re_alignment | [action; Megatronus' Temple]

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[action; Megatronus' Temple]

[Near the northern tip of the Haven, a visitor began to noiselessly pass into the valley of Megatronus' quadrant. While it did have the machinery to stay aloft, it was less a jet and more a flying frame tightly built around a large cannon - a gunship of sorts, and one of alien make. Fixed to it's underside was a box. Just a dull box. Any superficial decoration had been removed.]

[Upon reaching the different abodes of the quadrant, it lowered to a hover, engines still silent. The package was deposited onto the ground, and the craft banked to the left before changing back. Looks like it- now a he, was waiting for someone.]

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[ooc: feel free to poke this weirdo now or on his way out.]

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[Knock out was around the area, exploring for a bit when he saw the whole ting. He never saw Shockwave's alt move before adn he's a bit surprised by it's look.]

Having some fresh air?

[His attention drifts to meet Knockout as he turns to the source of the voice. It wasn't exactly a welcoming type of greeting, but it lacked any hints of annoyance often accompanied by attempts at small talk.]

I am here for an exchange.

[Not a welcoming greeting but Knock Out could tell the difference between a death glare and a non impressed one.]

Oh, my apologize I had no idea I was interrupting something. Something for Megatron?

No. It is with an alternate self.

[The box may have had it's wrapping removed (it looked stupid okay) but Knockout may recognize it was one of the containers that had been spilling out of the Lambda as of late.]

[Shockwave must have really wanted whatever he was being given to actually stop what he was doing, fly over from his quadrant, and sit here to wait.]

AH, one of those. I talked to him and his pet.

[But presents are nicer if they are wrapped! He does recognize it, though.] You got a present for him? How cute.

[Present? Shockwave only gives presents to Megatron.]

I am exchanging this for a cortical psychic patch.

[One that quite literally had his name on it. This box just also happened to have the same name, but was intended for the... other one. With the pet.]

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[Dragon presents, at that.]

Ah, one of those. [Knock Out's face is blank form expression. Pokerface all the way.] It seems like a fitting present. Do you know what's in that box?

Items for his... pet.

[It was how he could tell it wasn't his, actually. He had no use for things meant for a giant mechaworm.]

[Oh, and there was a parachute in there. He was just guessing this all had meaning to the other Shockwave and didn't really care enough to rifle through it once he opened the box.]

Is it Food for Driller? It was hungry when I first meet him.

[And let's be honest, is better to keep that thing not hungry.]

I never saw anything like him in our universe, and you?

There is energon inside.

[The second question earns a bit of a pause - Knockout didn't seem like he was all that old, a part of him was curious if he had seen Cybertron while it still had some life on it.]

There were large creatures in the distant past. ~~[that were revived]~~ Of a different kind.

But here the energon is easy to find, how's that a special present? Is that energon purple? [Because that would be really bad.

Knock Out looks very interested all of sudden] Large creatures other than drillers?

[Does he look like the type of person who understands the purpose of randomly giving gifts? He just wants his Patch ok.]

Edited 2013-01-07 22:23 (UTC)

Research into our Cybertron's past has supported the existence of Predacons. A race of ancient Cybertronian creatures.

[Ones that could grow to be particularly large, if the preliminary results are accurate.]

[Fine, Fine, Ko won't ask further about the present. That predacon thing is much more interesting.]

But they're all extinct now, right?

[Are you sure that's a goo idea? Never breed something that can eat you whole in one bite.]

....

[Knowing Shockwave, that's a no.]

They do not appear to be present on this Cybertron.

That I can tell. [He doesn't know Shockwave all that much, but the specification of 'this Cybertron' made Knock Out wary. He does know that the purple bot doesn't enjoy being bothered or interrupted for long. Knock Out doesn't want to be on Shockwave's black list.]

I don't want to bother you further. [Knock Out smiles and gestures around.] I hope you get your gift quickly.

[It's not often Whirl just hangs out at Megatronus's place. Because, you know, Megatron. Icky. Still sometimes a nosy copter ends up in the right place at the right time. ]

Going somewhere?

[He stops as Whirl come into view, immediately making eye contact. Shockwave had gotten rid of his box in exchange for a rather inconspicuous looking black cable, now coiled around his remaining hand.]

...

[He remembers this voice.]

