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Post by Soundwave on Sept 25, 2023 23:14:36 GMT
Characters Appearing: Soundwave , Quake Location (s): Philadelphia Timeline: December 30th, 2022 between Breaking Out and No Rest For The Wicked Plot Summary: Soundwave has successfully escaped the G.H.O.S.T. prison but before he can make it to the coordinates Starscream gave him, he needs to locate and pick up Frenzy and Laserbeak.
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Post by Soundwave on Sept 25, 2023 23:23:10 GMT
<<You are where?>>
<<Me and Laserbeak are in Philly commentating at the Bot Brawl! We're getting paid real good!>>
Soundwave grumbled to himself in frustration as he took flight. Before he was captured with Ravage, Laserbeak and Frenzy had managed to escape and now that he was free now he needed to reunite the Cassetticons before making his way to Starscream's hidden base. He hadn't yet received the coordinates, but he'd take this brief moment to collect the two who were apparently at one of the Bot Brawls. The Spymaster could not believe how foolish the two Cassettes were. The Bot Brawls were nothing but a trap for weakened Decepticons to be bribed with energon only to be captured instead. Only the strong and lucky made it out alive and with the promised energon, but it was incredibly dangerous. The fact that Laserbeak and Frenzy had managed to get jobs there was nothing short of a miracle, but not one that he was willing to trust for too long.
It wasn't long into the flight that Soundwave sensed another was in the air with him. He could tell from the signal alone that they were not an Autobot but instead of Decepticon origin, so he did not react to them immediately. Instead he would continue his flight path to Philadelphia to pick up the Cassettes.
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Quake
DECEPTICON
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Post by Quake on Sept 26, 2023 0:08:29 GMT
Quake grumbled. The fun was over.
Now that they'd broken out he was dealing with post violence high.
He hated post-violence high. He wanted to get back into the fight as soon as possible. This was boring.
He didn't understand why so many of the other Decepticons like Starscream wanted to go home. Didn't they wanna finish the job they came to Earth for?
Quitters...
All he wanted to do was grab a stupid Autobot and rip his circuits out. Maybe tear their head off and break their brain modules. Good way to vent some frustrations.
As he scanned the perimeter of their temporary hideout he saw Soundwave taking off.
Maybe it'd be a chance for a fight. Or better yet a shot at Bumblebee.
"HEY SOUNDWAVE HOLD UP!!!"Quake shouted at the flying robot before he got out of range.
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Post by Soundwave on Sept 27, 2023 0:44:12 GMT
Quake. It didn't surprise Soundwave in the least that he had been followed leaving G.H.O.S.T. HQ, but it was surprising that the notorious angry mech was chasing him down of all bots. He didn't mind either way, but he knew that Starscream might not be as thrilled if he brought the guy back to the base with him. Between Starscream wanting to keep his fort secret and Nightshroud's already fragile emotional state with how she had fled, he didn't think it a good idea by any means. He would pass the information on to Starscream later, but that was even if Quake showed any interest in joining their little group. The last thing he wanted to do was upset the balance between the former air commander and his adoptive sparkling, especially when the Spymaster had finally made good with Starscream himself. "QUAKE" Soundwave merely repeated the mech's name as he continued to fly toward Philadelphia, not turning back to acknowledge him but not stopping the other from following him either if that's what he chose to do. "INQUIRY: REASON FOR FOLLOWING?"
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Quake
DECEPTICON
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Post by Quake on Sept 27, 2023 0:48:25 GMT
"Hey I mean it! Hold up! I'm not that fast!!"
Stupid Soundwave... The guy always held himself above everyone else.
If Quake didn't need all the allies he could get he'd probably take a jab at Soundwave himself.
"Can I come with you!? I need to stretch my servos after being trapped in there for years!"
