video || perceptor's lab

[sciencetank]

[The camera bounces, like someone knocked into it by accident -- and given who this is, that's entirely possible. It's Perceptor, peering through a scope, into a beaker of pink fluid.]

[He looks ragged. Haggard. Someone hasn't slept in days. Maybe longer.]

[He keeps right on adjusting things, staring into the beaker for a long, long while. Finally, he pushes it away, still staring at it.]

... it's done.

[He blinks several times, and drags his hands over his face.]

I've finished. A... perfectly viable sample of... [He squints at it.] Synthetic energon. No thanks to constant interruptions...

Now then.

[One hand fumbles around, feeling awkwardly for the Link, while he props himself up on the other.]

Test subjects?

Comments

[video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

...Bulk give you that formula?

[What are you doing in your free time sir and why is it not his ship.]

[video]

[sciencetank]

Not... quite.

[He drags out that first word a little too long.]

Old archives, and bits and pieces of hearsay... trial and error. Once, it even exploded in my face!

[Video]

[neverputincharge]

...are you sure it's good?

[He's not questioning your abilities Perceptor. He just remembers Ratchet going nuts on the stuff.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

No!

[But boy does he sound cheerful about it. Sleep deprivation is a hell of a thing.]

Not in the slightest! But it's viable!

[dinnerdate]

Synthetic energon? ...Why do we need that?

[Video]

[dirge]

New energon? I want to try it!

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

Maybe you should get some decent recharge first.

[He'd kind of like to see a scientist with a fresh and rested mind run final tests on something like that before he, for one, volunteers to try it.]

[Video]

[young_upstart]

What's wrong with regular energon?

[sciencetank]

For science, of course!

[Video]

[sciencetank]

Then you'll have to apply for a position as a test subject, I'm not just handing this out to any Decepticon begging for a trial.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

I wasn't aware I was asking for unwanted health advisories.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

It runs out, of course! It's a finite resource.

This is not.





I don't think.

[Video]

[young_upstart]

....you don't "think." Yeah, that's reassuring.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

Don't you start. Once I've perfected the formula, it should be perfectly stable.

[Video]

[young_upstart]

Bu~t until then, what?

[Video]

[shutupndrive]

...Dadceptor.

[He's eyeing you a bit sternly there, Percy.]

When was the last time you got some rest?

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Is that all? Where do I sign?

[deadlydoctor]

What moron would agree to be the test subject of someone who looks like Mel Gibson after a party?

Besides, it's the wrong color. It's pink.

[skidaddle]

Hey, if there's any way I can help just ask.

Or.

Since you did technically ask, you can sign me up. I don't think we're going to need it, though.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

You don't sign.

I haven't approved anyone yet.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

Until then, I continue working on this wretched project.

[Video]

[sciencetank]

Smokescreen.

[Typing away like nothing's wrong.]

Mm, I'm not sure. Likely before Magnus vanished.

[Video]

[young_upstart]

Well, good luck in that, I guess. Not gonna lie, but having a lasting source of energon would be pretty useful.

[sciencetank]

I have utterly no idea what you're attempting to say.

No, it isn't. Admittedly, yes, it's pink, but that's what happens when one attempts to work with incomplete formulas. Improvisation!

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

Well, hurry it up then! I'm starving~