re_alignment | [Video - Evening] Lights amongst the dark

[The camera clicks on, and two very different Primes appear. Solus Prime is kneeling down, examining what appears to be a large, metal container as she speaks with Liege, who watches on. A moment goes by before she gives the comm, held in unmoving acolyte hands, a glance.]

-Prima's Touch was a clever addition. It will be interesting to see if his boon will help them survive the wilds more readily- Ah, very good.

[She stands, dusting off her hands with the faintest of pleased smirks.]

In the interests of continuing our work, we have elected to make this next experimental addition for improving Cybertron a bit more...visible.

[She turns a bit somber, optics softening.]

It also happens that it has been an entire solar cycle since you all have started arriving here once more. Roughly. Perhaps that is not a cause for celebration for many of you, but it is still a significant occasion to be honored.

[She gestures to her brother, who rises the lid so she can reach into the container and pulls out...what seems to be a handful of light. In actuality, it is what appears to be little glowing robobugs. They skitter across her plating, varied in design quirks but largely resembling a cross between rotor-laden dragonflies and moths with delicate metallic wiring.]

[Liege reaches out, picking one up in-between his claws and examining it closely--it might be obvious to all who were present for it that these definitely have a relationship to Jetfire's glowbugs.]

It would be best if you left them alone to do their job. They are perfectly harmless. However, they are designed to seek out raw resources and other sources of energy, so following their glow could be quite...lucrative. Consider it something of a treasure hunt, if you will.

Among a plethora of other functions. They should also be able to give us more information about the boundaries and composition of the badlands, once they depart the Haven. Until then...perhaps some enjoyment can be found in their display.

[Solus shrugs faintly, before lifting the lid holding back the swarm and vanishes in the midst of the glowing rush of tiny wings.]

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[For those not watching the communicators or happen to be outside...from the top of Prima's glowing tower, a different sort of light slowly emerges, and seems to balloon out. The cloud gets larger and larger, like glowing smoke, before breaking up and fanning out in all directions and lighting up the sky.

For the next week, the swarm of Pixels will flock around the Haven, highlighting various, previously unknown energon pools, crystals, and even some nice finds in the junkyard. Solus Prime will be releasing a new batch each night, adding to the swarm until they eventually depart, en mass, for parts unknown.]

[Note: Those who reply to this message with an in-character action of following the pixels will be rewarded with a small item! Be creative in specifying where and how, and see what treasure awaits...]

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[His fingers curl, flexing. He doesn't shake them off, instead apparently fascinated by what he's seeing. They're sort of cute...]

[... oh, wait, what's that?]

[Needless to say, he trails after the lights, curious, wondering where they're going to.]

[The pixels on Kagerou's hand continue to gather and crawl around, exploring seams and metal. Since they were left alone, they end up covering his hand almost like an affectionate, glowing glove.

The pixels still in the air occasionally spread out, some drifting away to land on a rock or scattered bits of scrap. The majority, however, are flying down a hillside and hovering over one of the few small streams that come from the junkyard to feed into the lake.

They seem reluctant to get close to the water itself, but many tiny fragments of something that gleams orange in their reflected light appears to be at the bottom...]

[They're actually sort of pretty. He wonders if, maybe, he should head back, show Kay what he's found, before he goes too far from their rooms.]

[But... curiosity beckons. He's never been out here before. He really should investigate the area better than he has.]

[The water makes him pause, too. He's never really liked it. He doesn't want to go closer to the stuff, no matter how shallow it might be. Maybe if he edges over... uses a stick... he can fish one of those shiny things out.]

[The nugget comes out easily enough; it seems that the stream itself uncovered the vein and has been washing the minerals down with the current. There are quite a number of them, and while they don't gleam quite like gold, they are shiny and oddly heavy for their size.

Should Kagerou continue pulling out the mineral bits, even with a simple stick he could collect quite an armload.]

[Video - Evening] Lights amongst the dark

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