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Re/Aligned Mods ([personal profile] re_alignedmods) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment_logs2012-06-21 04:54 pm

OPENING LOG: Awakening

WHO: Everybody!
WHERE: The Junk Pile.
WHEN: Right here, right now.
WHAT: Game opening! Our Heroes find themselves in a strange place not of their own world, however familiar (or not) it may be.




Consciousness is slow, and a struggle to obtain. The moments before darkness are hazy enough; a great vertigo, a twisting, and then, falling. Falling for what seemed like forever. And when you are finally aware of your surroundings, it is most decidedly not where you came from.

Instead, you are now in what appears to be a wasteland. A wasteland...of junk. Debris as far as you can see, heaped in mini-mountains that offer only so good of a view of the world around you. Perhaps in the distance, you can make out some flatter land, perhaps you can just make out what looks like a crevice - but it's difficult at best. The light here is all wrong, the two greatest sources being a white line in the alien sky that doesn't so much give off light as simply have it - and something in the south that glows like a setting sun.

You may or may not notice it at first, but you, too, have something alien - something on your arm, more likely than not. A marking that glows softly, but offers no clue as to how it got there - no pain, no sensitivity. It's simply there, as you are here.

So.

Now what?

((OOC: This is it, you guys! Have a blast! Please remember to keep everything under the first thread for now; we'll be adding the Firstforged in in a little bit...

OKAY There is now a second thread to post in! Feel free to make new threads there to react to the arrival of the Firstforged, or respond directly to the Firstforged themselves.))
angleofscience: (say what? - I did calculations!)

[personal profile] angleofscience 2012-06-26 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm a scientist, yes. I've engaged with the war because I had to, but no. Fighting for that sake alone, no matter the reason isn't something I can claim to understand. What were you doing before your war? What will you do when it's over?" Looking away as he spoke, frowning at the ground, Jetfire knew he still didn't understand.

Starscream was... similar. Not exactly, but he liked the fighting for itself, Jetfire knew, and even before the actual conflict started and the Decepticons rose, Starscream had been involved in the gladiator arena.

"I don't think the Megatron I knew ever fully revealed his reasons for starting the war. A ruse, to repair and start the planetary turbines... a means to an end, the method itself?" Jetfire shrugged. "I doubt even Soundwave knows, especially at this point in time."
herodecoded: (Now is the winter of our season finale)

[personal profile] herodecoded 2012-06-27 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"There was never a before," he growled, "There was always the war! I am what I've always been: a warrior. There is nothing that can change my nature."

Dinobot never knew a world without conflict. He was born into combat, bred for it. An existence without it is incomprehensible.

"I have a rough idea. And that idea is total domination of Cybertron, of existence itself!"
angleofscience: (talking - science is relevant)

[personal profile] angleofscience 2012-06-27 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Starting a more in-depth discussion right then and there about "nature" and such things being "unchangeable" probably wasn't in the scope of the current meeting or situation. Not that Jetfire wasn't tempted.

"Not even yourself, if it was necessary?" Oh, apparently he couldn't... completely resist. Wasn't changing yourself as much as you could, adapting to the situation part of their nature? Anyone's nature?

"Perhaps, yes," Jetfire said with a slight grimace, arms crossed. "At the least, that would be the end result of his actions and the philosophy behind it, no matter his reason for it."
herodecoded: (Speak and unfold yourself!)

[personal profile] herodecoded 2012-06-29 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have long decided that this was the only path for myself."

He snarled at the larger mech. Did he really try to justify Megatron? Because that's what it sounded like, "Megatron is a fool! And anyone who follows him follows idiocy and death!"
angleofscience: (contemplating the situation - patterns)

[personal profile] angleofscience 2012-06-30 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure how your Megatron rose to power, but I'm not in the habit of underestimating a mech who managed to inspire and rouse a significant part of the population to his cause. Charisma and power doesn't make anyone smart, but unfortunately Megatron isn't stupid either." He shook his helm, accepting Dinobot's anger with an even shrug.

Foolishness or not, his word had carried meaning and power not just because a charismatic and powerful mech had spoken them, but because they were partly true.

"Idiocy or not, tens of thousands... millions have died, planets have fallen..." Another shake of his helm. He wasn't sure this would lead anywhere, or why he tried to understand, or at least come up with an angle that might lend some light upon the warlord's actions.