capeandcowllogs | don't meddle with the mind you don't know what you'll find

[To be honest, Soundwave was tempted to leave Dancitron early, just in order to miss Shockwave.]

[He knows that these desires will interfere with work. And that they were pointless to have. However, desire is desire, and he knows it is there. Soundwave just wishes he could ignore it as well as he did before.]

[He waits, sitting on one of the couches of the cafe. In his lap is the panther cub that Arsenal had given to him. An interesting creature that he can keep tranquil with is abilities, at least. It's not Ravage, but... it's pleasing.]

[Spotting Soundwave he makes his way over, stopping a few feet in front of him.]

...

You got another cat?

[Wrong topic. Wrong topic entirely.]

[He hears him. Heard him feet ago. The unique pulsates of his spark -- of theirs different.]

...

[He peers up at Shockwave.]

FELINE: A GIFT.

Mm. [The tiny noise is all he can manage as far as acknowledgment goes for a second.]

[He was not looking forward to this conversation. AT. ALL.]

That is a nice gift.

[He'll just. Stay off the topic for a little while longer.]

[The communications officer eventually shrugs, placing the panther cub onto the floor. She will not wander far, and the doors are shut. He'll keep a careful ear out for her.]

AFFIRMATIVE.
ARSENAL IS AWARE OF MY TASTES.

[Glances away, going quiet.]

...
WHAT DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK OF.

[Arsenal. Quite interesting.]

...

Did we... last week I mean...

[Finding a way to word this, without the word 'illogical' swarming through his mind was harder than he thought. Hopefully Soundwave knew what he was talking about. Hn. Of course the other Decepticon knew, this was why they were avoiding each other. Hopefully he'd just admit it, and this could get worked out.]

[Soundwave folds his arms, sitting back against the couch as he peers up at Shockwave.]

ELABORATE.
WHAT OF IT?

...

Affection, Soundwave? ...And, hn. And the examination table. If this was due to Desire...

What is it exactly that you want?

[Just get the hard questions out of the way first.]

[He attempts to appear visually relaxed. Distant, mostly. However, his teeth clench and his fingers dig faintly into the couch. No, he does not wish to approach this subject at all. It won't gain him anything.]

MY DESIRES: COMPLICATED.

[Not terribly so. But he is not about to admit them so simply.]

QUERY. DOES WHAT I WANT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON YOU?

[He raises a brow, it isn't hard to miss that Soundwave is not exactly pleased with this subject. Still it has to be addressed.]

It might. That would depend on what your desires are.

[Folds his arms. Obviously, it is time to be vague.]

...
YOUR WELL-BEING: OF INTEREST TO ME.

Yes. So you mentioned quite a few times during my... breakdown. I do recall.

[Frowns just slightly.]

That really is not enough to allow me to give you an answer.

[Raises a brow.]

HN.
WHAT I WANT.

[He figures it's not really going to matter what he wants.]

AND WHAT WILL YOU DO IF I GIVE YOU THIS DATA?

I would like to know, should this end up causing any problems.

Although that is doubtful.

[Well. Aside from the fact that they've been avoiding each other anyway.]

THAT IS ALL THAT YOU WOULD DO WITH THE DATA.

[It's not quite a question, but he implies it. Soundwave peers up at him. Not so much skeptical as he is steadily getting annoyed already with this topic.]

Correct. I am certainly not going to be informing anyone about it.

[Considers. Giving away data so freely is unusual, but... honestly, he has done so before. He'd informed Shockwave of all of his known abilities. However, this is different. This gets far too close to personal.]

I WANT.
COMPANIONSHIP FROM YOU.

[That is as much as he can admit without giving the whole truth.]

[He blinks. Companionship? Soundwave was just filled with surprises it seemed. Lots and lots of confusing illogical surprises.]

Hn. And avoiding me was somehow going to allow you to achieve that?

[Brow twitches. He's trying not to react too much, but the remark does annoy him.]

I REQUIRED TIME TO CONSIDER MY ACTIONS.
AND I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE AVOIDING ANOTHER.

[Eyes narrow.]

I was quite illogical last week. Unfortunately it is a problem that takes longer to fix in these bodies. And I do prefer to be alone when I am fixing that problem.

My apologies if you found my avoiding you to be an insult.

YOU ARE FAR MORE ILLOGICAL THAN YOU DESIRE TO ADMIT.
AND I DOUBT YOU ARE PARTICULARLY APOLOGETIC, SHOCKWAVE.

Hn. And what makes you say that?

[This was already not turning out as planned.]

[Stands up. Slowly approaches.]

I AM AWARE YOU HAVE EMOTION.

[Theme park death glare.]

They have been dealt with.

[Keeps his distance. Barely.]

YOU CANNOT SIMPLY DELETE YOUR EMOTION.

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assuming the examination table terribleness happened?!

YEAH THAT'S FINE. \o\

okay then! terrible terrible waves.

it's mostly soundwave's fault.

it's all soundwave's fault.

always.

illogicalwave.

why does my name keep getting longer.

it's your own fault. you make it get that way.

noooo not my fault ever.

i thought everything was your fault.

NUH UH

well this awkward is your fault.

not always! ...just most of the time.

alllllllll of the awkward from the event was yooooour fault. you were a naughty wave.

naughty wave. MY NAME IS STILL GETTING TOO LONG.

... you keep giving me ideas.

sob