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Post by Soundwave on Sept 27, 2023 1:31:36 GMT
Soundwave grumbled to himself internally as he slowed somewhat at Quake's request. The mech was in a hurry to pick up Frenzy and Laserbeak, and while a few more minutes probably wouldn't kill them he didn't want to leave things to chance especially after Rumble. Having someone else tagging along probably was not the best of ideas, but if Bot Brawls were involved maybe it wasn't as much of a bad idea after all. The more the merrier, and the better their odds were of forcibly removing the two Cassettes from their apparent 'jobs'. He sighed to himself, knowing how this was likely going to go either way. "QUAKE: MAY ESCORT ON MISSION TO RETRIEVE FRENZY AND LASERBEAK FROM BOT BRAWL LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA. SEPARATE AFTER MISSION." It wasn't his place to say Quake could come with him to the fort anyway. Starscream would need to approve of that, and he wasn't going to just invite every single bot to the fort. It would risk the security of the hidden base and someone as violent as Quake could be may make the living arrangements a tad bit more difficult. That wasn't to say he wouldn't be useful by any means, just that Starscream already had his trust issues and it was kinda his secret base. "INQUIRY: HOW WERE YOU CAPTURED?" Soundwave figured he could engage the other in some small talk to pass the time during the flight.
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Quake
DECEPTICON
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Post by Quake on Sept 27, 2023 1:43:18 GMT
URG. Primus Soundwave's speech patterns were annoying. Why couldn't he speak Cybertronian!? Like an actual bot!?"
He was looking for his pets huh? Quake figured that had to be it. Soundwave was super protective of them.
"Hey where's Rumble by the way? I always liked him." And why shouldn't they get along? He and Rumble shared a love of destruction. They were kindred spirits in that way.
He followed after Soundwave. Looks like he wanted to know how he(Quake) got captured. Good. An excuse to vent.
"Happened right at the end of the War." Quake started explaining. "I was one of the priority targets. The Autobots baited me out. Fragging Bumblebee of all bots took me down. Bumblebee."he growled. "If I ever get a chance to see that bot again. I'll rip his spark out and crush it with my fists."
"Speaking of which. When are we getting the war machine back up? I wanna burn this stinking planet to the ground. We need to finish what we started."
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Post by Soundwave on Sept 28, 2023 22:13:20 GMT
Oh if only Quake knew. Soundwave could talk normally. He just didn't want to talk normally to Quake, or most others for that matter. Starscream had been one of the lucky few that had broken him out of that habit of speaking as minimally and as robotic as possible, but only Starscream and by extension the Cassettes and Nightshroud were lucky enough to hear it. Words did not matter to others, and why waste them was Soundwave's logic. It was quite clear that only actions would get the job done. But then he had to go and mention Rumble. Ravage immediately felt it as Soundwave felt deep sorrow in his spark. "RUMBLE: ...OFFLINE. EXPLOSION." There was even delay in his response slipping even the smallest iota of emotion just with timing alone. Rumble's death still affected him even now, and he didn't like letting his processor dwell on it. He did not want to go into details, so he was more than grateful when the subject was changed to what had happened to Quake. It didn't surprise the Spymaster in the least when Quake stated that it was Bumblebee that had captured him. The Autobot scout was a menace, though proved to be somewhat ineffective when it came to Soundwave's own capture. That had been Megatron and Optimus Prime's combined doing, perhaps with minimal assistance from the Terrans and a very mouthy Arcee. Soundwave still felt a similar anger toward their former leader that Quake felt about Bumblebee, but to a lesser extent. As for a plan, that was something Soundwave was going to leave semi-vague intentionally. Besides, Soundwave had grown partial to the elephants. He didn't want to see to their destruction. "CURRENT AGENDA: LOCATE MEANS TO RETURN TO CYBERTRON."
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Quake
DECEPTICON
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Post by Quake on Sept 29, 2023 0:11:44 GMT
Grrrr. Of course Rumble was dead. Why did all the good cons have to die?
"Just another thing the Autobots are gonna pay for."He assured Soundwave.
When Soundwave informed him of the overall plan Quake took interest.
"Yeah returning to Cybertron sounds like a good idea. We can get some backup. Maybe tell the other cons about how Megatron betrayed us. Then we can lay waste to this planet for what they did to us."
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Post by Soundwave on Sept 29, 2023 0:47:08 GMT
Indeed the Autobots would pay, but Soundwave prioritized his anger with Megatron over that of the Autobots. He blamed Rumble's death solely on Megatron's betrayal, and he would be avenged one way or another. He knew that Starscream wanted him to get over his beef with Megatron for the sake of whatever was between them, but such an anger was not so easily remedied. It was likely the same for Quake to some degree at least, but neither Megatron nor Bumblebee were their targets today. Instead it was a sort of rescue mission to get the cassettes and then for Soundwave to leave for the coordinates that Starscream sent him. At least the other Con seemed interested in the idea of returning to Cybertron however difficult the task may be, but even still he wanted to destroy the Earth. The Spymaster sighed to himself, tilting himself to the right as a means of course correction to reach their destination as quickly as possible. He still didn't quite know what Starscream's plan was past going back to Cybertron, but he had given up trying to get that answer out of him. For now returning to Cybertron was as good a plan as any, but that meant finding a means to return and potentially the AllSpark as well. Even if they made it back home, they'd need the AllSpark to revive their planet. "EARTH'S FATE: TO BE DETERMINED. CURRENT ETA TO PHILADELPHIA: 11 EARTH MINUTES."
