Prepare to Be Boarded

It’s been 2... no, more along the lines of 3 celestial cycles. Since then, locked away. Rotting. For a Cybertronian, it feels like seconds. Normally. But when you are subjected to a chronodecelerator, one second turns to hours. Hours into years. Days into centuries. I can still feel the lines still connected to his back, extracting from him vorns of his life energy. When I returned to Earth, I barely remembered who I was. Or why I was taken. Or who. I first suspected it was the Autobots, but it did not quite fit their style of punishment. Autobots rarely tortured, right? At least, the ones I have met long ago. Friends, some of them. Bulkhead. Good bot. Bumblebee? No, not the mute one. The one I knew would never shut up. Still, a valuable friend. No, it couldn’t have been them. Decepticons were more likely, there were a lot more of them in my dossier. Maybe one of them got angry. They tend to do that. Could have been neutrals too, some overly-vindictive bounty hunter or some fringe lunatic with a toxic touch. In any event, they were killed. Firelight pulled through with the rescue. The Plague though... It’s been in better shape. Engine One is stuck at 50%. Hull integrity is pretty shoddy. I’m rather surprised it can even survive the vacuum of space. But, I’m alive. It will take me some time to piece myself back together again. Bit by bit.

looking back, I made some memories. Trust me, it felt a lot longer than two years.

I’m not sure what I want to do with Sabre and crew. In a sense, I feel like I can’t get rid of him. But when I come back, I just realize how... bad I was. I am both embarrassed and proud of my old work. Sabre and crew may receive some adjustments. I don’t know. I’d like to continue this character, in some capacity, somewhere. But wow guys. It’s been a while.

1. If you’ve ever tried drugs or alcohol, what was your reason for first trying it?

2. Do you think you could ever seek a termination process if you unexpectedly turned up carrying right this second?

3. If you were far from home and needed to recharge for the night, would you choose to rent a crappy motel room for 60 shanix/credits or recharge in your alt-mode for free?

4. Is there a color paintjob you’d NEVER wear?

5. Is there a situation where you caved into peer pressure and regretted it?

6. What is your favorite vid-game console? Why?

7. Do you like vanilla-scented candles?

8. Have you ever been in a relationship that was going great, and then suddenly something weird happened and you just KNEW it was going to be over soon?

9. Would you ever bleach your armor platinum blonde?

10. What are your plans for tomorrow?

11. What did you have for breakfast?

12. Have you interfaced this stellar cycle yet?

13. Who last slept in your berth besides you?

14. What time did you wake up today?

15. How long until your next birthday/emerging-day?

16. What was the last holo-vid you watched?

17. If you could see any musician live, front row, who would you choose?

18. When did you last consume something that had peanut butter?

19. What’s the last song you heard?

20. When you say you love someone, do you mean it?

21. Do you plan on sleeping in tomorrow?

22. Do you still talk to any of your ex’s?

23. As of this minute, what is going through your processor?

24. Where’s the last place you went?

25. Have you held servos with anyone lately?

26. Has anyone let you down recently?

27. Does it bother you when people try to make you jealous?

28. Whats the next holo-vid you want to see at the multiplex?

29. Do you have more than 50 shanix/credits in your quarters?

30. Are both of your genetic/biological creators still in your life?

31. Were you tired when you woke up this morning?

32. Who is probably talking a load of scrap about you right now?

33. When was the last time you went fruit-picking/public harvesting?

34. Do you sometimes wake up in the morning, lay in the berth and think about life?

35. Are you happy warmer, sunnier weather is coming soon?