i wanna hear abt Break, Desire, and/or Midnight for whoever u want to talk about :3
Ohhhh MAN. I've been DYING to yap more about Orebreaker and Halite, thank you for this opportunity! I have like a full character arc planned out for them lmao
For both of them it would be losing the other, but Orebreaker would take it particularly hard. Halite would probably shut down for a while, but eventually pick himself back up.
If Halite died, Orebreaker would go ballistic in the moment but probably eventually move on (although not without becoming gruffer and more closed off)- she's no stranger to death. If he betrayed her? She'd fucking lose it. Not a goddamn thing would stand in her way. No amount of him talking her down would help. Her inner circle is small, so losing the lynchpin would basically destroy her.
Orebreaker pretty much has what she wants- her life consists of ripping mechs apart with her bare servos and then going back to base and chilling with her favourite people. She mentions how much she loves her life pretty often- about half her teammates agree with her, the other half are lowkey disgusted with how much she seems to be enjoying the fact that her people are locked in eternal war.
Halit would like to be happy for once in his goddamn life desires freedom, but at the moment he doesn't really know what he means by that. He doesn't say it out loud, because he doesn't want it getting back to Megatron that he's not content with his lot. He does sometimes bring it up with Orebreaker when they're alone. Right now, he'd settle for freedom meaning 'a day off from all this goddamn paperwork' but he's sure there's more to it- he just isn't ready to figure out what.
Orebreaker, again, is pretty happy. Her worries are few and far between. But... she does sometimes worry about Halite. Sure, he puts up a cold front and all, but she knows him. The real him. She worries that he's not happy. She worries that something could tempt him to switch sides, or that if his doubts are discovered she might be tasked with putting him down. Most mechs have never seen her anxious, but she's a pacer and a fidgeter. Once in a blue moon you can hear her walking around in her berthroom when she ought to be recharging.
Halite pretends he's not worried. But he worries often and it only worsens his mood. He worries that the war will never end- or that if it DOES, that Orebreaker won't be able to adjust to a life of peace after so much violence. He worries that his fuCKING PAPERWORK WILL BE FILED INCORRECTLY and Soundwave will have him offlined for it. He's a silent worrier. He lies there in his berth, optics staring at the blank metal ceiling, knowing that it's stupid to get worked up and yet unable to let himself recharge. And that lack of sleep just makes him crankier.
Thank you again for the ask, this was so much fun!!!!!
