Number V: Taking stock [video]

[nobody_number_8]

[Axel appears on the screen at a somewhat odd angle, like he's not actually holding the communicator.]

OK, show of hands. Or if you happen to be invisible- which I hear is the case for at least one person-, speak up.

I think it's safe to say that a lot of us are having weird- or at least weirder than usual- things happening to us recently. And it seems to be connected to these weird clumps of colored energon- that glowing, crystal stuff the robots use for fuel for those not paying attention. Thing is, if we're going to figure out how to undo all this stuff, we're going to have to figure out if there's some kind of pattern to all this.

Alia already seems to be on the scientific angle, but just having a simpler list for reference would be good too. That way people can tell what energon seems to cause which effects and where it is at a glance.

For me, I found some red in a rock crevice on the outskirts of Megatronus' territory, and now, I pass right through any solid objects other than the ground. Including people, which is just as weird as you'd expect it to be.

Comments

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

Colored energon..? I wonder where they came from... I haven't seen anything like that myself.

So it's affecting both robots and humans... Um, you're okay aside from the...passing through solid objects, right?

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

No idea. I think Alia's working on figuring that out, among other things. And if you do see anything like that, stay away. Half of it seems to result in harmless, if annoying weirdness, but no sense taking chances.

And yeah, I feel fine; I didn't even know anything had changed until I tried to sit down and fell through the chair. Though that might change if it doesn't get reversed within a couple days. Or if somebody doesn't figure out a way for me to eat and drink when I can't touch anything.

[Hence his urgency in figuring out WTF is going on.]

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[He nods.]

Got it.

[If the effects from the weird energon are unpredictable, then he won't be able to be of much help if he becomes affected by it too.]

....

[But there's a troubling thought, now that Axel brings up the potential consequences of being intangible.]

If this doesn't wear out by itself, I hope we get to the bottom of it soon.

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

I hope so too. Quite aside from any potential serious complications, not being able to touch things is just a pain in the ass. You don't realize how many times you use your hands in a day til you can't any more.

And that's not even counting forgetting that you can't sit on furniture...

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

[At least he's still in the medbay. Just curled on his side like he's having a really hard time staying coherently awake as he gives what Axel was saying a frown.]

Found some... guess it was energon. [Optics dimming slightly before he gave his head a shake.]

Brown.

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

[Hello there, stranger. Your situation looks familiar.]

Brown, huh? Whereabouts did you find it.

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

[Isn't it just the best week ever to be a newcomer.]

By the Junkpile.

[heartdive]

Buh... I kinda hoped I was just sick y'know?

[Action]

[nobody_number_8]

If it was just you, I'd say you were. But with all the other weird stuff going on, I'm not inclined to call it a coincidence.

So did you see any weird-colored energon? And if you did, where was it?

[Action]

[heartdive]

[ rolls over, half dangling off the bed. he's sick. tired. but worse of all?

HE'S BORED. ]

Brown. [ sneeze. ] Alpha Trion's area in a garden.

[Voice]

[treacherous_widow]

So... I'm not the only one that found colored Energon.

Re: [Voice]

[nobody_number_8]

Nope. Seems to be happening a lot around here lately. And it seems to have all kinds of different effects on people.

What color did you find? And have you noticed anything weird happening to you since you found it? [pause] Well, a different sort of weird than is normal around here, I mean.

Re: [Voice]

[treacherous_widow]

Uh, Yeah.

...Yellow.

[There's a moment of hesitation.]

I look terrifying. I mean, I thought I looked fine before... but, now? Not so much.

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

D-does that mean you're a g-ghost, then!?

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

Nope, not a ghost. Think I'd have noticed if I died.

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

B-but if you were killed when you weren't looking? Like . . . shot in the back or something. Maybe it happened so fast, you don't even realize it did.

[He'll apologize for this later. Inasmuch as TC apologizes for anything.]

[Video]

[thankyou4myheart]

I thought energon was a liquid.

Anyway, I don't know what it might be, but I feel great!

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

I think it is sometimes. But it can also grow as glowing crystals that can be processed into the liquid kind, like fruit being turned into juice. Or something.

[Th energon conversion process is not something Axel has ever felt the need to find out about.]

Normally, the crystals are whiteish-blue. It's the different colored ones that seem to be causing all this weirdness. Speaking of which, did you find some?

[Because you sound way too cheerful under the circumstances, dude.]

[Video]

[thankyou4myheart]

[He shrugs.]

I found some crystals. Green ones. Didn't think they were energon, though. I don't know if it's what you're looking for.

[megaton]

I found pink energon.

Which...

Well, lets just say I used to mine pink energon for a living. It is not that unusual...

[nobody_number_8]

Maybe not, but given all this weirdness and the fact that I'd only seen the whiteish-blue kind around here up til now, best not to take any chances.

You don't feel any different do you? Nothing weird happening?

[megaton]

I agree. Even the slightest stone out of place seems capable of causing havoc on this planet.

[It was endlessly aggravating.]

I feel the same. Granted, I have not left my cave recently...

[Which could explain his normal-ness.]

I don't suppose these require exposure to another person, do you?

[deadlydoctor]

Rose became invisible after picking up soem white crystals. Who else is affected by that?

You found red energon and got the same power the phase shifter can give you. What red energon does in my world is to give you super speed. [At least that's what Starscream told him.]

[nobody_number_8]

I think Rose is the only 'invisible' that I've heard of. But check. White turns you invisible. Did she say where she found it?

And I think I would've preferred super speed to this. Since unlike a phase shifter, I can't turn this off.

[At least Axel assumes a phase shifter can be turned off; he doesn't really see how it could be much use otherwise.]

By the way, sorry about the whole... walking through your leg thing.

[deadlydoctor]

White can also turn you invincible, if Ironhide is any indication. I don't know why it affects people in different ways.

But now you can go anywhere and no one woudl eb able to stop you. I'm sure that has its advantages.

That was rather awkward but, and this is sad to say, I'm used to that sort of things happening.