it
just nets
zero'
blitz's tone replayed back to him

' you don't want me to give you anything but excuses
to stay the same fucked up mech you always were,
just with a different reason to claim otherwise

you wanted a perfect date.
& that's why you let me take it

because you're
not
Perfect'
astro.

walk
away.'
astro's voice, each voice chosen specifically.

servos hang with an ease.
their gait languid as he merely steps around the tank & his misguided temper.

' you're so mad about me messing everything up for you,
but what have you done about it besides state the same, over, & over again.

a
million laughs belonging to too many to identify.
eyes twinkle amongst the maw, red-strained, & just staring.
helm snaps back from its wrong bend, swiftly shutting the hidden jaws.

' you'd fight your own shadow'
'but you didn't fight me.'

'you fucked up.'
blitz's voice, for the last one .

Blitzwing.
servos raise & make a mock crying gesture .

' but you didn't.'
astrotrain's words.

her helm lurches backward as its intake extends to reveal a long laughing mouth hidden underneath their chin, various teeth belonging to various species cluttering the space as it unhinges to
Laugh .

she then glances to the scattered ice cubes.
Ice
ice baby plays, crackled & glitches from his old radio.

then, he replies with astrotrain's voice,
'mhm.'

curt.
simple.
absent.
exactly how it sounded .

the telepath tossed more icecubes at its mask.

clunk .

hands
reaching out through the ink to tug & snag the stolen parcel further into its cavern.
he clicks the tapedeck closed .

swindle's voice playing now. }

pleasure doin' business with you .

{ mask covering yet the salemech's snark
so
apparent, he didn't Need to smile . }

It
makes them.

she leans over easily, cracked, bloodied tape deck swinging open loose from the lean.
he casually takes the pack of beer back with a little
Yoink!
added sfx to make it even more disgustingly simple.
the pack slides down its open tapedeck & disappears down the stained, dirty darkness