re_alignment | [Video]

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tf: g1 | thundercracker

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[Have a scowling Seeker staring into the camera, red optics darkened. Those familiar with the area will be able to recognize Alpha Trion's domain behind him.]

This is Thundercracker, checking in.

Megatron? Starscream? . . . Skywarp?

If there are any Decepticons on this Primus-forsaken rock, respond.

[Anyone familiar with Seeker body language might note . . . the high hitch of his wings belies the scowl and steady tone of his voice - he's just a little more freaked out by all this - which he's hoping is nothing more than a stasis-glitch or something - than he's letting on.]

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There was some kind of drone in a robe, if that's what you mean. Spouted some slag about a temporal-spacial rift, prehistoric Cybertron, first . . . what'd it call them? Forged. Firstforged. [His tone is dismissive, as the only part of this he believes is the rift. Kind of hard to dismiss THAT, since it's glowing right above him.]

Mine is supposedly Alpha Trion, which I know is slag because he's just an Autobot . . . or sympathetic Neutral. [He's never been quite sure, nor does he really care.]

What the Pit is really going on?

Most of that's true. Sorry, dude, but you slid through a temporal-spacial rift an' yer stuck here like the rest of us. First thing you gotta understand is that there are multiple versions of dudes you might know, names that you've heard. Like me; I'm totally not the Soundwave of yer world, but it is my name and I am a Decepticon.

Alpha Trion here doesn't go by an alignment. He's a Firstforged, my mech.

Wait, so you're . . . you're talking whole different realities?

[He's a soldier, not a scientist, slaggit. Science-y stuff is more Starscream's realm. Where is Stars when he actually needs him?]

And that would explain why even your brand is the wrong- . . . is a different color, right?

And what . . . exactly . . . is a Firstforged?

[He hears that. But he tries not to flinch at "wrong", because he's a little tired of being told he's not normal.]

S'pose it does.

Uhh, supposedly one of the first Cybertronians made from "Primus"? Yeah, I dunno how much I buy into that.

[Definitely not normal. But the Seeker's not stupid - he realizes he needs allies, and fast. So he's not trying to antagonize the mech, even if he slips.]

[The last, however, gets a scowl from him, the reply almost automatic.]

Primus doesn't exist.

[If he did, the war would have been won EONS ago and their world would have been restored by now.]

[He huffs, letting that go for now.]

Whatever. So . . . what now? And where's Megatron? I've heard he's here, I've heard he's not, I've heard he's a giant with a similar name, and that he's some fragging Optimus-teacher-type.

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Yeah, that's what I say, but then people get all offended an' Cliffy gets all--

[He snorts at the way Thundercracker talks about Megatron.]

Don't talk about 'im like that. Megatron's here. But he ain't yours, so I guess you don't gotta worry about that.

["His" Megatron isn't here. Is that a fleeting glimpse of relief in his optics? ...no, and if he's asked, he'll deny it. Interesting that he seems to have offended this mech, though. It hadn't been his intention, but it's informative all the same. What it tells him, he's not sure yet. He nods nonchalantly.]

Fair enough. Again . . . what now? These Firstforged . . . [He rubs at the new mark on his left shoulder.] I feel like I've been claimed somehow. Do these creatures think they own us? That we should owe them some kind of allegiance? Or . . . servitude?

[He got the part about everyone helping to prepare the planet, everyone working for these Firstforged. He really doesn't like the sound of that.]

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[He does sort of pause at Thundercracker's relief, but. No, today, he won't press.]

Mm, I don't know. They haven't bossed us around much at all. I think they're more like guides, an' I'm not too sure what the glyphs mean yet. Honestly, they've just been kinda helpful.

...the glyphs?

[Sorry...this is a LOT to process. But the next instant, he realizes he must have parsed that wrong. He shakes his head.]

The Firstforged. How so? They're actually approachable, then?

Y'know, the mark on yer arm.

Sure. I talk to Nexus Prime a ton. He's been real nice. I dunno what Alpha Trion's like, though.

Should I try to talk to Alpha Trion, then, do you suppose?

[He hesitates a long moment . . . but what does he have to lose? He's not been without direction for so long, he's feeling...kind of lost.]

Do the Decepticons have any kind of coherent presence here, or . . . are we just on our own?

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