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[cyclogical]

Who: Shockwave & whoever else is on the Deceptiship
Where: Megatron's (formerly) flying bachelor pad
When: May 20th
What: every Decepticon's favorite evil scientist pays a visit
Warnings: Don't think so!

Option A

The sun was just barely bouncing light into the sky when the familiar green-white of a space bridge portal breaks the air of Megatron's command deck. The portal illuminates the nearby area as it pulses and circulates for a good five to ten minutes before the silhouetted shape of Shockwave breaks through and enters the deck itself, bridge control remote in hand.

When he answered Megatron's summons for reinforcements, he was expecting a ship bustling with a little more activity than virtually none at all. As the bridge portal closed behind him, he quickly came to realize he was standing on the remains of only a partially functional ship. One that didn't have enough juice to call back a return portal. Ah.

That would have been nice to include in the report before he arrived. He would have brought his favorite predacon bone to keep him company.

Option B

Past introductions, it didn't take long for Shockwave to find a room and a terminal to attach himself to. This one just happened to be in the medbay (thanks Knockout.). For the time being, anyway.

He was going to run diagnostics on the different areas of the ship to properly acclimate himself and see what data has been collected in his absence. On the ship, on their recent activities, and on the planet he now found himself on. One he'd have to reluctantly call home until he could call for another Bridge back to Cybertron.

Comments

B

[nitrodamus]

He came in there expecting Knock Out, but then there was this motherfucker. Sollux squints at this new robot from across the room, hovering in the doorway in a purple aura of psionic energy. He's not sure what the protocol is here, but...

"...Whoa, who the hell are you?" he blurts out, tiny in comparison to the Cybertronian building scale. "Probably new. You're new, right?"

Something about this robot's head upsets Sollux's sensibilities in a way he only subconsciously understands.

B

[buffthis]

Knock Out's just returning to the medibay with a fresh stock of energon cubes and half a mind to spend an afternoon with the rotary buffer when he stops dead at the doorway. He knows there's someone in the medibay before he even sets foot inside, and it's not Breakdown -- he's just seen him elsewhere on the ship. He stares at the other bot in the room, optics quickly narrowing to slits. Whoever they are, they must be some kind of new arrival, and they've already put themselves on Knock Out's bad side. He doesn't like strangers rifling around in his space.

When he steps into the room, his voice is haughty and cold, slick as ice. "You've got about thirty seconds to identify yourself and tell me what the hell you think you're doing in my medibay."

A

[bigfuckinggun]

Megatron is waiting when Shockwave steps out of the space bridge, hands clasped behind his back and Starscream at his shoulder.

"Shockwave." He looks something approximating pleased for once, although not without reservations. "Your swift response is appreciated. As you can see, our operation here is in need of... an extra hand or two."