Discovery - [Video, Unlocked, some private messages]

[not_your_gun]

[The video opens in a very dark room, with a light shining around to illuminate various features of the setting a-la Blair Witch. It passes over counter-tops with broken glass and various tools, beakers, and dormant machines, then lights up what seems to be a transformer-sized lab-table in the center of the room, looking not unlike a dentist's

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[Video]

[airspacecommand]

[NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS LOOK, MAGNUM]

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

I wasn't even aware you were missing one.

[He's trying to peer over your shoulder.]

Or have you been up to some...ah...kinky exploits?

[He glances at the laboratory equipment.]

[Video]

[airspacecommand]

[His wing is there as he got it replaced]

No, so sorry to disappoint you though as I'm sure that's what you were hoping for.

I'm going to make a guess that you won't give me the coordinates to your current location, huh?

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

[He laughs] It would have been excellent blackmail material, yes. But what you do in your off-hours is no concern of mine.

Seeing as I intend to purchase it? No.

Why do you ask?

[Private to Magnum]

[schrodingersbot]

Ah, very well. I am en route and shall meet with you there shortly.

[It's surprisingly brief for Perceptor, but even he can't add too many more syllables to that type of message.]

[Perfect~ to Action then!]

[not_your_gun]

So very prompt.

[Megatron, on the other hand, is probably late. He's got a long way to go, and his tank mode isn't much faster than walking.]

...

[Still, he'd arrive, pulling up to the front of the back-alley Diner just outside of the warehouse district.]

[Action is is!]

[schrodingersbot]

[Ah, but Megatron has a tank mode, while Perceptor... walks. Everywhere. Yes, his scope has treads. It's still a giant microscope, and even slower than Megatron's tank.]

[Then again, Perceptor had very little to do to before making his way there, while Megatron... seems to be a busy little bee, so to speak. He'll probably find Perceptor waiting at a table that is not the most strategically placed in the establishment, but Perceptor doesn't really think in those terms. He is, however, sitting with his back to a wall, rather than the door. He isn't quite that foolish.]

[He will rise, however, when Megatron approaches; it's courteous, after all.]

[Action is is!]

[not_your_gun]

[How hard can this one be to find? Autobots tend to be bright, and red, and this one is no exception. He'd glance around when entering, then approach, easily, smiling down at the scientist.]

So you're the Alpha Perceptor.

[That little courteous gesture goes quite a long way with making a good first impression, and Megatron pauses, actually surprised.]

Quaint.

[He nods in return, and sits.]

I'll get straight to business. [Folding his hands on the table, he waits for Perceptor to sit before beginning.] How...big. Do transformers get, in your universe?

[video]

[greasemunkygal]

You know, sometimes your posts are kinda creepy.

[video]

[not_your_gun]

Trust me, the ad for this place said 'filled with technological updates.'

[He is unimpressed.]

[video]

[greasemunkygal]

And that includes decapitated wings. Classy.

[video]

[not_your_gun]

You'd think that I'd learned. The last one said 'roomy' and...it was correct.

257 rooms, to be precise.

Realtors appear to be master manipulators.

[dontasktrix]

[Seeker parts lying about don't phase her - she's got tons she's using to make jewelry. Magnum creeping about vacant buildings in Zone 7: relevant to her interests.]

You have some interest in the Zone in particular, Sir?

[not_your_gun]

[The question is not one he is expecting.]

I do. It seems this zone can use a little straightening up.

I thought I'd try a little renovation project.

Why?

[dontasktrix]

[Slipstream cycles air in a sigh. Of course Magnum has no idea where she lives. She's thinking sometimes going unnoticed can be a pretty bad thing.]

Oh, tell me you're not thinking urban renewal! [No 'Sir', respect gone from her tone. It's like she's a Starscream.] Gentrification? Saw enough of that in Detroit. Abandoned factories perfect for secluded rendezvouses being snatched up by Autobot families. Making the neighborhood all safe.

[She smirks here. Much more mocking than irritated.] Maintenance bots are so good at straightening up.

[not_your_gun]

Urban renewal is precisely what I'm thinking, Slipstream.

[This smirk is leaning more toward 'predatory' than 'friendly.']

Do you have a problem with it?

[Does this face seem like the sort to make neighborhoods all safe?]

1/?

[sumptushubris]

[it just so happens that Nemesis is /in/ that laboratory - albeit another part of it - when the video goes on the network. he glances at it more out of boredom than anything else, cleaning his-]

2/?

[sumptushubris]

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waitaminute]

3/?

[sumptushubris]

[WAIT A TRI-CURSED MINUTE]

4/?

[sumptushubris]