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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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Well, that's one way to answer the question. Not that Trailcutter's going to judge. After all, the war was over for him. As long as this guy isn't trying to tear out his voicebox, no problem for him.
"Well, the unaligned came back and hate us and the Decepticons hate us and Megatron's the captain--CO-captain of our ship..."
...
'Things could be worse."
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And, well, Decepticons have a very long history of not being on good terms with Autobots to begin with, what with the founding security forces upholding the Functionist regime. Aftermath leaves that out of the discussion for the time being though.
"Megatron? CO-Captain? With whom?"
Time to be very, very nosy indeed.
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He's not as venomous as say...Prowl, but still, it hurt. That same persecution he got all too used to resurfacing. The forcefield is nearly to the top of the crater by now, Trailcutter having to hold his hands up to continue with it.
"Ah...Rodimus. Our original captain, but Optimus put Megatron on there too."
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Religious pilgrimages then? Or something a bit more sinister? Cybertron was a wasteland with little government and order. A planet ripe for being exploited by individuals with less than good intentions.
Trailcutter's answer to his second questions draws Aftermath out of his speculations.
"Rodimus Prime? What a peculiar choice. I'd have thought Optimus would have sent Megatron off with someone more sensible. Like Magnus, perhaps."
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A part of him flinches. You've done enough. That's what Metalhawk told them, wasn't it? In a way, it was true, and yet so hurtful. Because in the end, something worse could have happened.
"Oh, Magnus is there too. He's second-in-command."
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"Which is why Starscream's divine prophecy worked so well in getting him his new position, didn't it?" He peers down at Trailcutter. "Divinity decided where people could not; Metroplex as a herald of our most widely worshiped god, an external deciding factor that would be accepted by many. Whether or not it holds had been something I'd intended to find out." Current delays aside.
The answer to the latter question makes the truck blink. "Why was Magnus not appointed Captain?"