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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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"I...have not. I wasn't aware we were engaged in battle."
At least, not HERE.
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"Er...well, Megatron appears to be here, and in number. At least two of him, by my count." The implication there is clear. If there are Megatrons, we should be fighting then. Obviously.
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It's kind of over.
But the more Warpath repeats it, the more unbelievable it gets. Megatron, just ONE Megatron was bad enough. But...more? Did he find out how to clone himself while on the Lost Light? Because he can't even begin to think of all the ways that could go terribly wrong. The war could start up again, people could be murdered....Rodimus could get ahold of that technology...
"I will have to talk with him. Them."
Man, that still sounds so weird.
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Optimus's weight shifts, a bit awkwardly.
"The war is over, Warpath. Megatron has since joined with the Autobots."
YEAH, LAYIN' THAT TRUTHBOMB OUT THERE.
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"Come again now? I almost thought I heard you say that Megatron joined the Autobots! Kerblam!"
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There's an awkward silence, as if Optimus is trying to find the exact word to say.
"I did."
Wow.
"It must come as a surprise to you, I know. But...it's the truth. I was there when he denounced the entire Decepticon faction.
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Don't do this to him Warpath he's literally losing his mind already with the multiple Megatrons. His ear pieces twitch slightly, as if he hadn't heard Warpath correctly.
Maybe...maybe he just didn't connect the dots right.
"The war is over, Warpath."
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"Well, bang bang boom! Ain't that somethin'," he says, after a moment. Then he thinks a while longer. Suddenly, something seems to occur to him.
"Wait a minute!" he says, volume spiking. "That's ridiculous!"
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Also Megatron pulled a heck of a trick during the trial. Oops.
"I understand it seems a bit...far-fetched. But it is the truth. He even sports the Autobot logo."
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"Now why would he go and do that??"
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"He had no choice. He lost the war."
It's either that or death penalty. Guess which one he chose.
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Warpath crosses his arms under his gun, looking generally sort of unimpressed. It's not really clear whether it's because he would have preferred Megatron dead or if he thinks that it's lame to turncoat like that.
"Don't mean a blasted thing, then."
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A hand places itself on the bot's shoulder, looking out at the crater.
"I have to believe he has the power to redeem himself, if I'm ever to claim any of us can."
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"Prime," Warpath says after they're gone. His skepticism is unconcealed. "I think you're just gunna need to tell me who to hit."
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Warrior types, now those never changed. He didn't expect Ironhide to ever, and he certainly can't expect it from Warpath, anyway. It was endearing, though, he had to admit.
"I'm afraid that will be difficult if we are the only ones around."
Hahah it's funny no it's not.
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"At least one other Megatron unaccounted for, sir." THERE IS MEGATRON ALL AROUND US, PRIME.
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"Who do we know of so far? So I can be on the look out for ones that do not match your descriptions."
Walk with him! He'll start trying to get to the edge of the crater, to get a better vantage point.