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re_alignment2013-07-01 06:09 pm
solianpolarity) wrote in re_alignment2013-07-01 06:09 pm
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[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.]
...
[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...]
-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.]
...
[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...]
[Voice/Action]
That would be because you have. Jetfire resigned and released something similar last year, though their fatality rate was much higher. He allowed his design to be repurposed for our use.
[The junkyard itself is beginning to gleam with the amount of pixels floating about and landing; it looks much more impressive at the moment than it does during the 'day'.
Eventually, her specific 'stream' of pixels land on a innocuous looking crate; the corner of it has been crushed by something falling from the lambda, spilling out its contents. Over half lie broken on the ground, which the pixels settle over eagerly. The remainder lie in neat, tightly packed rows inside the box: thin silver and black cylinders, marked with the brand of their illicit manufactures out of Rodion.
Even if Blackarachnia has no idea what they are, the fact that several pixels who download the contents have their glowing bulbs crackle like fireworks before popping explosively should be a pretty clear warning...]
Re: [Voice/Action]
[She follows her particular stream to the crate and pauses as she watches the bugs download and explode. After a few moments she waves the ones that haven't exploded away.
Even though they look like they're labeled, it's not something she recognizes. But, watching the bug explode was a good indication that whatever it was happened to be dangerous.]
...The bugs lead to interesting things.
[Voice/Action]
Hopefully useful things as well.
[The pixels fly away readily enough; the data from the dead rather than Blackarachnia's shooing instilling the proper fear in them. They stay away from the cylinders, leaving the remains for whatever the spider chooses to do with them...]
Re: [Voice/Action]
[She regards the exploded bug parts for a few moments before actually reaching a claw out to take a canister. Blackarachnia flips on the feed to show Solus exactly what she found.]
Got any ideas?
[Voice/Action]
Other than their obvious direct-download potential, I cannot really hazard a guess without closer examination.
[It seems recreational, processor-frying drugs are not yet all the rage on this infant Cybertron.]
Re: [Voice/Action]
Then I guess, I'll have to give the contents a closer examination. It might be useful.
[By useful, she means something she can weaponize of course.]