sword_redemption: (i got this)
Drift ([personal profile] sword_redemption) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment_logs2013-01-03 10:36 am

I felt like destroying something beautiful

Who: Drift and open
What: Catharsis
When Nowish
Where Outside Vector's place
Warnings Damage to harmless innocent geology and if you look slantwise, suicidal tendencies maybe?

It's morning--or what passes for it here. And there's a sharp, ringing sound, of metal on stone, and then another. They keep coming, sometimes a quick flurry, sometimes one, or two at a time, like the blows are calculated.

Drift's standing in a rough circle, blades drawn, in a loose version of an old Decepticon training ring. On the main vectors of the circle, at the perimeter stand rough pillars of stone: crystal and schist, nodules of manganese and pyrite.

Fool's gold. It's fitting.

There are sparks, as the metal of Drift's blades strike flint in the sedimentary stones, or larger sparks, as he slices into the strange quartz of this place. His style isn't like Wing's--Wing's bladework is elegant, almost dancer-like: Drift's is sharp and explosive, honed less on a pretty, underground practice floor than in the thick of combat.

He's fighting something here. Not enemies, but himself.

After a moment, he throws the two short blades aside, their blades ringing on the stone, and draws the Great Sword. There's a blaze of light, like sunlight or flame, from the golden gem in its hilt, and bright energy skitters down the blade, filling the glyphs like liquid light, as he moves to attack one of the mindless chunks of stone again, his face set and resolute.
vandalization: (PB - Sass)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"There we go..." She continues her task of working the tension out.

"Well... I mean. If you really don't want, we don't all have to cluster together. But if you don't mind an open sort of relationship..."

She pats him gently on the head.

"I know that's really greedy of me, but damn it Drift. I want you. It's not a matter of 'you should be with this or that...'. Sorry, but I fell for you first. Way back when you came to see me after you helped Ratchet pull me out of the junk heap all bleeding and gross. I didn't realize it then but I've had a terribly strong crush on you since. If you don't like me like that, I guess I'd understand. It would hurt, but I can't force you to be attracted to me. But all of these outside things... they can't stop me."

He gets a stubborn face. Oh yeah. She's not going to budge on that respect.

"I want you."
vandalization: (Rig - Work)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I just said I want you. How much clearer does that need to be?" She rubs a finger down the inside of a finial.

"Let's not talk about Perce right now, then." Simple.

"Does that mean you find me attractive at all? I mean, if not physically, but at least mentally?" She has no problem finding these guys attractive. They're like humans, but bigger and metal and actually way better. She doubts any of them would think she's cute, especially missing an eye and all cut up.

"Being happy is different than being in love. Though the two often come hand in hand."

She thinks.

"Okay challenge time. How do you feel about me, without using the word 'happy' or the phrase 'what you want'?"
vandalization: (PB - Hey pretty)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
She holds her hands up.

"Okay, okay." She holds up her hands, wincing a bit. She's probably pushed him too far.

"Alright. Come back down here, please. And turn over. I want to get your back." She sighs, wringing her hands nervously.

"I'm sorry, Drift. I've made such a mess."
vandalization: (Rig - My little friend)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
"You're not-" She wants to get up, but the way her legs are folded, it's no easy task. She settles for leaning forward.

"Everyone has problems, but it's not like... like you're bad. No better or worse than any of us. We're all just trying to find our way and do what we have to. Come back down here, please." Her hand gropes uselessly at his ankle.

"It's okay to feel frustrated and upset, but you're not a problem. Come on. I don't lie about stuff like this."
winged_knight: (hands up)

no worries :3

[personal profile] winged_knight 2013-01-04 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Neither Wing's optics or his HUD lie...there are no other combatants save Drift in the area. He straightens from his combat crouch, stowing his weapons. Watching Drift move with the Great Sword is...breathtaking, as it were. But the longer he watches the more his spark aches. Not because of the bizarre electric tension and discomfort that radiates from his core--the echo of the Great Sword he was once bonded to--but for the mech in front of him, lost in a divine sort of pain, a symphony of motion and power. The arching energy would be dazzling, save that he knows its source: something treasures, lashing out and being consumed.

