The pings wake Megatron, but seeing who they’re from he forgets to be irritated, answering the urgent message.
::Blackguard, what’s happened?::
It takes Megatron a few moments to even process what just happened. It’s not that he’s unfamiliar with this particular tactic, it’s that he hasn’t encountered it in ages, not since Swind- Oh.
A lot more about Blackguard suddenly made sense.
Consequently, the tactic works for a moment. Megatron’s cannon drops a fraction, no longer aimed at the mini’s head. His optics squint in outright confusion as he tries to piece together how to respond. After a solid minute of staring, he finally lands on: “…I really would have picked better last words.”
“I dunno,” the femme shrugs nonchalantly, shifting to a more relaxed, lounging position in the chair. If one of his legs happened to end up propped on an arm rest, laying well above the rest of his frame, then it was a pure coincidence and definitely not an attempt at seduction. “I think a person’s last words should be fitting to who they are. Me? It’d be right up my alley to go out with a bang.”
The waggling of his optical ridges should be suggestive enough to hint at what kind of ‘bang’ he meant.
“But seriously, Lord Megatron the Sharply Handsome. I’m sorry Blackguard isn’t here right now. Believe me – I’d trade anything for her to be in the picture too. But something in the universe decided I needed to be here for a bit instead of her, and so we’re like… swapping places, I guess?” Quickshaft shrugs again. “She’ll be back as soon as I’m done here though, I promise. So you really don’t need to go shooting up the place and spooking everybody in here.”
Not even Knock Out flirted this much when he was feeling good, let alone when he was faced with certain death. He spends enough time wondering if the minicon merely wore Blackguard down with his advances to allow Quickshaft to, regrettably, continue.
“I hear you, Quickshaft. I really do. Especially the parts where you would give anything to have her here, and that she’ll return as soon as you are done.” He levels the cannon again, preparing to fire.
“You’re done.”
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