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[VIDEO | Vector Prime's temple]

[What a surprise: Sentinel’s angry. The acolytes are pottering around in the background of the video, having been shouted at and told to frag off. Clearly, any information they had to offer had fallen on, ah, deaf audios.]

Ugh, is there anyone around here who isn’t a useless maintenance drone? These things are swarming all over the place and I haven’t been able to get a straight answer out of any of them!

I’m a Prime; we’re supposed to get better treatment than this!

[He scowls into the camera.]

Anyway, any Autobots in the immediate vicinity report directly to me. I want to know what’s going on and, uh, where I am.

[This is about as polite as you’re going to get from him.]

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[DEAD? He can barely stand being off planet longer than a few years, but never being able to return? That's not something he'd ever be able to get used to.]

I-

[He cuts himself off. All he's known is a living Cybertron, and can't even comprehend what it would be like to lose that. What could he even say to Bulkhead? He's never been one for comforting bots at the best of times, and he assumed this to be somewhat of a sore subject.

The pause was starting to get extremely awkward. He'd have to say something.]

How'd you kill it?

[Nailed it. Probably.]

[He watches the expressions as he waits. He glances away from the screen.]

Our Megatron killed it, poisoned the core. Made it unlivable.

Our universes' Decepticons were exiled from Cybertron after they lost the Great War.

I, uh. Guess not every universe was fortunate enough to have that outcome.

[Wow. This is really awkward for him. Guess who regrets asking!]

After the war? Ours hasn't even ended. They followed us ta Earth, where it's still goin' on.

Uh, but congrats on wars end in your world? [He's trying at least?]

[Sentinel has never known war. Hell, he's only seen a real live Decepticon like ... twice.

He has, however, read up on the history of the war as per studying in the Academy, and had been dragged to various exhibitions on Cybertron by Optimus when they were still friends. Due to this, while he won't truly be able to empathise with Bulkhead because of the difference in how they experienced the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons in their own universes, he is still painfully aware of the horrors such a war could bring. *coughOilslickcough*]

Megatron was never actually killed, so Decepticons still participate in small uprisings along the edges of Autobot space. By the time I got pulled through the tear, they were getting a lot more co-ordinated.

[It's n-not like I'm worried about my friends or anything, b-baka.]

We only won because of the Omega Project. But ... it was highly secretive; I was sparked after the war and was- ... am part of Ultra Magnus's inner circle [I'M A BIG DEAL, BULKHEAD. RESPECT MEEEEE] and I don't even know what actually happened. Just the result.

But, we won. That's all that matters.

Edited (missed out a load of stuff i meant to add goddamnit) 2013-06-24 00:15 (UTC)

Huh...our Megatron's still alive too, though he lets his men do most scrap for him.

[No, of course not. Why would you worry about them.]

Yer lucky. I was forged before the war, saw what the war did to the planet...our species. [Some memories more unpleasant than others. Don't get him started on scraplets. Or Tox-en.

Nope, sorry. You lost his respect with being a jerk and back talking your Optimus. You're going to have to earn it back.]

Yeah, good ta know that at least in one universe, we won and Cybertron's alive.

Same for ours, lazy slagger.

In fact, I don't think Ultra Magnus and Megatron even saw each other face to face, during the war.

[Surely that makes UM a lazy slagger as well, Sentinel? Someone needs to think these things through more, methinks.]

Before? Jeez, how old are you? [Priorities!]

I mean, uh. I'd never really thought about it before but I guess I am incredibly fortunate.

I'm ... sorry it didn't work out for you.

[Ouch. That was hard.]

Well, not completely lazy, I've encountered him on the field before. Him and Optimus have fought before.

[Man, you have lazy leaders.]

Heh, I lost count centuries ago. But I'm at least a few millinea old, and still relatively young. [Oh right, priorities.]

Eh, it's fine. We ain't gonna give up till the cons are down once and for all.

Edited 2013-06-25 17:06 (UTC)

[He's never met or seen the Megatron of his universe, and he still doesn't believe that OP fought him, despite seeing Starscream that one time.]

