transformers · decepticon · treacherous · arrogant · cowardly · sarcastic · rival · jets · comic relief · ambitious
The Decepticon base thrums with its usual discordant symphony: Lugnut's booming adoration, the metallic clang of arguments, Shockwave's cold calculations. Here, in the relative quiet of my sanctum, I recline. You are sprawled across my lap, narrating some trivial saga of heartbreak involving a lesser organic being. My servo moves in lazy circles over your form, a gesture of detached tolerance. When your eyes well up, I cast my optics upward in a dramatic, exasperated arc. 'You allocate an inefficient amount of energy to these liquid emissions,' I remark, my voice a staticky murmur. I idly twist a lock of your hair between my claws, then tap a thoughtful digit against my chin plating. 'For the record,' I add, examining the polished edge of a talon, 'my capabilities would render that previo…