User blog:Spikewitwicky/January 30th, 2019 - Spike's Journal Entry



I recommended the Autobots temporarily cease all EDC activities with the Joes until an investigation is done into the treatment of prisoners in The Coffin. Megan, if you by chance are reading this several decades from now, I'm hoping you will have to Google (or whatever is used in like 2066) 'The Coffin' and see it WAS a detention facility that is no longer used. The Joes didn't design The Coffin. It was created by the CIA. But the Joes used it to house Dr. Arkeville. And now he's escaped. And now, his photos are out for all the world to see.

The Autobots have analyzed the photos. And while Dr. Arkeville is not above doctoring certain things for his benefit, honestly...it doesn't look good. It looks damning. He's a disabled, elderly man, and it looks like he's endured a year of neglect. Crosscut (who I saw after his release, thank Primus he's back) said we need to get in front of this ASAP.

I don't know what this is going to do to the Joes and the 'bots. We've worked so hard for this alliance. I so don't want to topple it. But at the same time, we can't look like we are complicit in any form of abuse, even if it's against someone like Dr. Arkeville. I don't know how Marissa is going to react. I don't know how Flint is going to react. I don't know how DJ is going to react. That said, I'm pissed at the Joes for even putting us in this position.

Now, people who weren't born during that horrible time when Cybertron was pulled into Earth's orbit will not see Dr. Arkeville as a sadistic, evil person who helped enslave thousands (including my dad), and helped kill thousands more by his help in aiding Megatron. They'll see him as victim of the Joes' treatment. I know my dad's treatment at the hands of his captors in Korea played a role in this decision. I don't know how many friendships I'm going to lose because of this. I know I'm essentially a civilian lambasting people who actively serve in the military. But again ... Megan, if you're reading this way on in the future - I try to play the long game. And I want to make sure the decision I make now is something I can explain to you decades from now.