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	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: *looking from TC, to Maru, to the approaching mech...he's not sure what to think of the approaching mech* Mech: *will lose interest in what TC is saying and will turn away in time for Wing's arrival* Wing: *softly, only TC will hear, maybe Maru.* Primus, it is you. *shocked and dismayed* Stars: *glaring. Who is this mech who can put his second so on edge?* (Reply to this)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 01:09 pm UTC (link)

TC: *meets his optics for just an instant before turning away, closing off* Maru: */scowls/ and KICKS at TC* TC: *flinches back with a growl and a glare at Maru…that has no real heat behind it . . . glances at Wing without really looking at him, just so he knows he's the one TC's talking to, still turned away, voice flat* We come as a set, sir. All or nothing. You already know me and Shadowmaru. This is my trineleader, Starscream. Master bought him as a "surprise present" just yesterday. *the first real inflection in his voice, and it's bitter resentment* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 01:21 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: */glaring/ at Maru (don't kick /his/ second!), and /glaring/ at TC (don't you dare not try!...unless this guy is as bad as the current fragger...? No? Then talk to him!), and /glaring/ at Wing (if you really care you glitch then do something!)* Wing: *voice soft* How much? I will take all of you, but I may need to go get more money depending on price. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 01:30 pm UTC (link)

TC: *names the price* It's a steal for two champion gladiators and a personal bodyguard of considerable skill. Don't let our current conditions fool you, sir. The rest of our armor and mine and his wings are being held for safekeeping for you in a subspace box that comes with us, free of charge. *part of it is rote, just going through the motions…but also, he's afraid to let on to the slaver anything that might get either the price jacked up higher than Wing can afford, or get him to refuse to sell for some reason (Master told him to make sure they're not "rescued" or something)* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 01:35 pm UTC (link)
	Wing: *he can play along. He lets his voice rise to a more normal tone* That's quite a price. Gladiators, huh? Hmmm....*looking over them like he's considering, looks at the slaver* Slaver: *shrugs* I just know they're a packaged deal, available today only. Wing: .....I'll think about it. *only TC will hear the next* I'll be back with the money as soon as possible. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *responding to the first, bitterness back in his voice* Don't take the word of a mere /slave/, sir. Ask for our files. *gestures at the slaver, then sullen glare at the "today only"* Right . . . smelter tonight. That'll be fun. *if he heard Wing's last comment, he doesn't show it* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 01:47 pm UTC (link)
	Wing: *frowns* Who would- *cuts off with a disgusted noise* We'll see. I'll come back later. If they're still available I'll take them then. Slaver: As you say, sir. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *at Wing's almost-question, he does finally meet his gaze, a small, wry smirk that doesn't reach his optics /at all/, softly so only Wing hears* Welcome to the life of a slave. Sir. *if Wing doesn't say anything else, he'll turn and go settle in a corner of the cage, away from the other two (as much as he can get "away" in such a small space)* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: *nope, not happening. He'll squirm about until he manages to shove himself right up beside TC.* //Can we trust him?// (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *stiffens but…doesn't try to move away (not as if he could /anyway/)* //………………..yes.// (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: //You don't sound entirely sure.// *another mech stops to study them.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 02:53 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *huffsigh* //It's not that…// *stiffens when the new mech stops – he…he's sure enough that Wing will be back that he won't even try to talk to this mech, doesn't want anyone else buying them, doesn't care about himself but knows Stars and Maru will be safe with Wing* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	Slaver: *gives TC a curious look, but it's not his aft that'll be dropped in the smelter if that one mech doesn't come back.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *knows he will…/knows/ he will, doesn't want to risk what /this/ mech will be like* Maru: *also making no move to be noticed* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	*others will stop by, all will move on. Evening comes and...Wing hasn't. The group is hauled from the cage, muzzles removed and binds added to TC. They'll be taken to the nearest warehouse to be executed...bound together and hung from a hook the three will be moved out over the molten metal.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	TC: …………… *well, frag, it figures . . . he shuts down again, figuring this is probably for the best anyway, and any SHRIEKING from Stars will be ignored* Maru: *has…has also withdrawn, silently bidding apologizing and bidding his team, his family, goodbye…* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 03:31 pm UTC (link)