It cuts Wing in its own way, a piecing sorrow too profound to rightly put words to. In any other situation he'd be loathe to interrupt this dance of death and beauty, except that he knows the former portion is not quaint symbolism.

More than that, Wing doesn't understand why. But he wants to.

He approaches, slowly, hands out, trying to get the swordmech's attention.

"...Drift?" A little louder, "Drift, it's me..."
vandalization: (PB - Hmm)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"And?" It's a big case of half empty half full. Vandal is the last person to be optimistic, but she has to try.

"Well, is that any reason to hate a hammer, then? To not want the hammer t- well. You get what I'm saying. We all make mistakes. I've said things I didn't mean, but I'm sorry. And I know you'll forgive me." She closes her eyes.

"Drift? I can't speak for anyone else, but you're not getting rid of me. And I'll kiss you one day if I can help it. I'll keep following you, so you can stop trying to convince me you're not a good guy."
shutupndrive: (Oh please I'm great)

[personal profile] shutupndrive 2013-01-04 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
"I went through Elite Guard training but for most of the war back home I was on guard duty for Alpha Trion, so I'm not as skilled a fighter as most," he admitted, finally offering the sword back with an awed sort of look. "I did learn a lot from Trion though, so I guess that counts for something."

There was something to be said about the fact that libraries felt like home to him.

"I'm Smokescreen, by the way."
vandalization: (Rig - Work)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-04 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually it's plenty enough, he's just a vague, dodgy fucker who likes to assume the sun and the stars for the sake of feeling bad about it when there's three perfectly good people who are quite ready to accept him.

"Damn it, Drift!" She's never actually seriously shouted at him before. Not like that.

"Would you just shut up and listen to me for five minutes?! Sit down!" She came here to be with him and she's incredibly stubborn.
winged_knight: (neutral: lineface)

[personal profile] winged_knight 2013-01-04 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no...don't be. I'm the one. I. I shouldn't be bothering you." He shifts back even as his arms come up, hands open, wanting very much to stay, to reach out, to hold, but at the same time feeling like an intruder. "I was worried... I thought..." He waves a hand, not wanting to put words to any of it. The ways this place could take their lives.
vandalization: (Unmasked - Waiting to die)

Sokay!

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-05 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Stumbling a little, relieved that she's got his attention, she passes a hand down his helm, leaning up using his chest piece to leverage herself so she can press a very small, chaste kiss against his mouth. Leaning back again, her voice takes on a much softer tone, even more so than the usual gruff quality of her voice. Not demeaning, more timid than anything else.

"I love you so much, Drift. I'm sorry, it's never been my intent to hurt you, or let anyone else do that." She lets go, wilting to the ground again as her legs wobble.

"If you want to be alone, I can go. I know I'm pushing you. I just get worried about what you think and feel, since you're so guarded. That's not a bad thing, though. I should know better than to press like that. I'm asking a lot of really selfish things. I can't speak for anyone else... but. I'd like you to be able to have some peace of mind. No matter the outcome on my end." Her hands wring nervously.

"Could you... tell me how could I give that to you? I mean... at least from me, personally."
vandalization: (Articon)

[personal profile] vandalization 2013-01-05 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
That earns a smile from her.

"All you have to do is accept that you're worthy of love." That was it at it's most basic, though she knows it's not an easy task. She's not exactly easy on herself either.

"Everything else will come in time. Just try to be open in the meantime. Focus on the good. I know you've been through a lot, it's been hard for you. I couldn't begin to know what you're feeling, but I'd like to be there to help you through it."

There's a soft chuckle, a bit of a teasing smile that's very token to her.

"And do you have any idea how long I've been waiting to do that?" To kiss him.

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