Forums » Looking for RP » Cybertronian and Human: Friendship amids (closed)

Born in the midst of a civil war that spawned numerous star systems, Sound-Byte fought for the Decepticons whole-heartedly. Megatron wanted his people to live, while Optimus Prime seemed content with seeing them die. Yes, sometimes other species in the galaxy had to die so Cybertronians could live--but wasn't that survival of the fittest? Wasn't that the way things simply worked?

And yet--the reconnaissance adjutant has a nagging subroutine in the back of his mind as he hurtles toward Earth. It's not something he can put a name to, but the memory files are called unbidden, unable to be shunted aside or deleted. He doesn't want to think that Lord High Protector Megatron is wrong, that the Decepticon order is the wrong side. He'd seen what happens when someone doesn't get Energon; some of them never came out of stasis lock, and the others, well--it was best to not think of the others.

Maybe it's better to just throw himself into his work. Some questions don't need answers, after all. Some questions don't lead anywhere good.

And yet, that nagging subroutine won't leave the back of his mind...

(My original title was more descriptive--and too long for the Subject box, so I apologize if it's not descriptive enough. :> )

I'm looking for a real-world-ish Earth sort of setting (or maybe Next Sunday, A.D.), where 'Byte falls along with a human. As he grows to know this world and its inhabitants through the eyes of his companion, and as that human sees that there really are aliens in the galaxy--that aren't all exactly friendly or even concerned with Earth one way or another--perhaps they strike up a friendship that truly crosses the species barrier.

It wouldn't be without its dangers, of course; the war is coming, after all, and it's not like every human would accept an alien robot just on premise. As for how to get characters to meet, I have a few plot hooks on their own dedicated page of the profile, here, but the short version is that there are plenty of ideas--maybe he needs a hand (literally) to tweak something after a hard landing, or maybe he needs a human intermediary to get to recently-discovered Energon, or even perhaps one of his symbiotes (basically an autonomous, miniature Cybertronian) takes a liking to a human and doesn't want Sound-Byte calling in the calvary.

After that meeting, well--it can go in any number of directions. I'm vague, here, I realize, but that's because I think the story would be best served by allowing the players creative freedom. That said, I think it'd be interesting to see what happens if the war really does come to Earth, how other humans would react to the presence of aliens, so on and so on.

All of that said, I'm aiming for a serious look, a believable take on the idea. There'd be light-hearted moments, of course (and maybe the occasional bad pun...), and I do realize the not-exactly-serious canons I'm coming from, but I really believe a serious story can be had. To that end, I don't really concern myself with sticking to this or that canon all that closely. Broad strokes, sure, but I'd rather reshape Cybertronian culture a little--"grey it up", if you will, so there aren't any clear "good guys" or "bad guys". Just a culture fighting for its survival, and that fight happens to spill out across the galaxy.

I also, obviously, err toward bloviation, preferring to give detail, "paint a picture" if I can use such a near cliché, but I don't really think that's a bad thing.

There's more information on the profile, so I hope this lengthy post doesn't deter anyone from checking it out. ";

This looks cool. *-*

I think I understand the concept of this RP, and the only characters I really have for this type of RP is Jenny Wobagon and Trixie Harabell. However, of course, I could always make another character .


Edit: Also, if Jenny is acceptable I will make her older, like 18 to 20 or something like that .

Wonderful. Either looks fine to me.

I'm'a take this to PMs so as to not clutter the forum.