VIDEO | Few days prior to prom

[orerrible]

[ Who doesn't love a massive yellow eye peering into the screen as though at any minute you would expect it to be followed by a harsh static beep and a pre-recorded message from your chipper dystopian spokeswoman. Shockwave lost his flare for camera angles so it's just him glowering (if that's a thing) into the feed at a severe angle with what appears to be a lab behind him. ]

It has been something of a long weekend side project, but humans in the habitable areas within the city should take note that there are now small mechanoids similar in appearance to Insecticons but with a vastly different purpose within the city. There are antiquated, single minded drones I've created for one simple task: Retrofitting human inhabited areas with basic amenities. Indoor plumbing along with access to treated water and rooms with temperature control, for one. The planet itself was hasty to say the least in bringing you all here as this is not an environment suited to even your most fundamental needs. Allow the drones to do their work as it also expedites more long term objectives such as energon transport and establishing a stable infrastructure.

[ Among other things you get showers and shitters now, fleshbags. You're welcome. ]

That said I would like to take the time to be transparent with any Cybertronian listening in: Expunge from your hardware any ingrained anti-organic sentiment now while you're ahead. I am not speaking out of the goodness of my spark but from the most simplest of truths. The planet itself demands this change and I will not entertain disruption to this nascent planet. A significant number of these humans are not baseline and share my intolerance for the unnecessary.

That will be all.

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[orerrible]

Skids.

[ Shockwave actually had to put effort in that sounded impervious to a more emotional response. All this time he knew they were here but he never... There were barriers now. Hard lines that a sudden bout of conscience and genuine empathy drew that prevented him from attempting contact. ]

'Like.' You keep saying that.

[ Maybe he had been spending too much time with Emma or their last mental timeout created some sort of bleeding effect, but the bristling huge bitch act suited him just fine. Not that it didn't always, but this time it was a higher risk social encounter. What with actually caring and all. ]

Neither have I been given to inaction. After the lot of became indolent; so damn pleased with yourselves because you found the light switch - quite literally running before you could walk. That it fell to me to oversee establishing a foundation for a more pragmatic approach to keeping this planet habitable.

[justskidding]

I'll send you a thesaurus if the word makes you that anxious.

[Skids knows which hills he wants to die on.]

In any case, this is still a little too philanthropic for your usual style of convoluted plan. Not that it isn't appreciated, assuming the water isn't laced with self-replicating nanomachines, but I'm getting the feeling that there's something bigger than this other than productivity.

And I right now, I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

[orerrible]

Clever.

[ Said with his usual complete lack of inflection but there was a hint of pride to it. ]

Are you offering suggestions?