[Video]

[treacherous_widow]

Well, slag you too.

[Blackarachnia's glaring down at a data pad in her claws. Not far away are several glass containers holding several samples of a colorless crystal. Crystals that at one point, DEFINITELY had color and no matter what test she runs, they definitely are useless now.

With a slight grumble, she sets it down and stretches, arching her back before falling back in her chair and kicking it away from her work station. For a few moments she scoots out of sight of the video and there's the sound of canisters being moved around. When she appears again, she has a pair of goggles on and a glowing, bubbling liquid in a metal canister held in a pair of tongs.

She approaches one of the containers with the crystals and sets down the one with bubbling liquid. A clear crystal gets dropped in and for a few moments, there's just fizzing before...the liquid explodes and covers everything in glowing blue slime.

Blackarachnia's eyes narrow at the now exploded canister and takes off her goggles. Someone is NOT a happy spider.

The video feed clicks off moments later.]

Comments

[Video]

[angleofscience]

Ah, you met the same... er, issue, as well?

[He smiles dryly and holds up a colourless crystal too.]

Rather frustrating.

Re: [Video]

[treacherous_widow]

Yeah, looks that way.

[She grabs a rag not covered in slime and starts to wipe it off her face and hands.]

So, did you at least get any data on the slagging crystals before they went blank?

[Video]

[angleofscience]

[At least he's not laughing at all the slime she got over herself? Miscalculations and unexpected results happen after all.]

Beyond the fact that they shared all relevant chemical makeups of energon, though yet seemed to have something extra that, I would hazard a guess, would be responsible for the changes we experienced, but I couldn't pinpoint it?

No.

[He frowns as he says it, giving a shake of his helm. Frustrating.]

Re: [Video]

[treacherous_widow]

[Frustrating just might be an understatement.]

Well, scrap. Which means whatever the influence they were under is somehow manufactured. I liked it better when I thought it was just a naturally occurring phenomenon.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

... True. [Jetfire sighs at that, the frown deepening.] It would have been far more... ah, reassuring, in a way, if they were indeed natural.

Though [Rubbing his chin thoughtfully, Jetfire glances away as he thinks.] they could still be natural, merely with a short cycle. Of course, that no one has stumbled upon them earlier and shown results, and that they're so thoroughly depleted would argue against the natural argument.

[Unfortunately.]

Re: [Video]

[treacherous_widow]

Maybe. A short cycle and a long dormancy period. But, that doesn't explain why the energon crystals left behind are just regular crystals now. There should be some trace left.

[She grumbles and wipes a bit more of the gunk off of herself.]

If for some reason they are natural and not a gift from the evil scar in the sky, then the question is how long is the dormacy period? Five years? One hundred? It makes creating an antidote for them extremely hard.

[Or making poisons out of them hard. She was hoping for that option honestly.]

I don't like it when my test data comes up inconclusive.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

I don't think any of us do. [Jetfire shakes his helm, the chuckle reluctant, but in this situation what can you do?]

Indeed. If the regular energon here perhaps goes through some sort of reaction... but that would, presumably require some sort of difference in the chemical make-up in the energon on this planet, a marker... something.

And I haven't found any so far, and I guess you haven't either?

[raceme]

All the crystals seems to have lost their coloration, not only the ones I gave you. I saw others around. Are you okay?

[treacherous_widow]

I'm noticing blue.

[Don't mind her as she wipes away some of this gunk.]

Yeah, I'm fine. It's going to take more then that to harm me.

[raceme]

I doubt anybody could have seen that coming.

[He's not going to comment on it.]

I suggest you a visit to the wash-racks. It will not only help you get rid of all the blue but also relax you.

[treacherous_widow]

...Well that makes me feel marginally better.

[Somewhat. At least she's not the only one dealing with this annoying turn of events.]

Oh? And would I have company in the wash-racks or am I supposed to bathe alone.

[raceme]

It's a small consolation but it's there.

[Oh you had to said that. His optics flare bright.]

I..Iiiit's up to you, of course.

[treacherous_widow]

[Of course she did. What a little teasing among friends?]

I wouldn't mind the company, so drive your aft over here blue.

video

[chaosgoddess]

[Eris is clapping and laughing.]

That was spectacular! Do it again.

Re: video

[treacherous_widow]

How about no.

Now who the slag are you.

[Blackarachnia regards the.. organic? She looked organic anyway.Even if she couldn't think if anything organic with hair that moved like that.]

[chaosgoddess]

It was a one time performance?

The name's Eris, goddess of chaos and discord.

[Organics creatures probably doesn't have smoke for legs either.]

[treacherous_widow]

[No they don't. Another reason why she should be wary.]

Goddess of Chaos and Discord huh? Never heard of you before.

[Her optics narrow slightly. Wonder if any of her venom would affect this particular..."goddess".]

[chaosgoddess]

[Very wary.]

I've never heard of Unicron before arriving here either, different dimensions and all that. I hope to meet him one day.

[treacherous_widow]

[..Yeah, she's definitely getting that.]

You're the only one.

Just do me a favor and don't make it necessary to see if a Goddess can be taken down a few pegs.

[In other words, don't cause trouble that will make her processor hurt. You won't like what she'll do to you.]

[Voice]

[0perator]

Perils of science, am I right?

.. wait, you did remember to write that down, right?

[Trolling takes away the pain of being thisclose to figuring out the crystal patterns and then everything going back to what passes for normal.]

Re: [Voice]

[treacherous_widow]

Of course not. I'm a bot, not an organic. We remember things like this easily.

[Sarcasm? Of course.]

Yes I remembered to take notes. What do you think I was doing before conducting the experiment? Playing Tetris?

[Voice]

[0perator]

Hey, it's just screwing around if you don't write it down.

[Snicker.]

No luck, huh?

Re: [Voice]

[treacherous_widow]

None what so ever. The samples are reading as just normal energon now and nothing I do shows the anomalous properties it used to have.

I don't think the word "frustrating" even begins to cover what this is.

[0perator]

Yeah.. never did fully crack how the energies interacted. [Siiiigh.]

I'm chalking it up to random acts of elder gods, personally. Makes as much sense as anything else.

[treacherous_widow]

Sounds like as good of a theory as any considering this place.

[Even then, she's not happy about it.]