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Optimus Prime ([personal profile] thanksoptimus) wrote in [community profile] capitalh2014-05-22 05:30 pm

ORION OPEN LOG 2: NOW WITH DUDE

Who: Orion Pax and YOU
Where: Around the city.
When: Late March, basically whenever.
What: Having recent discovered that he has a holomatter avatar, Orion is now roaming the city like someone's confused dad.
Warnings: shrrruuuuggot. perhaps gay.

Exploring the city would have been a lot easier had Orion known how to do this earlier, but he supposes there is no point regretting wasted time now. Unlocking his holomatter avatar has given him a pleasant alternative to sitting in a parking lot and boredly zoning out into a haze of stress and confusion, and so he is happy to use this human shaped form to explore all the places he hasn't been able to previously.

While he technically does look like a middle aged man (who is not Charlie Swan), everywhere he goes he is followed by a constant air of curious bafflement, like a parent is when going to places they don't understand purely for the sake following their kid around. There is a lot of squinting and fondling going on in every one of these options.

A) Various book stores:

The most notable feature of this man's bookstore experience is that he appears to mostly be reading entire books whole while standing in front of shelves - very quickly, at that. The subject matter varies wildly, but he doesn't seem to be at risk of getting bored any time soon, nor do his legs ever appear to get tired.

Perhaps he has yet to catch on to the fact that reading whole books in bookstores is generally considered to be bad etiquette.

B) In which he goes AFK:

And here is that same man, standing in the middle of the street doing nothing. It isn't the busiest of streets, but he sure as fuck is just standing there while the world continues to go on around him, ostensibly while he stares into space and ignores the thread of oncoming vehicles.

This is actually happening because something distracting is happening wherever Orion's actual body is. Perhaps a sudden carjacking. Perhaps animals. It is a mystery.

C) In which Team Magma happens:

Team Magma can frequently be found doing something stupid, and in this case the stupid thing is trying to steal a bunch of lorries from a truck stop for unknown reasons. The rush the parking lot in a group of about twelve. Most of them are firebending.

Orion is just kind of standing around in the parking lot when this happens, not fully realizing what's going on until there are like a dozen costumed people throwing fire around aimlessly and yelling things about being TEAM MAGMA. Even after a moment of letting it sink in his expression is still more incredulous than anything.

He can not even believe this.
chapterfiveversenine: (language protocol)

[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-29 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"This policy is consistent with Autobot discussion of potential future military operations," Legion notes. "Contact with Decepticons yet to be established."

They punch a Magma grunt in the gut, and then turn to consider Orion Pax. "Are you familiar with methods to contact Decepticon leadership?"
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-30 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Reticence to discuss potential civilian casualties is arguably an answer," Legion points out. A pair of runtimes alerts CONDOR that Decepticons are likely hostiles and to continue air suppression protocol preparations.
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-30 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"We were aware that Megatron was unlikely to agree to ceasefires," Legion responds. "However, we deemed the conflict largely irrelevant; we assumed that resolution of your situation would result in both factions leaving Earth. If this is no longer the case, and Decepticons will not restrict military operations, then we will be forced to side with the Autobots."

Another pair of runtimes phones the local police. "We do not wish to force you to make a decision without adequate data. Yet increasing Cybertronian presence indicates a higher likelihood of semipermanent or permanent Cybertronian presence. Steps must be taken to ensure the safety of the local populace,"
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[personal profile] scribes 2014-05-30 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Di willed herself to calm down and nodded, grateful for Orion's sympathy.

"It's why you see more trolls on this world than you might expect. Better to be a complete outsider on a strange world than live back there. Earth has fended off two of her invasion attempts, so it's one of the few places a troll can hope to live a life of peace."

And that was as good a story as any if Orion wanted to run with it for his avatar.
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[personal profile] rememberyousoon 2014-05-30 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"The library would be a good place for that, I suppose," she says. She has to stop herself from asking more, though she's curious.

She nods down the street. "Come on, it's this way."
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-30 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"In spite of amnesia and direct contact with the Decepticons," Legion notes. "Alliance with Autobots now favorable to halt Decepticon civilian casualties. Inquiry: potential Cybertronian interest in Earth besides your presence?"
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-30 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The signal that next passes through the consensus is most effectively translated as well, shit.

"Do they have a method of locating potential Energon deposits?"
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-05-30 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Are the Decepticons currently aware of your newfound allegiance?" Legion has called the police by now, and only occasionally has to tap a Magma grunt to keep them down. "What prevents them from tracking your own signal?"
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[personal profile] teamsad 2014-05-31 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, great. She has no idea what to do with this. Jess waves a hand directly in front of his face, but... no. Nothing. She didn't really expect that to work anyway.

"Hey," she says, louder, reaching up to prod his shoulder. "Do I need to call... I don't know. An ambulance?"
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-06-01 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"We will contact Autobots and ensure transport to a place of safety," Legion explains. "Will you reassume the name Optimus Prime?"
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-06-01 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"We do not understand. Please explain title 'Optimus Prime'."
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[personal profile] chapterfiveversenine 2014-06-01 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Your society is an oligarchy?" The consensus flags the implications of this information for later review. "Is this the source of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict?"
scribes: (to keep the truth confined)

[personal profile] scribes 2014-06-01 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"A big part of it is to assign certain jobs. Certain blood types have a prediliction towards certain abilities. There is also the issue of longevity, I suppose. There is quite a sharp incline in life expectancy once you get to the teal and cerulean blooded. Those above can outlive multiple generations of the lower blood, so there is some sense in giving jobs that require intensive studying."

If a maroon blood were to, say, wish to be a legislacerator after their studying and training was completed they would only have so many years to actually work in the field before their time was up. It did make sense, but it was the lack of choice that bothered her.

"Those among the bottom three," she indicated them on the chart, filling each box with their respective color, "ended up as slaves."

She wrote 'olive' in the box above the lime bloods "This where I am. Merchants. Above me is an interesting one--the jade bloods. While they are more of a middle caste they hold a special place in our society because they are the care takers of the Mother Grub. They tend to her, the eggs, and for wrigglers up until they take their trials. They are almost exclusively female, much in the way the tyrians are."
teamsad: (so make your sirens call)

[personal profile] teamsad 2014-06-02 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
She jumps back a little, somewhat startled that he actually responded.

"Uh... are you sure? Because that was..." What's a non-offensive way to say 'freaking weird'?

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