Post by Victoria Raines on Feb 23, 2012 0:22:36 GMT -5
"Shockwave is Victoria Raines, CEO of Kaonic Technnology," Mordred announces, "I suspect that if you go looking for her, she'll find out far more about you than you find out about her. She has the advantage of some years on us in this game. The thing about Shockwave is... the universe would be safer without him. I mean that for all of us, the human included, though the reasons are different. If you take a step away, you can see it. But Shockwave steps in, so close that all you can see is how much the universe needs him, as if he is the very order of reality itself. Taking that step away is the hardest part, and eventually, you don't even want to. All you do is march to Shockwave's tune, and you think it is your own."
Perhaps there is an irony in Mordred speaking of this to Arthur.
"Starscream is going to make a play for command now. It is inevitable, due to his nature. Victoria will convince him to spare her life on some reason or other. Starscream may be our leader in name. He may be our leader in name forever. However, as long as Victoria lives, Starscream is nothing but a puppet on a set of strings."
"We can return to them. We can pretend that we are eager to serve. Bide our time and wait for the time to strike, all the while risking that the strings will drop down so softly and bind us. We could strike out on our own instead. Tell me your opinion on the matter, Onslaught, and frankly, too."
Perhaps there is an irony in Mordred speaking of this to Arthur.
"Starscream is going to make a play for command now. It is inevitable, due to his nature. Victoria will convince him to spare her life on some reason or other. Starscream may be our leader in name. He may be our leader in name forever. However, as long as Victoria lives, Starscream is nothing but a puppet on a set of strings."
"We can return to them. We can pretend that we are eager to serve. Bide our time and wait for the time to strike, all the while risking that the strings will drop down so softly and bind us. We could strike out on our own instead. Tell me your opinion on the matter, Onslaught, and frankly, too."
I keep going back and rereading this post from Beware the Wolf, My Childe. It is simply excellent. Insightful too, as Scourge's commentary here hits close to the mark. Very well done.
Now, I need to stop imagining Scourge and Ultra Magnus swapping stories about Shockwave over high-grade, much in the way people often discuss their exes. >_>
