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A visit with Alpha Trion

[Whenever you feel you are able to stop by, Alpha Trion's library is always open. With his close proximity to Prima's quadrant, the many domed windows of his sitting areas make for bright, pleasant places to curl up with a good data pad and enjoy a relaxing read.

On this day in particular, he's had some of the window panes colored to filter in red, blue, and green light from Prima's glowing tower. It makes the atmosphere more festive, he is certain, and it also changes his routine a bit.

Plenty of acolytes are shuffling around him, some reading through books and others sorting data-pads, adding Trion's ever-increasing collection of books into a vast central reference archive. It's important to keep so much data organized, he knows that even with an army of Acolytes the work would never be done.

However, it does not stop him from trying.

He hears you as soon as you come in through the large, double-doors into the multi-story library. You'd find yourself approached, as well, though the Firstforged is still carrying a few documents as he does so, reluctant to part from his very enjoyable cataloging.]

Ah, there you are.

Please do pardon the mess, its inventory week and I already missed the first half of it due to...well. Unicron sending down a large, reality warping straw. It's been rather inconvenient.

Thankfully, its also gone. I would very much like to hear that story...

[He starts to trail off, before focusing back on the task at hand.]

And I will! But for right now, I think its important that you and I talk about other matters.

[He gestures towards a couch underneath one of the stained windows, and moves towards it to sit. The pile of documents go down beside him, and the other end of the couch is left open for you.]

I'm going to be going away for a while. Lunar cycles, likely, helping to expedite work on Cybertron.

Although this recent Pillar problem has proven to me that you Refugees are adaptable enough to overcome many odds, I still feel it is important that I ask.

Is there anything that you will need while I am gone?

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The conversation will continue on from this point depending on how you respond below. Sae will be around to answer this log until the 1st of January, at which point anything not wrapped up will be summarized. Regardless of what turns the topic takes, Alpha Trion has gifts for his aligned:

Each Refugee will receive an instructional book/datapad on a subject of their choosing. As these are special, magical Alpha Trion books, they enhance the reader with a +1 to learning...

Meaning that your character will have a pretty good handle on whatever the subject is by the beginning of the new year. This is a great chance to learn something new!

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[Well, at least he knows where he's going. He and Kay got the message at the same time, and come together, following along with Stumpy, just in case.]

[The library was beautiful, to say the least. But he beckoned to her to wait, all the same. If it was serious, or dangerous, best he went in first. Maybe he was being paranoid. But, better paranoia than to lose her.]

[He went in silently, as always, waiting without a word for the FirstForged to notice him.]

I know... some of the story. From another.

[He'd taken notes, after all, as he was asked to. But he falls silent as Trion speaks again. He blinks, pulling his head back like a startled bird.]

[What does he need...?]

What... what does that mean for me...?

[Given how different he was from the others here, after all.]

Do you? What have you heard?

I missed utterly everything while we were gone, and my Acolytes...

Well. Lets just say they're not very social.

[Kagerou wasn't the most social of bots, himself, but he did have an optic for details. Alpha Trion appreciated that.]

As one of my initiates, I will be needing you to help take care of my temple. I will also be asking two other Refugees to initiate, so you will have help.

That reminds me...how are you coming with the bird project?

I heard some of what happened, from one who went down below... I could write it.

[Which would probably be easier, given how reserved he is. It would be better than speaking. He'd leave out less details.]

[His head tilts.]

Who else? And... how do I help?

[He shrugs a little, frowning.]

I meant to speak with Kay... but the Pillar... it changed a lot of things. And then I lost time... I don't know how that happened.

Writing it would be perfect! Especially if you could do some investigating and take down multiple perspectives. I think it would be an excercise Kay might enjoy as well.

[Since the two of you seem to do the best work together. Its one of the reasons he's considering Kay as an Initiate.]

Kay. Rewind. Skyfire. Possibly Thundercracker, although he has been difficult to find.

As for how you can help, I would like you to work more on the Bird...and also help to keep this Temple safe should any Monsters breach the Haven.

Do you not remember anything that happened while the Pillar was down?

[This does concern him, as he knows how important memories are to Kagerou.]

I will, then. If it will help her... Anything for her.

[And then he looks startled, his wings flaring. Kay -- Kay would become like him? But then she couldn't go home. Could she? She'd be stuck here like himself...]

[... but she'd have family, wouldn't she? His shoulders hunch a little, arms folding over his chest.]

Kay. You... want to do this to her, too?

[Would she have to be alone? Could he be with her? So she wouldn't be scared--]

[He nods, though, hearing that. He can work on the bird. That's simple enough.]

I remember what happened when it was here. I remember... recovering from it. And then days are missing.

Maybe the Pillar caused it.

I am considering her as a potential Initiate, yes. If it is something she wants, and if she is ready. She is still so young...

