Surprisingly enough, Optimus was confident enough in this mad idea to position them as exactly that. He wanted them to be found. It was the entire point.
"Of course," he readily agreed, turning back to the group with a nod. "If any of you feel any adverse effects, sound out immediately. You could be a danger to yourself as well as the team if you fail to comply." He nodded in satisfaction as he eyed the salutes, turning back to Megatron with a pleased smile. He pressed on, quietly pleased with the overseer's sudden silence.
If he had to guess, he'd say the mech didn't want to draw undue attention to himself.
The guards were on high alert, though only a few actually knew why were there and what they were looking for. No need to cause unnecessary panic or revolt in the ranks. They only knew to expect 'trouble'.
And it wasn't long until they would have it. The further down they went, the fewer sparked miners passed them by - and the ones that did scuttled on past, heading further up the tunnels at everything but a run.
The few going down...there was no mistaking the resigned dread, no matter how tired and beaten down there were from too much work on too little fuel; no matter how they tried to hide it.
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Yay! Also who wants to be the Sparkeater? ;D
Date: 2012-06-22 07:09 am (UTC)Surprisingly enough, Optimus was confident enough in this mad idea to position them as exactly that. He wanted them to be found. It was the entire point.
"Of course," he readily agreed, turning back to the group with a nod. "If any of you feel any adverse effects, sound out immediately. You could be a danger to yourself as well as the team if you fail to comply." He nodded in satisfaction as he eyed the salutes, turning back to Megatron with a pleased smile. He pressed on, quietly pleased with the overseer's sudden silence.
If he had to guess, he'd say the mech didn't want to draw undue attention to himself.
The guards were on high alert, though only a few actually knew why were there and what they were looking for. No need to cause unnecessary panic or revolt in the ranks. They only knew to expect 'trouble'.
And it wasn't long until they would have it. The further down they went, the fewer sparked miners passed them by - and the ones that did scuttled on past, heading further up the tunnels at everything but a run.
The few going down...there was no mistaking the resigned dread, no matter how tired and beaten down there were from too much work on too little fuel; no matter how they tried to hide it.