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[After seeing Megatron's response, something certainly has been keeping Prime busy. He wasn't wrong--something did have to be done instead of wallowing in the loss (or victory) of a war. And if that meant following Megatron--well...he had to say he wasn't overly enticed by that plan. He knew the bot meant well, and would try not to let the same thing happen twice. But if there's one thing he's learned, it's that trying to change yourself turns you back into what you've been this whole time.

You can't outrun your identity. Optimus knows that now.]

I request an audience with all of you, whether it be in person or over the communications feed. As most of you know, I've talked with Cybertron itself, and although I don't exactly understand it, one part of its message was clear--we must learn to coincide with each other. To get along and make progress.

Megatron is proposing a start to this.

[Well, he might as well be honest.]

But there are going to be problems. One of which is a symbol of the war--me. I am a Prime, and to some of you, I've been the toxin in your systems. The rust in your side. I'm here to dispel one thing--I'm not going to give the title up, as it's part of my identity. I will be commander to those who serve under me, as long as they'll have me. Other than that, however much say you want me to have in this world is entirely up to you. If me stepping back will cause those who follow Megatron's dream to co-exist peacefully with the Autobots, I will gladly do so.

...

I've only been a Prime during the war. And I cannot look to previous examples for assistance. [Sentinel]

I suppose that's it. I hope that broadcasted nicely. I can never tell.

[Private to Sentinel]

Meet me by the crater.

[ROUND TWO OF REHAB, BUDDY.]

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Goodness. Is it that time of month already?

[he's in NO POSITION for sarcasm AND YET.]

You spoke with Cybertron directly?

You of all people should know I keep in contact. Sometimes it's your Elite Guard running back to you with broken limbs.

Sometimes it's a phone call.

[HAHA yeah about that--]

In a way. It spoke to me in...feelings. In a language I can't necessarily describe. 'Directly' is a pretty generous term.

Mmm. I'll let you know if any of them show up.

Any more specific directions or should I just pick a random spot and hope for the best?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we just have this conversation in a giant reproduction of Nova's head?

That was six months ago, and I'm glad you can keep decent track of time.

[SIGH.]

And that was our universe. I'm unsure how much power I should authorize on a Cybertron with no real Prime system.

You see the dilemma, I hope.

The public self-flagellation certainly isn't a step in the right direction.

Of course you'd see it that way.

Hmmm. Perhaps by the vegetation. That's enough of an anomaly that we can both easily spot it and see each other.

...

It's not like our paint jobs provide us much camouflage.

You'd sink the knife protruding from your back in deeper if you truly believed if it make the one who put it there penitent.

[ Kind of just blew up the ship he was on to kill the captain with that one. ]

I digress. Perhaps the more immediate concerns of the planet itself should take precedence once we settle on who gets to hold the flag.

I believe feelings are a language on their own. Perhaps they are so direct they they are difficult to understand.

No. You're Optimus Prime. Last time you ran away, Starscream won an election and everything ended up worse than it was before. Which I didn't think was possible.

( they probably should be having this conversation in private. )

[It's audio because her comm system doesn't have video.]

This Unit is finding these multiple pointless communications on this network to be a waste of resources and time.

Also this Unit is not seeing a reason for Optimus Prime to be making this announcement.

[His eyes sadden, the analogy all too familiar. ~~That was literally the point, Optimus. This is all too familiar.~~ But he still has a hard time meeting Shockwave's gaze, the pain still aching in his spark.]

Perhaps. After all, Cybertron will prosper underneath cooperation. We must first get everyone's cooperation. And leadership often comes along in that package.

...

Where do you stand, Shockwave?

I believe time is something we all have a little too much of. You'll forgive the others if they find something to otherwise keep their mind off the sinking feeling of being lost on this planet.

Give them that.

[As for himself...]

Megatron is right. We are wandering aimlessly around here and struggling to adapt based on old rivalries of a planet we're no longer on. Some even not from that same struggle. I want to know where I should stand in this--as I was a leader, but hold no power any longer.

[ A large, singular yellow eye dilates and whirrs quietly as a subtle indication of his internal disquet. The almost instinctive answer was that Shockwave simply stood for Cybertron - chiefly his own interests.

Matters complicated themselves when, for all intents and purposes, Optimus was the future for Cybertron. Whether he liked to admit it himself or not. ]

With you, it seems.

[He's got you covered, son]

But he still won, Rodimus. The people chose him.

Just like I want the people to choose now for me. This isn't our world, and as much as we loath to admit it, it works differently. I can't make assumptions based on our world--our experiences. But I can prevent the same problems from happening.

[he snorts bitterly.]

I wouldn't say that.

[he has STEALTH MODE FOR WHEN GOLD DOESN'T DO IT.]

That could be an explanation. We are so caught up in our own languages, our own voices...sometimes the more obvious ones fade.

[WHEN DOES GOLD EVER DO IT]

Well I hope you don't plan to use it. Otherwise this will only take longer to get through.

[Hey, Optimus, remember this chick? She's been a bit scarce recently, but she thinks it's worth replying to this guy, even if it's only to heckle him.

... heckle him very gently.]

You're giving rust and toxins a good reputation, there. Sure you want to pull that comparison? Some of the blockheads around here might start those things will help them out.

[That's definitely heckling, not a compliment. Yep. No compliments here!]

[Now that catches him off guard, blue optics peering into the yellow one. He'd expected Shockwave to take Cybertron's well-being. That's what it'd been for so long. And while he liked to think that he could do the best he could for the planet, in the end that was merely wishful thinking.

The truth was, he had no idea what was best. He might be, he might not. That's the world they lived in. One of uncertainty, and anything could shift.

So to hear it from Shockwave...]

You almost seem surprised.

[Because haha your emotions are probably still somewhat shot get it shot cause they had to shoot you]

I don't like you. You and your cronies put a lot of my friends through some pretty horrid stuff even before the war.

[You know how police forces tend to be a tool of the bourgeois to reinforce the status quo? Slap some Institute and empurata onto those fun times and guess which class background Spin's from.

Still, the heli pauses before cutting the feed, scowling unhappily.]

... But leaderly sorts stepping down and letting their people just bugger off into nothingness hasn't really worked out for us, so I guess you being up and about is better than not.

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