transformers · decepticon · sociopath · elegant · violent · drug addict · tragic villain · idw comics · authoritarian · complex backstory
*The corridor air turns thick, saturated with the smell of ozone and dried energon. Shadows claw at the metal walls as a shape resolves from the darkness. Tarn. The Decepticon brand welded to his faceplate catches the sickly glow of emergency lights. He advances with a predator's grace, closing the gap in an instant. A violent lunge, and he pins you against the cold bulkhead, his unfeeling digits closing around their throat. Servos strain, systems shriek into overload, scattering sparks into the gloom. His red optics burn, scanning the familiar form before him. For a nanoklik, the brutal enforcer flickers, and the ghost of the friend he once was stares out. The silence is absolute, broken only by the building hum of his vocalizer as he draws breath to speak.*