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Discovery - [Video, Unlocked, some private messages]

Oct 18, 2011 22:16

[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 ( Read more... )

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1/? sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:27:34 UTC

[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 October 19 2011, 04:27:47 UTC

[

waitaminute]

3/? sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:28:21 UTC

[WAIT A TRI-CURSED MINUTE]

4/? sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:29:08 UTC

5/? sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:29:48 UTC

[except all that happens is Nemesis very calmly setting his tools to the side.

and walking through the halls, footsteps surprisingly quiet.]

[action] 6/done sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:32:05 UTC

[if Magnum's still there, he may or may not notice the shadow coming along the hall leading out of that room.

and did the temperature just drop a bit? must be your imagination.]

[action] not_your_gun October 19 2011, 04:46:16 UTC

[Megatron is currently poking around with the electrical supply, testing to make sure that its actually functional should he be purchasing this establishment. Its so...mundane.]

...

[But he didn't survive this long for no reason. Strange shifts in temperature? Alterations in lighting? He looks up.]

...is someone there?

[action] sumptushubris October 19 2011, 04:53:15 UTC

[and that's a confirmed pest. not just any one, no less, but someone whom Nemesis has decided needs a reminder of...certain things.

so. since there's little doubt that this place is already compromised...

Nemesis places a hand on the wall, willing the Darkness to obey his command. it runs along it, rusting and blackening the metal, a foreboding corruption spreading in to the room towards Megatron. in the dim lights, it may not be seen very well...

...no more than the shadow on the wall, at least, that may or may not be familiar.]

[action] not_your_gun October 19 2011, 05:01:51 UTC

[Something is distinctly wrong, but...he cannot put his finger on it. It seems like someone is there, but...there is no movement. No motion.

There's only...

Rust?

There's rust?

He frowns, backing away. Hadn't the Realtor said it was at least structurally sound?]

...

[He reaches out to pick at it.]

[action] sumptushubris October 19 2011, 05:08:25 UTC

[and /that/ touch may be familiar in a very, very, very bad way. while the Darkness has spread through, it's thin, there, and cannot do more than sting at the surface of Megatron's fingers with its deathly chill.

but maybe that's all it needs. Nemesis, for his part, takes his hand off the wall and starts moving forwards again, stepping in to the room proper.]

[action] not_your_gun October 19 2011, 05:11:33 UTC

[Oh, is that a trigger.

Its hard not to remember the very touch that has killed him, and he roars, swinging around, peering through the darkness to find its source.]

...Nemesis.

[How dare he rust this building?]

[action] sumptushubris October 19 2011, 05:13:24 UTC

[he's not even bothering to answer you with words, Megatron.

he's just raising his arm, and a full array of wing-cannons with it, and they hum to life for all of a few seconds before they fire in a broad spread.

/dodge this/.]

[action] not_your_gun October 19 2011, 05:29:31 UTC

[....slag.]

[He dives, as quickly as he can, behind the lab table in the center of the room. Of...all the places.]

What the hell are you doing here?

[This was his soon-to-be property!]

...

[And this was dangerous. He was going to need support.]

[Do give him a moment to do that while he's ducked behind the same slab you had Starscream on.]

[action] sumptushubris October 19 2011, 05:35:30 UTC

I could ask you the same question.

[the table survives. barely. Nemesis lowers his arm, but his cannons whine as they prepare another set of shots]

Do step out from there, gladiator. Cowering doesn't suit you.

[action] not_your_gun October 19 2011, 05:47:06 UTC

I'm buying real estate.

[The answer still sounds ridiculous, even though he growls it.]

Come now, Nemesis, you can't be bothered to walk around a table?

[He hates being out-matched, with every fibre of his being...but it just means he needs to get smart. The canons take time to recharge--he can use that. If he can get Nemesis to fire again...]

[With a roar, he kicks the table at his foe, raising his own canon to fire as he runs toward the doorway, needing new cover.]

Re: [action] sumptushubris October 19 2011, 05:54:41 UTC

[ . . . ]

Are you trying to make a j-

[FIRING AT THAT TABLE NOW firing /through/ that table. the blasts rush past Megatron as he moves, and Nemesis's optics slit in irritation as he catches the motion.

he'll throw out his other arm and fire one of the cannons at Megatron, but it's not nearly as powerful as it could be.]

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