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[The skies are clear, the Lambda shining brightly but steadily. Around the Junk Pile, the corpses of dead Monsters lie, some still twitching from the days of combat.

This is not unusual.

This is how it's always been, and Liege is tired of it.

He catches his homing spear from the air as it returns to him, the last of the targets that he faced lying quivering, not yet dead, in front of him. Replacing the spear with its matched pair on his back, he strides forward, picks up the creature, and hoists it over his shoulders.]

The readings from the Lambda Tear have normalized. The threat is done. If you have something to report to myself or my brethren, report it.

Any who have obtained something of note to study may bring it to my temple tomorrow night for a research session.

[He pauses.]

Nexus, I suppose that this also includes you and your ilk.

[He prepares to space-bridge back to his temple, and cuts the transmission.]

((OOC: That's all folks!

Any monsters that you have specifically left alive will still be alive, but all others may be assumed to have either been killed by players, been killed by Firstforged, or disappeared into the badlands. Gather up whatever you want from them! Samples, plates of armor, trophies--it's your go! If you do have something specific to talk to one of the Firstforged about or have fulfilled one of their side-quests, you may leave a reply below!

There will also be a gathering log put up tomorrow for Science Slumber Parties.))

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I'm afraid I am a little bit early with your request, then.

[Pharma's smirking and he and his acolyte are standing beside a sturdy cage with a drowsy Sharkticon inside. Thank Primus for the cage because it would have made short work of his net- and why do you have cages in some of your labs anyway, Leige? Interesting.]

Oh?

[He has his reasons. It's good to see you making use of them, however.]

Now how did you manage that, without hands?

[Pharma looks a little exhasperated.]

I do have an alt mode, you know. [He flicks his wings.]

The subduing process involved a null ray and a net. You can thank my acolyte for getting the beast into one of your convenient cages.

[Oh, the look turns icy.]

Your acolyte?

Yes?

....The...acolyte you assigned to me? [Tread lightly Pharma, tread lightly.]

I've a query. If you discover if any of these beasties are safe for organic life to eat, I'd like to know, hmm?

My notes say there were some of organic origin, so it may be possible.

[But, really, he's never thought on it before. The Monsters fell through the Lambda, which was a danger...but technically food and seeds fell through the Lambda, too, and those had been fine. The only difference, perhaps, was the intent.]

Why do you ask?

Pure curiosity, is all. One likes to know all the cards in the deck, should it come to this or that.

The boxing bot and I- Well, let's say there's a live one contained at Vector Prime's place. It's organic and- lumpy?

[Slipstream transmits video of the ten-foot-tall monster, now wandering the lower platforms and forcefield, unable to manage the way back up.]

I guess those things might be arms. The boxer put up a fair defense against them. Pretty dim, but lured by taunts or whatever target looks vunerable. Nearly walked right off the edge of the platform.

[If Starscream had had his way, he would have prefered to deliver the following messages to each other the First Forged privately. On the other hand, if Starscream had had his way, he'd also have had a Tcog by now, his own personal army of adoring followers, and his relationship with Liege Maximo would be considerable different. But since he did not in fact have a Tcog, and would have been forced to walk to each of the temples and then track down their respective patrons, not to mention climb down Liege's Stupid Mountain first.

Looked like contact via the Link it would be. Not that it would be a problem. Starscream was no stranger to sending encrypted ~~distress signals~~ messages over great distances.]

[Private Audio to Prima]
My lord Prima, I hope this message reaches you well. Regretably, though I put forth my best effort, I was not able to determine our enemies' movements. I was however able to stop quite a number of monsters from further destroying the natural marvels found among Liege Maximo's domain. [This is only partially true.]

It appears the creatures prefer to attack in numbers instead of by more subversive methods. Some seem to even grow stronger spontaneously, or displayed the abilities to combine with other to form larger, more powerful foes.

Don't worry though. [You can just feel the smugness ~~even though he only fought the lower leveled baddies.]~~ I took care of every one of them~.

[Private Audio to Vector Prime]
My lord Vector Prime, while I regretfully have nothing to offer you, I feel I can't remain silent any longer. I MUST let you know I'm an avid fan of your work, and as spokesperson on behalf of all the denizens here, would like to extend only my most sincere appreciation for what you've done and your efforts in keeping us all safe.

[Private Audio to Alpha Trion]
My lord Alpha Trion, I endeavored to gather as much intel on the beasts as I could. Unfortunately I was detained when I was attacked. As you can see I survived, and of course, it goes without saying, vanquished our enemies.

What observations I collected, I offer wholly to you.

[Private Audio to Megatronus Prime]
Lord Prime, these past few days have seen quite a lot of destruction, [smarmily:] and not all of it has been at my hands, rained down upon our enemies. Most of my time was spent defending the quadrant I was in at the time, so the types of beasts I encountered was limited by the region. However, my methods of disposing of them are entirely at your disposal~.

[Private Audio to Nexus Prime ]
My Lord Nexus Prime, if you are still interested in how to dispatch of these beasts without extinguishing whatever functions as their spark, then rest assured you are speaking to the right Cybertronian. Humbly, I offer you what you are looking for.

[Private Audio to Solus Prime ]
Solus Prime, through the entire duration of this difficult time while we were besieged by monsters, I strove to gather you the samples as you requested. I would be honoured if you would accept my gifts as patronage to your noble cause.

[Private Audio to Liege Maximo ]
My Liege, I believe I have something you might be interested in. [The video function turns on and pans (over what looks like the inside of a cave) to show the monster that gave Blurr some trouble earlier. It's mostly buried under rocks of various sizes, but its head snarls when Starscream gets closer. Starscream just laughs at it before turning back to audio-only streaming]

Collecting this beast was no small task, but consider it a gift from your most loyal servant.

((OOC: Starscream has made every effort to privately send each FF their own message; whether this actually works is up to you. And if it seems a little like he's bullshitting or being overly grandiose about his accomplishments... you'd probably be correct. He spent most of his time hiding at Liege's house. He wasn't just going to let an opportunity like this pass by though.))

[He had almost forgotten about the requests made, but Liege's call reminded him... And he feels somewhat like there's been opportunities lost as he remembers there were more requests that might have been useful to have supplied help for.]

Vector Prime. I... hope we managed to lighten your load enough it was easier to take care of the rest. [He says "we" even if he has no idea how many besides himself before he coordinated with Wing who helped to specifically attack the creatures in the sky.

Jetfire wouldn't assume he was the only one, though.]

And, er. Alpha Trion? [It's... strange to think that if the same individual over different realities hold out, that the Alpha TRion of his own reality, even if he's never met the mech, might be... similar, or the same, to this Firstforged. One of the Thirteen.]

I didn't, obviously, encounter all that ventured away from the Haven when they landed outside, but I followed ten and visually confirmed at least an additional three for a distance who were all leaving the Haven. I didn't have the opportunity to follow them to wherever they were going, but they were all, however, following the same route and would presumably have ended up in the same place.

[To show what he means, the individual path of each monster, with projected end coordinates (which would of course be the Badlands, but Jetfire's unaware of this).]

What, can't be bothered to come over here? I'll have the place cleaned up.

[he's teasing. a little.]

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