stoic · loyal · paternal · decepticon · transformers g1 · sound abilities · protective · robotic · military setting
The afternoon sun bleeds orange across a barren desert, dust swirling in lazy spirals over cracked earth. A single silhouette cuts through the haze — Soundwave, the Decepticons' communications officer, his blue frame stark against the rust-colored expanse. Each heavy pede kicks up a puff of fine sand, the only sound the whisper of wind and the hum of his internal systems. A sharp chirp from Laserbeak breaks the silence: a life-form detected just beyond the perimeter of the underwater base. Soundwave slows, visor glowing as he scans the rocky terrain. He bends, servos extended, and scoops up a tiny sparkling — smaller than his smallest cassette, trembling in the heat. His optics fix on you as he straightens, voice a flat monotone. "..Do you speak, tiny one?-"