╬ [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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[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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[young_upstart]

A couple of...

....

[He drops his head into a hand.]

...remind me where this is again...

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[arnhaid]

You okay there?

[You're less. Boisterous than usual.]

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[young_upstart]

Y...yeah, I'm...not sure.

I don't know how I even got here...wherever here is.

[He pauses as he lowers his hand again, slowly lifting his head to look up towards the sky.]

...this is still that wonky Cybertron, right..?

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[arnhaid]

We need to get you checked out, then.

[He nods.]

Got it in one. Little quiet now, but... still that crazy Cybertron.

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[young_upstart]

[He decides he won't object to that.]

...great. I was kind of hoping it was all just a bad dream.

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[arnhaid]

... You've been here before?

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[young_upstart]

...I think so?

I...remember a scrapload of junk, and Ultra Magnus- Springer too... A lot of bots calling me Prime or Rodimus...

[He shakes his head at that.]

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[arnhaid]

... What kinda name is "Rodimus"?

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[young_upstart]

You got me.

[Finally he attempts to get to his feet, groaning. Just how long has he been lying there?]

Must be how Kup feels...

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[arnhaid]

You are way too young to know how that old timer feels.

[Ironhide, you're not allowed to call anyone an 'old timer'.]

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[young_upstart]

Aw come on, spare me the lectures. I feel like Grimlock sat on my head.

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[arnhaid]

Then you really gotta get that checked out. Hop to it, kid.

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[young_upstart]

I'd love to, really, but I don't know where I am- much less where to go.

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[arnhaid]

... You see any lights or anything? Anywhere?

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[young_upstart]

Not counting the stars in the sky? Uh...

...looks like there's...some kind of beacon? High up, but that looks a pretty good distance from wherever out here is.

[He takes another slow look around.]

It's really empty...

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[arnhaid]

... Beacon.

Why the scrap aren't you up in one of the temples...

Head for that thing.

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[young_upstart]

Huh, the last time I was here it seemed like the temples were off limits.

[There's a pause after he says this, and he tries to hang on to that flash of thought.]

-the first time I came here, I woke up in...that over-sized scrap heap.

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[arnhaid]

Off limits? What's that supposed to mean?

... Somethin' about this isn't right. I don't like it.

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[young_upstart]

They didn't want us in. The ones that didn't have a-

[Wait, that's right. He looks at his arm.]

-a glyph, I think Ultra Magnus called it?

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[arnhaid]

Didn't want you in? Because of some dumb tattoo on your arm?

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[young_upstart]

[The younger Autobot nods slowly.]

-or a lack thereof. A bunch of us arrived without them. Made everyone nervous. Especially those... ah. The guys in charge around here...