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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...

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2014-12-23 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
...

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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[personal profile] awwblammo 2014-12-23 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Warpath just squints at him, putting a hand to his chin thoughtfully.

"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!"

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2014-12-24 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
And then, a bit guiltily, Optimus turns his head to look out at the horizon. Yeah, it was pretty ridiculous. Especially with 'Why is Megatron even allowed to live'. Believe him, he went through that lecture with Prowl. He's still grasping at the 'everyone is good on the inside' view.

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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[personal profile] awwblammo 2015-01-03 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Warpath scratches his head. Okay, he had actually seen that. The logo, that is. For some reason it hadn't really convinced him that Megatron was legit.

"Now why would he go and do that??"

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2015-01-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't blame you, to be honest. Megatron sporting an Autobot insignia has suspicious written all over it.

"He had no choice. He lost the war."


It's either that or death penalty. Guess which one he chose.
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[personal profile] awwblammo 2015-01-04 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pfft."

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."

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2015-01-06 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"It means change can occur, Warpath. For a race who's natural ability is to change our shape, we certainly cannot change our ways as easily."

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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[personal profile] awwblammo 2015-01-06 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Blammo," Warpath mumbles, gazing out into the distance in the same direction as Optimus. A few heavy moments pass.

"Prime," Warpath says after they're gone. His skepticism is unconcealed. "I think you're just gunna need to tell me who to hit."
Edited 2015-01-06 03:16 (UTC)

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2015-01-06 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
"..."

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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[personal profile] awwblammo 2015-01-06 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Optimus Prime is not a funny man.

"At least one other Megatron unaccounted for, sir." THERE IS MEGATRON ALL AROUND US, PRIME.

[personal profile] luckyfaceplate 2015-01-07 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sighhhh he knows, Warpath. He knows all too well.

"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.