[Audio] Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in Liege's temple.

[my_own_trope]

[Guess who just woke up from his 3-month coma? Furthermore, guess whose body managed to finagle itself out of prison where it was seen last?
If you guessed this sleeping beauty, you're at least not wrong. Sorry about that, Haven, this asshole is back.
Don't worry, there was plenty of screaming involved; both upon waking, and then directed at nearby furniture and the sky in general.]

[The Audio opens with Starscream sounding like he's just run a marathon.]

Someone tell me what blasted day it is!


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[Locked to TFP Megatron]

My Lord...?

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[Locked to TFP Shockwave]

Do you still live?

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[Locked to TFP Knock Out]

I think it's about time we had a talk. [And now he sounds mad]

Comments

[my_own_trope]

An action born of necessity! Nothing more!
Do you think that farce was pleasant? The one they call Arcee nearly deactivated me, and while I was a prisoner no less!

Besides, I had hoped someone would notice the lack of a commanding seeker among Autobot ranks during the, oh I don't know, any number of occasions you were both exchanging fire!

[He'd hoped Megatron had noticed. Sometime he likes to pretend the boss did.]

[redshirtrobot]

Of course everyone noticed you weren't there. That doesn't change that you left and never came back to the ship. Except to steal from us.
So which part of the farce was stealing energon from Lord Megatron's very ship supposed to be?

[He doesn't believe you man. Not at all.]

[my_own_trope]

[Answering any of those points leaves Starscream's neuroses a little too open to be picked over. Instead the only thing he blurts out is a resentful pout:]

Didn't seem like anyone missed me.

[#awkward]

[redshirtrobot]

That's because you lie to the other officers and abuse your subordinates.

[Let's make it more awkward shall we?]

[my_own_trope]

[You can almost hear his eyes rolling]

It's like people are somehow surprised they're Decepticons.

[Was he supposed to feel bad about that?]

[redshirtrobot]

It's like you think everyone will forgive you being a complete jerk because of our faction.

Even Megatron knew you can only abuse your subordinates so much before they all abandon you.

[my_own_trope]

Have you met your warlord?








Lord Megatron is a lot of things, certainly, but you'd be a fool to mistake him as overly sweet.

[redshirtrobot]

Yes, I have.





He's also only thrown one soldier off the ship in recent history, and killed one officer.

How many soldiers had you destroyed personally in the last few months?

[my_own_trope]

Is this some sort of competition now?

[redshirtrobot]

Yeah. The "which officer depletes resources the least" competition.

I'm afraid you're losing.