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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...
Crater
That was Robert Epps' first thought when he woke up next to a massive goddamn crater. Sure, there's no direct evidence that they were at fault (yet), but the odds that they had something to do with this were pretty up there. The giant-ass buildings off in the distance supported this. So who's fuckup was this? Autobot? Decepticon? Couldn't be the King Con himself, 'cause he was good as dead, Optimus tore his ass apart (Good riddance).
Epps is a soldier down to the bone, and wasn't about to sit around here griping about shit when there were things he should be doing. Like trying to figure out where the hell he even was. Obviously, it was an alien world, but a man's gotta know more than that. Annoyed now, he gathered up his gun and started walking towards the City. Any Autobot or Decepticon passing by gets called at, because Epps doesn't have the patience to deal with factions right now.
im sorry
He looks around for the source of the voice. Then up. Finally, down. Ah. Luckily he's not one of the robots who would try to step on Epps. That sure probably would make his day even worse. Instead, he's just one of the ones who...
"Oh! Hi, you're small."
...Yeah.
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"Robert Epps. I'm looking for Optimus Prime, is he around here?" Now he could stick around and try to strike up a conversation, but he was seriously not in the mood.
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He shrugs, nonchalant despite the obvious sense of urgency in Epps' tone.
"How do you know him?"
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"Worked beside him for a while. Greatest Autobot I've ever met." But enough of that. "Alright, since you're here, might as well ask you: Where the hell are we?"
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"Cybertron. I don't recognise where, though. Uh, if it helps we should be relatively safe, considering the war ended." He taps his chin with a finger, looking at the city in the distance.
"I can carry you, if you want. It might be quicker."
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As much as Epps would prefer to walk, he didn't see the harm in riding on some bot's shoulder or something. At least it would give him some leverage around here. For someone as practical as Epps, it's not that surprising that he accepted that they were on Cybertron. Sure as hell wasn't Earth.
"Be gentle though. Not sure if there's a doctor around here that can fix broken bones."
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"I'll be careful. Just scream if it's too rough."
A beat.
"That was a joke, I won't do anything stupid. Promise."
Maybe.
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Not that Epps hasn't heard these kinds of jokes before. He was in the army after all and he spent god knows how long with those asshole Wreckers, so it was kinda the norm. Pipes doesn't have to wait for very long before Epps climbs onto his hand. Maybe he shouldn't put so much trust in this guy but... Autobot brand and all.
"Let's go. Towards the city, that's were all the action is bound to be."
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"So, uh. How're you finding Cybertron? Not too cold or anything?"