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[maxicpolarity]

[It had started. If the strange electric feeling in the air hadn't clued him in, the fact that Dark Convoy had found him and talked with him would have cemented it. It had also given him an idea.]

Brothers...sister. Be ready. The time is soon.

To all those lacking Glyphs, I extend an invitation to you.

When the dark touch of chaos touches your minds, come find me. I may not be able to cure you of your ills, but at least in studying your descent I may find the tools to understand it.

[He has no more to say, and so he waits to see if there are any takers.]

Comments

[aerospacecommander]

In other words ... "let me watch you turn into a rabid lunatic ... for science."

[maxicpolarity]

If you care to put it so mundanely, then yes.

However, I don't merely intend to watch. [He's watching you, Starscream, and looking for a Glyph just in case.]

[forcowardice]

...So this is it? We're. We're going to go crazy and there's no way to stop it.

But you might be able to observe someone and work from that?

[maxicpolarity]

That is my offer.

[He inclines his head ever so slightly.] It may be better than the alternative.

[misfier]

Why would you SAY that?! I don't want to die! Please tell me we're not going to die!

[maxicpolarity]

You might not die.

[He considers.]

You might go crazy, be completely cognizant as you rend your previous allies to shred, and wander in a daze toward the badlands until your spark is no longer your own.

[forcowardice]

Misfire, listen. You need to keep looking for Krok. I can stay behind and do this.

[songofmypeople]

[This could be interesting... He's been curious how was is all going to play out.

+1 for Tarn-tracked broadcasts]

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[maxicpolarity]

[He's been sensing something...

...something that feels like Prima, and yet like something completely different, as well.]

...

[It takes him a while, but he knows he can track it down.]

I see you.

[text/locked]

[cerebroshellshocked]

help.


before i hurt someone.

[text/locked]

[maxicpolarity]

[This, now, is more along the lines of what he expected.]

Provide me your coordinates.

[He can get Alpha Trion or Solus to trace this if he must, but that is valuable time wasted.]

[treacherous_widow]

Is this a one bot observation party or can anyone join in?

[maxicpolarity]

[You? Are on the fast track for a star. A gold one, to match your plating.]

Have you any training in diagnostics?

[He likes mechs with ambition.]

[thelastprime]

It seems that it is the inevitable outcome.


Very well, if it will help you understand it, I offer myself. However, I have already organized a backup plan should I succumb to it before I can.

[maxicpolarity]

You have some foresight.

I will make certain that your sacrifice is not in vain.

[That, and he really wants to get a look at a future Prime.]

[neverputincharge]

What're ya gonna do to them?

[maxicpolarity]

I am going to do as I said.

I am going to study them.

[Intensely.]

[video]

[drpaperairplanesmd]

[Martha looks quite awed]

The glyphless are going insane? Why?

[but then she realizes]

Right. I suppose you don't know, then, if you're asking to research their psychoses. Do you have any theories? Do you think this is an inherent disease or something that can be cured? [She is both medically fascinated and yet worried.]

And [pause] what about those who do not come willingly? Whatever it is... will it be [so to speak] humane?

[video]

[maxicpolarity]

Why, I know.

They were sent by the Lambda, and hence they will return.

[He likes that you are theorizing yourself, though.]

What I need to understand is how. How to prevent it, how to neutralize it, and specifically how to neutralize the dark energy that they contain.

A disease would be a sufficient parallel.

A disease with...unfortunate results.

[ video ]

[heroicpose]

You're a fragging sadist! I knew you high and mighty First Forged just want to use us as you please!

[ video ]

[maxicpolarity]

Silence, monster. [He doesn't have patience for this.]

If we were so interested in doing that, then why would we be making pretense with Glyphs at all?

[video]

[rednotbluethx]

Woo! Gonna do some dissectin' there, big guy? Gonna record 'em an' show the rest of us?

[video]

[maxicpolarity]

If it would be of benefit.

[He doesn't mind others wanting to learn.]

[gditsaejima]

... You're convinced this is going to happen, huh?

[And, admittedly, it's getting harder to deny something is wrong. Much as he would want to fight back.]

Fine. Where are you, and who am I looking for? I'm not going to be the one to hurt them.

[engrishdetective]

Chief, c'mon! You can fight this.

[Can't you?]

[Video - Locked]

[staresat]

[He doesn't expect anyone with a sense of self preservation will probably take up the offer of being experimented on. Even if it was a request by one of the Firstforged. Being cut open just isn't too appealing when you still have your mind intact, and therein lies an opportunity to make himself of use.]

When their minds are gone, it would be of most benefit to capture and study the Glyphless rather than to just kill them. Even cadavers could hold valuable information.

[Going around and taking dead bodies in for study isn't exactly the cleanliest of jobs, but it is one that would expand the sample pool, and that leads to superior results.]

[Video - Locked]

[maxicpolarity]

[Oh? Now what is this? Logic? Here?]

They aren't so easy to capture. The taint gives them great strength, and great cunning.

[Still, he's intrigued.]

Unless you believe yourself capable of such?

[Video]

[rungout]

Is there truly nothing else the first forged can do for the Glyphless? Is..treating them like lab creatures really the best option that can be offered to them?

[Rung's uncomfortable about all of this and it shows, the therapist wringing his hands together a bit.]

[Video]

[maxicpolarity]

At least in this manner, their eventual death can be of benefit.

[He certainly believes it is the best option.]

[thehardway]

Why now is there an invitation, yet they were ignored before?

[maxicpolarity]

Offering to experiment on those who stubbornly refuse to admit they have a problem tends to end in...accusations.

You've seen the reactions, even now.

[video]

[raceme]

[Blurr is just making a face. It's quite the mix of a frown an a disgusted face, he can't help himself.]

[video]

[maxicpolarity]

[He is not in the mood for this.]

...

[Therefore, he simply stares back.]

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[megatronicpolarity]

You're such a compassionate mech, Liege.

[His voice and his expression are equally flat. He doesn't believe for a second that this offer is anything but self-serving.]

Must you take all the fun out of it for me?

[video | locked]

[maxicpolarity]

Compassion.

That word. [He growls.] It keeps being thrown about as if it has a weight equivalent to science.

[He does side-eye you for a moment, though.]

Come now. Do you really want to keep killing these monsters off forever?

[No. Wait. Why did he ask that.]