave crushed me into a cube using the building's moving walls. That was when I woke up here and a few months later Cheetor explained me what happened to my body. I'm still alive, because my spark survived, but I'm as useful as a paperweight.

[Sadly cuteness didn't help. How crazy is that? And boy, he needs another drink after that. His cube is now empty.]

I consider you a friend too that's why I hope you are really sure about the decision you are making, Sentinel. For good or bad, it's going to be life changing.

[primest]

[sentinel tents his fingers in front of his face, mostly so he can hide any involuntary emotion that manages to get into his expression. especially seeing as he's pretty horrified at blurr's story.

so much, in fact, his vocalizer skips slightly when he next speaks.] W-- what makes you think that'll happen if we get back? We could stop it! Or-- or this could be a second chance for you. Blurr, this could be an opportunity for you to get revenge on Shockwave.

[he doesn't touch his drink, despite how nice it would be to down a friggin tanker of high grade about now.] I've given it enough thought that I'm certain this is what I want. I'm not staying here to fight against someone we can't beat and don't care about what the others were saying to Liege - that it's cowardice or whatever. Charging into battle against Unicron blindly on a wing and a prayer doesn't constitute bravery. This is taking the smart option and I hope you can see the reasoning and why I asked you, at least.

[raceme]

[After two years it's a bit easier for Blurr to speak about it but he's pretty much still shaken by the whole ordeal.]

I wish you were right but we can't know if that's even a possibility.

[That because you picked a sucky drink, Sentinel. Blurr grabs a new pair of cubes from a nearby waiter drone, sliding one to the other mech. For a moment he's considering getting Sentinel drunk to stop him from this madness.]

I can see why you asked me and that I can appreciate. But when I joined the Elite Guard I took an oath, Sentinel, I made a promise. I stand for simple justice and everyone's right to freedom. That thing out there? He goes against everything we promised to fight for.

We don't do what we do because it's easy. We do it because it's the right thing to do. We can only make the world better if we start for ourselves. I can't leave now, I can betray those I care about only because I'm scared.

[primest]

I'm not scared. [he is] I'm taking the option to go back to the ones who I made the same oath to originally.

[he doesn't sound as confident as before. this was already a hard choice.] Liege's offer would let everyone leave a doomed planet and return home. Leaving, what, an empty planet? There's probably thousands of alternate Cybertrons that have met the same fate as this one! Everyone who's staying is giving up the chance to see their family and friends again - and for what, exactly? Because those First Forged who haven't even had the decency to be honest with us said so?

[raceme]

Liege's offer dooms this universe. And once unicron has it, you think he will stop? No. He is destruction, chaos, he won't stop unless someone stops him.

[At his point Blurr just gives him a sad look. He sees where Sentinel is coming from. He still can't bring himself to agree.] Do you really think I'm doing this because a FirstForged asked me to? It's not for them, it's for my friends, for people like you, whom I care about. It's so we can return home one day and be sure we all are safe.

This is your choice to make, not mine, but if you do return to our planet, warn the others about Unicron because if we don't win no one will be safe.

[primest]

It leaves the other First Forged to do their job. They would've had to do it without us had Unicron not created the Lambda.

[he not so subtly averts his gaze when blurr gives him that look. no sir.] We can return home safely now! You think the First Forged will care about any of you when you've done their job for them? They'll probably just leave to explore the universe and leave you all on this wasteland!

Blurr, you're making a mistake by staying.

[raceme]

And I think you are making a mistake by leaving. But that's exactly it, isn't it? We have the freedom to make those choices. I really hope you still have it once all this is over.

[He's scared and worried too, more than he lets on. But he cares about his duty and others more than he cares about his safety. He's that much of an idiot.]

So...when is happening? When is Liege leaving?

[primest]

Soon.

[he leans forward on his elbows and nudges his drink again with the tips of his fingers.] He was expecting me to arrive with you.

[raceme]

You toil him I might be coming and he allowed it? [Last time Blurr checked Liege hated his guts.]

[primest]

He asked if I was going to be bringing anyone else. I said I'd ask you.

[liege wasn't actually happy about it.] I don't think he cares, he made his intentions of not sticking around with anyone who followed him clear.

Which is why I trust him more. Sure, he's outright abandoning us, but at least he's honest about it.

[raceme]

I see. [That makes sense.] I can't go with you, Sentinel. And frankly, I wish there was a better options than fight or leave with him.

[primest]

Leaving is the better option, that's what I've been trying to say!

[starting to sound a little bit desperate here; he's clearly grasping at straws.]

C'mon, you can come back and fix what happened!

[raceme]

[Sentinel, no. Don't do this to him. Blurr's not sounding too well himself.]

I can't Sentinel. I can't do that, I'm sorry. We might win. You could stay and help us fight.

[primest]

[he looks genuinely distressed for a moment before scowling. though, his mask slides up involuntarily - making how he's really feeling all the more obvious.]

Fine, fine! I tried, okay? I tried.

[that's more for himself than blurr. he pushes the cube away across the table and goes to get up.

later, nerd.]

[raceme]

[Blurr jumps slightly. He wasn't expecting that reaction.]

W-wait! [Cube forgotten, he makes use of his much faster speed to catch up on Sentinel...and give him a hug.] No matter what happens, I'll miss you.

[primest]

[oooh man. oh man he doesn't know how to react to this. he honestly just wants to leave, go to liege and stop thinking about this entire conversation.

he stiffens up, then shoves blurr off.] Get off me.

[because blurr is obviously just trying to make him feel guilty, right?]

[raceme]

[He should stay and die like a man fight by his friend's side, no chicken out to elope with Mr. CrazyPantsLiege.

Blurr's is not going to insists further and thus he takes a step away.

Yes Maybe No, he wants Sentinel to stay.] Fine. [He fidgets a bit before speaking again.]

If you are really leaving, can you take frank with you? I might not be able to take care of him by the end of the week. [Since he might be dead and all that.]

[primest]

[he stops and his engine audibly stalls for a few seconds. this is why he's kept his mask up.

he almost says no. he really comes very close.] ...Sure, whatever.

[raceme]

[Blurr was expecting a no, to be honest. His surprised face changes into relief, a small smile appearing on his face.]

He's waiting outside the bar, he will follow you if you because he knows you. Thanks, Sentinel.

[primest]

[he's incredibly thankful for his mask, all of a sudden.

aaaand walks out without another word.]

[raceme]

[He's going to look totally crushed while you leave, ENJOY HIS EYES PIERCING A HOLE IN THE BACK OF YOUR SKULL YOU MASKED CHICKEN.]