Cyberformed Inbox

[legalcy]

"You have reached the personal frequency of Ultra Magnus. I am unable to answer your call either due to a scheduled priority or an emergency. If the issue requires my immediate attention, begin your message by stating "Emergency" and the level of threat or writing that information in the subject header. Please leave your name, time and date of contact, message, and location. I will respond at the nearest opportunity."

TEXT | VOICE | VIDEO | ACTION

Comments

[legalcy]

By "will" do you mean by the strength of their Spark, or simply a mental challenge between the host and the victim?

[matrixofleadership]

It is hard to say. I must admit though, the stronger the Minicon, the less likely they are to release themselves from stasis.

There are Nine Minicons who combine into three objects who go into stasis. They are unable to free themselves from this state without outside interference.

The Starsaber, Skyboom Sheild, and Requiem Blaster. They are our most powerful minicons groups and yet I have never seen them be able to free themselves.

But given this is a new dimension with Minibots and Minicons who might not follow the same rule. Perhaps I should make properly documented notes one of these days on the nature of the Minicons and powerlinking. I feel you may appreciate that and could help to thwart any attempts of my Megatron usurping someone else's will.

[legalcy]

[His Spark sinks. Of course he shouldn't have hoped it would be easy.]

Well. If you speak with one of the Medics, they should be able to help you in that regard. I do home that differences between our universes are enough to protect the crew from powerlinking.

End Transmission

[matrixofleadership]

I will go seek out a medic soon then.

Thank you for your time, Magnus.

Video

[matrixofleadership]

[ What do you know. Its the small Prime head in his hands and then pushes his head out of them and looks to the screen. ]

I'm sorry, I still need to write up my report. But in the meantime, I'm afraid I need to alert about an incident in my training halls.

Grimlock, the young child, and another Mech I'm not familiar with, Dreadwing according to sign-ins.

They have destroyed a large portion of my training hall with fire and explosives. Breaking the Excessive force rule I had in place.

Grimlock I'm not sure reads that well, but the Decepticon must of.

[legalcy]

[Just one day. He just wants one day without a flood, or attempted murder, or property damage, or terrible relationship drama. He wants a break.]

Thank you for notifying me. [He does not sound thankful at all.] Do you need them to clean up the training hall?

[matrixofleadership]

I had tried to order them before. But they never returned... I have mostly cleaned up already but, this job must be so tired some. I'm very sorry to bring this to you.. for now, I just think a report on them should be written in. If this happens again with the same mechs we can discipline and be prepared.

I'm sorry I troubled you...

[legalcy]

Please do.

[Although he can offer to help this diligent, law-abiding mech.]

Is this a request for me to find Dreadwing and Grimlock?

[matrixofleadership]

Yes. If at the easiest portion, let it be known this is their first warning. I do not want to give a second.

voice

[necrogladiator]

[Is Ultra Magnus ready for a headache? Because headache incoming.]

Ultra Magnus, you are the head of security, I believe?

I would like to report an assault on my person during the Roomba Rumble by the one known as Drift, and I demand an investigation on the matter.

I know for certain that I can rely on you to be unbiased and objective on the matter, yes?

Voice

[legalcy]

[Sometimes, Magnus wishes he could swear out loud. Verity is alive, yes, but he is not emotionally ready to deal with this.

Still, he manages to hold back a sigh.]

You have my word. I have the start of an investigative report, but I will need your account of the incident. [Just be professional. You can talk with Verity later.]

video

[autobotshield]

Ultra Magnus, I am Optimus Prime, and I would like to speak with you about Tarn if you have a moment.

[He didn't think he'd have to do this, but since Tarn is somehow his responsibility in the loosest sense, he feels obligated to.]

Re: Voice

[necrogladiator]

Most certainly.

[Smile.]

I am not available anytime soon however, so please contact Soundwave if you have any questions on the event.

[legalcy]

[Actually, Magnus looks pretty pleased that someone is discussing this with him. It's better than getting no answers out of interrogating that Tarn.]

Please do. He's clearly not the one from my universe.

