there must be some kind of way out of here

[officerjuicebox]

Who: Roller (IDW) & OPEN
Where: The City
When: NOW
What: After finding a few terminals still standing, the big guy decides it'd be a great idea to go find more.  Maybe even fix them up a bit.  So he sneaks away from everyone on a mission.
Warnings: None yet

He didn't say anything before he ducked out.  He just did it.  When he was sure Pax-Prime-whoever he was now wasn't paying a lot of attention, he'd excused himself out into the city.  Honestly, he needed some space.  Some time to wrap his head around everything going on. 

It wasn't every day you got "hi you're missing and there was a war and by the way I'm Prime now" dropped into your lap. 

Besides, he'd found some old terminals on previous wanderings.  With any luck, he could probably see if they could get rewired to broadcast -- send out a distress signal.  Just in case someone out there was listening and wanted to pick up a bunch of confused Cybertronians.  It couldn't hurt to try.  And at the very least, maybe he'd find some supplies, if nothing else.

Prime...

What was he even supposed to think about that?

He can be found wandering empty buildings, now.  Wedging his way into vacant rooms, or pounding away at useless keyboards in hope of a reaction.  He's hard to miss, if anyone should run across him -- being huge has that little drawback.

Comments

[tomemyoutliers]

He's a hard bot to miss, Roller, you really must be forgetful.

"Dismantling anyone can do, but putting it back together is where the challenge lies."

Please let him help. He has nothing else to do.

[officerjuicebox]

There's silence from the bot with his head wedged into the console. If he were the sort to do so, this would be precisely the best time to silently mimic Shockwave's words.

Sarcastically. With little talking hand motions.

Instead, he just pokes a hand out, waving vaguely to the pile of parts he's already collected.

"Then go knock yourself out." After a beat, he adds: "Don't actually do that, I haven't found any medics yet."

[tomemyoutliers]

That just gets another chuckle from Shockwave as he does exactly what Roller tells him to. He talks while he works whether Roller responds or not, and asking a few questions here and there. Eventually he grins, holding up what looks like some sort of technical monster.

"Just needs a power source."

You're welcome, Roller.

[officerjuicebox]

He must have found his way into some kind of storage console. Somewhere amidst the wiring and functioning electronic parts... there's a small selection of what looks like spray-on body paint. He frowns, burrowing in further.

And... yes. This was definitely a personal storage console. Because that sure was a lot of old, decrepit pin-ups. He grabs both those and the paint, intending to toss it out. If they need to break down the console for metal scraps, they can't have that stuff in the way.

A few of the cans go rolling across the floor as he wiggles back out.

Scowling.

"You're kidding me."

[tomemyoutliers]

"I'll have no way of knowing if it works otherwise. I could have made a substantial error in its construction," and he's largely unbothered by this idea. What does catch his attention is the paint, however, and he sets the device aside to pick one up.

As much as he does love his current paint job, he feels as if it's time for a change. Something more fetching and visible on this version of Cybertron.