Mirrorverse AU of Transformers Prime's Starscream: voice test

[distortedscream]

Are you insane?

You have the scarred revolutionary and elemental girl already, why decide to turn me into one of your playthings too?!

I don't have time for this, I have responsibilities to Lord Megatron and my crew!

...And I don't have time for a genuine study into alternate realities!

And don't you dare mock me with the possibility that I'll see any form of Jetfire again!

He is dead. Dead and gone, because of that damned Cliffjumper--!

...I fraggin' urge you to reconsider this course of action.

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[distortedscream]

Adaptation's apparently all I have left.

[Sigh.]

Excuse my lack of manners. I am Starscream. Who are you?

[ex_dishonestly997]

If we can figure out how to send things back through the Lambda--that means a lot of Energon for your cause of choice.

[oh my, manners.] Also Starscream. It's getting to be the Cybertronian John Doe equivalent.

You're suspiciously charming.

[distortedscream]

The Lambda? That does sound intriguing.

[well, manners are good for introductions anyway] 'John Doe,' huh? I take it you've been to Earth? I've only heard such a phrase from that planet.

Oh? How so?

[ex_dishonestly997]

See, I knew you'd find something you liked.

Mmhm. Wasn't my kind of planet, honestly. Too much organic life. [that's racist!] But the organics on the Cybertron you're probably headed to are surprisingly tolerable.

Oh, right: there's one in the game who looks like you, but he's neurotic. I'm pretty sure he spends most of his time getting beaten half to stasis lock and back again, so I'm inclined to give him a little slack.

[distortedscream]

Organics aren't for everyone--

[he himself rather likes them--though he just generally likes learning about creatures new to him]

--but what makes these ones more tolerable to you?

[Sounds vaguely amused.] Doesn't sound too different from myself, actually.

[ex_dishonestly997]

Don't tell them, because the last thing I want to do is openly encourage it, but it's the backtalk. It's impressive.

[thoughtful look]

And which FirstForged are you going to be adopted by, I wonder.

[distortedscream]

[voice edged with some skepticism right now]

What do they look for when adopting?

[ex_dishonestly997]

Personality traits, as far as I can gather. Two of the current Starscreams got Megatronus, and two of us got Liege Maximo. You're welcome around my room as long as I don't catch you stealing anything.

[distortedscream]

Thank you for the invitation.

...Is there a Megatron there? Soundwave? Knock Out? Breakdown?

[ex_dishonestly997]

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

They may not be exactly what you're used to, though. Fair warning. I keep running into bots and cons who recognize me from other universes. [which in some cases may actually be an improvement on his usual attitude.]

Gonna be lonely without them? [teasing]

[distortedscream]

Alternate versions of them too, huh? How would you describe them?

[Grunted.]

A bit, yes. [How could he deny that?]

[a small niggling part reminds him that such separation was inevitable, everyone leaves in the end]

[ex_dishonestly997]

Two of them are nicer than I'm used to. I don't have a Knock Out, in my universe--at least not one that I've ever met. And the Breakdown is about the same. A means-well heavy with a proclivity for getting himself kidnapped by humans.

[his faceplates shift into a knowing smirk.] Yeah. You'll have to teach me how that works.

[distortedscream]

[Some confusion, some warmth in his voice.] Sounds like my Breakdown, except for the 'kidnapped by humans' part. That's never happened.

Oh? Do you not have comrades, a ship's crew?

[ex_dishonestly997]

Yours is a little more careful, huh?

The "comrades" I used to have were usually waiting for me to make a slip so they could tear out my fuel intake lines. Postwar conditions have improved, but--not by much.

Are you from the hippie-Decepticon world?

[distortedscream]

I suppose so.

...Postwar? The war's over in your world?!

War's still on in my world so...no, no hippies. [Sounds rather confused.]

[ex_dishonestly997]

That's right. No more slagging first and asking questions never.

Hm. Just strikes me as strange that a Starscream would be talking about crew and loyalty.

[distortedscream]

That does sound like an improvement--but you say it's not much? Has the war only ended recently in your world?

[Grunt. Sounds a bit drained. Voice very flat.] I don't think even loyal hippies would approve of crushing an Autobot's spark because he killed your comrade.

[ex_dishonestly997]

[nods again] You're pretty smart. Good, you'll need that when you end up where we are.

[ponders.] I don't think I'd approve, either, but only because revenge won't make you feel better.

[distortedscream]

[How to respond to that?] Thank you...but it's only the logical conclusion to draw from what you've told me. What else could I possibly think?

[Low sigh.]

A lesson I learned the hard way. [Not that he expected it to make him feel better, but it felt like something he had to do. But to feel worse afterward was an unwelcome surprise. And it only served to make him a target for Arcee, further unhinging her....]

[ex_dishonestly997]

That we have long and petty memories. Which is also true.

So you already killed him, huh. Slow or fast?

[distortedscream]

[Sigh.] Admittedly that was the second conclusion if the first was disproved.

...Fast. I just snapped.

[ex_dishonestly997]

You just wanted the optimistic route, didn't you. You want to think after a while, we'll get older and wiser and stop hating each other badly enough to kill each other over badges.

That's nothing to be ashamed of, Starscream.

[distortedscream]

So I indulge in the occasional passing fantasy. Nicely breaks up the monotony of the real world.

...You're more lenient than Megatron.

[Shook his head.] I should not have lost control like that.

[ex_dishonestly997]

Fantasy, hm? [a smirk. God RiDStarscream grow up]

What can I say. I like Starscreams. I like to think I have something in common with most of you.

Yeah, well. Show me a mech who hasn't made a mistake and I'll show you a protoform.

[distortedscream]

Wouldn't we all have our similarities, if we're all multiple versions of the same being? [is actually super interested in alternate dimensions]

[Laughs.] True enough.