╬ [Video] :: Location - Wastelands

[young_upstart]

[The feed seems a little shaky at first, but once it comes into focus, all one can see is the dark stretch of the skies above, dotted with the pinpoint lights of distant stars, and perhaps just at its edge, one might catch the fringes of the Lambda's glow.]

Ugh...

[The view shifts, completely tilting on its side to capture the unmistakable grounds of the bleak landscape outside of the Haven. For a moment it remains that way, and then suddenly there's a gasp, and the world blurs as someone jerks to sit upright. It's then that the perhaps familiar magenta and orange paint job can be seen, as well as the stunned face of the young Autobot who so proudly wears it.]

Wh-

[He's getting this weird feeling of déjà vu.]

...where am I? I thought...

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[skidaddle]

Rodimus?

Is...that you?

[If a robot can squint at a feed, he's doing that now.]

[young_upstart]

Rodimus..?

[It takes him a moment to jog his databanks before he can remember why he feels so annoyed being called that. He shakes his head.]

-it's Hot Rod.

[Blearily he looks down at the unfamiliar face eying him on the screen.]

[skidaddle]

Hot Rod, eh?

[You sure do look like the captain...but not like the captain. What was it he'd just been talking with Perceptor about?]

And I guess the 'Lost Light' doesn't mean anything to you? Or Ultra Magnus? Or...I dunno, whatever else you did when you were younger.

[young_upstart]

I... [He pauses a moment, trying to think.]

-you've got the wrong one. I've only heard of the Lost Light... But I do know Ultra Magnus...

[Why was it so hard to process anything?]

[skidaddle]

I got a different Hot Rod...

[That makes perfect sense, but is kind of fascinating regardless. He's met a bunch of people from different realities, but usually they weren't copies of people he knew. Usually.]

Okay, so what are you like, then?

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[arnhaid]

[SQUINT.]

...

Hot Rod?

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[young_upstart]

[Great, now he's seeing things.]

...Ironhide?

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[arnhaid]

Yeah, it's me.

What're you doin' here?

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[young_upstart]

I could ask you the same thing...

[Because last he heard, you were dead, dude.]

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[arnhaid]

I've been here a couple months now, kid.

[yeah, well. He gets that a lot.]

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[laharl]

You're on a metal planet, can't you tell?

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[young_upstart]

....

Well besides the obvious.

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[laharl]

Okay.

...

I'm going to take over this world and become it's new overlord!

Ahaha ha ha ha!

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[young_upstart]

.....

Seriously?

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[laharl]

Why wouldn't I be serious?

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[glitteratimedic]

...Huh.

Hot Rod or Rodimus?

[You still look young enough to be a Hot Rod, right?]

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[young_upstart]

The first one-

[He tilts his head.]

...do I know you?

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[glitteratimedic]

Hmfh. Probably not. No one ever does.

[Grumpy cat pout. Might as well give it a shot, though. Even Autobots might know who he is, right?]

Medical officer Glit ring any bells?

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[young_upstart]

[Aw. He kind of feels sorry for the little guy.]

Er, sorry, no.

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[glitteratimedic]

[Siiigh.]

Of course not. I shouldn't even be surprised any more.

At least you're young enough to have an excuse.

[Hrmph. Damn kid-robots. Wouldn't know a good field-medic if they were patching them on the aft.]

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[giftofthemagi]

Welcome to Cybertron!

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[young_upstart]

I know that much..!

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[giftofthemagi]

You did ask...

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[young_upstart]

....guess I can't deny that.

So what're you supposed to be?

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[giftofthemagi]

I'm Kyubey!