knowhere | 001 ✘ Voice

For all that we are 'chosen hosts' of these 'Infinity Gems,' our gracious host seems to dole out more requests than give a proper explanation first.

[ Megatron here simply doesn't like being left in the dark. there are more answers out there and he likes to be properly informed so he can actually access the situation and come up with a solution that's more agreeable for him ( and now apparently those he feels somewhat responsible for ). ]

What I am interested in, for the moment, is the sort of individuals [ YEAH, OKAY SO HE STILL HAS A LITTLE PROBLEM DEALING WITH ORGANICS, ALL RIGHT ] that I will be working with until this is all sorted. [ yeah, that's... that's about as much of a 'hello, who are you' that he can muster. ] Talents and skills, more specifically.

Drift, when you have a moment, I would like to speak with you. For other Cybertronians like myself, I would ask that if you are a crew member of the Lost Light, to get with me as soon as possible.

[ there's a pause, as if he is thinking about saying something... but then he does. ]

Oh, and Starscream. It would be a real pity if you decide to revisit one of your favorite pastimes. [ ha ha no it wouldn't. he'd love to tear your spark casing out if things got out of hand. maybe he'd even mount it on the wall for all to see. ...probably not. ]

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[ totally catches that. pretends he doesn't. ]

Information, what else?

[la la la totally good with pretending to be on the same page about pretending.]

Of what sort?

[He doubts you want to know that his RPMs were a little high this morning and that his holistic energies are unbalanced by a foreign object.]

[ keep your drippy hippy stuff - or however that goes - to yourself. nobody cares about your spiritualism here 8V ]

On what happened at the Observation Deck?

[ DID YOU REALLY NOT EXPECT HIM TO DRILL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE???? ]

[That's it. Next time they're together he's going to ~~come at you~~ try some gentle persuasion with his aura and see if that makes you less cranky.]

Uh. Yes. That.

[Drift's going to leave out the gloriously embarrassing parts m'kay?]

There was another host of aliens there. Wispy things, could avoid any attack. Except that it seemed that the more of us that attacked at once the harder it was for them to do it. They only have one physical vulnerability, in the chest.

[And thus it was like playing whack-a-mole with air elementals.]

[ just give him Rodimus. that will FOR SURE brighten up his day. ]

Precognition, perhaps. [ it's not uncommon, anyway. ] Do you have any idea what they were after there?

[ the Observation Deck seems like an odd area to want control over. ]

[Patience! He's still giving the most relevant part of his report.]

Yeah. That's what someone called it. It's as if they knew when and where we going to attack. [He shakes his helm with a frown.] No idea. It's big open, empty space.

Unless....a big open space was what they needed...?

[ might not be able to see this or hear it, but Megatron is thinking. Drift is likely familiar with the silence. ]

Perhaps we should find a way to ask our new 'friends.'

[Familiar yes. He can almost imagine Megatron's face even.]

Do you think they'd be forth-coming with that information?

Personally I'd like to hope so. They dragged us here after all. How can we help if we don't know what's going on?

If I must be convincing, I will.

[ Drift should know what he means by that. ]

Granted, I'd like to believe that they are not completely stupid now that they have been captured. They have nothing to lose by sharing information with us.

[Megatron can't see the cringe of sympathy but it's there; Drift knows exactly what that's like. He knows Megatron doesn't even need to get physical, his words are far more dangerous.]

If they do, there's gotta be a compelling reason to. Which...makes me want to know what that'd be even more.

[He frowns, liking this less and less. Being dragged into a different universe is one thing, but also dragged into someone else's conflict is doubly worse. He needs to get a sense of both sides to know if he's fighting for the right one.]

I don't know who to trust here.

[If anyone but his own kind.]

[ only making a sound of agreement here. Megatron is in the same boat as well. the question of who to trust is... high on his list of priorities. ]

Neither do I, really.

[ ha ha. paranoid much, huh? ]

Well. I do know one can't be trusted.

[It's far from a comfortable feeling.]

Who's that?

Starscream.

[BUH.]

He's here?

Yes. [ and it fills him with dark joy - to a degree. ] A different one than the present ruler over Iacon...

A scientist.

A different on--

[WHOA HOLD UP]

Ruler of IACON?!

Ah. I suppose you couldn't have known... The people voted him in. How fair it was, I cannot say.

[............]

You mean like....

There was a consensus?

Of people.

Numbering more than the fingers on my two hands?

My guess is that he won over the Unaligned. He always did have a good handle on politics.

Unaligned?

Neutrals, you mean?

[Excuse him while he sits here and has a moment of silence for everyone back home. Things must be rough, if they picked Starscream.]

Must have been well played.

Neutrals, yes. I think I might have heard someone call them a different term, but same thing really.

...Starscream might have learned the game too well.

From the Circle? Or....?

[Yeah, there's hope in his optics Megatron, hope that there's no 'Or' and that the Circle is safe.]

He's a survivor like we are. He just uses different tools.

Maybe some are. It's not as though I was permitted to socialize.

Ahhh-ha. Right.

[Of course not. That's just one more reason to try and get home.]

I just hope some of them are okay. For Wing's sake.

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