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[sword_redemption]

[There was Theophany, and fighting the Galactic Council troops. And then he heard Rodimus say something over comm, and there was a blinding flash. And now he was here, alone, standing in what looked like a courtyard, still half braced for combat. But Cyclonus wasn't next to him. No one was. Even the snow itself seemed undisturbed, a thick blanket of white, crunching under his feet. ]

[He reached for his communicube, stowing one of his twin blades, coming up instead with...a book? He'd seen them on Earth, of course, but, well, not on Theophany. And not in his own storage.]

[He flips through it, talking to himself.]

...must be the Metrotitan. All the old stories say they could teleport. Maybe he went after the others. To find the Knights of Cybertron.


But....[He looks up around the walls of the Cair rising around the courtyard.] Where is everyone else?

Comments

[sword_redemption]

I. Uh...sure?

[No one's actually wanted to see it before. Weird.]

[originalcopy]

[Nothing like a crazy sci-fi robot to look out of place in front of a snowy castle. At least Church looks vaguely knight-like in his armor.]

So, let's see this trick of yours.

[Because really, who else would it be?]

[sword_redemption]

[Hey, Drift's got swords. He's got this knight thing down.]

It's not a trick so much as, you know, what we do?

[He shoots the blue, uh, robot? Whatever? a look. Because he's transformed thousands of times but never, you know, with a deliberate audience. It feels....weird. ]

[But he's done weirder. Here goes nothing. Human-sized robot transforming to tiny car.]

[originalcopy]

[Whatever, sniper rifle trumps sword any day.]

Uh... what are you supposed to be a kiddy car?
A mongoose is bigger than you are.

[Ok, so the transformation was cool looking and all, but seriously. So tiny.]

[sword_redemption]

[It's a macho angsty weeaboo thing. You wouldn't understand.]

I'm bigger than a mongoose. [After he looks up what that is. He manages to sound hurt. ]

[originalcopy]

Pft... not by much.

[He's (mostly) kidding... sheesh, sensitive for a robot isn't he.]

So, what's the point of turning into a car anyway?
You a taxi in your spare time?

[sword_redemption]

[He's a sensitive robot, okay? ]

It's better than some, at least. At least I can move. [Rewind turns into a memory stick, for Primus' sake.] No one was really small enough to fit.

[originalcopy]

[He's cool with that. At least he's not like Andy, that asshole bomb.]

Why would you turn into something that can't move?

Do you get to pick what you turn into? Or is it like a factory setting?

[sword_redemption]

Because there's some use for it, I guess. I mean, microscopes and such.

[Hey, what do you turn into, blue guy who's so judgmental? Huh? HUH?]

No. There's no choice. Unless you went to relinquishment clinics and rented something else.

[originalcopy]

Why not just... you know, build a microscope?

[He turns into a giant judgmental, bitter asshole... wanna' see? Actually, he's genuinely curious. His original robot body is pretty boring in comparison.]

[sword_redemption]

....

[That's...a damn good question.]

I don't know. Maybe they're bigger? Or smarter? Or something? We didn't have a lot of those when I was in the Decepticons.

[originalcopy]

Decepticon... is that like your unit or team or something?

[sword_redemption]

Faction. Sides in the war. You know.

[He's not really comfortable about this. You know, a few million years as the bad guy? Hard to live down.]

[originalcopy]

[Church doesn't really do the Good guys vs. Bad guys thing. Just assholes who are trying to kill you and assholes you're not allowed to kill yourself. (and those assholes who aren't on either side)]

Yeah, I have an idea.

[sword_redemption]

...you too?

[originalcopy]

Well yeah, I didn't get this armor just for it's looks.

I'm a soldier. Or I was a soldier before I came here.
[He shrugs]