[Video: Unlocked]

[caelumtorqueo]

[The screen shows a matte black jet, with (he thinks) rather dashing purple highlights, sitting behind a desk, scarcely able to restrain a chortle.  He clears his vocalizer, looks down.  The grin fades.]

Comments

[airspacecommand]

...

[Way too much like his own Skywarp. Way too much.]

It seems that your skills are finally being put to use as you will be able to talk as much as you want.

*jedi handwave* you are not the Starscream I am looking for.... :P

[caelumtorqueo]

[Shrug]

All the great [eyeroll] models of leadership I know bloviate. My turn.

['I learned it from watching you!*sob*']

And, oh, by the way, do you happen to do any sort of business with...The Publick?

[Pets clipboard]

Pff I'm better

[airspacecommand]

So you are taking a lesson from Megatron. I am sure he will be thrilled that you follow in his footsteps.

[Great just what he needed, to be questioned by Skywarp of all mechs.]

Fortunately for me and unfortunately for you -- not anymore.

better at what? bloviating?

[caelumtorqueo]

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, they say.

[Skywarp fully intends to practice that 'power corrupts' bit himself. He learned that by watching Starscream. Being decent and honorable and stuff has gotten him...nowhere.]

Awww, you get shut down? Or did no one want to buy that stale ego you were selling.

[Video]

[inursatellites]

[Just... staring.]

ELABORATE. PURPOSE OF THIS TRANSMISSION: LACKING.

Re: [Video]

[caelumtorqueo]

[Oh, just you wait, Soundwave. Skywarp's already got your rating.....]

It's called...a job?

What? My High Command had--apparently--no use for me.

[Video]

[deceptivecon]

Oh?

Re: [Video]

[caelumtorqueo]

[And SHAZAM. The second Skywarp takes some initiative, here they come in to snatch his cybercookies.]

By all indications.

[Finally worth your notice NOW, Lord Megatron?]

Re: [video]

[caelumtorqueo]

Good of you to notice. [slaggin' Autobot.]

You're going to have to try harder than that to butter me up, Autobot.

[Fraggin' Autobots wouldn't know how to do a proper bribe if Primus handed them a manual. All that honor and decency and goody-goodyness---yeeeech.]

Re: [video]

[caelumtorqueo]

[Boggled, his mind is.]

Uhhh, this?

[Holds up Official Clipboard. He resolves to use very small words so that the Autobot can understand. Maybe.]

Inspection? Customer satisfaction? Reviews? Hello?????

[Voice] Silly me, forgetting this! >_>

[namesnotprowl]

Afraid my practice doesn't have a single set establishment.

[That travelling cut-throat practitioner of Cybertronian medical arts, him.

Though what Barricade really means is 'you're calling me that in public? aslkdhfkljs']

Though I assure you I'm up to code.

Re: [Voice] mmmmm delicious nooks and crannies

[caelumtorqueo]

Guess that just means I'll have to...follow you around.

[Cue stalky!jet.]

Rules are that anything that offers a service to Nexus inhabitants is SO up for review.

[leer]

But don't worry. I'm open for bribes.

[Voice] pfft X3

[namesnotprowl]

[... Kinky.]

I've got a stalker now, do I?

Well, you're welcome to chat with some of my patients. I'm certain you can find Soundwave, after all. Even introduce you to Bonecrusher, if you like.

[Pause. Ker-blink-blink.]

Bribes, huh? You offer that deal t'everyone, or am I just lucky?

Re: [Voice] *stalk*

[caelumtorqueo]

Well, I do have some nifty stealth capabilities, you know. You won't even notice I'm there.

[Until the Wrath of Clipboard descends!(Cute how he thinks he could shut up long enough to be stealthy, innit?)]

Bonecrusher? [prick up]And who might he be? A former patient? Extensive repairwork?

[Meh.] Everyone can try to bribe. Yours might just work, though.

[Well, it would be fun to see what Barricade would come up with to try.]

[houndofmegatron]

Of all the obnoxious habits you jets possess, I'd say I'd rate the tendency to babble ranks among the most annoying. Must you all be so needlessly loquacious?

[caelumtorqueo]

I was disseminating vital information, Blackout. Key difference.

[Keeping in mind that Skywarp has been busy since his arrival with setting up his job--and dealing with *shudder* Velma--that he has NO idea of Blackout's current situation. Hence:]

You here to intimidate me about Megatron, too? I should be flattered. He sends his faithful yappy dog to bite my ankles.

[Smirk] 'Loquacious' huh? Nice to see Megatron finally sprang for that 'word a day' calendar for you.

[houndofmegatron]

Seems like so much Transtech bureaucracy to me. We must have differing definitions of 'vital'.

Hardly. [He snorts, but his voice is sober when he continues.] You'll find I'm not much of an emissary for Lord Megatron, these days. It's pure disdain for your kind that impels me now, jet.

[...And another snort.] Please. My vocabulary has always been expansive.

[caelumtorqueo]

[Laugh] You've been in the military how long and you don't realize it's ALL bureaucracy? Seriously. Think you need to get your tail rotor adjusted or something. It's fritzing your processor.

Oh, my apologies.

Remember, Blackout, I haven't seen you since Tyger Pax. Back then you were the strong, silent, loyal type.

How things have changed.... Now you're just a sad petty creature driven by envy of jet-frames. So...desperately unoriginal.