Video: A formal call to the Decepticons of this lovely city

[aminerproblem]

I've been told time and time again that this war is over, but I have yet to see it beyond a tolerance teetering on a knife's edge between episodes of unnecessary, extreme violence. We can do better than this - we can do better than wallowing in our circumstance.

To the Decepticons here who still follow my word: If you can hear this, now is the time for you to break out of this malaise and act. I am in need of your skills, and we've remained scattered in this rubble for far too long. 

We, of all of us here, should understand how to build something grand from nothing.

It is time we take that first step. 

(Private To Sixshot)
Sixshot, how skilled are you at tracking someone's scent?

(Private To Spinister.)
Spinister, I am in need of a medical advisor. It is important you come to the Autobot clinic immediately.

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[auramatic]

[ drift has to say, it's hard not to be slightly alarmed by megatron's public announcement. the megatron of his time (ish) seems to have dropped off the map -- for now -- but there's still plenty of megatron to go around. it was startling enough to wake up to him in the clinic, but this? this is a whole new brand of trouble. ratchet believes in him, and drift would like to give megatron the benefit of the doubt on this...but he hasn't seen ratchet around lately, either. and that worries him.

he's not totally sure what compels him toward the clinic, but he goes on instinct, his expression set. drift's not exactly sure what he's going to say to megatron when he finds him -- he just knows he has to say something. ]

Megatron. [ yeah, he...doesn't know how to open this. ] I saw your message.

[aminerproblem]

[Finding the clinic utterly devoid of the usual doctors probably wasn't any more comforting for Drift, though Megatron doesn't seem unhappy to see him.]

Drift - you're looking much better.

[Well, being bedridden was a low bar to have, but it was worth noting anyway!]

I take it you have concerns about my announcement.

[auramatic]

[ like that's hard, considering the state drift was in when he was still laid up. he looks worlds better now -- still scratched and scraped in places, mostly for lack of a buffer or any similar luxuries, but the most notable difference is the new-old autobot badge on his chest, covering the carved decepticon insignia tarn had left behind -- most of it, anyway. his gaze is somewhat flat, his mouth set in a grave line. ]

You could say that.

[ he might as well just get on with it. ]

What exactly do you think you'll accomplish by reforming the Decepticons?

[aminerproblem]

Something better than allowing so many Cybertronians to wander around listlessly and full of bitter, post-war malaise.

[He crosses his arms.]

I'm not going to give up on them.

[auramatic]

So you thought redefining old factions was the right move?

[ drift sounds incredulous, and he looks it too -- usually, he's relatively reserved, but it's clear this has sparked something in him. ]

No one's saying you should give up on them. I'm not. But there are more ways to guide the disenfranchised than by reraising the banner of the ideology that left them so bitter in the first place.

[aminerproblem]

[He examines Drift thoughtfully.]

I find it curious that most of the Autobots I've encountered keep feeling so uncomfortable at the idea while wearing their own badges like they're part of no faction.