DON'T COUNT MISTAKES I LOST TRACK OF THEM

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( He's in trouble. He's Rodimus, the younger of Nova's two candidates for Prime, and he is absolutely in trouble. It's not his fault. He just happened to be somewhere where trouble results, although okay - that part isn't new.

And he knows exactly how he got here in the first place, it's the same as it always is.

Orion frowns at him every time he leaves the Primal Basilica dressed in a cloak - knowing full well that he's going to go to those places that Nova finds unlawful and unruly. Sure, the other Prime in training had attempted to stop him before, to no avail. That makes something twinge in Rodimus because he likes Orion, he really does.

Then again, most people like Orion 'Super Cop, Future Prime' Pax. Because apparently some people like having a career that's pointless once you know you'll carry the Matrix. He guesses that has to do with Orion having spent some of his life from out of Nova's influence - maybe that made you like police work.

Not that Rodimus would know what that's like - Nova snatched him up two days after he was forged, as if he knew exactly where to find him. Must be a 'wisdom of the Matrix' thing. Find your replacements before someone else does and what not. But it boiled down to the fact that he'd never really got to know or experience life outside the basilica walls and for every time Nova told him he shouldn't or couldn't go out - he did.

Which is how he ends up standing over someone he punched into a wall - thanks Galvatron and Cyclonus for teaching him that one - inadvertently starting a bar fight that he is determined to win. Rodimus is pretty sure that as a mysterious cloaked and hooded figure, he definitely looks awesome which negates the trouble.

Mostly. )

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[thesurpriseinside]

[ His frown is mostly over ridden by concern now. ]

Just. Try to be careful. Please.

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I'll be fine. Really. And whatever I can't manage, Cyclonus will.

( seriously have you seen him fight it's kind of awesomely terrifying. )

[thesurpriseinside]

[ He's not entirely convinced, but there's nothing he can really do.

Pause and then:]

Well. Call me when you return so I know you've made it back in one peice at least.

[ he's shuffling data pads as he says that, not really looking at Rodimus.]

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Keep it up and I'll start to think you're worried about me.

( Him personally. Not him 'prime in training' or 'citizen in trouble'. He doesn't say he won't call, however. )

[thesurpriseinside]

[ Well..]

I tend to feel personal attachments towards people I let sleep on my couch and give my personal contact number to. [ and yes, he can make that sound stern and official.]

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( Of course he can, and Rodimus grins at that. )

You might be really uptight and overly concerned with rules, but you're not bad either.

[thesurpriseinside]

[ His expression warms slightly for that, as bad of a compliment as it was. ]

Was there anything else?

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Are you still going to make me give a reason for visiting?

( Seriously, Minimus. He doesn't need one - he's Rodimus. )

[thesurpriseinside]

I assume there would be one.

[ Did you seriously just come to visit him, Rodimus, he doesn't believe it. ]

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I'm part of the legacy of Primus, I don't need a reason.

( WHAT IF HE DID. )

[thesurpriseinside]

You can't use that as your excuse for everything, you know. There's more to you than just being part of the Primal lineage.

[ Obviously impossible. ]

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Maybe, but that's the important part.

( That's what Nova tells him on a constant basis. )

[thesurpriseinside]

[ that actually makes him pause. He gives Rodimus a long considering look.]

The only important part?

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All of me is important. That's just the most important.

( He knows who he is - Rodimus of Nyon, second in line for the Primacy. That's been who he is from the moment he was forged, from the moment Nova picked him out of his batch and said that one.

What else matters? )

[thesurpriseinside]

There are more important things than what position you hold.

[ And it's only a little hypocritical for him to say that. ]

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Do lectures just come naturally to you or something? ( ANNOYED HUFF. ) Not when it's my position.

[thesurpriseinside]

[ Ignoring that question and going back to shuffling thru datafiles. ]

What you bring to your position should be the most important thing.

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No one would care if it wasn't for the position, so it's the most important thing. And I didn't come to get lectured, Minimus.

( He drops his relaxed posture, frown replacing the grin. )

Taking a break from couch shoving

[thesurpriseinside]

[ Minimus stops again and looks up at him.]

That. Is not an unfamiliar feeling to me. That's how I know I can tell you these things with certainty.

And you sound like my spark-brother when you say that.

USE DEM ARM MUSCLES GIRL

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You're not the one that's going to be Prime.

( It's a childish thing to say, but he's in a sulky mood, curling in on himself. Rodimus can't imagine Minimus caring much about what other people think, yet somehow they idea that he knows, even a little, is-- comforting?

Yeah, that's the word, and his face softens a little. )

Well I didn't. ( Come to get lectured at, that is. ) And I didn't know you had a spark-brother.

my arm muscles are v sore 8C

[thesurpriseinside]

No, I'm not.

[ And he moves around the desk to put a brief hand on Rodimus' arm. The closest he's going to get for physical comfort for now. ]

I do. [ And his expression sours only slightly. ] Dominus Ambus. You might have heard of him.

did you at least get it out?

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( Something about the contact makes the corner of Rodimus' mouth twitch upwards, something very close to gratefulness flickering across his face. it falls into confusion with the name - he knows he's heard it before. )

Dominus Ambus-- he's searching for something isn't he? Tall, big name, got a-- ( gestures around his mouth like he's wearing a mustache )

He's your spark-brother?

yes!! with help

[thesurpriseinside]

[ He grimaces. ]

Yes.

[ Really sour look. Because that's just the expression he makes every time Dominus comes up, even if Minimus is the one to bring him up. ]

it's amazing what a bit of help will do

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What'd he do? Have a better mustache than you? ( Because you'd have to be blind to miss the look that Minimus has on his face and what it means. ) Don't worry, Minimus, yours is fine.

true

[thesurpriseinside]

[ This is apparently an excellent way to get him flustered. ]

It's not-! [ He was going to say mustache, but he's not having that conversation again. ] It's not that. My relationship with my brother is complicated.