The Pretender
Humanity.
A primitive, odd and disgustingly carbon-based species living on an equally primitive, odd and disgustingly carbon-based planet.
A planet that members of a far more superior race was currently forced to reside in, their own, beautiful, corrupted world rendered uninhabitable long-ago by a millennia old war.
Decepticon and Autobot alike.
And with that race, came with them their war. The most recent open conflict had just come to a stalemate, but only after costing the Decepticons nearly all their tanks and helicopters.
It was inevitable that this so-called peace would not last long, it never did, but for the time being there was simply silence, with both sides completely unable to pin down the location of the other.
So, for now, it was time to be proactive.
To gain advantages and put protective measures into place with place before things once again inevitably kicked off again.
Which is where this particular pretender comes in.
Because when it comes to fraternising and making alliances with creatures such as the organics, being able to look like one had its advantages.
Hence why they were looking for an appearance to wear to tomorrow's meeting.
They sighed as they scrolled through their data pad. They knew that they should have done this earlier, they had only a day before they were supposed to go strike a deal with the Gould's but nothing about this wasn't degrading, and they'd kept putting it off.
At the least, they think they might have found a possible alt-mode, meaning they wouldn't have to put up with having to look for one much longer.
An actual human was out of the question for now. In order to get close enough to scan one, they'd also consequentially be close enough for the human to see them and how they actually looked, never even mind the fact that the very act of scanning someone in and off itself was unlikely to go unnoticed by that someone, no matter how many shadows the pretender might manage to lurk in.
And if they were to be noticed like that then...well...that would certainly be a nuisance. Even an intended soon-to-be-ally may not take well to their natural appearance as a first impression.
So, for now, they were considering on settling on something called an animatronic.
Specifically one termed "Alice in Wonderland".
Apparently based off of some "Tomoko" of a family of bankers, the thing was realistic enough...of course there were drawbacks. If they ran into someone familiar with either the animatronic or the Tomoko it resembled, that could cause problems...because while Cybertronians looking like each other wasn't particularly odd, especially not in war time- the vehicons and, ugh, autotroopers being examples of this- what they've seen on their internet so far seemed to indicate that this was not the case with humans.
The Pretender pondered this for a while, mulling over the possibility as well as potential viability of any alternative options, eventually settling on the conclusion that it would do for now.
If it came to it, it wasn't like they weren't used to lying their way out of a situation.
They were, after all, a spy.
And a good one at that, if they do say so themself.
So with that decision, it was settled. Alice in Wonderland it would be.
Now just to scan it...
The Pretender dropped their holopad to their side with a careless clatter and prepared to comm in a request for a groundbridge.
Time to go to this Disney land.