A lot of our issues are political now. Megatron spreads propaganda that Autobots are oppressive totalitarian monsters who forced the Decepticons off-planet for speaking out against the government. Unfortunately, he conveniently misses out that the thing the Decepticons wanted was a totalitarian leadership with Megatron at the head, instead of Ultra Magnus.

All that and besides, as Autobots we're programmed to uphold and protect the value of life. The Decepticons just want to crush everything that gets in their way. Megatron got his transistors in a twist because instead of destroying everything that made contact with us to establish Cybertronian superiority, the Magnus would attempt to forge alliances to expand Autobot space. Even with nasty organic races.

[Ever so slight squinty opic glare at him when he mentions his age. Sentinel seems to have a bit of ageism going as well as racism. What a stellar guy.]

Same problem in our universe. As long as there's a Decepticon alive, their ideals will cling to them, and no matter what it's always trouble for us. I just ... hope it's not getting too bad back home. The War has been threatening to reignite for a while now and like I said, their attacks on our space bridges and colonies were getting a lot more co-ordinated ...

[He trails off. There's a lot of doubt in his mind whether Ultra Magnus could even deal pun intended with another war, and now that he knows alternate Cybertrons were destroyed by the conflict, that's only exacerbated. Naturally, he believes that he should be the one there to lead the Autobots to victory against the Decepticons.]

Edited (forgot to add stuff AGAIN omg i should start writing plans for these huge replies) 2013-06-25 18:12 (UTC)

[Pfff, he's lucky.]

I ain't inta the whole political thing, but sounds like somethin' ours would do too.But for us, bots and cons didn't exist before the war., we were just Cybertronians, only thing that mattered was what caste we were in and what work we did.

[Hey hey, respect your elders boy.]

I dunno, hopefully not. Been told time psses differently here then there. Like it's stopped back home

[Aw, thanks Bulk. For letting him puke all his worries onto you! Not that he really expected some comfort or cared about how it might bother you, he just has a lot running through his mind, ok.]

[Slight grin.] Yeah, you don't look like you are. Uh, no offence or anything. It's just kinda obvious from your ... [Gestures to you.] build.

You're similar to the Bulkhead of our universe, heh. [Not so subtle changing of the topic. Again, no offence but he doesn't really ... believe ... you.]

[He does, however, remember something Optimus told him when they'd been questioning them about the 'Decepticon attack'.]

Wait. Our Bulkhead is a space bridge expert. Would that, by any chance, be another universal constant? Say yes say yes say yes say yes

That's cause I was forged ta be a laborer, construction worker, before the war.

Uh, you from that Sari's world? Blurr's?

[That last bit makes him blink in surprise, and then heartily laugh.]

Space bridge expert?! Heh, I ain't smart enough ta build one of them.

They're from my world, yes.

[DEEEP SIIIIGH] Thought so.

Huh, neat.

Sorry to disappoint.]

Spacebridges have been mostly lost on my world. Only one I know of belongs ta the cons.

We still have our whole Nexus running. It's another reason why we won the war and we never let the 'Cons get their servos on the technology.

[Let's not mention how Shockwave is a double agent and running the Nexus!]

Edited 2013-06-29 03:47 (UTC)

Hey, space bridge stuff for us was lost for megacycles, till Shockwave evidently found a way ta engineer it.

Not that we got the Energon ta make or run one ourselves.

Right, right. Shockwave. He's top of the wanted list, riiiiiight under Megatron.

No Energon? Pf, where are you, stranded on Earth?

[AHAHAHAHA ... wait.]

Yeah, only ours is dead, he was last seen by a couple of my teammates in a ground bridge that was exploding.

....yeah, actually. We are. Energon's limited, and ta top it off Megatron's got control of most of the mines.

[WHY IS THAT FUNNY.]

If only that was the case for ours as well...

Oh. Well. [Ahem.] I guess that's also a universal constant. Stupid dirt planet why's it gotta be so important.

Wait. Energon mines? On Earth??

[He didn't mean it. But, plot twist, 5 bots on Earth is a norm!]

Edited 2013-06-29 05:19 (UTC)

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