[after working out he's now... well, not on the ship, but certainly around it sometimes, megatron makes a point of seeking astrotrain out before the jump to etis.
manoeuvring in space is easy enough with the new flight capability of his altmode, even in root form, he finds. too bad he can't really enjoy it, as he knows this conversation is going to be deeply unpleasant.]
Hello, Astrotrain, [he says blandly. remember when you ran away from helping with anything, you gigantic turd?]
[he considers leaving again or portalling megatron away himself, but... ah, that won't really be a proper solution. astrotrain lazily looks around, tilting his head at megatron.]
We're both ghosts now, huh? [he rumbles, a cadence of thoughtfulness that's usually not found in his tone echoing in the comms.]
Don't be ridiculous. This isn't the space between the AllSpark and the Pit. [.......he thinks.] I simply want to... corroborate some information.
[megatron falls silent for a moment, looking over the giant decepticon before him. he hadn't known astotrain had fallen, too, and there's no outward signs of how it might've happened.]
Optimus tells me the Other One was defeated. Did you live to see his deactivation?
[ It was definitely not a coincidence that this request had been made over text, so Astrotrain can't see the way that Nightwave absolutely wilts, even if it was the answer he'd sort of expected. ]
[ Do you even HAVE a room? Better if you have one do you even go there? Creative problems need creative solutions and Skywarp's not one to back down from a challenge. So one evening when you are resting a tiny plastic human baby is placed in your cockpit and left. ]
[next time skywarp is on the ship himself, doing whatever he does, a purple portal opens next to him and the little baby comes flying out at near supersonic speeds.
it probably misses, but hitting a target isn't the point.]
[oh he knows EXACTLY who did this shit. instead of doing what he did with the vexing plastique l'enfants and launching them directly at skywarp, he now knows a better place to strike.
next time he's in the no place, there's a couple barrels of horrible chalky heart candy waiting for him. floating gently, spreading the mess. it's almost like they weren't placed or secured with consideration for how the millions of hearts would go everywhere!]
[ Recently Bass requested some important information. Who... is the strongest Cybertronian on this ship. He received a hot tip that it was 'Shockwave' but also 'not the Senator one'. There were a few thoughts that went through his processor. One... it was really dumb that there were two people here with the SAME NAME. It must get confusing! Two, while he does (surprisingly) know what a Senator is, he has no idea what a Senator looks like. Do they wear signs? Bass guesses probably not.
This leads him to one conclusion: He has to fight BOTH of them to make sure he's actually fighting the strong one.
This leads him to a second conclusion: He has no idea where Shockwave lives. He could ask for direction, ask if anyone knows... but that begs the question... If they know how strong Bass is will they even tell the truth?
There is now one solution: He has to canvas the ship himself and check every inhabited room he comes across.
So there's the backstory. And that's why Bass, armored up in his winged Treble armor (being able to fly covers ground quicker!) is pounding aggressively at your door.
[Octane has spent a while on the R2, and tragically, he has yet to get anyone on board to do grunt work for him. So he has to mine fuel out of asteroids all on his own. It's a grueling work, (which is why he'd rather hire a few grunts), yet he has to do it to keep his fuel stores up.]
[The only silver lining to his predicament is that on his trips outside, he's spotted Astrotrain floating by the ship a few times. Come to think of it, he really should hang out more with his new big buddy.]
[Octane makes sure to gather up his convention purchases and swipe some standard-grade energon cubes from the cafeteria when he next heads out. This time, instead of landing on an asteroid, he makes a beeline to Astrotrain and taps on one of his hatches.]
Hey, big guy. I got some cool new stuff to show you. Why don't you open up?
[after long pause, his door opens with a whoosh. astrotrain must've been somewhere with atmosphere recently, as a whole load of air and some dust flies out as he loses compression.]
Okay.
