[Video] [Transmission originating from: Somewhere in the Junkpile]

[aerospacecommander]

Greetings.

For those who have the misfortune of not knowing who I am -- my name is Commander Starscream.

All Decepticons will report to me as I am rightfully your leader.

Any Autobots who wish to jump ship from the losing side are also welcome to my brigade.

Everyone else -- well, lets just hope you come to your senses in good time.

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Re: [Audio]

[not_halfbaked]

So you're the one who knows Slipstream? The Air Commander she was looking for?

[Audio until said otherwise]

[my_own_trope]

If she was looking for Air Commander Starscream, then let me inform you, human, that you have the distinct honour of currently speaking to him. Right now.

Re: [Audio until said otherwise]

[not_halfbaked]

Oh, well, an honor to meet you, Sir. [Though her voice is a little baffled, if trying to be polite and formal. She gives a formal bow too--then freezes after it, wondering if the Air Commander can even see it. She can't see him.]

My name's Korra.

Hmmm...it doesn't sound like you know Slipstream. Or do you?

[my_own_trope]

[Is that... respect...???? from a human???????? Feels good, man]

[The next thing he says, sounds amused.]

No, no, you may bow. Go ahead.

[not_halfbaked]

Um... [Korra's not quite sure what to do with that. Where Cybertronians super formal or something? Crap, what was there etiquette? She'd never paid much mind to etiquette before, but maybe she should with giant robots--not that she could see this Starscream, but surely he was huge.] ...okay....

[Korra bows a little deeper, then straightens back up.]

So, Air Commander...do you have any of your unit here or something?

[my_own_trope]

Very nice.

[He could get used to that.]

Regrettably, my army is where I left it last and currently out of my reach. It did not come with me.

I am however, always looking for new recruits.

[not_halfbaked]

Oh, uh, thanks?

A whole army? Wow, I didn't think...but that makes sense, 'Commander,' Commander Bumi back home practically has an entire army.... [Korra realizes she's rambling, and stops.]

Well, good luck with that. [Korra gives a lopsided smile. Then realizes something.]

Oh, hey, Air Commander--so you fly, right? How does that work? Do you use airships?

[OOC: ...Was that the beginnings of an invitation? XD]

[my_own_trope]

Hardly. I am the 'airship.' Furthermore, I'm the most glorious one you'll ever meet.

Your 'Bumi's' army would have nothing on my soldiers and I very much doubt the entire fleet could handle me. Even all on my lonesome~.

[OOC| Who knows with Starscream? He likes to leave himself ambiguous wiggle room with his statements when he can. If she'd been a robot, hell yes, Uncle Samscream wants YOU. As it is, he's just desperate playing the field and seeing where things take him.]

[not_halfbaked]

[Korra remembers Drift.] So you transform too--all of your people can do that?

[my_own_trope]

[Ouch]


...






Of course we can.

[not_halfbaked]

I thought so. Drift said there were some that gave up their transformation powers--something to do with getting rid of their T-whatchamcallit, I dunno--but that sounded really weird. Who'd give up something like that, especially if they were born with it?

[OOC: Seriously, Korra and Drift had a conversation like this in another thread. Drift was saying there were Cybertronians who gave up their T-Cogs. And Korra's just being oblivious to 'Scream's current issue here.]

[my_own_trope]

[YOU ARE TWISTING THE KNIFE, WOMAN]




[...]





A Tcog. They'd have lost their Tcog.
[Is it just you, or does he sound kind of ... bitter?]





[...]




And no one would willing give theirs up unless they were suffering from acute mental degradation.
[Nope, It's not just you. That is definitely a bitter robot.]




[...]



I can only imagine it would be an acutely horrible experience.



[OOC| Stasrcream didn't give his up. HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY HUMANS TO CANDY MOUNTAIN AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND IT WAS WORSE THAN A TRIP TO THE DENTIST!!]

[not_halfbaked]

[Korra registers the bitterness. She's half concerned, half confused.]

...Did a friend of yours lose his T-Cog?

It doesn't sound good--it sounds like losing your bending!

...Um, bending being what I have, what I was born with. Sorta like my T-Cog, but it doesn't make me transform into different things. [It probably could make me fly, but that's a different story.] Just have control over the elements.

[1/2]

[my_own_trope]

Er... yes. Someone very ... close to me lost theirs. [And when we say 'close' we mean: genetically identical]

[Private Audio 2/2]

[my_own_trope]

[His voice takes on a tragic quality]
It was a sad, wretched existence for him to be sure. And every pain he endured, I couldn't help but feel myself.

[A melodramatic sigh]
I've since lost contact with him. I fear the burden of living without his Tcog simply became too much.

[He waits for what he hopes is a good amount of minutes for the sheer tragedy of the story to sink in, before he asks tentatively, maybe even like someone depressed who needs their mind taken off things:]

Bending the elements? What is that?

Re: [Private Audio 2/2]

[not_halfbaked]

[Korra jumps at the chance to change the topic. That was depressing...sorta reminded her of Tahno, though they were never friends....]

Something like this--

[Korra lights up a fire in her hand, makes it turn into a dragon, then light up blue, mini-practice for Gunmax's planned festival.]

--that was controlling fire, or firebending; and this--

[Korra gestures, bending off the dirt band and warping it into different shapes in mid-air before her face. Then she warps it back into a band around her arm.]

--that's earthbending. I can do the same with water.

...And I'm supposed to do the same with air, but that's never happened. [Korra's maybe sorta hoping this can start some kind of conversation with air and flying with this guy.]

[my_own_trope]

I was not aware that humans were capable of such feats.

[OOC: LOL, Starscream's surprise icon.]

[not_halfbaked]

I think my world's different from yours--there, it's a normal thing.

[my_own_trope]

And are there many of your type of humans here?

[not_halfbaked]

I've never done an exact headcount, but yeah, there's a lot of us benders back home.

[my_own_trope]

And which quadrant do you and yours call home?

[not_halfbaked]

Sorry, don't really know what you mean by 'quadrant.'

But I'm from an Earth. Its major nations are the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, with Republic City being super key.

We've never gone into the stars, something that I think is more common for you and other people here, if I've been overhearing the right stuff.

[my_own_trope]

Quadrant. Each of the so-called 'First Forged' seem to have their own. Have you met one yet? They're relatively hard to miss, being gargantuan and all. Apparently they're taking us poor wayward souls under their wing. To whom do you belong.

Or have you fallen between the cracks?

[not_halfbaked]

Oh, so that's what you meant--

I've got the Glyph of Megatronus Prime. What about you?

[my_own_trope]

What? Megatronus--! He's taking humans now? [He sounds indignant, but after a cough, his voice returns back to 'normal']

What about the rest of your band? Are they aligned with Megatron -nus as well? Or are you all scattered about?