A public service announcement re: Airachnid.

[brokendown]

Don't let her sweet talk you.  She may have a nice set of eight legs, but Airachnid lives only for #1.  She is disloyal, self-obsessed, power hungry, sadistic, evil, without empathy or morals ; and more importantly deadly.  If you're a bot or a con or especially a human, stay the scrap away from her.  Scrap she's done :

1. Betrayed Lord Megatron on multiple occasions
2. Betrayed the Autobots
3. Stolen energon and spare parts
4. Tortured mechs for the fun of it
5. Taken out an entire unit of Autobots on her own
6. Hunted entire species to extinction, causing planetary collapse
7. Stolen ships
8. I'm pretty sure she had something to do with the Barrun Far disaster
9. Disrespected her teammates and superior officers
10. Fostered mutiny
11. Dismembered and killed teammates

If you're thinking "Oh, but I can take care of her, and make a deal, and we can both come out on top." : NOPE.  No, she'll doublecross you before the deal's even done, and leave you under a junk heap missing your t-cog.  She also enjoys torturing squishies.  Also, she can drill through the ground so be careful.  I'm serious, don't help her, she'll just repay you by killing you and stealing all your stuff.

Comments

[not_halfbaked]

...Do you know if she's at any of the temples?

And I'm guessing she looks like a spider....

[brokendown]

I have no idea where she is. I just intercepted an audio transmission. That means she could be anywhere, which is the worst place for her to be. Sometimes she looks like a spider. She's a Cybertronian with purple optics, all black.

audio

[ex_dishonestly997]

...You are a really thorough mech. I'm impressed.

Re: audio

[brokendown]

[[ooc: I'm assuming IDW scream still sounds like G1 scream, lovely high pitched Chris Latta voice and all.]]

Ahhhh... Thanks, ma'am! I try. I mostly have a bit of a personal thing against her.

[noparachutes]

She drills, and took out a unit of Autobots on her own? Fascinating.

[brokendown]

Hey. Hey I know what that tone of voice means. Seriously, don't try an alliance. She doesn't DO alliances.

AUDIO;

[engrishdetective]

Well well! She sounds like a winner all right.

I couldn't quite follow all of that, but I definitely got the "she's bad news so don't do anything dumb" message.

Gotta say! I don't think I've really seen you that angry, Breakdown.

Re: AUDIO;

[brokendown]

She sort of dismembered me. I take it personal. I used t'think she was kinda hot, and then she started pulling all this rotten-sparked scrap on the ship, making everyone's lives miserable. But yeah, run far away, or fly. Though she can fly too. Slagging overpowered glitch.

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Yeah? So what's your point? She's bad?

[He shrugs.] Who here isn't?

Re: [video]

[brokendown]

...me? Knock Out? The Brave Police? Wing? Maybe even some squishies if they'll keep their hands off my partner. Plenty of people aren't bad.

[Voice]

[vandalization]

Torturing "Squishes" huh?

Fuckin' marvelous.

Re: [Voice]

[brokendown]

Yeah, I don't like 'em either! But I'd rather just not deal with them than go out of my way to capture and dissect them, which is Airchnid's scene.

[Video]

[patokichi]

Hmm. Thank you for letting everyone know. I'll be wary in the future. Would you be opposed to writing up a full report on this?

Re: [Video]

[brokendown]

Oh h-hey! You're one of those Brave Police! [He can tell because of the crest and the nose. And the wrinkly neck. But it's great to see one of these bots. This must be ... uh, process of elimination : Deckerd.]

I'm not too good at writing stuff. And I'd have to find a word processor. But if you guys need it, I could type ... or heck, even write something up. Never was good at datawork though, to warn ya.

[raceme]

...a nice set of eight legs...?

So let me get this straight: You are angry at a Decepticon acting like a Decepticon because that time she betrayed and killed mechs from her own side instead of merely focusing her killer instincts on the Autobots forces.

She sounds like a charmer though. Can't blame you from disliking her. [He doesn't blame you but he doesn't trust you. Nor he trusts her.]

[brokendown]

Hold on, motor-mouth. In my book, acting like a Decepticon means loyalty, teamwork, and sacrifice. Airachnid's got trechery, lone-wolfing, and thieving selfishness. I'd sure like to know where you're getting this bias against Decepticons. Autobot, right?

[Video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

[Your video is well-intentioned, Breakdown, because he's heard stories about Airachnid and her super creepy adventures in literal headhunting, but...]

You sure you should be the poster child for this, Brickhead? No offense but I think you've done about half those things.

Re: [Video]

[brokendown]

And so have you. Go into a dirty laundry contest, and everyone comes out filthy. I'm a fighter, not a freak. I don't get off like she does, and I'd never betray my partners.

[video]

[sword_redemption]

Who do we most need to protect from her?

[He frowns.] Sounds like you're saying we should let her have the run of the place.

Re: [video]

[brokendown]

[Breakdown racks his processor trying to think of who this is. The voice sounded a bit familiar ; someone maybe he'd talked to once?]

I'd like it a hell of a lot better if we could all get together and put her in a cage, but she's the cagey one. Just protect whoever you care about most.

[poemssometimesrhyme]

Ghastly.

Not altogether unfamiliar, however.

[brokendown]

Oh, you've net her?

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Ah, sounds like she's related to Starscream. Probably more competent judging by her resume. [ahem] Thanks for the warning, though. Eesh.

[brokendown]

You're... welcome. [Who the scrap is this?]

Video

[idle_time]

And knowing is half the battle!

Sounds like a wretched hive of scum and villainy all on her own.

Re: Video

[brokendown]

[Okay. That's it. Who the scrap is THIS?]

She sure as scrap ain't the droid you're looking for, ever. More like she shanked that droid for spare parts.

[Video]

[perfavore]

...

She sounds...how do the humans say..."like a bitch."

Re: [Video]

[brokendown]

Spiderbitch, spiderbitch. Does whatever a spiderbitch does. Can she fly, can she drill? Yes to both, she's a bitch. Look out, here sneaks the spiderbitch.

And wow you got half your components on display. Did you lose some armour coming here?

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

I'm glad t'know that some of the 'Cons here are just as wretched as the ones I was stuck with last time...

[No wonder he decided to leave. Ridiculous.]

And she's a spider-lady on top of it. My favorite. I appreciate the heads-up, darlin'.

Re: [audio]

[brokendown]

Are you a decepticon? What's "last time?"

[Video]

[littlecrowgirl]

[Wow. That's a...that's a pretty big list there.]

O-Oh...

Spider robots. G-Got it. Thanks mister.

Re: [Video]

[brokendown]

[Well this squishy seems entirely... harmless. That's new. Korra seemed harmless too, until she started getting her hands all over KO. Maybe the word he's looking for is "pretty" because of her colourful high contrast plating.]

Eh, just stay away from robots in general. It's safer that way for both of us.

[Video]

[heavymetalgenkigirl]

LIKE I WOULD LISTEN TO YOU!

[There is no way she is going to sit down and take being told what to do from Breakdown of all people.]

And you are soooo much better then her I guess, right? Mr. Big, Bad Con is going to protect and save us all from the freaky spider lady, is that it?

Re: [Video]

[brokendown]

Autopet, shut up and get off this channel. I'm not protecting anyone but my own guys. In fact, go ahead and don't listen to me. Meet up with Airachnid. I'm sure you two could have some fun. Like the one in grey and black did.

[And then she'd kill you. And then everyone would be a little happier.]