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robot satan ([personal profile] robotsatan) wrote in [community profile] 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...
starscheme: (My wings are ALL A-FLUTTER)

[personal profile] starscheme 2014-12-30 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
He looks kind of surprised when Megatronus mentions that he has no alt mode, like he can't possibly comprehend that this guy didn't always turn into a terrifying spiky death jet from the very beginning. He transitions out of that pretty smoothly, though. "Well, all the more reason for me to help then," he says brightly, wings wiggling excitedly.

[personal profile] d_17nolonger 2015-01-06 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Despite this stranger's jittery-ness, Megatronus smiles. It's very brief, but it's genuine and warm in relief. His posture relaxes noticeably. "I assume that means you will? Thank you."
starscheme: (????????!??????!!!!!)

[personal profile] starscheme 2015-01-07 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
WOAH WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ??? Starscream’s really only used to menacing grins, and those usually only came about when there were Autobots present to crush, or if Starscream had a punishment coming to him. He’s entirely unaccustomed to this sincere gratitude.

The jet shuffles uncomfortably and looks away, fidgeting by tapping a hand on the side of one leg. “Yes, I will... er... well. Shall we then?”

[personal profile] d_17nolonger 2015-01-08 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
That's an interesting reaction to a simple smile. Megatronus resumes a more solemn expression and nods, with an unnecessary clearing of his voice. "Right."

He takes a moment to realign himself with the vague direction Starscream gestured towards earlier and then just kind of... starts walking, assuming Starscream will follow.
starscheme: (Transforming)

[personal profile] starscheme 2015-01-08 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Starscream silently watches him head off, contemplating the possible outcomes of this endeavor. This is going to be a painfully slow journey, that's for certain.

He leaps up and arcs into the sky, doing his best to stay within Megatron's sight rather than zipping ahead at full tilt.