[he shifts all the seating in his cabin out the way so octane has space to do whatever it is he's going to do, which is shockingly polite for his standards. it makes him miss dead end, which also makes him mad, so not too polite. one of the chairs slams into octane's knees before it slides to the side. predictably as someone created and socialised by a megatron, astrotrain's reaction to strong emotion is to lash out, but this time it doesn't last long.
a hologram of his head pops up on the console, and he watches octane with a squint.]
[ Skywarp recently saw a certain post on the network and thought... wow. I should reward these dedicated bots. His reward involves affixing a large sticker on the outside of his shuttle alt. Look at this good deed he's done! He'll be on the list himself in no time at all. ]
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Date: 2021-11-22 05:06 pm (UTC)manoeuvring in space is easy enough with the new flight capability of his altmode, even in root form, he finds. too bad he can't really enjoy it, as he knows this conversation is going to be deeply unpleasant.]
Hello, Astrotrain, [he says blandly. remember when you ran away from helping with anything, you gigantic turd?]
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Date: 2021-11-23 02:38 pm (UTC)We're both ghosts now, huh? [he rumbles, a cadence of thoughtfulness that's usually not found in his tone echoing in the comms.]
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Date: 2021-11-23 03:03 pm (UTC)[megatron falls silent for a moment, looking over the giant decepticon before him. he hadn't known astotrain had fallen, too, and there's no outward signs of how it might've happened.]
Optimus tells me the Other One was defeated. Did you live to see his deactivation?
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Date: 2021-11-22 06:12 pm (UTC)[GEE, WONDER WHAT THIS RAT BASTARD COULD WANT!!!]
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Date: 2023-08-11 08:45 pm (UTC)Okay. I'll save you a piece of oil cake though.
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Date: 2024-01-27 09:16 pm (UTC)it probably misses, but hitting a target isn't the point.]
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Date: 2024-01-27 10:28 pm (UTC)Thank you for taking an interest in Nightwave while he was here. It's good that he was able to spend time with another shuttle class.
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Date: 2024-01-27 10:40 pm (UTC)if you ever go back make sure he doesn't trust the wrong person and learn lessons the hard way
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Date: 2024-02-15 01:16 pm (UTC)next time he's in the no place, there's a couple barrels of horrible chalky heart candy waiting for him. floating gently, spreading the mess. it's almost like they weren't placed or secured with consideration for how the millions of hearts would go everywhere!]
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Date: 2024-02-29 03:06 am (UTC)This leads him to one conclusion: He has to fight BOTH of them to make sure he's actually fighting the strong one.
This leads him to a second conclusion: He has no idea where Shockwave lives. He could ask for direction, ask if anyone knows... but that begs the question... If they know how strong Bass is will they even tell the truth?
There is now one solution: He has to canvas the ship himself and check every inhabited room he comes across.
So there's the backstory. And that's why Bass, armored up in his winged Treble armor (being able to fly covers ground quicker!) is pounding aggressively at your door.
Sorry. ]
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Date: 2025-10-21 12:07 am (UTC)[The only silver lining to his predicament is that on his trips outside, he's spotted Astrotrain floating by the ship a few times. Come to think of it, he really should hang out more with his new big buddy.]
[Octane makes sure to gather up his convention purchases and swipe some standard-grade energon cubes from the cafeteria when he next heads out. This time, instead of landing on an asteroid, he makes a beeline to Astrotrain and taps on one of his hatches.]
Hey, big guy. I got some cool new stuff to show you. Why don't you open up?
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Date: 2025-10-22 02:14 pm (UTC)Okay.
[he shifts all the seating in his cabin out the way so octane has space to do whatever it is he's going to do, which is shockingly polite for his standards. it makes him miss dead end, which also makes him mad, so not too polite. one of the chairs slams into octane's knees before it slides to the side. predictably as someone created and socialised by a megatron, astrotrain's reaction to strong emotion is to lash out, but this time it doesn't last long.
a hologram of his head pops up on the console, and he watches octane with a squint.]
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