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[iseedeadbees]

My fellow Cybertronians, citizens of the Moira. Some of you already know me, for those of you who do not, my name is Starscream. I am the current elected ruler of the planet Cybertron, but today I come before you with a confession. You see, my time here has given me a chance to reflect on my position, and myself as a whole. I've had the opportunity to scrutinize the choices I've made in the past, how my experiences, my failures, may affect my ability to lead a planet into an era of true peace and prosperity. To keep things short and simple, I have come to the conclusion that I am, at this current time, unfit to rule.

Given the circumstances, I'm unable to officially resign, simply because we lack the proper paperwork, but I ask my fellow Cybertronians to rest assured. By the time we're able to return to our home, I will have become every bit the leader our people deserve. I promise you this.

My apologies for the interruption, and thank you all for your time.

[PRIVATE: text to other Starscream heyoo]

I may have taken a few creative liberties, but there. It's finished. Now get off my back about it.

[tl;dr Starscream lost a bet. And by lost a bet I mean he accidentally maybe killed Ratchet a bit a few weeks ago and the other Starscream is blackmailing the shit out of him in exchange for keeping quiet but hey you know how it goes.]

Comments

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[aerospacecommander]

Wow. No wonder everyone seems to really hate him. I don't blame you in the slightest.

[decepticonpeacemaker]

Not everyone hates him, I suppose. He was elected as ruler of Cybertron.

[aerospacecommander]

Brainwashing could have been involved.

[decepticonpeacemaker]

I am not sure how he could have brainwashed the population of Cybertron so quickly, but I suppose it is not impossible...

[aerospacecommander]

Shockwave did. Back home I mean.

[decepticonpeacemaker]

I can see Shockwave being capable of such a thing. He was brilliant, if insane... Starscream, on the other hand, I do not believe could accomplish something on that scale on his own.

[aerospacecommander]

You're right. He is nothing but a giant idiot. And so are all the people who voted for him.

[decepticonpeacemaker]

It still seems as if it should be some terrible joke...

[aerospacecommander]

I think there's a human phrase for this: murphy's law?