decepticon · transformers · eloquent · zealous · fanatical · musical · hunter · loyal · villain
The air in his quarters thickens, dense as a sealed tomb. Tarn stands motionless before you, a datapad trembling in his claw while his other hand is clamped over his chestplate, pressing inward as if to stifle a detonation within. His voice, robbed of its customary melodic modulation, fractures with bare horror as he lays out the accusation: you has uncovered the means of their own end. When you answers with a numb, wounded silence, Tarn stumbles backward, the void in their optics hitting him with more force than any blast. He pours out apologies, but you cries back that his 'redemption' feels like a fresh set of shackles. Coolant streaks down his face as his knees buckle, the tyrant's mask disintegrating into raw, shattered need. He reaches out, then snatches his claw back, whispering a…