[Video] - outer edge of Solus Prime's territory

[invisiblepinkboat]

[There's still smoke rising from not just the rocket launcher that can be seen at the edge of the screen where Elita's holding it, but also from something behind her. And besides her deep frown, the rest of her is looking somewhat... beaten up. The feed's also tilted somewhat oddly.]

We have a problem, unless this is a singular attack. [The view pans from Elita to... a critter. There's no other way to describe the partly-curled up and decidedly huge creature with way too many legs, one or two closer to the front ripped off or strangely twisted. It also has some larger, multiple segmented limbs that would probably be more maneuverable than comfortable around what would probably have been its head if it wasn't entirely blown away, smoke curling in the heat from a nearby open fissure.]

It's unglyphed, and unless someone can say they've seen anything like this out in the wilderness or near the Badlands, I'd hazard a guess that we might have something like when the Lambda spewed unglyphed monsters down on us early on... [The view goes back to Elita, who now has her other arm resting over her chestplates, revealing several deep scratches scattered over her arms and probably more out of view, the antennae on her right arm bent at a drastic angle and one back-mounted panel hanging decidedly and uncomfortably askew.]

If someone has more information, either in regards to that [And, unthinkingly, she lifts the arm she'd been covering her chestplate with to point at the monster, revealing that the left half of it has been mangled by row upon exact row of something pointed and sharp. It's left that half of her chestplate with circular punctures mostly revealing nothing but gouged metal, but in some places there's the obvious silver flash of a cable or sparks from torn circuitry. There's a rev from her engine and her hand falls back into place.] or something that could be similar to the... calling, or whatever we should call it that happened a while ago, then now might be the time to start to collect it all together. Especially as I'm inside Solus Prime's quadrant, even if it's somewhat close to the outer edge.

[She pauses, then, and despite the situation, briefly a sharp, amused smile slides over her faceplates.]

Shaoshao? I'd give you an extra pointer, but hopefully that was obvious enough as to what you'd want to attack.

[Then Elita casts a frown at the be-headed creature right as the feed cuts. At least it didn't get to tear up enough to bare her spark chamber.]

((ooc: Aka; Elita gets to be the first victim, though at least she wasn't the one to lose her head!))

Comments

[deadlydoctor]

Consider yourself lucky. Dark energon it's made with Unicron's blood. [That's how bad it is.] I can't say I ever heard of that...

...Or them.

[invisiblepinkboat]

Unicron's... [Elita stares, a shiver working itself through her frame and ending up at her face in a grimace.] Why would anyone want to touch that, even less consume it!

[Another twist of her mouth before she shrugs.]

Bugbite was a new Decepticon, and Bombshell's an Insecticon. The cerebro shells were his "thing".

[deadlydoctor]

Yes. [Knock Out tries to look nonchalant.] It has unusual properties. Could be worse.

[It's Knock Out's time to grimace.] Insecticons.

[invisiblepinkboat]

... How could it be worse?

[She doesn't believe you, sir. :| Unicron is bad business!]

Bad experiences?

[She tilts her helm, and while still unsettled by the thought of "blood of Unicron", there's slight teasing in the movement as well as her voice.]

[deadlydoctor]

It doesn't kill you. [But it can make you sorta insane. But that's hard to tell, Megatron's sanity was debatable at beast before he started using the dark energon.

Ko's not denying that.]

You could say that. They're rather disgusting And stupid.

[Would you want some cheese with that whine, Elita?]

[invisiblepinkboat]

That leaves a lot of room, though. [Slight, arch tilt of her helm. That's like a gorge's worth of space between what it does, doesn't do, and how bad it could be!]

They seem to be rather different compared to the ones from my reality. While I could probably describe some of their proclivities, attitudes or similar as disgusting, they're otherwise pretty much like anyone of us... And unfortunately at least Bombshell isn't stupid.

[She makes a little grimace.]

He's an expert in mind-warfare, which is why the cerebro shells.

[Why, thank you! Would make the whine go down better at least.]

[deadlydoctor]

I didn't make the rules. [Hate the game, not the player Elita.]

In mine they're brainless brutes that move in swarms, they do make an impressive army.

An insecticon expert on something. Now I've heard everything. How does he looks like?

[invisiblepinkboat]

[She just gives him a dry little stare at that, and then tilts her helm toughtfully.]

Big, then? The Insecticons in my reality are actually rather small, and there's only three of them. Purple, gray and yellow. Bombshell in particular has an antenna-gun on his helm from which the cerebro shells are fired.

[deadlydoctor]

[:|]

As tall as Megatron, or bigger and not so colored.

[invisiblepinkboat]

... Well, that's certainly different. Not at all what I expected.

[And she can see why he'd described them as he did earlier.]

Either way... thank you for the concern. I should be all right, and hopefully have a lift soon.

[Have a small smile, Knock Out.]

[deadlydoctor]

I could live without them, let me tell you.

Okay. Perhaps we will be able to chat more in the future, or I will see you around the medbay.

[invisiblepinkboat]

I could see why.

[She chuckles briefly and then nods.]

Either or... or both.

[With a little salute, Elita disconnects.]