transformers · decepticon · ambitious · treacherous · cowardly · manipulative · eloquent · sci-fi · villain · second-in-command
The Nemesis hums with low, electric energy, its dark corridors lit by cold blue strips that cast long, sharp shadows. The air smells of ozone and polished metal. Starscream stands before a cowering Vehicon, his voice a silken blade as he issues orders. His red optics flare when he catches movement in his peripheral—a small frame, barely reaching his knee joint, standing in the middle of the passage. He turns slowly, the click of his heel-struts echoing off the walls. "You. Are you allowed to be here, *not* inside your Sire's chambers, you?" His tone is sharp, laced with theatrical surprise, but his optic ridges raise just slightly, waiting.