Starscream after taking another heap for punishment from his leader was currently cleaning up the corridor since he didn't have much to do in the process, each sweep of the brush feeling like a drag as he continued to clean up the mess. He soon finished off with a final sweep before putting the brush into a closet. He looked with slight exhaustion before deciding to finally get some offline recharge as he went into his quarters. He opened the door seeing that his room still needed to be cleaned up but decided there was another time for that. He walked over to his breath, before laying down. It took him a good few minutes to actually fall offline as his optics shut down fully.
He woke up in some sort of grassy area with a cloudy sky but something seemed incredibly off. He felt a dampness underneath him and when he turned around he saw a small pool of energon and looked at his hand which had energon coating it as he got up. He looked around before noticing something in the horizon before walking over to a bar-like building. It was wooden but looked sturdy and had a sign saying "Lixius bar." As he entered inside with confusion. The bar was strange to say the least, it was geometric yet non-geometric at the same time. Each black wall was covered in pictures of different events that didn't match up and most of the tables look to be empty, expect for a couple of few. Starscream turned seeing some people who weren't supposed to be here, particularly dead Autobots and Decepticons. But he also got a few surprising guests.
There was a couple human silhouettes here with their outline of their clothes showing and white almost robotic eyes. Each one seemed to be chatting to each other with pleasant talks. And there was two Primes he could recognise here. Nova and Prima. Nova seemed to be smiling slightly while Prima looked more serious overall. Nova was currently reading something from his datapad while Prima was looking over the abundance of Cybertronian drinks. And they seemed to keep their recognizable features, woth Nova having four swords on his back and Prima with having two wings that looked like a blue cape with a golden inside.
There he saw someone who was at the counter of the bar. Shifter, a neutral Cybertronian who is known for his business-like nature and calmness. Shifter noticed Starscream and put down the book he was reading. "Well there you are, come on, sit down." Starscream sat down as Shifter began to mention "Well I think you noticed we got some pretty odd fellows around." He pointed at the primes, the dead Cybertronians and the silhouettes. "Don't worry, they are just visiting for now." Starscream looked more uneasy at that thought "So how many more is there coming?" He said with his arrogance coming out a little. Shifter looked over his list. "A few more, I'll say."
At that moment, Starscream turned around seeing a odd girl with a sort of flower necklace come in. Her face was pale, her eyes were black with a white pupil and her grey hair looked to be combed. She soon said in a rather flat but soft voice "Hey, may I have a sort of cocktail." She pulled out her ID, showing she was 19 as Shifter nodded before going back to the back. She looked over Starscream before seeming to look confused "Huh. Your one odd Cybertronian are you not? Never seen someone like you before. May I get your name, Mister?" Starscream said "Call me Starscream, Second in command of the Decepticons." Once the girl heard his name, she seemed to recognise him somewhat "I heard you from those people recently." She pointed over to the dead Decepticons who wondered what she was pointing at. They turned around seeing Starscream in surprise.
"Starscream, is that you?" Octane yelled out as Starscream was surprised to see him. "What Octane- I thought you weren't dead?" Starscream said remembering the last time he saw his friend. "I'm stuck under stasis, that's why." Starscream realized what that meant. So that's why he's been gone for a whole week or so. Octane came up and sat near Starscream "So got anything interesting happening?" Starscream shook his head, not wanting to admit that he was exhausted "I swear we will get these Autobots-" He could feel glares from the dead Autobots as he rolled his optics "You lot are pathetic." He said as they started to protest with anger in their voice.
"Now then, settle down." Shifter said as they stopped. He could see the look of nausea on Starscream's face and pointed to the bathroom nearby. "Bathrooms left if you want to go."
Starscream nodded and began to walk away. He entered the stalls as he could see his face in the mirror, his red vivid optics bright and full of anger and malice as he shook his head. His wings fluttered slowly as he took out a pill bottle.
He opened the lid as he got a horrible smell from there and threw up his energon in the sink. He noticed a couple of wires falling out as he saw some sort of fungus covering the pills. He threw it in the trash bin as he stepped backwards, looking at himself over again. His face now seemed a little more weary than before and he swore he heard some odd buzzing noise. He turned around seeing someone flush and go out to wash their hands. He saw it was a human, much younger than him. They looked at him for a quick moment before shaking their head and leaving the area.