Hn. Awhile ago I would have bet on a scrambler, but...
[Don trails off, then switches topics]
I have multiple hypothesis. The simplest is that we're here for the entertainment of the Captain, another is...well, slavery, potentially, or a further form of imprisonment once we reach wherever it is we're going. We might be a collection, or, if this is not a world as we see it - a hologram or such - it could be our bodies they were after, or our minds. Some form of experiment, perhaps. They claim that our worlds have been destroyed and we were rescued, but that's nearly universally doubted.
...How long have you been here? I don't think I've met you before.
[But....? Information he doesn't want to share. Barricade files this away. ]
You do know that all of your options equally suck, right? Slavery, captivity, experimentation?
And I take it they don't take attempts to fight back all that well.
Not been here long--still finding my way, I guess. [AND making enemies in the process, but he's trying to change that because, frag, he's going to need some allies!] Not really sure about the 'world destroyed' theory--I met some mechs from where I come from and they claim to remember stuff that happened after my memory ends.
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[Don had suspected as much, but...well.]
[Also, he sounds like a robot. And Don here has never met a Decepticon before 8D.]
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[shrugs even though you can't see it]
Lovely.
What pieces have you put together about what this is all about?
[Might as well try to gather information, if he's going to be stuck here.]
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[Don trails off, then switches topics]
I have multiple hypothesis. The simplest is that we're here for the entertainment of the Captain, another is...well, slavery, potentially, or a further form of imprisonment once we reach wherever it is we're going. We might be a collection, or, if this is not a world as we see it - a hologram or such - it could be our bodies they were after, or our minds. Some form of experiment, perhaps. They claim that our worlds have been destroyed and we were rescued, but that's nearly universally doubted.
...How long have you been here? I don't think I've met you before.
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You do know that all of your options equally suck, right? Slavery, captivity, experimentation?
And I take it they don't take attempts to fight back all that well.
Not been here long--still finding my way, I guess. [AND making enemies in the process, but he's trying to change that because, frag, he's going to need some allies!] Not really sure about the 'world destroyed' theory--I met some mechs from where I come from and they claim to remember stuff that happened after my memory ends.
And I didn't die.
Or. knowing them, they could be lying to me.
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