EVENT ONE: JUNE 21ST-28TH

[luminals]

TAKE BACK KNOWHERE
When: June 21-28
Who: Everyone.
Where: All over Knowhere, ending in the Continuum Cortex and Observation Deck.

Event details are here, IC announcement is here.

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[aerospacecommander]

[Sorry Megatron. Autobot symbol equals goodguy. That's how things are. At least now Starscream is pretty sure Megatron isn't going to kill him. Because Autobots don't do that sort of thing.]

... Great. Just what I always wanted. Ah, one more thing to cross off my bucket list.

[He lets out an exasperated sigh. Why can't the universe, any universe, work with him for once?]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ might want to watch it, Starscream. there is a hand settling upon your shoulder. ]

Do not be so dramatic, Starcream. Consider it an opportunity instead.

[ hey. this one COULD be more useful than the last. unlikely, but there are larger problems at hand. ]

Decepticon or Autobot hardly matter with or present predicament. To take back the Cortex this forcefield stands in our way.

[aerospacecommander]

[Starscream is not sure how he feels about that. Because a) it's Megatron and b) it's Megatron.]

Opportunity. Right.

[Does this make him leader of any Decepticons who show up? Starscream thinks it does!]

So ... do you have some sort of plan then?

[Not that Starscream won't consider it to be a stupid plan, whatever it is. But he still hopes Megatron does have one.]

[sorrynotguilty]

On the Lost Light, we have a specialist of sorts. If he were present, I'd defer to him.

[ who would know a barrier like this better than a guy that can generate a forcefield all his own? unfortunately Trailcutter isn't here. Megatron isn't a scientist either... ]

I was in the process of trying to gauge how much power is drawn on contact.

[ seeing how stable it is. ]

My comm link is nothing but static, so they must have something that's jamming it. [ or else he'd call for Drift to assist. ] Unless the power source is outside of it, we will have to go about this the old fashioned way.

[ by breaking through it. the look on his face says he doesn't mind this. ]

[aerospacecommander]

On the what? And I don't think you'll be able to just punch through a force field of this size and magnitude.

[And well, so is his comm link, but no reason to bring that up right at the moment.

Starscream steps around Megatron and over to the force field to examine it.]

[sorrynotguilty]

I never said I would punch it, Starscream.

[ please. he doesn't have his fusion cannon, but he still has a cannon. in his altmode.

but he can be patient. watch the jet inspect the force field with narrowed optics. so Megatron might be trying to see similarities and differences between two different Starscreams here. ]

[aerospacecommander]

But were you thinking about it?

[Starscream shifts towards Megatron to give him a brief smirk before going back to the force field. He'll move around it a bit ... trying to look for any weak spots.

[sorrynotguilty]

I had the thought to use my altmode to blast it.

[ duh, little jet. ]

[aerospacecommander]

But you don't have your fusion cannon.

[And he assumes Megatron still turns into a gun.]

[sorrynotguilty]

I threw that away along with Decepticonism. My present altmode is a tank.

[ which means he still has a cannon! ]

[aerospacecommander]

... This might seem like a stupid question, but I'm going to ask anyway. Why would you toss away your most powerful weapon? Is this part of the Autobot goody-goody brainwashing?

[Do they corrupt people with their happy fun times or something? He's just going to stare long and hard.]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ Megatron stares just as long and hard at Starscream. his faceplates are shifting into that well known scowl that promises pain in the future. ]

What were you hoping to find, inspecting that force field so closely?

[aerospacecommander]

[Starscream grimaces at the evil look, but goes back to looking at the force field. He'll get the answers to his questions later.]

I'm looking at the energy readings to see if there is a weak point. Is that a problem, oh glorious one?

[sorrynotguilty]

At least someone remembers the proper respect I am due.

[ UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE. *cough*Rodimus*cough* ]

Not at all. [ a little surprising, but it's not a problem. ] And what have you found?

[aerospacecommander]

[Starscream just smirks. Respect? Nah.]

The energy seems to be evenly distributed. Why don't you touch it again so I can take some more scans?

[And just to see if Megatron will do it.]

[sorrynotguilty]

What sort of fool do you take me to be?

[ not touching it for your amusement, little jet. ]

[aerospacecommander]

[Well ...]

If you're afraid, I'm sure we can just grab someone and toss them into it.

[He shrugs with a light smirk.]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ a slow, almost predatory grin starts to spread across his face plates. ]

Why, Starscream. Thank you for volunteering.

[aerospacecommander]

What? No! ... I need to be the one to do the scans. Clearly it can't be me.

[But he will just step back away from Megatron just in case.]

[sorrynotguilty]

Then do not suggest something so messy.

[ for every step away Starscream takes, Megatron will take two closer. ]

Unless you are some kind of expert, Starscream, anyone could take the necessary scans.

[aerospacecommander]

[Oh no. Still backing away. He is not going to let himself be thrown into the force field.]

Which one of us is the scientist? Certainly not you.

[sorrynotguilty]

And you are?

[ is he still being brainwashed by the Autobots, Starscream? is that a thing that is still running in that brain module of yours? ]

[aerospacecommander]

Of course I am. You should know this.

[Now he's starting to think 'brainwashed by Shockwave.' Because this is something shockwave would do.]

[sorrynotguilty]

The Starscream that I am intimately familiar with is far from the academic type. He preferred politics.

[ sneaky. underhanded. crafty. ah these are the things that he had so liked about Starscream. to start with, anyway. ]

[aerospacecommander]

Wait what? No, don't tell me. I think this is a thing I don't want to ever know about.

[Intimately? Oh god, he doesn't want to know at all. He's just going to go back to the force field because yeah.]

... So as I was saying we need readings from when something is touching it.