Gathering

[trionicpolarity]

[This is a post. Within this post exist Prima, Liege, and A3. They exist here for the purposes of wrapping up previous conversations/plots or starting new ones. They will exist here for about a week, and all conversations that occur therin will be considered to have taken place PRIOR to the Pillar Event.

Alpha Trion can be found anywhere around his temple, or alternatively can sometimes be caught exploring the wastelands outside of the Haven. He's just as likely to get hold of you randomly one day while testing out the link device, however.

Prima can be found only in his tower. He's much more difficult to get hold of, but will surface for urgent matters and can be contacted through the Link...even if he'll be slow to reply.

Liege Maximo can be found in his many labs. He's been in a mood lately, but most would call it a 'good' mood, which means he's looking for people to interact with. Or on. If he's been in contact with you before he'll seek you out either in person or through an encrypted channel on your link device. Otherwise you will likely have to run into him.

To have a conversation with any of them, just specify WHO and WHERE or LINK in the title of your reply. Any action will be actionspam~]

Comments

[raceme]

Yesssss. I still have some problems with the landing. [In case it was obvious when he landed with his face instead of his feet.]Imworkingonthat.

Perhaps that's why. [It's still slightly worrisome to know that not even the FirstForged are in full control of the situation.] My glyph grow a lot those last months I was a bit concerned.

Re: ACTION!

[treacherous_widow]

[Don't tempt her. Blackarachnia's already wishing she could scrap the kid.]

Quite a bit.


[She slips back into her beast mode to crawl down his arm and then switches back when she gets to the data pad. There's a quick download and he can see part of what she's working on.

So far, there are formulas for various poisons and acids, everything spanning mild paralitics and sleeping agents to acids that could melt only organic based items ect.

And a partial formula for a human virus, retrofitted to potentially infect bots like them. A flu bug. As he can see, She's already putting her mind towards biological warfare if they ever had the need for it. Mostly for her own curiosity.]

I'm still in the experimental stages with most of this.

[wherenobotsgone]

... may I? Really?

[Good job, Skyfire, you managed to sound like an overly enthusiastic young student just getting into the academy.]

[rednotbluethx]

[Frenzy strolls and swaggers on in like he's Liege's best bud yeah sup.] Not so much a question as an invitation! [And he stops just in time before crossing the ten-foot barrier.] Remember me sayin' we should do somethin'? Like watch videos of you dissectin' and torturin' those Glyphless people? [But of course his attention span quickly goes to the carcass.] What're you doin' anyway?

Link / Action

[maxicpolarity]

So direct, aren't we?

However, you are not far off the mark. I enjoy it best when I can set up situations of mutual benefit between myself and those aligned to me. Others...may not receive such incentives.

However, there is always the option to gain my attention.

You, I think...are very good at gaining my attention.

Especially since I believe my goals and Prowl's goals...and thus likely your goals...are the same.

Action!

[maxicpolarity]

It is a valuable trait to have.

[He would have to find a way to make use of it.]

I have finished with my project for today. Right now, let us say I am considering some very distressing facts.

Were you looking for me?

Action!

[originaldragoon]

[She shakes her head some. In truth she tries not to bother any of the First Forge, since she figures they are quite busy.]

Actually, no. I usually pass this way to get to my room and I saw you.

[She arches a brow.]

What kind of distressing facts, if I may ask?

Link / Action

[fugitrix]

I wouldn't say direct is always my style, but it has its uses. I can't say I ever appreciated verbal subtleties much.

I don't care to catch your attention, to be honest. Demi-god or not, I think you're just another power hungry mech with an inflated ego.

But that's alright. The world needs those sometimes. I'm listening. What do you want me to do?

[maxicpolarity]

Control of the Haven.

I want order established. Rules. Guidelines.

I would also like my brethren to believe that things are going well so that I can tend to what is most important--stopping the Lambda.

[His arms clasp behind his back, and he turns away, looking at the wall for a moment, leaving himself open in a show of trust. He watches the icy cave surface for a moment before reaching out, touching it lightly...and stepping back as his touch activates the wall into a panorama of stars.]

The other Firstforged chose to focus on preparing this world for Prima, and in the meantime keeping whatever Unicron sends out.