Stars: *surprisingly...he's not shrieking. H-he's doing his beat to prepare Warp for what he's about to go through, and...and will even encourage suicide if he can (he can't) or to frag someone off enough to knock him out. He's surprisingly calm on the outside as he tries to hurry Warp to do what he can to not experience this loss directly.* *the trio lurch in the air and start to lower... already they'll feel their armor starting to warp and melt circuits in their legs and feet frying.* Wing: *bursts in* Wait! Master: *pauses and looks at him.* I'm afraid you're too late. Wing: So you'll pass up money to watch three mechs melt? Master: *hesitates* You have the money with you? I don't take payments. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 04:03 pm UTC (link)

Stars: *growls and starts to snap at Maru to stop, but then spots Wing and HOPE surges across the bond* Wing: I have it. All of it. Master: *looks up at the trio.....* Show me. Wing: *produces the credit chip with the amount on it.* Master: Excellent. *takes it and just...walks away* They're all yours. Wing: *scowls but instantly moves to the controls to get them away from the smelter.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 04:08 pm UTC (link)

Maru: *hears the growl, growls back in a low voice* Help me! Let's get /out/ from over this lava pool! At least until they decide what they're doing. *then he's watching Oil just walk away – to Wing* As much as I enjoy a good bath, this isn't what I normally have in mind. *aka HELP!* TC: ………. *doesn't say anything…but he /will/ start helping swing when Maru speaks up* Warp: *collapses in a heap, shaking and /hugging/ himself . . . unless he's managed to get someone's attention enough to "deal" with him* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 04:28 pm UTC (link)

*Warp will be spending his night tied up in a small room after he's taken a whipping. The punishment is light all considered.* Wing: Working on it. *they swing out and away from the smelter and are lowered to the ground. Maru will be the only one able to stand and only because he can't /feel/ the pain like the Seekers can. Wing steps up to them and kneels to get an idea of the damage he's looking at* Stars: Took you long enough to come back for us, /master/. Was this a lesson to not walk away from your oh-so-/gracious/ hospitality?! *did he wait because TC had refused his help earlier?* Wing: *tone soft* I came as quickly as I could. I didn't have that kind of money, I had to barrow it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 04:39 pm UTC (link)

Warp: *spends the night alternately /shrieking/ to be let out due to claustrophobia and just /sobbing/ at almost losing his wingmates . . . SO MAD at TC right now!!!....not really, just scared* TC: *makes not move to respond to…really anything* Maru: *he /hurts/, in that his systems are registering the damage and it translates as pain, but he doesn't have the same sensitive neural nets that Cybertronians have . . . he's able to make himself stand and be as functional as he's physically capable* I'm so sorry we've been so much trouble, Wing. I cannot thank you enough for everything you've done. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Wing: *gives him a smile* You're all worth it to me. I have a transport outside. Let's get all of you loaded up. *picks up and subspaces their datafiles (left on the console), and will shift to pull TC to his feet.* Lean on me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *is helped to his feet, but then he shifts away, softly* Help them. *he'll manage, even as he…r-really can't, he'll try* Maru: *will help Stars to his feet as best he can* There's a box with the rest of our parts. I don't know where it went. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Zero: You first. *already has TC up* C'mon. *will guide him to an open backed transport. He'll come back and help Maru with Stars by getting on the Seeker's other side, then will go back for that box.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	TC: */limps/ to the transport, collapsing into it and pulling himself back into a corner to curl up* Maru: *stumbles a bit, his legs not wanting to work right, but he manages to get Stars to the transport with Wing's help, get the Seeker into the back, and crawl in after him* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 05:49 pm UTC (link)

Wing: *pushes the box into the back. They're in the bed of a truck basically* Lie down, try to get some recharge, we're a couple joors from my home. *and it's already late* Stars: ......*scoots his aft out of the corner and flops back with a stifled moan...and then is mentally poki g at TC to come cuddle even as he mentally wraps around Warp to comfort and support him.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

I added about Evac and his client dragondancer515 2014-05-13 06:25 pm UTC (link)

