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robothell2014-12-19 11:20 pm
robotsatan) wrote in robothell2014-12-19 11:20 pm
[ INTRO LOG ]
You don't know how you got here. One minute you were walking, sleeping, maybe dead -- then you're here, your feet suddenly carrying you down an empty street. Where's here?
Any Cybertronian would recognize this as their home planet, Cybertron, but it's not a Cybertron they've ever known. It has all the familiar hallmarks, but none of the specifics -- the city isn't one anyone here could identify, and even at a glance it's obvious that no one's set foot on the planet's surface in hundreds of years. The city and its surrounding areas all bear the marks of devastating war, of dust and rust collected over centuries. With no one in sight -- right at first, anyway -- there's plenty to explore. In fact, if you start walking, you'll find that your feet may just carry you in one particular direction.
A) The crater.
On one edge of the city is a massive crater left by some wartime weapon that seems to have taken out a large chunk of the surrounding metropolitan area. At the center of the crater it's broken through the surface of the terrain to reveal what looks like it might be a promising energon deposit. There is some strange but native vegetation growing around the edges, too, that no Cybertronian would be able to identify -- small, metallic, brittle-looking sprouts that bear a curiously organic-looking fruit of some kind that doesn't look like it's intended for consumption by any natives of the planet. In one rocky nook of the crater, light catches on the surface of a pool of water, which seems strangely out of place on Cybertron. On closer inspection, it seems that somehow an underground water source has formed a spring in the crater.
B) The center of the city.
If you follow where your feet seem to want to carry you, you'll find yourself in the middle of the ruined city. It seems that the center of the city was once home to a massive forum, and some of the pillars and structures still stand. At the very center of the forum is a massive, elaborately constructed fountain, although it has now long since run dry of whatever used to fill it. One of the low, inner walls of the forum has a terminal embedded in its surface, although it looks curiously ancient, out of place with the rest of the city, and unlike the rest of the technology still left around, there doesn't seem to be any way to power it on or operate it. There are a few scattered pools of water and a few of the strange metallic plants in the city, too, but they're not quite as plentiful as in the crater.
The planet was obviously once home to a massive network of communication relays, but those have all been long since destroyed. However, with the bits and pieces left behind and a few determined minds, it wouldn't be too hard to build a working, if rudimentary, one...
Any Cybertronian would recognize this as their home planet, Cybertron, but it's not a Cybertron they've ever known. It has all the familiar hallmarks, but none of the specifics -- the city isn't one anyone here could identify, and even at a glance it's obvious that no one's set foot on the planet's surface in hundreds of years. The city and its surrounding areas all bear the marks of devastating war, of dust and rust collected over centuries. With no one in sight -- right at first, anyway -- there's plenty to explore. In fact, if you start walking, you'll find that your feet may just carry you in one particular direction.
A) The crater.
On one edge of the city is a massive crater left by some wartime weapon that seems to have taken out a large chunk of the surrounding metropolitan area. At the center of the crater it's broken through the surface of the terrain to reveal what looks like it might be a promising energon deposit. There is some strange but native vegetation growing around the edges, too, that no Cybertronian would be able to identify -- small, metallic, brittle-looking sprouts that bear a curiously organic-looking fruit of some kind that doesn't look like it's intended for consumption by any natives of the planet. In one rocky nook of the crater, light catches on the surface of a pool of water, which seems strangely out of place on Cybertron. On closer inspection, it seems that somehow an underground water source has formed a spring in the crater.
B) The center of the city.
If you follow where your feet seem to want to carry you, you'll find yourself in the middle of the ruined city. It seems that the center of the city was once home to a massive forum, and some of the pillars and structures still stand. At the very center of the forum is a massive, elaborately constructed fountain, although it has now long since run dry of whatever used to fill it. One of the low, inner walls of the forum has a terminal embedded in its surface, although it looks curiously ancient, out of place with the rest of the city, and unlike the rest of the technology still left around, there doesn't seem to be any way to power it on or operate it. There are a few scattered pools of water and a few of the strange metallic plants in the city, too, but they're not quite as plentiful as in the crater.
The planet was obviously once home to a massive network of communication relays, but those have all been long since destroyed. However, with the bits and pieces left behind and a few determined minds, it wouldn't be too hard to build a working, if rudimentary, one...
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Things hadn't been the best either before Megatron had done something. Bumblebee knows that just from working with Sentinel. He also knows it from working with Orion Pax.
"Right now you're kind of sounding like me when I took things out on Drift. Don't be that sort of guy, Rodimus. If someone is genuine, then shouldn't we be trying to help them while keeping an eye on hem? I'm not saying trust the guy by any means... Just try to be open to the possibility."
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No, they just managed to kill off the entire city in order to protect it from Zeta.
"Drift is different," Rodimus says in defense of his friend, arms crossed. Drift doesn't belong in the same category as Megatron, because he became an Autobot of his own violation, not as some last ditch effort in order to save his life as far as Rodimus is concerned. "I'll believe it when I see it."
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They can't be like that. That's how someone becomes sparkless. There's value in every spark and everyone involved with the war had lost sight of that along the way. Even Bee. That's a fact that he's ashamed of, deep down.
"And while I fully intend to apologize to Drift, it's no different," Bee replies. "Someone gave him the chance to change his life around and he took it. I gave that chance to Megatron and he took it. The hatred that you feel towards Zeta? I felt that towards Megatron. When I saw him I wanted him dead at all costs."
Which is alarming. Bumblebee isn't that type of guy. He's not the sort that wishes death on anyone. Instead he's the type to throw himself in front of other to protect them at the expense of his own life. Bumblebee knows what he's talking about from experience. Rodimus is younger than him, but can't be by much.
"Like I said. Just give it a chance. Or... There's something else."
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"He deserves to die," he repeats, shaking his head as if that's the end of that question. "You haven't spent the past six months on a ship with him, Bee. Just because he took it doesn't mean he is."
Rodimus doesn't want to give Megatron a chance, that's the problem. He doesn't think Megatron deserves it, not after everything. And Rodimus - he's the master of second chances, both for himself and for everyone else. But there is a line and - irrationally - he's drawn it right before Megatron.
"Yeah?"