[The stars swirl, moving past like one is looking at the sky in fast-forward, until the Lambda is in the center of the wall.]

I believe in knowing more about our enemy, and taking actions to keep his threat down.

[He glances back to Prowl, looking over his intricate shoulder plating.]

You can help me with this. Together, you and I can bring order to the Haven. A push here, a pull there...

[He reaches forward, selecting a star from the wall and turning to offer the tiny glowing orb to Prowl.]

...and everybody benefits.

Link / Action

[maxicpolarity]

Pretty promises are often empty ones.

[It is his way of agreeing, though he's been learning to use it to his advantage lately.]

Truly, I am hurt. While I do desire power, I believe it will be to everyone's advantage...

And regardless, power is already something I have. Something I can give, and something I can take away.

[Still, he likes your offer.]

This Prowl...you trust him in your own way, do you not?

Do you believe that he could keep the Haven busy, establishing his own form of order?

[These questions are leading into his job assignment, he promises.]

Action!

[maxicpolarity]

I have been thinking about darkness, Rose.

The Lambda has been sending much of it forth lately.

[His engine quiets, bringing the air to a standstill around him.]

Tell me...what do you know of darkness?

ACTION!

[maxicpolarity]

[Liege takes the data, looking over it with his full attention.]

Why Blackarachnia...

It's perfect.

[He smiles down at her, holding his arm still so that she doesn't fall in. However, even such an incident would not ruin his mood. He's been looking for just such a distraction for the Haven.]

Have you been able to test it? How long does it last?

Link / Action

[fugitrix]

I'm sure you're not wounded too deeply by my opinions.

[ She hopes this is leading up to something, Leige. She's not one to chitchat much. ]

Prowl is... my friend. He's the only one I trust, because I can trust him to be lying, deceiving, hateful, and completely out for Cybertron's best intentions.

He doesn't do anything half sparked.

[maxicpolarity]

[The Acolyte watches you, but seems satisfied when you obey the order as its given.]

I do remember. And I have the videos, as promised.

[Liege is on a table-top, working on what looks to be a fully intact specimen of one of the bladed creatures from the badlands.]

I am...testing something. Black Arachnia recently provided me with specifications for a virus. I've been wondering if it might have any effect on our friends.

[He gestures down to the specimen.]

Action!

[originaldragoon]

[She is quiet for a second before answering.]

I know quite a bit about it, actually.

I am the Dragoon of the Darkness Dragon, and thus the source of my power is darkness. Where I am from, darkness by itself is neutral, but due to its destructive properties it attracts those who would use it with ill intent.

Action!

[maxicpolarity]

The Darkness Dragon?

[He cannot help but smirk a little in the darkness.] I believe I recognize that. [Since you had become one not so long ago.]

It is those very destructive properties that have been bothering me. Are you saying they might be wielded?

Link / Action

[maxicpolarity]

You care about the fate of Cybertron as well, then?

...

Good.

I intend to give him the reigns on a very important project of mine. As you are already familiar with following his command, I'd like you to keep working with him. I'd like you to help me enable his success. Let me know if he needs something that he will not ask for. Let me know if you need something that he won't provide.

Does this sound feasible?

[fun_police]

[Prowl hears him out, but is getting the feeling that Liege is feeding him a few key words that he wants to hear. Order. Rules. It is indeed what he wants. But Prowl doesn't entirely believe that's what Liege wants.]

You want them distracted.

[His optics narrow.]

You want me to distract them while you get a closer look at the Lambda and the other forces acting on this planet. Closer than they'd like, I imagine.

[Prowl doesn't seem to have a problem with this plan, though he does take one or two suspicious seconds to stare at the glowing orb he was suddenly handed. His own arm reaches forward to receive it, though he doesn't touch it directly.]

What is it?

[maxicpolarity]

[You would be utterly right about both. Liege knows what you want...and he's prepared to offer it. There is a sort of devious sincerity about his offerings.]

I knew I chose correctly in you.

Yes.

There are things about the Lambda that my brothers and sister would prefer I not delve into.

However, I don't believe I can stop it until I know more about it. If I have to make a small sacrifice now in order to obtain bigger gains later...

Surely you of all mechs could not fault me.

[The star glows in his hand...and if Prowl looks closely, he can see small planetoids orbiting it.]

