Audio -> Video Transmission : Megatronus's Temple

[cpt_timeruiner]

Hello? Is this thing on? How do I... oh.

[Suddenly the video pops on, to a view of a man with short dark hair in a dark grey trench coat and white shirt. He adjusts his clothing slightly and straightens up.]

This is Captain Nathaniel Renko, Spartan platoon of the Titan Corps of North America. Though I'm guessing there's no one here that knows of either of those... [Or he wouldn't be using his real name. But who knows, maybe there's someone around here that remembers Spartan-21 or Titan-1 Actual, or heavens forbid, his name. Without understanding the former connotations of his name in his timeline, hopefully.]

So I've heard that I was dropped through some kind of rift and I'm on another planet. And apparently there are sentient giant robots. Which I guess makes my next question... what's it like where you're from originally?

[If he seems less bothered about the whole "temporal-spacial displacement" thing than others might be, it's because he is. For you, this might be life-changing and incredibly traumatizing, but for him it is Tuesday.]

Comments

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Exactly. [Wow someone who agrees with him. This is kind of weird.]

Still, a mech can manage to make his own fun.

[video]

[cpt_timeruiner]

[It's probably a bad thing that Renko and Whirl can agree on something. Which one it's worse for is probably debatable.]

I don't doubt it. Especially with all those materials in the - Junk Pile, is it? Can't be too hard to find stuff to make into more interesting stuff.

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Hey I didn't name it. [Sheesh.]

Eh I need inspiration to do my best work.

[video]

[cpt_timeruiner]

Well it's an extremely descriptive name, I'll give it that. [There's no doubting what it is with that name.]

Inspiration, huh? Dare I ask what kind?

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

What? You think you can do one better? I'm sue your kind's just chock full of poetic nomen-fraggin'-clature.

[Whirl shrugs.] Depends. Why? You got an idea?

[video]

[cpt_timeruiner]

I don't usually name things that already have names. Otherwise I'd probably call you Bob. [Not that he knows your name.]

Not off the top of my head. I just got here.

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Bob is Sunstreaker's fraggin' Insecticon.

[IRATE HUFF.]

[Snort.] Sorry, didn't know your kind was so slow to get settled.

[video]

[cpt_timeruiner]

I don't know a Sunstreaker, and I don't know an Insecticon from a Cybertronian. And since I also don't know your name, I guess for now I just have to call you Bob.

[He raises his eyebrows.]

So your kind get settled two hours after falling out of the sky on an unknown world?

[Yeah he doesn't believe that at all.]

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Guess I'll just have to call you Stupidface, then.

[Duhyeah.]

After two hours we've normally kicked the place over and set it on fire.

[video]

[cpt_timeruiner]

Guess I'll shut off this fancy communicator every time you try.

Thank God I don't do that, then. There's not much point to it.