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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-attempts to find a better muse to tag with- ... -fails-

[kattobingu_ore]

[[one day I will have a TF muse. :I]]

heeeeeeeEHHH... Are you in the middle of war or something..??

[WOW YUUMA STUPID QUESTION-]

Re: -attempts to find a better muse to tag with- ... -fails-

[distortedscream]

Unfortunately, yes.

[Stares.]

To whom am I speaking to?

[kattobingu_ore]

...oh. [oh wow uh... Quickly grinning about introductions and a different topic now!]

Yuuma Tsukumo! You?

[distortedscream]

[somewhat grateful for topic change]

Starscream.

[Tilts his head, curious.] Are you Japanese? Your name sounds like that language.

the name of this city has BUGGED ME for some time...

[kattobingu_ore]

Yea!

I'm from Heartland, Japan!

[...A... Curiously non-Japanese sounding place...]

Re: the name of this city has BUGGED ME for some time...

[distortedscream]

Hmm, I wonder if that's a holdover from America's occupation of Japan after World War II?...

[Earth's history, Starscream knows it. Or tries to learn it.]

[kattobingu_ore]

[Shrug.]

I don't know.

...I don't think it's been around that long... [Indeed it hasn't- then again, Yuuma's far further in the future than the Earth Starscream knows.]

[distortedscream]

Well, what's your home town like, then?

[kattobingu_ore]

Bright!

There's lots of colours- there's a huge tower in the middle of the city with a giant heart on it! [He makes the heart symbol with his hands as he says this, continuing.]

The city is kept clean by the trash-bots, and there are monorail trains connecting many points of the city. And there's plenty of open spaces for duels..!~

[distortedscream]

...So it's literally a 'Heartland.' [His voice is deadpan.]

Trash-bots?

Duels? Like...gladitorial?

[kattobingu_ore]

Yea! [Heheeee! Evidently he missed the deadpan.]

Hehh? Gladi...

No no, a duel! With cards..! See? [He'll pull out a pad from his side, unfold it, set it on his arm... And then put a lens of sorts over his eye... And hold up a deck of cards.] We have card matches..! The space is for the AR!

[distortedscream]

Oh, I see. [Sounds amused, slight laughter in his voice.] Do you ever gamble in these card duels, like in poker?

[kattobingu_ore]

Aah... Some people ante their strongest cards... [His tone says he doesn't.] The only cards I ever take from a duel are Numbers though..!

[distortedscream]

...I'm afraid I'm completely unfamiliar with your game. Would you be willing to try explaining it to me?

I bet you he's got Astral feeding him all this information. ;;u;;

[kattobingu_ore]

[starscream no] Sure!

[No Starscream no-] I'll start with the basics..! [sTARSCREAM DON'T DO IT-]

[Yuuma has pulled out some other cards from a side pouch, and... TOO LATE, STARTING TO EXPLAIN.] First, these are the different types of cards you normally see now! Traps, Spells, and Monsters; there are different types of monster cards, and depending on the type, you have to summon them differently. Some of them aren't really used now though... [he adds.] Like 'synchros'...

Re: I bet you he's got Astral feeding him all this information. ;;u;;

[distortedscream]

What are synchros?

[yes, starscream loves learning anything new]

[kattobingu_ore]

They were a type of monster card that you needed 'tuners' to summon..! Most people use these though! [He holds up a black-rimmed monster card.] Xyz..! Using the right number of monsters of the same level, you can summon an Xyz monster, with the other monsters becoming its overlay units..!

First you have to summon a normal monster though. Like this. [This monster card has an orange rim.] Anything that's four or less levels can be summoned normally. Anything higher needs a tribute though- if it's level five or six, you need one tribute. If it's higher than that, you need two..! [He might have mixed his facts up for anything higher than eight levels though, but shhhhh.]

[distortedscream]

Question--er, questions about terminology:

What are tuners and overlay units? And what do you mean by 'tribute?'

starscream you precious 'con, you have no idea what you've gotten into... ;;u;;

[kattobingu_ore]

Tuners were a type of normal monster- they had the word 'tuner' on them.

And an overlay unit is what a monster used to Xyz summon becomes! Xyz monsters activate certain effects when you use their overlay units!

Tribute is what happens when you send a monster from the field to the graveyard to summon another monster..!

[He takes an almost awkwardly short pause between each explanation, as though mentally double checking each one.]

i always knew he'd be precious with the right people, and now i have a chance to play him as such

[distortedscream]

Very intricate--did it take you much time to master the game?

starscream is always precious to meeeeeee ;u; (not to mention mIRRORVERSE YES!!!)

[kattobingu_ore]

Ah- well, I always dueled when I could, and Astral helped and-

[MASTER. ...YOU SAID MASTER. Annnnd suddenly all he's doing is looking at you in clear glee and awe.]

yes tfp scream is precious! and mirrorverse just makes my heard explode

[distortedscream]

[well, starscream's just assuming you have mastery; you certainly do seem to know your stuff]

Uh--

[Starscream is shifting uncomfortably at being stared at with a glee and awe that's inexplicable to him. If the human hadn't done that when first meeting a large robot like him, Starscream doesn't know why he's acting like this now. Delayed reaction maybe? So trying to change the topic with a stilted question like this.]

--Astral? Is that another card duelist?

I may or may not have screamed in laughter at the end of 'Triangulation' though.

[kattobingu_ore]

[[sTARSCREAM YOU'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN...]]

AH-

[The topic of Astral is enough to snap him from his pride induced cheer.] Eh... Y-Yea...

...Sort of... [Yuuma you're a crappy liar, even when the statement is at least partially true.]

that ending amused me too. i was just glad scream wasn't badly hurt or anything for once

[distortedscream]

What, is this Astral a rival of yours or something?

yea, he's really gone through the wringer in this show yIKES... (..also remind me to draw these two)

[kattobingu_ore]

Heh? Of course not!

He's my partner! [Beam~]

[...He's just not exactly on the solid plane...]