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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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"Give me one good reason why I should even consider it."
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When that doesn't happen, the Prime grabs the larger bot by the arm, twisting it enough (and in turn, twisting himself into vaulting the former Prime over and onto his back in the blink of an eye.
Thank you .1% spark.
His foot lifts up, pressing itself onto Sentinel's chestplate, leaning over.
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All too suddenly, he's on his back, staring up at Optimus. Vaguely, he wonders if the red bot is on speed boosters.
"Congratulations," he's not worried. One of his shoulder cannons twitches ever so slightly, changing angle towards that masked face. "Now what?"
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"I have carried the Matrix, and thus proven my right to be Prime after your downfall."
And just to add insult to injury.
"It was never truly your place, though."
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"Downfall,"
Headcock, again. "I think you'll have to elaborate."
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"By the time I become Prime, you are one with the Afterspark."
And, as an added bonus.
"Megatron was the one who killed you."
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Ooh, 2spooky. He dies!! Wow, try harder.
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But a liar is not one of those."
His foot removes itself from Sentinel's chestplate, although remains in the air a few feet above the ground, optics narrowing.
"What you did to Shockwave...."
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He'd much rather wait until he has more guns aimed at Optimus' face before telling him that he still doesn't give a care. Although, his current body language probably makes that clear.
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But not before--as quick as lightning--Optimus stomps on one of those hands, the bottom of his heel digging in as hard as he can, feeling the metal practically twist underneath him. Shockwave wasn't just any person that Sentinel had ruined the life of. Shockwave saw the potential in him before anyone else. Saw what he was capable of.
This...was personal.
"What you did is unforgivable. And now you'll get to know what it was like, being him. Screaming in the Institute."
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He can't even really say what he did was for Cybertron. Maybe as Prime while trying to solve a problem he helped (but wouldn't admit to) create, but everything was in self interest. When Optimus removes his foot, Sentinel pulls himself backwards, leaving a neat trail of energon from his crushed hand.
"And this is your idea of justice?" Wow. Wow. He was gonna shoot you but now he doesn't even want to do that
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He watched him scoot away, eyes narrowing as he speaks up again. Justice? Not quite. Granted it was probably deserved, not in the physical pain method, but...
"No. That was just expressing my opinion of the situation. That was from Orion Pax. Personally."
Just try it, man. We'll see who comes out of this alive.
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So there's not a hint of sarcasm when he says, "Good to know."
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"You'll find Energon around here, and perhaps a medic, if you look hard enough."
...
"If they have hands left."
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Though, that last comment is enough that his face plate snaps up. Just to hide the fact it got a reaction out of him. Wah.
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...
When he sees that faceplate snap up, there's a little satisfaction in his eyes. Almost a twinkle
"I might have gotten a tad emotional. But those have always been troublesome for you."
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"Your Autobots must be proud."
Oh, Sentinel. If only you knew.
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"We all have regrets. It's how we live with them that makes us who we are. Remorse, guilt. It's something I've experienced over my time as Prime. Whether or not you experienced the same..."
He hesitates again.
"That tells you, me, even Cybertron what kind of Prime you are."
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"Those issues are mine and mine alone. Save me your whining."
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"Then you better figure them out here, or you're not going to survive."
His voice loses any and all age, back to the fierceness of Orion Pax.
"You'll die like you did before, overly ambitious and blinded by your own ego."
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Orion couldn't hate him more, Sentinel feels. He doesn't care.
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"Optimus Prime. The name is Optimus Prime."
Shockwave gave him that name, and you will damn well say it, asshole.
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"Duly noted."