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Date: November 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory after their initial briefings. The zombie plot will not spill over into this area, this area is safe and unaffected! To face zombies, characters must leave the area, and please move to the event log with those threads.
Warnings: None.

Your arrival here has been very unceremonious. One second you were somewhere else, and now, very suddenly, your feet hit the glowing white of the Transporter pad, and you're here. You aren't alone, either. There's a crowd of others around you, each seeming just as bewildered, angry, or confused as you might feel. At the head of the group is a woman in purple robes, solemn and taciturn. She hurries over a quick overview of your intended purpose here, and gives direct answers when asked for them, but to most things she simply shows you how to access the tablet you've just been given, or tells you that the DITR's greeters will explain everything. On the tablet, you can find the history of this place and a record of what your new cohorts have experienced — although it won't have Network access for another 8 hours. Someone stands on hand to give you a weapon, and though the armory is now greatly reduced, you should be able to find something to suit you.

You're shepherded down a walkway tunnel and into the Observatory, where you will find screens mounted on three sides of the wide room. It's night outside the great wide windows, and the lunar landscape isn't much to look at right now; the only lighting comes from dull red emergency lights, but there are… noises. Listen carefully. Over the voices of your fellow Transports, now and then you might catch the sound of a scrape, or a low and muffled cry. It doesn't sound human. Are there animals up here?

You're free to explore the base, visit and use any of the VR rooms, or discover your new room and roommates, but try not to step out of any airlocks if oxygen is a requirement for your system.

Welcome to the moon base, and to the remains of Exsilium.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Blurr was-- ( It's official. Everyone has lost their minds. ) It's like we left and everyone went crazy. Next you're going to tell me that Prowl's retired and decided to live out the rest of his life amongst the NAIL and Decepticons.

( A beat. )

Please don't tell me he did that.

( There's only so much Rodimus can take, and the entire Starscream thing has already taken up most of his available processing ability. But he'd bet anything that Prowl's face was priceless when the results of the election were announced. That poor table that was inevitably flipped. )

Not a criminal - it doesn't count since Tyrest is clearly out of his drilled-into mind. Also that would make everyone else on the Lost Light criminals too, and we've got Rung. ( Who is the least criminal person you could possibly think of. ) You haven't heard of it because it didn't exist until he decided to write it. Minim-- Magnus I really need to figure that out said he didn't know.

Prowl, uh, definitely didn't do that. He's... still with the Autobots. [That's enough of an explanation, probably. Swindle doesn't really want to recount the story of what happened on Cybertron in any more detail. It's not a good one for Swindle. Mostly involves him losing parts in one way or another.]

But hey, even the bad laws are still laws! That's how it's always been. [What Swindle doesn't point out is that certain 'bots have always been picking and choosing which ones count when, because that's the last thing he wants to get on about now of all times.] So Magnus didn't get the newest version of the Tyrest Accord, big deal, that's on him.

Well that's one thing, then. ( Prowl remaining Prowl means the universe can't have been through too much of an upset as far as Rodimus is concerned. )

Yeah, I'm pretty sure no one wanted him to get the new version of the Tyrest Accord. He probably didn't want to have to enforce it either. ( The image of Magnus' headless body lying on the floor comes back to him, and Rodimus shoves that image down super quick. ) Hang on - why are you trying to lecture me about laws?

I'm not lecturing! [He's totally lecturing.] I'm just saying, I know about these things. Me and Magnus go way back. But hey, you're the boss, right? Always in charge. I'll take your word for it.

Maybe from a criminal point of view, and you know - not a criminal. ( STRESSING THAT ) Good, glad that's clear.

( Rodimus this is the start of exactly how you got in trouble with Swerve last time. )