II. [Voice/Video] Contemplation

[sumptushubris]

[the voice doesn't start immediately. for a few seconds, there's the sound of systems cycling, vents intaking. then, finally, the voice of Nemesis Prime...in a thoughtful tone.]

I spoke with a mech who had been here for fifty Vorns.

He said he hadn't been to the upper levels for forty.

Not for lack of wanting, but...

[Nemesis pauses here,

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[Voice]

[namesnotprowl]

[There's a long pause, and Barricade's tone is serious when he finally says something.]

If they do know... I very much doubt that they care. We're... hrng. Inferiors encroaching on their space, regardless of the fact that we didn't intend to.

[Voice] fff /fixes capitilization and plots a paid for this guy

[sumptushubris]

[JUST AS PLANNED]

Cybertronian is Cybertronian. All castes and clans and builds aside. One would think that for all of their 'advancement', the Transtechs would recognize this.

It is a pity we are lumped in with the truly wretched.

[Voice] oh Edit button <3

[namesnotprowl]

[Hey, he's a thinky mech. Even if he's the sort to tell others to get jobs if they need money.]

Heh. I think you give them too much credit. T'them, we're all just lowtechs. Closest to equality we get, I suppose.

[He snorts quietly.] Not much t'be done for that. We all have means to better our lot here. Including them.

[permavoice]

[sumptushubris]

I simply held higher expectations. And as I have been told, one must either 'change' or stop complaining.

[there's a smile audible in his voice. dark smile.]

[namesnotprowl]

That's the problem with expectations, I find.

[That tone makes him wary.]

So I'd noticed. Don't think I've heard Magnum so displeased before.

[sumptushubris]

I thought he called himself Megatron.

[namesnotprowl]

Oh, that would just make it complicated. Some of us already have masters by that designation, and clarifying can get to be so annoying. It's like talking about Starscreams.

[sumptushubris]

That must be a further blow for his ego. It seems so fragile.

[namesnotprowl]

I couldn't speak to his ego, really, but he doesn't strike me as the fragile sort in any capacity.

[sumptushubris]

Something in him is broken. He lashes out unthinkingly - I am truly regretting Sentinel's presence, now. He was a waste, and as so wasted my planet and its mechs.

If he wasn't already dead I would kill him myself for this affront.

[namesnotprowl]

What's to say things wouldn't have turned out the same if it had been someone else in power?

With the nature of this place? You might have the chance anyway.

[sumptushubris]

That depends on the someone else. Sentinel was weak, and let Cybertron deliberate under him. If a Prime is strong, then Cybertron is the stronger for it.

[namesnotprowl]

Simply sayin' that sometimes, things're meant to turn out certain ways, perhaps.

Though I can safely say that I never knew Cybertron was so tied to Primes.

[sumptushubris]

The more...religious would claim a link to Prima and Primus, if you put stock in such old stories.

All I can say for certain is that there is an indisputable connection. At least, from whence I come.

[namesnotprowl]

Old stories sometimes have an amount of truth to them.

Mm. It's not so where I'm from. Otherwise Cybertron would've died a long time ago.

[sumptushubris]

Tell me of your world.