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Who: Disciple and OPEN
Where: Here, there, everywhere.
When: March 21-25th
What: Various shenanigans from Di adopting a mutant cat that seems to be made of silly putty, painting, and other things. Feel free to ping me on my journal if you want to plot :3
Warnings: None for now.



a. meet pudding

[Di was surprised it had taken her this long to get a pet. It was so simple to do here on Earth, and she was in a position now where she could reasonably do so. Returning to her home day after day, with no company made for a lonesome experience. With everything that had been happening she really could use someone to openly love, dote on, and cuddle with.

When she entered the animal shelter, Di quickly realized that limiting herself to just one cat would be one of the greatest tests of her will she had ever undergone.

After a couple hours of cooing over nearly every cat in the shelter Di walked out a very happy troll, with a new pet cat on her shoulders. A pet cat that looked more like a big lob of pink silly putty with eyes that was currently melting down her shoulder.

His name was Pudding and she was enjoying a day out in the park with him, perched beneath a tree with a picnic basket next to them.

((ooc; so an explanation. I've always wanted to get Di a cat like Choo-choo Bear from Something Positive. Pudding is similar in attitude and...substance and is the result of your run of the mill crazy mutation through tragic/scientific means. Feel free to be completely and utterly disgusted by him. Or love him. Or hate him on a sincere and personal level.))]

b. painting

[With a small source of personal income, Di now felt she could buy things she wished for without guilt. One of the first things she had invested in was some paints and canvases, and she had been painting nonstop since.

As it was a beautiful day, cooler than some of the recent ones, Di had decide to work outside. She had brought along her canvas bag with some finished paintings: the sight of both of Alternia's moons in a starry sky, the Signless, Psionic, and Dolorosa gathered around a campfire, the market place of one of the many rural villages they had passed in their journeys. There were other paintings as well, not pertaining to her home world: the first look of Earth she had glimpsed from space, the city at night with all its bright lights.

At the moment she was well into another painting, working with a tiny brush at painting the likeness of the Cybertronian she had recently encountered for a second time. Orion Pax was someone her heart went out to, and she hoped that soon all things would become clear for him.]

Comments

[chapterfiveversenine]

[Legion ignores the question.]

A comrade of his told us this name. We encountered each other during the Dynamo Towers crisis. What is his status?

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[Di was really uncertain how to proceed here. On one hand she didn't really want to give away any information Orion might not want her to. On the other if she could do something to giving him some breathing room, she'd really like to.]

He is doing okay. He is confused, but he is in good condition.

[chapterfiveversenine]

[The consensus reaches an agreement, and pulls down the hood for a second.]

We are the hero Legion. Orion Pax was under the control of a hostile AI when we last encountered him; we learned the designation "Optimus Prime" from his allies, the Autobots. How did you meet him?

let me know if it's not okay for her to recognize the name!

[scribes]

[Legion. That meant he was a member of the Alpha Force that Di had read a little bit about. It made her a little less wary of giving information out to the wrong people. There was still the matter of Orion's own privacy, but she supposed telling them how they met would do no harm.]

We met over a month ago. He was lost, and so I gave him a description of the only Cybertronian I had heard of. We talked a bit recently again.

[They had referred to the Autobots as Orion's 'allies'. While she was disinclined to doubt the goodwill of a member of the Alpha Force, that didn't mean the Autobots hadn't lied to them.]

Are you sure the Autobots are his allies? He doesn't seem quite so certain.

[chapterfiveversenine]

"We were informed he led them by Autobot-designate-Arcee," Legion says. They pull the hood back up; no reason to draw more attention. "Do you have reason to doubt Autobot testimony?"

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"I don't know much about the Autobots. Nothing more than I was told by Orion. Which wasn't a lot." Di gave a small, apologetic shake of her head.

"That's all I really feel I have a right to say in regards to him. Do you think that the Autobots are trustworthy?"

[chapterfiveversenine]

"We have no reason to believe they would deceive us," Legion says. Their plates flare and contract. "Orion Pax cannot confirm allegiance; is his memory compromised?"

[scribes]

"Unfortunately that is the case." Legion has had contact with the Autobots, which means they might be able to give her another perspective which she can then give to Orion. She's not really willing to give out much more information on said Cybertronian, and can't help but feel a little protective of him but perhaps something can be worked out.

"Could you tell me a little more about the Autobots that you met?"

[chapterfiveversenine]

"We encountered one Autobot, designate 'Arcee', vehicle mode motorcycle," Legion states. "Our discussion pertained primarily to neutralizing Orion Pax during his compromise by the Tower AI. Data on civil war was sparse; Arcee indicated Autobot presence was solely to recover leader, at time designate 'Optimus Prime'; Decepticon leader 'Megatron' was noted by Arcee to be uninterested in any ceasefires."