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Quake
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Post by Quake on Sept 29, 2023 1:46:09 GMT
Quake snicked. "Yeah determined to be crushed."he laughed.
It was a good thing they were getting close to the location. Quake was itching for a fight.
"So Soundwave. We gonna fight anyone when we get there? I don't care if it's human or Autobot I need to stretch my servos a bit and work on my aim. I haven't had a chance to practice it since being locked up"
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Post by Soundwave on Oct 1, 2023 1:29:21 GMT
Crushed.. That was certainly one way of putting it. Aside from Quake's desires to obliterate this planet, there was more to focus on such as the recovery of Frenzy and Laserbeak. They were not far from Philadelphia, and then it would just be a matter of locating where the Bot Brawl was. From Soundwave's experience with other Bot Brawls, he knew they were always hidden from other humans and typically underground. Fitting and a reminder of the Pits of Kaon where gladiators battled sometimes to the death. It's how he had met Megatron; learned to appreciate his way of thinking. Look how far that had gotten him. Some part deep within Soundwave still felt that there had to be some reason why Megatron had suddenly abandoned their cause and that perhaps it wasn't as willing as it may have seemed, but what were the odds of the humans being capable of something like that much less the Autobots. "NUMBER OF AUTOBOTS: MINIMAL CHANCES. HUMANS: VERY LIKELY." For some reason the humans seemed to get a bigger thrill out of the Bot Brawls than Cybertronians did. Maybe it had to do with it being a sore spot given the history of Cybertron, but when Soundwave attended there was not a single Autobot in the vicinity. Only weakened Decepticons trying to play for keeps not realizing they were playing for their lives. Those that fell quickly found themselves captured and thrown into the G.H.O.S.T. prison. All a trap disguised as a means of obtaining just a little energon to try and carry on a little longer given the scarcity. Fragging Autobots hording all the supply to try and starve the rogue Decepticons out. "INQUIRY: CONCERNS OF BEING UNDERGROUND?" He didn't want Quake to tag along if he was only going to freak out over being in enclosed spaces. Soundwave didn't peg him to be the type, but for the sake of conversation he figured he would ask.
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Quake
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Post by Quake on Oct 1, 2023 1:37:33 GMT
"No Autobots? Well. That's a shame. Still, some humans to frag won't be so bad."
Quake felt absolutely giddy at the thought. He could feel those dumb humans crushed beneath his feet now.
Soundwave then wanted to know how he felt about going underground.
"What? Why would I care if we're going underground or not? What's the big deal?"
"Actually that leads into something I was meaning to ask. Where are we going exactly?"
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Post by Soundwave on Oct 3, 2023 23:59:47 GMT
Good. Quake seemed to have no issue whatsoever going underground to get to their location. Seekers every now and again had an issue when it came to enclosed spaces, but they weren't the only bots with such an irrational fear as well. It was good to know he wouldn't have to waste time babysitting Quake should the need arise. But then the other mech asked about their destination in more specific detail, wanting to know precisely where it was they were going. "Me and Laserbeak are in Philly commentating at the Bot Brawl! We're getting paid real good!" From Soundwave's speakers played Frenzy's voice, albeit slightly synthesized. This was the last message he had received from her mere moments before Quake had made his presence all too known to the Spymaster. "DESTINATION: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. FRENZY AND LASERBEAK LOCATED AT LOCAL BOT BRAWL SOMEWHERE BENEATH THE CITY." As they drew closer to their destination, it gave Soundwave another idea of what to ask. "INQUIRY: FAMILIARITY WITH BOT BRAWLS?"
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Quake
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Post by Quake on Oct 4, 2023 0:04:25 GMT
Quake was pissed.
"How should I know what a bot brawl is!? I've been locked up since the war ended!"
"Is it like a Gladitoral match or something?"
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