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[legalcy]

"You have reached the personal frequency of Ultra Magnus. I am unable to answer your call either due to a scheduled priority or an emergency. If the issue requires my immediate attention, begin your message by stating "Emergency" and the level of threat or writing that information in the subject header. Please leave your name, time and date of contact, message, and location. I will respond at the nearest opportunity."

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video, after roomba rumble

[grimgrams]

[The video is darkly lit. Grimlock appears on-screen looking behind his shoulder, as if on guard against passers-by.]

Magnus?

[His voice is lower is volume than usual. He cringes, clearly embarrassed by what he is about to say.]

Me Grimlock think...me do bad thing.

video

[legalcy]

[Magnus's optics widen. Not another crime. Not another incident. Everything is happening too quickly.

But he calms himself and responds in a steady voice:] What did you do?

Re: video

[grimgrams]

You remember big roomba fight thing?

[He looks over his shoulder again. Nobody here. Good.]

Me make big mess there.

[He can't remember the details of the fight, exactly who was fighting who. But he does remember people screaming about Megatron, and then himself setting the wrong person on fire, as well as Misfire's anger afterwards.]

[legalcy]

[Oh. That's more manageable. Magnus's face loses some tension.]

Thank you for letting me know. I heard that you were not in your best mind during the event. [Thanks, Prowl.] What happened?

[grimgrams]

Me feel weird. So me set things on fire.

[He won't admit how strange he felt, how vulnerable. Looking back, he can only call himself a fool for allowing himself to be so weak.]

Me...willing be punished.

[He admits, trying his best not to cringe in shame. He is a leader, a warrior. He will take responsibility for his mistakes.]

And me fix what me broke.

[legalcy]

Weird in what way? [Was he sick? Was he stressed?] Grimlock, if you were in a poor emotional state, you aren't necessarily punished. Cleaning up the mess you created is a good first step.

[He's so proud! Grimlock is taking responsibility.]

I can help. I want to see what Misfire did with his secrete arena.

[grimgrams]

Me no know. Just weird.

[He lacks the words to describe exactly how he felt, for the bits that he can remember. Even though he's asked other Rumble attendees about the events, it still feels more like it happened to someone else and not him.]

...Me Grimlock just go there alone. Me no think showing Magnus secrets good.

[Straightforward as he might be, he still understands the concept of keeping a secret, especially if it concerns one of his friends.]

[legalcy]

What secrets? [He's assuming he's talking about the arena, but one can't assume these things when Grimlock has a simple vocabulary.] Were you ashamed of letting me know what happened there?

[grimgrams]

[Ashamed? Yes, of course. Yet he is not so cowardly as to conceal his shame, which is why he contacted Magnus in the first place.]

Me Grimlock ashamed of self. But that no secret because me telling you right now. Magnus punish Grimlock as much as need. No go in secret arena place. That all Grimlock want say.

[legalcy]

Secret arena place, you say?

[Leaning into the camera.]

Then who will inspect the area for clues?

[grimgrams]

Me Grimlock...find clues...and bring them to Magnus?

[He feels a chill up his spine. As a Dinobot, he has no fear, but he finds Ultra Magnus unnerving at the moment.]

Me can do it. Me find clues before.

[legalcy]

Yes....find clues, like before. But bring Prowl or Longarm Prime with you to help.

[Claiming responsibility? How can he not encourage this?]

Be careful not to break anything.

[grimgrams]

[He visibly relaxes.]

Me say me should call Prowl.

[Prowl was there, probably. He remembers seeing him competing. There's less chance of bad news regarding Misfire making it back to Magnus this way.]

[Besides, as things stand, he like Prowl marginally better than Longarm.]

And me be very careful this time. No rip heads off.