Who: Saren and WHOEVER
Where: Some arbitrary place in L.A.
When: Early in the Morning Now....ish....
What: Saren shows up.  He absolutely does <i>not</i> bring Starbucks
Warnings: None


Early in the morning, just above Los Angeles, a spaceship appears.  Or rather, a spaceship disables its stealth systems, otherwise cloaking it from all but the most sophisticated earth instruments.  The ship has no clear markers or identifiers of any currently known-to humans organizations or alien species.  Approximately a hundred  feet long, it isn't terribly large, but sleek, the only sound a low thrumming engine, utterly alien.  It sets down carefully, despite it's largish size, not damaging any structures as it does so, its landing spot chosen purposefully.  

( It smells like failed emissions tests. )

Who: Downtown Los Angeles Captives
Where: A Mysterious Location
When: Starting March 11th, lasting for at least 4 IC days
What: Those that were kidnapped in the downtown hotspot awake in a terrible place and terrible things happen.
Warnings: Violence, body horror, mind control, fucking creepy bullshit.

You awake in the depths of a vast tower, like a tall layered cylinder of steel and black metal. You can see a seemingly endless height above you, and an endless depth below. Each layer is lit by a ring of multi-hued light that seems to bleed into the black material below it, like veins into flesh. A circle is cut through each layer from the tower's top to bottom, and occasionally a vast black form will rise and fall between layers - a mass of black metal with lights like eyes and grasping mechanical hands. Sometimes it takes captives with it.

Cages line the exterior walls like an arena, with other restraints set up on the layered floors outside. There is a tone of clinical order and structure without, though the black metal leaks a substance almost like the sweat of an animal. Cages open and close themselves, and smaller machines and familiar looking cyborgs wander the floors. Entire cage sections can be removed mechanically and taken to lower levels. Muffled voices and the animal cries of captured strays can be heard around the shaft, as well as the rhythmic hum of vast machinery down below.

There is no natural light here, and no sign of easy escape.

[OOC: This is where you go if your character was picked up in the downtown LA area. If they weren't but you want them here for some reason, a limited degree of inter-base movement is possible, so it can be worked out. Just how your characters are set up and who they are caged with is up to you. They can also be cages alone, but within speaking distance of others. It is generally presume that a reasonable degree of care has been used to contain your character if they have powers, but the particular methods of restraint are up to you. Most approximately super sciencey things should be reasonable.

If your character is going to get "worked on" by the machine, the progression in which this occurs is up to you - you can have threads before things happen, and then threads during or after. As mentioned before, please use some discretion with how gruesome you get - this is comic books not a slasher fic. All inhuman characters captured will be lined up for modifications and brainwashing, but it is presumed that the AI is a busy machine and simply won't get to most people. Robots can be brainwashed with either code or implants, but organics should not get to the point of brainwashing because that would generally involve a lobotomy.

Feel free to take creative liberty with layouts and the like. This is a prompt, not a solid limit. AI may drop in occasionally as an NPC to menace you. As a mod if you need the NPC's attention for something in specific.]

Who: Baelheit and Miriel (with bonus Milly!)
Where: Mintaka Industries
When: Immediately after his meeting with Megatron
What: Mintaka Industries is under threat by the Decepticon forces. Time to hide its most valuable asset: the synth-en formula.
Warnings: UNCOMFORTABLE AMOUNTS OF MATH, Baelheit family problems, THE USUAL

( scatter what remains, scatter what remains )

Who: Megatron and Baelheit
Where: Mintaka Industries
When: About now, after this thread
What: Having found out about the human scientists Starscream entrusted with the formula for synthetic energon, and that they are being pretty cagey about it, Megatron decides to take matters into his own hands
Warnings: BAD GUYS

( wah ooh. )

Who: Milly & Julius Baelheit
Where: L.A., mostly a secure lab in Mintaka Industries
When: Early March, starting the night of this encounter
What: Baelheit retrieves Milly’s injured body and replaces her broken cyborg parts with shiny new ones. This time with 100% more energon!
Warnings: Baelheit’s hecked up priorities. what is wrong with this family

( Baelheit has never forgotten that he is a father. )

Who: Baelheit, Miriel, and Starscream
Where: The same privately-owned hangar Baelheit and Starscream have been using for their meetings
When: Backdated to February 15th
What: Baelheit and Miriel go in...to fix Starscream's t-cog.
Warnings: SCIENCE. Weird body horror shit maybe? Mandatory Starscream warning.

( And now we delve into the belly of the beast... )

Who: Baelheit and Starscream
Where: a privately-owned hangar deck
When: February 10
What: Starscream gets a diagnostic examination from Baelheit to discover the cause of his mode lock.
Warnings: Everyone is uncomfortable.

( snap on your rubber glove and let's get started, doctor )

Who: GLaDOS and Baelheit
Where: Mintaka headquarters
When: February 11
What: A partnership is discussed
Warnings: Awful robots and robot sympathizers

( hello friend )

Who: Miriel and Baelheit
Where: Baelheit's office
When: February 9th
What: A scientist and her boss discuss a variety of important subjects, including exasperating alien robots.
Warnings: None at the moment!
( incoming science jargon )

Who: Baelheit and Starscream
Where: An aircraft hangar somewhere near L.A.
When: Afternoon. Today-ish? Somewhere around today.
What: Baelheit and Starscream discuss the possibility of a trade of services and information.
Warnings: "starscream" is a warning in and of itself tbh

( an emergency meeting of the meeting of the minds )