User blog:Spikewitwicky/May 1, 2016 - Spike's Journal Entry



I slept, but honestly, it essentially equated to a really long nap. We'll be in Earth's orbit in about 3 hours.

Dad's home. He looks a lot better than he did about 2 weeks ago. And he sent Buster home, since Buster has finals to give to his students. Autobot City is pretty vacant right now, so I was worried about him being there with just Helperbot, but he insisted he's fine.

So, Crosscut and I went to Praxus yesterday. We met Sky High. And for about... a half hour, it seemed to be a near-flawless visit. First off, Praxus is jaw-dropping. Cybertron still leaves me in awe, but I admit, it essentially is a ruined planet. But Praxus - it's like visiting Rome before "the ruins" were actually ruins. Meaning a full, vibrant, even colorful display of technical achievement that by all accounts, can be declared works of art.

We were about to embark on a tour before Starscream and his minions, including that twat Rumble arrived. Starscream made a convincing pitch, essentially cautioning Sky High not to enter into an agreement with us. At this time, it'd be easy to tell Sky High he was falling for a trap, but it looked like Sky High was already keen to this. But still, Starscream made a convincing appeal to remain neutral. He cut us off. If we leaned too heavily on Sky High, it'd seem that we were pushing him to take a side, which could further alienate him from us.

Sky High left it as this: he would not side with anyone, but he was clearly irritated by the Decepticons. Crosscut sees this as a victory. Diplomacy is a game of bridge. Not the card game - but a process where each meeting represents another support laid. I just can't see this as anything other than a failure. We were THIS close to signing a pact, and Starscream came in and totally blew up this agreement in our face. I guess in this business, I'm going to have to start taking more of Crosscut's view than my own personal view. To me, I see it as we were cleared to go with this agreement. Starscream threw a major wrench in our plans. We lost because of Starscream. I HATE losing. Above all else, I especially hate losing to him.