[voice][TRANSMISSION ORIGINATING FROM: LIEGE'S FORTRESS]

[twistedcircuits]

[There's a peculiar clicking sound, like bits of metal clinking against metal, and a short bit of scraping. Not really any other sounds for the time being, save for the occasional pause in the clinking.

Then, a longer pause, and-]

You know, when I started up today, the thing at the very top of my list of priorities was not, in fact 'waking up in an alternate dimension in the middle of no where'. Actually I'm pretty sure it was test Block Beta part C for ten hours. This is not Block Beta part C.

That block has a lot more health code violations in it.

[The female voice is low and casual, very relaxed and possessing an informative tone. The clinking is back, before there's the sound of the communicator being scraped across the floor.]

Nevertheless, I'm prepared to make due with what I have. Here's to hoping that whenever I go back, everything isn't a white hot smouldering radioactive crater. Though if it is, it would certainly teach Block Alpha part B not to keep trying to cut the wires all the time. For the brief, fleeting moment that they're not completely atomized.

I don't suppose any of you happen to have a map of the area. I'd go and map it out myself but... well, I have other things I need to do. That and I'm not in any hurry to randomly wander out into the wild and get eaten by robot bears or whatever happens to be the local fauna of this particular planet. I'm sure you understand.

Comments

AUDIO;

[inferiordude]

Not much of a map is ready yet, but I could, like, totally give you something that shows where all the temples are at and stuff! Would that totally help you?

AUDIO;

[twistedcircuits]

That would in fact be a map, I believe, so yes that would be adequate.

AUDIO;

[inferiordude]

Righteous! I'm gonna upload it directly to ya if that's all good.

[Which does, starting... NOW.]

AUDIO;

[twistedcircuits]

Thank you.

[And she receives it! Now all she needs is a map of the temples and she's really ready. Unfortunately that looks like something she has to do herself.]

While we're exchanging data, since we're obviously such good friends now, I don't suppose you happen to have a map of the inside of any of the local temples, do you?

AUDIO;

[inferiordude]

I only really got a mostly completed map of Nexus Prime's temple. Would that help?

[Video bc why should you be deprived of all this awesome?]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Urgh. So. Many. Words. ]

Listen, ugly. Robot sharks. Robot spiders. No robot bears. Seriously.

If you're up to atomizing blocks, can't figure why a fraggin' robobear [Okay he admits it's a cool word and should thus be a thing, and now you are giving him ideas] would scare the slag out of you.

[Voice because we like to be spooky]

[twistedcircuits]

You know, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks.

You don't even know what I look like, I could be the very pinnacle of beauty. I on the other hand, can see your face just fine. Or lack of one, actually. And that's really just tragic.

It wouldn't be me atomizing a block. It would be the lack of me. Not regulating the nuclear reactors that power my facility.

[audio]

[saidthespidertothefly]

Testing? You sound like someone who likes to make other people squirm.

[audio]

[twistedcircuits]

My protocols direct me to testing, if it makes other people squirm then that's really just their problem. I don't particularly enjoy it.

Usually.

Squirming is usually what they do after they've been shot and then they're just useless.

[audio]

[saidthespidertothefly]

Oh come now, you have to admit there's a particular thrill to it~

[audio]

[twistedcircuits]

Occasionally. As long as they complete the test, which is really all I need.

But I would be lying if I said it wasn't entertaining in its own right. Sometimes.

Re: [audio]

[saidthespidertothefly]

Hahahahaha~

I enjoy a good experiment myself.

[tearsofsteel]

Nice to know how much you care.

[Yep, definitely someone else to look out for.]

[twistedcircuits]

I am entirely full of care. Really. I care about all the blocks in my facility and I care about getting a map. That certainly counts for something.

[tearsofsteel]

Sure, why not?

[You can hear the flatness in his voice.]

[twistedcircuits]

And you know what the great thing is? I don't have to prove it to you. You can either take my word or call a complete and total stranger a liar.

Whichever suits your personality the best, I suppose. Think of it as a test of character.

[Video]

[raceme]

No one wanted to arrive here and yet we found ourselves in the same situation as you miss IT'S not so bad once you _{get used} to how things work here.

What is Block Beta part C? [Curious and concerned about the 'testing' part.]

This world is huge and hard to explore THERE'S no official map of it yet but I ran around a large portion of the planet and traced a simple map using my internal GPS.

[And because he's tries to be helpful, have this >Incoming file attacked: CybertronGlobalPositioningSystem]

Is not perfect but it's better than nothing a AND explains where are the temples and the important bits.

You are not Cybertronian that much is obvious and that clinking sounds is uncharacteristic for an organic Are you some sort of mech by any chance?

[voice]

[twistedcircuits]

[Yes this will be useful, just taking that]

Block Beta part C is where the testing subjects in that particular sector live. They decided it would be a good idea to break their class chambers, so now they get to live with broken glass all over the floor.

It's their fault for doing it really, so they deserve the lacerations.

Your assumption is correct. I am not an organic being. I am an artificial intelligence that should be connected to my facility, but someone went and messed that up and now everyone has to suffer for it.

[voice]

[raceme]

[Help yourself.]

Sounds like they didn't enjoy being trapped and the testing very much WHAT sort of subjects are we talking about? Animals?

[You are not helping with that feeling or wariness he got before.]

...

Are you familiar with an A.I called 686 Ebullient Prism by any chance?

[voice]

[twistedcircuits]

Of course they're animals. You don't think I'd run tests on intelligent life, do you? That would be inhumane.

[Ha ha ha.]

I can't say I've heard of them before. If I was supposed to, it would have been in my data base. Care to enlighten me?

[voice]

[raceme]

Yes. It WOULD be. What sort of animals?

[Sentient beings being tested on bothers him in general.]

He's an A.I that claimed to have the ^objective to study sentient life when in fact he was attacking and torturing others to fulfill his protocol THAT sort of behavior is not well received here for obvious reasons.

[audio]

[automobile_enthusiast]

There's actually rather little in the way of native fauna around here. Monsters, oh occasionally, but certainly not any, ah, robot bears.

[audio]

[twistedcircuits]

I thought it was worth a guess. Considering how I have no idea what the local fauna even looks like, or lack thereof, I had to imagine one on the fly from what I already have gathered.

Ergo, robot bears. Be happy it wasn't something more fanciful like robot dragons or robot bigfoot.

[audio]

[automobile_enthusiast]

Somehow I suspect they wouldn't be that much more fanciful than some of the monstrosities we've already had to deal with around here. If those were native fauna, I'd be a lot less sanguine about the, ah, indefinite nature of our stay here.

[audio]

[twistedcircuits]

I would be absolutely delighted if you could share with me the nature of the current fauna or 'monsters' here. Detailed descriptions would be nice.

You know.

So I know what to look out for.

Since you don't have robot bears.