ROCK'EM SOCK'EM ROBOTS [BIG OPEN FIGHT LOG]

[sufferist]

Who: Signless, Robots, and YOU
Where: City Hall, and all over downtown LA.
When: April 14th
What: Signless bates the Cybetronians into having a big fight in downtown LA while attempting to get a valuable artifact. Earth civilians and superheroes are SUPER WELCOME to notice the fuss and try to stop the fighting/safe people from collateral damage.
Warnings: SUDDENLY ROBOT ULTRAVIOLENCE

Signless leaves himself, and the hammer, visible at first. He wants them to see him, to know that the battle is imminent - and with any luck, a conflict will start. He'll do his best to disappear and keep them hunting for him as as long as possible after he's initially been spotted. Maximum collateral damage is his goal.

It also helps that he's an empath. He'll be taking whatever opportunities he can to agitate people's emotions, whether it be anger, panic, or fear, in the attempt to make ever more chaos.

This is a party style log, meaning you can make you own threads and scenarios. Signless will be around with the hammer. LET'S MAKE THIS AS BIG OF A CLUSTERFUCK AS POSSIBLE, GUYS.

Comments

[thanksoptimus]

I was more accurate to say that Orion didn't spend much time thinking about gender, and so without clear marks of social presentation as one in particular, he finds himself wary of making assumptions. It was true, though - from this distance it would be hard even if there was a clear answer.

"I did not see a sign, though their clothes were accented with red as well." He knows that she said trolls tended to wear the same colors as their blood. In terms of horns, it was most accurate to say that he hadn't seen much at all. "Compact - perhaps not unlike yours."

[scribes]

There was a rather long pause before Di finally managed an "I see."

They wore red, they bore no sign, were psionic, and they had small horns similar to her own. Alone these might not have meant much individually, especially here on Earth, but altogether it seemed she had her answer.

On one hand she was so relieved that he was alive that she could almost cry, on the other hand it seemed that her belief he was making progress was wrong.

"I need to find him, Orion. Will you alright?"

[thanksoptimus]

It's obvious that something is up here, to the point that he can't focus on answering her question. Instead his tires roll forward a few steps, his mirrors adjusting to focus.

"Magdal...why? Do you recognize this troll?"

[scribes]

She doesn't turn away, but her eyes have shifted off to the side so she's no longer looking at him. Had it been anyone else she would have lied about who Signless was. Instead she just gives a small nod.

"I do. It's the friend I mentioned before. The one who changed."

[thanksoptimus]

Oh...

Oh.

They have even more in common than he'd thought, he considers. His own baggage is going to be arriving any moment now. The idea of Megatron fighting with Magdal's old friend is baffling and painful. He winces, in that his window wipers shutter strangely.

"Oh no," he says quietly after a few moments, still a little stunned. "...Please be careful, Magdal. The Decepticons will not hesitate."

[scribes]

Her eyes shift back to him and she gives him a tired smile, nodding.

"I will be. You too, okay?"

[thanksoptimus]

"Of course..." he says, though his tone is uncertain. Not because he doesn't plan on being careful, but because he isn't sure if there is a careful way of doing what she's planning doing. Something interrupts his train of thought however, and he can't help but ask.

"Do you know of his motives?" he asks. "What cause does he fight for?"

[scribes]

"He's working for the Empress. I don't know what exactly he---she hopes to gain by doing this. It could very well be just to cause chaos. Or perhaps this could be some sort of ruse to distract from something else. I really don't know."

[thanksoptimus]

"Either sounds to be a likely theory," he says carefully, after a moment. He knows how she feels about the Empire, and knowing that her old friend is working directly with them for whatever reason...well, he can understand.

He's been feeling kind of that way himself recently.

[scribes]

What a fine mess this was. Considering that Signless had withheld from any violent actions against her, she had thought that he had been able to overcome the Condesce's hold on him enough to prevent any sort of violence period. Yet look at what was happening around them. How many must be injured already, possibly dead?

"We'll get to the bottom of it."