[autobotshield]

No, he is from mine, I know him well.

[Or as well as he can considering they'd only interacted for a few hours at most a few centuries ago.]

He is not of the Decepticon Justice Division, as your people seem to think. Rather, he was created along with thousands of others just like him by a Megatron from an alternate dimension who used the Allspark to create an entire army of "Perfect" Decepticons.

[He says all this nonsense with utmost seriousness.]

While he isn't your Tarn of the DJD, he did betray me and try to conquer Cybertron, so he is, unquestionably, still a very dangerous person.

much later

[legalcy]

[So the video explains a lot, and with all of these testimonies coming out, Magnus finally has enough information to reply to Megatron.]

I've reviewed the video and the proper parties will be addressed, however, I have to let you know that your actions fall under the "hit and run" clause. Typically, such crimes that result in death fact harsher sentences, but yours will be reduced somewhat.

/Leaves on Read

[necrogladiator]

TEXT

[pffft]

[Within 48 hours, Magnus receives a document from Prowl containing his report of the events. Each event is timestamped and recorded with an efficient accuracy, starting with his initial action in aiding a (likely hallucinating) Grimlock interrupted by Verity's cry for help.

His observations of the scene follow: the spill patterns of the energon, Megatron's physical description as well as those of his accompanying Decepticons, Verity's condition as well as Drift's appearance. He didn't have time to get as much thorough detail as he usually did, but still fit in a fair amount.

Then the bleak countdown of events leading to her death: rushing Verity out of the event, hailing Ratchet, driving towards the medbay, and then meeting up with Minimus once she had died.

The official report states lack of clear evidence for intentionally harming her, but that given Megatron's history and apathy towards organic life, it should be considered a likely motive.]

video, after roomba rumble

[grimgrams]

[The video is darkly lit. Grimlock appears on-screen looking behind his shoulder, as if on guard against passers-by.]

Magnus?

[His voice is lower is volume than usual. He cringes, clearly embarrassed by what he is about to say.]

Me Grimlock think...me do bad thing.

video

[legalcy]

[Magnus's optics widen. Not another crime. Not another incident. Everything is happening too quickly.

But he calms himself and responds in a steady voice:] What did you do?

Re: video

[grimgrams]

You remember big roomba fight thing?

[He looks over his shoulder again. Nobody here. Good.]

Me make big mess there.

[He can't remember the details of the fight, exactly who was fighting who. But he does remember people screaming about Megatron, and then himself setting the wrong person on fire, as well as Misfire's anger afterwards.]

[legalcy]

[Oh. That's more manageable. Magnus's face loses some tension.]

Thank you for letting me know. I heard that you were not in your best mind during the event. [Thanks, Prowl.] What happened?

[grimgrams]

Me feel weird. So me set things on fire.

[He won't admit how strange he felt, how vulnerable. Looking back, he can only call himself a fool for allowing himself to be so weak.]

Me...willing be punished.

[He admits, trying his best not to cringe in shame. He is a leader, a warrior. He will take responsibility for his mistakes.]

And me fix what me broke.

[legalcy]

[His optics dim with uncertainty.]

He said that you and your Megatron were dead in his universe. It seems that he always betrays his superiors no matter from which dimension he comes.

[So not the one that tortured his brother. That’s…marginally better.]

Anyway [Back to sitting up straight and looking like he’s doing okay] tell me what types of crimes he commits. The Tarn I know focuses on prolonged torture and blatant violent displays, but as you said, he is not the same.

[autobotshield]

I suppose it is accurate to say that he is the same as any other megalomaniac that's ever wanted to conquer Cybertron. He has incited violence, lied and tricked his way towards a powerful artifact, used that artifact to enslave his own people, and put me in a fighting pit where I spent hours fighting for my life until I was rescued by Autobots and Decepticons alike.

[He's over all this, so explaining the torturous experience of being violently beaten for hours is hardly anything.]

However, the difficult thing about this is that he is from a point just before he commits all these atrocities and I come from a point long after. As of the time he is from, he has done virtually nothing wrong.