What kinda answer is that?

[Rhetorical question! The answer is: the kind of answer you give when you're up to something shady.]

[The implied accusation doesn't seem to elicit much of a response, save for his helm cocking back in a way that seems to hint at some sort of condescending amusement.]

[Yeah no, he doesn't have to talk about his business. He's just going to continue along his path.]

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[For once in far too long Shockwave wandered out from his room for reasons not being fighting nor science. No. Instead it was for being ~~social~~ idle. As though there was time for such things. A package was tucked under his arm and it didn't take too long for him to find what he was looking for. Shockwaves had a look and it wasn't exactly a hard look to spot.

But oh he was tiny like the previous alternate of his. And again not nearly as fitted for battle.

And so. The approach begins.]

[One could say that the ambient temperature dropped a little from the coldness of both stares. He was poised next to the larger box, not bothering to hold it simply out of convenience.]

[Despite being the shorter of the two, he didn't appear to be intimidated by size as the distance closed between them. In fact, there was barely any reaction at all, save for him making eye contact. He wasn't here to play petty games, he was here to get his patch and go home.]

[Had this other Shockwave been intimidated it would not have been marked well. That was not a thing Shockwave did, and not of other Shockwaves - most certainly not.

Shockwave stands before his alternate, staring at him silently, his gaze only moving to glance at the box on the ground for no more than a second. Within a few moments the ground rumbles and the box is pulled into a newly formed hole in the ground.

He holds out the box meant for his alternate.]

What is it?

[Just brief small talk. He was curious just what the device within the box he was handing over did.]

[Shockwave feels the ground tremble beneath his feet - that must have been the other's... 'pet'. He gives the hole a cursory glance as it is formed, before fixing on the package as it was extended forward.

His remaining hand reaches out to retrieve it, dropping the actual container to the ground to reveal the actual item - a coiled black cable inside.]

It is part of a procedure used to extract information from prisoners.

Edited (lol it turned into prose halfway through the tag) 2013-01-04 15:02 (UTC)

[Interesting. Cabling to extract information, and cabling not attached to another Cybertronian or fauna. A safer way perhaps, or simply something to utilize across the faction when those of correct rank were not around to extract the data themselves.]

How does this procedure work?

The neural nets of the extractor and the prisoner are linked together. The extractor downloads their consciousness into the host mind and acquires the desired data.

[Naturally, this would require quite a bit of mental training to do properly, but the physical process itself was fairly simple.]

A medical officer oversees the participant's bodies and keeps them stabilized.

[In the standard procedure, anyway.]

So you do not posses your own cabling for such matters?

[If it required the prisoner to be hooked up to another and not simply a computer, it was likely. Interesting.]

Should you ever find one to use it on, I wish to witness the procedure.

[More could have been explained on the reasoning for the device's creation and it's mechanics, but that would draw out the conversation more than it needs to be. A topic for another time.]

[There's a thoughtful pause as he reflects on the offer, as the procedure would obviously be frowned upon if it got out into open. It also left the two participants rather exposed. Nonetheless, he was intrigued enough by his alternate self to consider it if the circumstances are right.]

[A... single nod is the response.]

I will contact you if the opportunity presents itself.

I appreciate it.

[Albert was passing by in the very same quadrant. He noticed the gun ship hovering low over the area. The activity made him a little wary and suspicious...yet this might be the kind of help they needed.

He followed the ship for awhile, moving as fast as he can (He was no Jet or Joe). Soon enough when he got on a level enough ground he signaled the ship, just to gauge its purpose here.]

[The gunship settles over a flat plot of land before shifting back into it's bipedal robot form. Shockwave didn't appear to take notice of Albert's signal at first, taking the time to make sure whatever cargo it was holding had properly landed in place.]

[But then, his optic drifts towards the signal at the top of that hill. Looks like you have his attention, Albert. What do?]

[Albert keeps his ground as he watches it transform. Out of all his time here it's the first he's actually seen a mech go from transport to machine.

He shouldn't be surprised, as much as he is at the moment.]

...didn't realize you guys could do that.

[How good is he at reading lamp body language? Because Shockwave's continued intrigue is what prompts him to answer.]

It is innate to our species.

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on his way out?

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they need an architect, a forger, a chemist...

this clearly could be done more efficiently

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