Wing: *pushes the box into the back. They're in the bed of a truck basically* Lie down, try to get some recharge. We're a couple joors from my home. *and it's already late – he'd take them back to Evac's but Evac got a house call earlier this evening, it's for an old client of his, one of the few he'll travel a great distance to continue to serve . . . it's actually closer from there for Evac to meet them at Wing's place after* Stars: ......*scoots his aft out of the corner and flops back with a stifled moan...and then is mentally poking at TC to come cuddle even as he mentally wraps around Warp to comfort and support him.* TC: ………………… *takes him a moment, but he does finally shift over to curl up with Stars, also…/finally/…reaching out to their third through the bond* Warp: *is…d-doing a /little/ better now that at least his wingmates are safe(r) instead of their distress compounding his own . . . he shudders and quiets, pulling into himself and CLINGING to his wingmates* Maru: *studies them, half-wanting to join them, finally settles himself to get some downtime too* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: *one ruby optic studies Maru over TC's shoulder...and he'll give a small inviting wave, aware that he's been sleeping cuddled with TC for some time now. No one to watch for now, so they can all rest.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: *small grin and a nod, and he shifts over to do so, pressing to TC's other side, more for the other's sake than his own* TC: *flinches a bit, turning to look…nods and resettles* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	*The transport coming to a stop and going quiet will probably wake all of them. Wing will come around to help them out, admonishing Maru not to push his body and damage it more* Pips: */trills/ at the sight of TC and looks conflicted, should she hug him or not?!* Evac: *also just pulling up. He'll scramble out to come help move the Seekers inside.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 07:02 pm UTC (link)

Maru: *wry, somewhat pained grin* No running off on another covert operation again just yet. Got it. *grimaces as he moves, forcing himself without doing himself more damage, gives Pips an apologetic grin* Sorry for not coming back sooner. TC: *won't say anything, though he'll mentally reassure Stars regarding the medic if he seems to need it, otherwise just…goes with things* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 07:27 pm UTC (link)

Wing: *will get TC in and settled on a berth.* Evac: *will check them all over to determine who's worse off. He'll clamp some leaks in Maru and TC and will star working on Stars. He'll get the worst patched up on Stars, than TC, then Maru...and then he need sleep. He'll finish all of them in the morning.* Wing: *will take them to the room Maru slept in before. Pushed the two berths together will make a berth plenty big enough for all of them with room to spare (hopefully for adding Warp later).* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515 2014-05-13 07:31 pm UTC (link)

*Maru is verbally thankful, helping however he can but otherwise just letting the medic do his job. TC offers no resistance this time…but doesn't say a word either, not unless directly asked a question. He'll climb onto the berth, half hoping his spark will just…somehow give out peacefully in the night while they're all unconscious. Other than that, his mind and spark are pretty silent, mostly numb* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 08:06 pm UTC (link)

Evac: *will work on them through much of the next day. It's afternoon when he finally finishes with them.* Wing: *will come sit in the room with them while Evac steps out to get fuel* We should talk.... Stars: *frowns* Of course, master. *frown turns to a smile, both grin and tone oily sweet* what can your slaves do for you. *gives Wing a deep, mocking bow. He's done this with all his new masters. Some beat him for it, some are unsettled by it and he finds with those he can get away with a bit more, the later are few and far between.* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	TC: *soft and flat, doesn’t even look at him* Stop it, Starscream. *first words he's spoken since…yesterday…* Maru: *just eyes him, then turns to Wing – he's not /used/ to "being a slave" so his habit is to deal with people as equals* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere 2014-05-13 08:21 pm UTC (link)

Stars: *glances at TC, then back at Wing.* Wing: There are a few things that need to happen. *if Stars upset or offended him, he doesn't show it* Stars: *stiffens* Oh? And what would those be? Wing: First, the three of your are going to drink at least two full cubes of energon or until your tanks are full. If your tanks aren't full after two you'll have more until they are. Stars: *wary* And then what...? Wing: Then you're going to go flying. If I see you here again before tomorrow night, then you've not been in the sky long enough. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-13 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: *wry grin* Trying to get rid of us, "Master"? *it's pretty clear in his tone he's teasing by calling Wing that* TC: ………………..and when we're caught for being "runaways"? (Reply to this)(Parent)