it's the sunday morning after

[nitrodamus]

Who: Sollux and Knock Out
Where: THE CONQUEST
When: After the dance off.
What: Things are tense around the base so Sollux and Knock Out let off steam with Engex. And maplesyrup.
Warnings: Booze, drinking, gay.

Sollux comes into the medibay as soon as he can after Megatron is done being treated and out of sight. Not because he needs treatment, but because the usual combination of mystery and boredom has him wanting to attempt gossip with Knock Out immediately because who could even wreck Megatron that badly?

Besides Sollux, anyway.

"KO..." he calls conspiratorily, with the sort of expression on his face that reads like a excited/nervous kind of 'wow did you just see that?'

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[nitrodamus]

Wow that was a bit more forthcoming than usual. Sollux just watches and listens, thinking about the mechanics of all these dubious robot cultural items. He wonders if the Matrix has disembodied robot minds in it, that would be fucked up.

"Oh, so, Megatron accidentally let Orion take it back and then he levelled back up to Optimus Prime and kicked his ass. Cool." As 'cool' as it is though, Sollux is frowning thoughtfully. "I guess that's what happens when you get caught riding dirty."

Sollux pauses though, honestly looking a little bit troubled.

"...Does this have anything to do with that Rodimus guy?"

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Yeah, that's basically how it happened -- Knock Out confirms with a nod and a wave of his hand. He shrugs at Sollux's question, though, actually chuckling a little. "Rodimus? The worst Autobot spy in the entire history of the war? Primus, no. At least not at first, anyway. From what I could gather, Megatron tried to use him to force Orion's hand -- we see how well that went." Knock Out's smile goes sardonic and he laughs again. "How lucky for Rodimus."

He drains the beaker again -- dude means business, clearly -- and reaches for the flask, but this time he gives Sollux a sidelong glance and smirks as he pours himself another. "I'd offer, but I'm almost certain it'd kill you."

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"God that guy was such a jackass," Sollux growls. Of course, the biggest jackassery was not leaving when Sollux fucking told him too, but he guesses that is out of his hands now, and sure isn't bringing it up to the other Decepticons. He lived, though, apparently. So that's sort of something.

He blinks at the flask for a moment and then he realizes what these behaviour map to directly.

"KO, are you getting drunk?"

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Rodimus was totally a jackass, but Knock Out kind of enjoyed messing with him. That was a good time. Real pity he escaped, though.

"I can drink in my own medibay if I want to," Knock Out says hotly, maybe a little moreso than usual, because now his optics are over-bright, humming with light as the high grade settles in his systems. "You'd want to drink too if you'd just had to deal with that. Besides," he adds as a smirk lights up across his face, "you didn't think only organics could do intoxication, did you? Cybertronians have their vices too, you know."

[nitrodamus]

"Nice," is all Sollux says to that, the word accompanied by an extended trill in his native tongue. Apparently he was not judging when he asked that question. He pauses for a moment and then an excited realization comes across his face. "Oh man just a second I've got a thing for this."

He zip out of the door without waiting for further comment. It only takes him about thirty seconds to fly to his room, find what he needs, and then fly back. He's holding what appears to be a container of authentic maple syrup.

[buffthis]

Knock Out gives the bottle of maple syrup an arch look -- he has no idea what it is, just know it's some kind of Earth food. He looks at the bottle, then at Sollux.

"And what's that, some kind of organic intoxicant? It's an awfully drab color."

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"Human intoxicants don't even work on Alternians, but this is like a condiment or some shit," Sollux says proudly. "It works almost as good as Alternian liquor even though it tastes super weird."

He opens the cap and squirts some of the syrupy substance into his mouth. Even if he wasn't drinking it for the explicit purposes of getting drunk, goopy stuff is pretty much right up a troll's alley.

[buffthis]

Knock Out watches Sollux squirt maple syrup into his mouth with a look of abject disgust, then keeps on drinking. At least the Decepticon moonshine is starting to settle comfortably in his lines, giving his optics a somehow softer, fuzzier glow, but still plenty bright.

"Charming," he drawls, raising his beaker in a mock toast.

[nitrodamus]

It's hard to toast a bottle of syrup but Sollux does his best. Then he's just right back to business, though. 'Business'.

"So, then...what are you going to do, though?" Sollux could just leave, or avoid the meat of the situation, because he isn't really part of the hierarchy. Knock Out, though...he's pretty damn central to the whole thing.

[buffthis]

"Well, whatever it is, I'm not going to disclose it to you, here," Knock Out says with a pointed glance at the door. Soundwave is everywhere, somehow, and as far as Knock Out's concerned, he's always listening. Even under the effects of high grade, he's cautious.

"I think what happens next," he continues, rather carefully, as he hauls himself onto the edge of a medical berth to sit, "depends entirely on what Lord Megatron does next."

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Sollux's glance follows Knock Out's, and it only takes a couple moments for him to understand. Right. Those sort of plans. He eats a little more syrup with a knowing look.

"Right. Cool." He glances away. "Well. I'm still backing you guys, so...whatever."

[buffthis]

"Not as interested in following Megatron's lead, are you?" Knock Out gives him an arch look, but he doesn't look displeased -- he just grins and sips at his drink, his posture giving way to something substantially more relaxed than he usually looks sober. "Well, I can't complain about having you around. Breakdown likes you, for some reason, and at any rate, we still haven't settled our scores with TRIDENT yet."

[nitrodamus]

"Yeah man," Sollux drawls, getting just a little bit slurred from the syrup in his system. "When are we going to do that, even? This whole thing has been kind of dragging its ass."

[buffthis]

"I'm working on it," Knock Out says with a huff, his systems warm with high grade. He hasn't said anything to anyone but Breakdown about his particular...affliction, but the longer it goes on the harder it's becoming to hide it. "We're not quite ready yet. There are still a few things to take care of -- to make sure we're prepared."