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Arcee. Aside from Ratchet, it was the only Autobot name she knew. Di felt a little foolish in retrospect for not having thought to ask about that. Well, she was certain that she could get in contact with Orion at some point to see if he knew anymore.

"Orion has been trying to get to the bottom of what is going on, but with his memory as it is, it has been difficult. I don't want to outright say that this Arcee was being deceptive, but things may not be quite as clear cut as they seem."

[chapterfiveversenine]

"Possibility of Autobot deception has been noted." The consensus buzzes within the platform, formulating theory upon theory enumerating the possible reasons for such a lie. "Orion Pax must have significant tactical value; otherwise, controversy over his allegiance would not exist."

[scribes]

Di gives nod, sighing slightly and then focuses on something else that Legion had mentioned.

"If it's true that one side is not willing to have ceasefire, what will happen?" The idea of a bunch of giant robots fighting in the city was, needless to say, a rather disturbing one. Imagining all the casualties that would spring from that makes her shudder. No wonder Legion has an interest in what is going on.

[chapterfiveversenine]

"Unknown." Legion's platform glances away from Magdal. "Arcee assured us that Autobot interest in this planet was solely the result of Orion Pax's presence, but potential deception by either faction could result in military action. CONDOR has been informed of the potential threat."

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It was good to know that CONDOR might settle things, but she hoped it wouldn't come to needing such intervention. Especially since if that was the case, it would mean the threat of casualties would be very real.

"If I learn anything that suggests it might come to that, I'll let you know."

If lives were going to be in danger than she would have to say more than she'd like, but it'd be a small price to pay. Hopefully this could be resolved in a way they could all agree upon, but Di knew it rarely worked that way.

[chapterfiveversenine]

"Acknowledged," Legion says, and inclines their platform head in what they have learned is a gesture of thanks. "We request more details about Orion Pax's condition; is he aware of his potential tactical use?"

[scribes]

"Marginally, from what I know. He's aware that both factions have a keen interest in him." The Matrix she decided not to bring up. At the very least not for now.

[chapterfiveversenine]

"The more quickly his allegiance is resolved, the more likely the Autobots are to leave, and the Decepticons to follow," Legion explains. "Arcee promised that Autobot presence was solely to recover Orion Pax; if this promise remains true, then resolution will accelerate this planet's abandonment by Cybertronian soldiers."

[scribes]

The idea that Orion might leave this planet saddens her. It seems obvious now that Legion has presented the idea, what exactly would either faction have to gain here on Earth? It doesn't seem like the best place to make a new home.

Then gain, there were probably many reasons they would that she just couldn't think of.

"That would be for the best," She reluctantly agrees, "but what of the Decepticons?"

[chapterfiveversenine]

"Unknown. Contact yet to be established." Runtimes 51-79 break off and begin further processing on the audio file of the Disciple's voice, trying to analyze the unknown emotion. "We project that they will leave as well, given the apparent lack of military targets on Earth."

[scribes]

"I haven't either." At least she didn't think so. The only other Cybertronian she had met was Breakdown and he never mentioned either faction. Yet now that she thought about it, it would be pretty strange if he somehow wasn't involved. That would be an awful lot of Cybertronians. There was also that one that had attacked Sollux.

"I'm aware of two other Cybertronians that are around, but I don't know much about them."

[chapterfiveversenine]

All runtimes freeze and return to audio processing as this new information is relayed throughout the unit. Legion's optic focuses and narrows on the Disciple. "Please describe the other Cybertronians," they demand.

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One I have not seen myself. I simply heard about them from another person.

[Fortunately she had a decent description of Knock Out, since she had given one to Orion a while back and Di relates that to Legion.]

The other was one I meant quite some time ago, and I haven't heard from them since. I only saw them in their vehicle form. [She tried describing it as best as she could. She was unfamiliar with Earth vehicles so she hadn't a clue what kind of model Breakdown was.]

[chapterfiveversenine]

"We are familiar with the first," Legion confirms, "though their identity is unknown. The second's identity is unknown. Do you know their allegiances?"

[scribes]

Disciple shook her head regretfully.

"Nothing about Autobots or Decepticons came up when I spoke with the second. Mostly we had just talked about each others species" And how strange humans could be in particular.

Not so kind comments about TRIDENT had also been exchanged.

[chapterfiveversenine]

"Number of local Cybertronians increasing rapidly," the platform notes. "Chance of military action is proportionate."