re_alignment | Gathering

[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~]

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Inputting a sequence of commands isn't the same as true learning.

[ She finally settles again, finding a new perch, feeling that she had evaded the scrutiny of whatever or whoever had been watching her back. She was the watcher; she didn't enjoy it being turned back on her. ]

I like knowing what is going on around me. Tell me: why would you watch a drone?

Agreed. Which makes me wonder...where did you learn the skills that you possess?

[The vent does seem safe, as there is nowhere that anyone could be observing you which you would not be able to see yourself. However, Liege is still speaking with you over the link...and you still can't see him.]

I do not need to watch them. I am already aware of their movements. They are my Acolytes, after all.

[One of them breaks out of the shadows, looking up to where Arcee used to be.]

They do have their purpose. I can tell that you'd rather not be observed, however...

[The Acolyte moves away.]

So I am curious. Is there something that you are trying to hide, or are you just not sure what you would do if you were in the open?

Edited 2013-11-23 21:22 (UTC)

[ Arcee's face twists slightly in a scowl. She's not quite sure how to take that question, if just because she was a far different mech before Jhiaxus ever got his hands on her. Fury, pain, and bloodlust had helped hone her skills, but there was always that nagging possibility-- what else had that monster done?

She settles as the conversation continues, realizing just who the speaker was. Prowl had... spoken highly of Leige, though that was not the cause for her comfort. It was more the fact she was aware she could settle into her routine again-- it wouldn't have mattered where she moved. ]

Leige Maximo. That didn't answer my question. I don't care if you need to, as if in my position. Why, theoretically, would you watch a drone?

[ Her optics settle on the acolytes again, noting that one had spotted her previous resting spot. ]

Everyone has things to hide, though mine are far less personal and you know it. It works out best for me if I'm just Prowl's dirty little secret.

[ There's some truth though, that she wouldn't really know what to do if her presence was more obvious. ]

One would theoretically watch a drone--or anyone--to learn its patterns. To know it. To understand it, and how it might react in any given situation. To protect it. To harm it.

To have control over it that it is not aware of.

[Or, if one were simply bored...to provide entertainment.]

By working with Prowl, then, you have a sense of purpose? A task to do at any given time?

Is...that what you want?

Thanks for humoring me. I like a mech who can make me laugh.

[ That was the kind of answer that made sense to her at least. Her wheel wings give a small flick, arching up above her back one moment to adjust before folding down so she can lean back and chuckle a little. ]

No.

[ That's the usual assumption, at least. ]

I don't need anyone to keep me busy. I can do that myself, and I'm not Prowl's -- or your's -- puppet. Prowl has a vision. I like the way he thinks, and he can make what I want happen.

Likewise, I enjoy a mech who has talents and knows what she wants.

[Especially when those desires matched up with his. If Arcee was cooperating with Prowl...then Liege's goals were being worked towards, one way or another.]

Does he make you laugh?

What you meant to say is you like a useful and motivated pawn. Sssh, you can be straight up with me. I've seen the type of mechs you gather under your mark.

[ Arcee would hazard to say she understood the way Prowl thought, and she was really getting Prowl vibes off of Leige. No wonder why they got along swimmingly.

She does smile, though. ]

All the time.

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.

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?

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.]

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.

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?

Of course I do. It's my home. I remember a time before the war.

[ Her optics roll, though she's listening to the proposition. ]

You might as well not have asked me at all, since you mainly just said, 'Good job, keep doing what you're doing.' I intend to keep doing as I want, since I'm more than Prowl's pawn.

We're in a time before the war.

All we need to do now is build a planet that we can be proud of.

[HE CAN HEAR THAT ROLL.]

Very well, think on it like that if you wish...but know that you have my support. Weapons, technology, surveillance devices...

All you need do is say the word, and communicate to me if Prowl is having any difficulties.

Oh. Yes.

[ She didn't quite think of it that way. Arcee was still in a combat state of mine-- to her, the war never stopped, even here. That was a different perspective. ]

Wait a minute. I didn't say no, just that I'm doing that already. Prowl's an open book to me.

[ Arcee crosses her arms and tilts her head back. ]

I'll be his shadow. You realize that Prowl's goals will need more than my own brute force. Nobody trusts me to tell me anything. They all think I'm crazy.

[ But ah... ]

I'm not sure what to do.

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