[Video] Writing first person without dialog is difficult!
[The video feed clicks on to display a dark, empty rooftop. The flickering light filtering up from the street only serves to highlight walls and ridges. For a few moments nothing is really visible, until a pair of small, red, triangular optics appear, staring into the screen
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Ravage?
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Report status.
[His vocals sound different, the staticy monotone giving way to the bizarre emotional programming that Shockwave had tampered with. He actually sounds almost... hopeful, somehow.]
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[He'd certainly hoped to get a response from someone he knew, but to have it actually be Soundwave was a blessing.]
[The cassette cat emerges from the shadows fully, pawing at the com until he's relatively certain he's locked it (the only other recipient is apparently some random blue humanish thing). He sits upright, broadcasting]
Affirmative! Reporting for duty, Sir!
Status is... Uncertain. Been monitoring locals, searching for Soundwave or Megatron. Quite relieved to have made contact, Sir!
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Megatron: to be referred to as 'Magnum.'
Your presence is [ . . . ]
[He pauses, wrestling with the unfamiliar data. The emotional input was as overwhelming as it was when Magnum had returned. He didn't know how to full interpret it, making it seem like useless feedback, clouding his ability to process clearly.
Still, there was a sensation of this being... while irritating to deal with... it was a good thing.]
Ravage's presence: Welcomed.
Sending coordinates.
[Coordinates of Meeting Place - Accept file?]
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[Well, something was a bit off. While the subtle undertones to the transmission he was picking up was... nice... it was nonetheless unusual. He had worked with Soundwave for as far back as his memory stored and never had his boss been even the slightest bit, for lack of a better word, emotional.
Ravage made a mental note to possibly investigate incidents that had occurred before his arrival.]
I am glad to hear! It would not do to have you go acquiring new, less able spies, would it?
Coordinates received. I will rendezvous as soon as possible.
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Soundwave: will be waiting.
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After a short time, he received another transmission, and this gave him pause.]
Soundwave. I am receiving from Starscream. He requests information concerning my contact with other decepticons. Orders?
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Designation: Starscream is aware of my loyalties.
[If one didn't know any better, Soundwave might sound almost annoyed with Starscream's demands. Almost.]
He is to serve: Magnum.
He will be: Informed.
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[Nothing surprising there, except of course for that... slight edge on Soundwave's words. Ravage was not one to worry overly so, yet he couldn't help but feel a quell in his processor.
It was most likely the effect of this place. Or he hoped so.]
[Putting the feeling aside, the panther returned to the joy of navigating the rooftops, this method of shortcut allowing him to arrive at the designated location in a decent amount of time. In spite of the fact that he was here to meet Soundwave, he kept himself hidden, gravitating towards the darkest shadow and waiting for his boss to arrive.]
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His scanners detected Ravage before he saw him, a swell of anxiety and... something else settling on his spark. Was this his Ravage? He certainly appeared to be. Even if he wasn't, he was close enough to share his personality, his mannerisms, or more 'importantly,' his skills... Wasn't that enough?]
[ . . . ]
Ravage.
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Thus, it wasn't hard to wait out the time before Soundwave arrived in person, and study him when he did.]
[And it was indeed the Soundwave he knew. Relief filled his circuits and he stepped eagerly from the shadow, grinning hugely]
Present, Sir. I am quite happy to see you are... you. [He cocks his head to one side.] I note that your bodyframe and communication protocols are slightly more dated than I last saw. I also do not care and am more than eager to resume duties.
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