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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Nov 4, 2010 20:51:06 GMT -5
post-Day 15, Event Horizon, open to Autobots. People who post in can give input on a more specific date?
Spy Shot 6 is on a mission. A mission to ask questions! He jogs determinedly through the halls of the Event Horizon, his transport ball jingling away cheerfully. He checks each public room he passes, searching for one that's occupied.
Breaking in front of an open doorway, he peers into one of the ship's larger lounges. Aha, success!
Heading inside, he rolls over and greets, "Hello!" Then, straight-forward as always, he simply asks: "Why did you decided to be an Autobot and what do Decepticons do when people come under their rule or become their captives?"
In an attempt at politeness, he adds, "If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. It is not a comfortable subject." He knows this because Rodimus told him so.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Nov 4, 2010 21:32:09 GMT -5
Skyblast is in the lounge, playing Okami. He thinks he likes it, but he hasn't played it very long, so he's not sure. Skyblast does enjoy the Celestial Brush, though.
Then a little voice cuts in out of nowhere, and his brush goes astray. Nooo, he wasn't trying to draw a wind gust! Sighing, Skyblast tosses the controller aside and springs to his feet from where he was sprawled on a couch.
He greets, "Spy Shot 6? That's a right mynock's nest you're stirring up."
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Post by Dinobot on Nov 4, 2010 21:44:20 GMT -5
Dinobot has turned one of the chairs in the room around to face away from everyone else. That way he has a view of the stars out the window whenever he looks up from King Lear. And he does look up when he hears what sounds like a tiny ice cream truck approaching.
He blinks and turns around to look at Spy Shot when he asks his question. That has got to be the tiniest Autobot he has ever seen. He growls nasally before answering, "That's a complex question, but I'd answer if you're willing to listen."
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Nov 4, 2010 22:03:20 GMT -5
“Did you guys hear an ice cream truck in here or was it just m- aah!” Farlane nearly trips over the little ball in his path after he enters the room. He recovers gracefully, if not entirely with his dignity intact and end ups a few steps away from the... teeny tiny, itty bitty little robot in a hamster ball.
Trippy.
In more ways than one.
“Sweet ride there, lil’ dude,” he says, still somewhat bewildered by the sight and utterly clueless about what he’d just stumbled in on.
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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Nov 6, 2010 10:13:26 GMT -5
Spy Shot stares at Skyblast for a moment then quickly glances around the room for the mynock's nest he's apparently stirring up. When Dinobot speaks up, he comes to the conclusion that there is, in fact, no mynock's nest and that Skyblast was practicing that 'figurative speech' business. Which still leaves the camera-bot perplexed as he has no idea what that particular figure of speech should mean.
"What's a mynock?" he asks, before finally turning his attention to Dinobot. "I am willing to listen." He would not have asked if he wasn't willing to listen! Just excuse him if he gets distracted by something sparkly while he's listening.
There's a third voice from above and suddenly large feet slam down around him. His flash pulses once in surprise - though not brightly enough to blind - like a visual yelp. Recovering from his startlement with the grace of the fearless, he nods politely to Farlane and say, "Thank you. Perceptor made it for me."
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Post by Boondocker on Nov 6, 2010 15:41:40 GMT -5
There's a fourth 'bot in the room, doing some repairs to some chairs. They don't really need repairs, they're just a little wobbly, but it's something for Boondocker to do.
The question Spy Shot 6 poses makes him pause.
"...I joined 'cause the Autobots are the good guys, as far as I can tell," he drawls out, straightening up and setting the chair down.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Nov 6, 2010 16:16:08 GMT -5
Skyblast knows that Spy Shot 6 is literal. Boy, does he knows that Spy Shot 6 is literal. However, he has decided not to try to speak any more plainly than normal about Spy Shot 6, because Spy Shot 6 will never learn normal speech if he never hears it! He explains, "Mynocks are a silicon-based parasitical organism found across the galaxy. They're often seen leeching power from spacecraft - and sometimes us."
Fun times.
He adds, "The short version of my answer is basically what Boondocker said. The longer version is, as Dinobot says, complex." Skyblast has a moment of internal debate, and then he throws caution to the wind. "You see, I used to work for Megatron before the war, and as for your question about what Decepticons do with prisoners? Well, I wasn't a Decepticon then - no one was - but when I rode when Megatron, we didn't take prisoners." Theatrically, Skyblast draws his finger across his neck. "No survivors, no quarter."
He's being serious though, not making light.
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Post by Dinobot on Nov 7, 2010 9:55:26 GMT -5
Dinobot climbs out of his chair and, putting his back into it, turns it so it faces the room before sitting back down. He has a feeling he's not going to be doing much more reading any time soon. (He already knows how it ends, anyway.)
"Until I was drawn here, I never had the opportunity to meet a Decepticon, though I've met many Predacons, their descendants. Indeed, I was protoformed as one. I originally decided to be a Maximal because I was betrayed by Megatron, my leader, who I had served loyally. His ambition eventually drove him mad, which convinced me I'd made the right choice." Rattrap can just suck it. "The histories in my reality tell us that it once meant something to be a Decepticon, that there was honor and dignity there. In latter years, all turned to vain ambition, and they lost the war due to their constant infighting."
"Life under Decepticon rule is cruel, with little personal freedom, and they torture their captives," he finishes. Dinobot fails to mention his personal views on this last bit.
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Nov 7, 2010 16:05:02 GMT -5
Farlane makes a mental note to install proximity sensors on his ankles or something. Pointy heels and small robots were a terrible combination. Now, just what had he walked in on?
