Swimming in a sea of ideas

Alt. title: Sparks of the Earth

All posts relating to this are tagged #firsts to grow up au or #earthspark au

[EDIT '26: This master post is outdated and will be replaced with a new post.]

Fifteen years has passed since the forty-year Autobot-Decepticon War on Earth came to a close. Cybertronians on Earth cannot return to their home planet because the only way back there is through the Spacebridge that was destroyed in the final battle. Although the war was declared over, Decepticons still sow trouble meanwhile the Autobots have split up. Several join forces with G.H.O.S.T — an internationally recognised law enforcing unit where Cybertronians may join in – while the rest manage their lives independently.

For humanity, most of the global population are indifferent towards their alien “guests”. Many want them to leave yet many are fine with them staying. There are those who refuse to wait and take action to rid the Cybertronians from the face of Earth themselves. The big question is: would they risk casualties on innocent lives to achieve this or not?

Peace remains far away for planet Earth.

Then, one day, a new generation of Transformers-kind native to Earth is born. What happens the next two years since their birth will mark a historic moment for Earth and the Transformers-kind.

.

Most locals are descendants of slaves and navy who opposed slavery alongside Captain Witwicky.

The natives believed in the existence of stone people who are actually ancient Terrans.

The town used to be big but many were killed or moved away during the Bot-Con War, leaving behind many rows of abandoned neighbourhoods.

The Winged Sentinel is the town's main tourist attraction.

The author of the Winged Sentinel was an intersex woman who sadly died from a disease before she could see her work's fame.

Captain Witwicky's spirit is believed to be guarding the mountain.

The local police hates GHOST for mistreating the townspeople to keep the Prison Base a secret.

Everyone already knows about it because they saw Thundercracker regularly flew around the mountain.

What they don't know is who exactly are being imprisoned.

The town knows about the Terrans ever since Thrash sneaked into Robby and Mo's school.

Some older townsfolk hates Cybertronians but are amicable with the Terrans.

Swindle is grateful of Thrash's help to steal some energon from the shipping bay until Thrash finds out that the cargo they stole was meant for a hospital curing people suffering from energon poisoning. So Thrash protested and tells Swindle they should find another energon cargo, but there isn't any.

Swindle tries to sway Thrash that the only desperate one the Terran should care about is the one in front of them, not strangers he never met. But Thrash remembers what his parents said about effects of energon poisoning on humans, and stands his ground.