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]

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.

[sorrynotguilty]

[ well. not that sort of intimacy, but whatever. Megatron is more than okay with letting ANY Starscream squirm in his circuits. heh. ]

Only through touch?

[ because he could be pulling out a gun here. ]

[aerospacecommander]

[He still doesn't want to know.

And if Starscream had eyes to roll, he would be doing so right now. Instead he sighs and shrugs his shoulders.]

There is a possibility that if you shoot it, it could reflect the blast back at you. But if that's what you want to do ...

[He'll just move out of the way first.]

[sorrynotguilty]

Touching it is what bumped me into you, Starscream. I would rather not repeat that experience.

[ which is why shooting would be preferable...

or! hold on a minute. there is debris from these rock aliens just about everywhere. just give him a minute to find the biggest chunk. ]

Perhaps I have found a compromise.

[aerospacecommander]

... Are you going to throw a rock at it?

[This is what he assumes is going to happen anyway. Megatron always was more of a brute than actually wanting to go about things the scientific way.

Which is clearly why Starscream should be leader.]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ Megatron just scoffs. throwing a rock at it... barbaric. not happening. what he's doing is taking the boulder and setting it against the barrier. ]

Get your readings.

[aerospacecommander]

[ ... It's interesting to have Megatron actually doing the manual labor instead of just ordering other people to do it. But anyway.

Starscream approaches and does some visual scans and compares the readings from earlier.]

The energy draws towards the point of the thing that is touching it. So now if you ... theoretically ... touched it as well, it over-all might get weaker.