... Oh. Oooh. They were talking about joining the Autobot stuff. Well, that was a rather awkward thing to have stumbled conspicuously in upon.
The pink car listens to the stories from other’s with a rather startled expression, not entirely sure how to respond to them or the fact that he’d somehow arrived at a rather personal story-telling session and about a rather uncomfortable subject. Feeling terribly pink and out of place, he only moves to sit down after Dinobot finishes his part, grabbing a drink along the way.
“That’s... some rough universes you guys live in,” he says, settling down in a chair.
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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Nov 7, 2010 17:58:39 GMT -5
Goodness! So many people to talk with at one time. Best to get a better vantage point from which to view them all. Parking his ball next to a chair, he climbs out and begins to scale it, recording dialogue as he goes.
He files away the provided information as he hears it into the categories 'Reasons To Become An Autobot' and 'Things Decepticons Do To Captives', intending to dwell on them more later. For the moment he's most interested in figuring out Skyblast's mynock metaphor. So, mynocks sometimes leech power from Transformers. Spy Shot needs power in order to remain functional and conscious and he has reason to believe this is the same for most Transformers. Therefore, stirring up a nest of mynocks would likely be bad, as they would then potentially leech your power. So, asking this question was... potentially bad?
But it seemed to be going fine so far! Maybe he had the intention of the metaphor wrong. Perhaps he would ask Skyblast to clarify the meaning later. For now, he focuses back on the responses to his original questions.
Making it to the arm of the chair, he settles in and stares at the varied assembly of Autobots and Maximals. He nods at them all to indicate his attention then looks to the only one who hasn't answered. Round, red optics fixed on Farlane, he repeats his question: "Why did you decided to be an Autobot and what do Decepticons do when people come under their rule or become their captives?"
He intends to gather as many opinions as possible!
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Post by Kup on Nov 7, 2010 23:43:49 GMT -5
Did someone say 'war stories'?
Kup's actually taken an internal roving watch on the ship, and steps into the lounge as part of his rounds. Busy day today! Although considering what the planet below is like, Kup supposes he can't blame folks for avoiding it - he'll have to go down later himself, like it or not.
He does hear Spy Shot's question, and as he looks at who Spy Shot is asking, he snorts. "Oh, this oughta be interestin'."
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Post by Boondocker on Nov 7, 2010 23:57:04 GMT -5
Boondocker can't help but wince a bit at Skyblast's and Dinobot's answers. He absently fiddles with the chair a bit. "I... I dunno what they do to those under 'em, but if they take any of us captive, it's just fer hostage situations, or to get whoever it is to do somethin' for 'em. If'n I remember right, Megatron took Perceptor captive once to make him some cure for that Cosmic Rust stuff..."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Nov 8, 2010 0:15:50 GMT -5
Oh great, Kup's here to hear about Skyblast's slightly questionable past employers! Skyblast thinks about this for just a moment, and he swiftly has his answer: Whatever.
Sometimes, it's good to be an aloof jet with overweening pride.
Skyblast continues a bit, "The actual Decepticons in my reality, though - sure, sometimes they kill every last man and woman. There's even rumours that they'll eat the sparks of protoforms - protoforms being Transformers that have not yet fully been awakened and scanned a mode." Not be confused with protoform meteor mode, which is something totally different. At least he didn't mention hatchlings. "Other times, they perform unethical experiments on their captives. This is bad for a whole lot of reasons, but for one thing, a captive cannot consent to being experimented upon, so free will and free choice are denied. For two, the kinds of experiments Decepticons do are often very painful and the subjects often end up dead or mentally damaged."
Skyblast's not Science Division. If he was, he could add that Decepticons also don't use very good scientific methods, a lot of the time, so the data they gather is questionable. However, he's a sky jock, and quibbling about why ANOVA statistical analysis doesn't apply to the lifespans of Autobot prisoners subjected to Pain Method Z is so not his thing.
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Post by Dinobot on Nov 8, 2010 20:23:06 GMT -5
"I suppose yours is all flowers and sing-alongs?" Dinobot asks Farlane sarcastically.
The raptor shoots Boondocker a look. "What did Perceptor do?"
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Nov 8, 2010 20:41:28 GMT -5
“Honey, baby,” Farlane chuckles, taking a sip from his cube as he glanced down at the cute little dinosaur robot. “It was a universe that spat me out. I’m jus’ gonna say it’s weird an’ leave it at that.”
And then Spy Shot turns his attention to the pink mech. Oh, slag it all, he’d though he’d taken the least noticeable corner available. Farlane carefully makes sure he doesn’t jerk out of the comfortable slouch he’s in and keeps a neutral expression on his face.
“Well, ah,” the pink car flounders. How does one tactfully say they weren’t an Autobot in a roomful of Autobots and their allies? He idly recalls Prowl’s and Guzzler’s words to him in their roomies introduction scene and feels a heavy, guilty kind of weight settle in his fuel tank.
“I ain’t in much of a position t’ say I’m afraid. I’m kinda not one,” he answers carefully after a moment. Might as well try sticking with it to the grave now. He wasn’t going to divulge his life story to a group of strangers, even if one was them was really, really adorable and tiny and had a hamster ball. “I mean, I’ve met Autobots before an’ they’re a cool bunch, but what I know s’ kind limited t’ that n’ intergalactic news an’ those were more focused on the issue a’ some type three race* stealin’ stars at the time.” It wasn’t like he had an exciting Big Dark Secret anyways, just a lot of annoyingly small and awkward secrets that would make his and a few other people’s lives quite uncomfortable on very short notice.
... Aaaand Kup just walked in. Farlane slouches a bit deeper into his seat.
*Kardashev scale.
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