Have you heard of a planet called Earth?

[fun_police]

[The name seems to bring out a different reaction from Prowl. Suspicion and caution and cold analysis were all the typical characteristics of the Autobot, but there were always a few things that brought out something... different.]

[Earth brought back a lot of memories. Some painful, but most of them... valued. He never thought such an insignificant planet with its primitive species would be able to affect him in a way his own could not.]

[His tone remained even, regardless.]

Of course. Earth was...

[A new way to see. A new opportunity to learn. An exposure to an alien race he valued as highly as his own.]

An unfortunate campaign in our war.

[He follows the orbits of the planetoids.]

Re: ACTION!

[treacherous_widow]

[She smirks. He's lucky she has such good balance as she takes a seat on his arm. Come on big guy, lay on the praise. ]

I haven't tested it yet. The virus still needs a little tweaking before I even attempt. Give me a month or two and I should have a weaker strand fit for testing. A weak strand shouldn't last more than a week or two once it infects a bot and starts making them sick.

Of course, once a bot's infected, they can easily spread the virus. When that starts happening the virus will spread quickly but should die out with in one to two weeks.

[Can you tell she's please? Fast acting infection and contamimation is always a good idea when you're trying to dismantle say an attacking army.]

I'm hoping that if it's a success, we could easily release a stronger, deadlier one at our enemies. We would just have to vaccinate everyone in haven first, which, might be difficult if they continue to refuse to visit the medics. But with the vaccine I'm also working on it would last for a month, well past the infection and effects stage of the sickness.

[She pauses for a moment before posing her next question. A very important question really.]

The question is, who the pit do I test it on?

[maxicpolarity]

[It is exactly the reaction Liege is wanting...because its the reaction that helps him understand Prowl better. To unlock some of the doors that the other was keeping tightly barricaded. Granted, it was a flash of insight from his connection to Prowl that gave him the name 'Earth' to begin with, but...later. He'd dissect that later.]

Take it. It won't hurt you.

It's merely an extrapolation...A simulation of things to come.

An 'illusion' you might say.

[He hands it to Prowl, if Prowl will accepts, and he sighs.]

Primus gifted us each with power enough to venture into the cosmos. To control our destiny, and the destiny of future worlds...yet we are trapped here. Trapped, dealing with Unicron and with the Lambda.

I wonder how much more we can become once it is gone.

ACTION!

[maxicpolarity]

[He listens, liking what he is hearing. If she's right, then there might be a solution to the badlands problem which doesn't involve teleporting his brothers into the thick of it and seeing what happens next.]

...

Perhaps those too foolish to ignore a vaccine deserve what is coming to them.

Blackarachnia, you say you can have a weaker strain ready in a lunar cycle?

[He laughs, softly, careful to not move his arm much as he does.]

If you can, then, test it on the population of the Haven. You can introduce the weak virus, and use the excuse to inoculate them for the strong. Then....then we can make other plans.

In the meantime, I will take this data and see if your virus can be used on the creatures from the badlands. I do still have a few in storage...

[fun_police]

...

[Liege does get his glimpse, if only because him bringing up Earth was not something Prowl had entirely expected. It's quite a specific planet to choose - which is what gets him to swallow his emotional response and question the point of showing him the planet in the first place.]

How did you come to pick Earth? I don't recall ever bringing it up in the past.

[Prowl... does accept, if only because it's clear enough that Liege had an interest in making sure his goals for the Haven came to fruition.]

[His stare pulls away from the miniature star system to meet the demigod's gaze.]

Re: ACTION!

[treacherous_widow]

[Now that has possibilities. She ponders whether she can get the virus ready withing a lunar cycle. It's possible, but she still needed to build a delivery system.]

The virus, yes. But then there's building a delivery system. I'd prefer something time released and airborne.

Hm... It might take me more than one lunar cycle to perfect a system to deliver it to the population of the Haven, but it's definitely possible.

[She actually does several quick calculations in her head to figure out this little puzzle.]</small The Vaccine is easy to make plenty of. It's just a modification of my own venom to kill the virus. So, yes. I can. I could give you viable samples of both viruses and the vaccine before I let it loose. I wouldn't want my favorite FirstForged getting sick, now would I?