[His optics unfocus, as if looking far off. There were so many pathways that Kay and Kagerou could take from here, and none of them were certain.]

But so were you, when you made this decision. It has been a rocky journey, but I think it has done us both some good.

Ultimately, the choice will be hers. You are welcome to give her your opinion on it, however...so long as you do not break the request I made of you.

[The promise not to talk about the Binding Ceremony.]

Did those days happen after the Pillar had been destroyed, or before?

... Can I be with her. If she says she wants this? I don't... want her to be alone.

[Even if he doubts the request will be granted, he has to ask. For Kay's sake, he has to ask. She's the most important thing he has here -- she's family.]

[She's his world, in this place.]

Do you truly?

[Because he's still uncertain. There's a little shrug.] I haven't told anyone. I don't talk about any of this.

... After. I remember it being disposed of.

[Congrats Kagerou, you've briefly stunned Alpha Trion into silence. He's never been asked this before.]
If....

If she says she would like you to be present, then...since you are already one of my Initiates, I...

I suppose I can see no reason why not.

[He's still a bit flustered, but he's willing to give it a try.]

Of course I do. You have been helping me with an important project, and you've been helping to keep order in the Haven as well. I've benefited...

And I think knowing that someone trusts you with the responsibilities has given you a bit more confidence. Unless I'm wrong about that?

[If so, he needed to give Kagerou more inspiration somehow.]

I'm sure you know that memories aren't supposed to go missing on their own, especially not to one of my Initiates. Would you like me to look into it before I go?

[He very slowly turns his face up, looking more and more hopeful. Good. He'd be able to be there for her -- if she needed him. That's reassuring.]

[He nods, wings slowly unfolding a little, as he relaxes.]

All right. Thank you.

[Confidence. Him? Could he really have something like that? He looks down at his hands.]

I don't know. I don't know if it's confidence or something else. So... I don't think I can answer that, yet.

[But maybe in time.]

Yes. But... I don't feel worried. Not about this. [Except he's unconsciously lifted a hand to touch the side of his head, running fingertips over the AI chip's location, without noticing.] How would you look?

I understand. You are still young and you are still learning...but if there is every anything I can do for you, Kagerou, I do hope you ask.

[Because you have a lot to give in turn.]

You are my Initiate...so if I needed to see what you've been up to, I'd access our archives. However, I would not do this without your permission. It would be an invasion of privacy.

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The only things I can think to ask for... I don't think anyone here can give to me.

[Certainty. A soul. His partner -- the missing. Those are the only things that come to mind when someone asks what they can do for him.]

[Maybe it's naive... he doesn't know.]

Our archives? The book? Is that what you mean?

I cannot give you back part of the past, no.

[He understands.]

But you take the past with you as you grow. Such is part of our duties as archivists--to not forget, and to learn from the past.

[From your time with Shadowmaru.]

The book...yes.

[The one he wrote in at the time of your Initiation. He knows you know what he means.]

Would you like for me to check it?

I know. It doesn't stop me from wanting it, though. I don't think I can stop wanting it.

[But at least he's admitting this. That's progress, right?]

Forgetting isn't something I ever want to do. I'm not sure how to learn, but... I won't ever forget. Not one moment.

[He shifts a little. Part of him wonders, idly, just how much that book knows. How many embarrassing secrets are in it... but--]

It isn't trouble, is it? To check it?

It is a part of you.

If he ever does arrive, though, you MUST introduce me. I would be fascinated to meet someone so important to your development.

[It wasn't likely to happen, but still.]

It isn't trouble, no. Interpreting the data is where it gets tricky...

However, I can leave you a message on your link in a few days.

((OOC - which will probably say something like "The creeper's puppet drained the life given in trust. Does this make any sense to you?"))

... If he ever did, would you take him, as you did me?

[And fix what he still worries might be a mistake. Or something he has to make amends for.]

[He nods a little.]

I -- thank you. I'll look for it.

((ooc - "NO :C" but that sounds good c: ))

[Four headed to the library almost as soon as she got the message, though her progress was somewhat hampered by the fact that she no longer has her hoverboard. It really is sort of inconvenient to be without that.

It takes her a couple of hours but she gets there. Eventually.

The tiny stitchpunk wiggles under the door and walks cautiously into the library. While she knows that she's not in any real danger here, it's always possible that one robot might end up making one unfortunate misstep. Four's been stepped on enough thank you very much.

Four's eyes light up when Alpha Trion appears, and she follows him eagerly to the couch. Like a good girl, she sits on the couch arm, staring up at him with an avid interest.

In order to reply, she pulls out her device.]

I don't really need anything. Except maybe a new method of transportation. But why are you going away? Don't you like it here?

If you need an Acolyte, you only need ask.

[He's impressed by how well you get around already, but if it helps...]

I like it here a great deal.

Too much, really, as sometimes my brothers and sisters tease that its hard to separate me from my books. [He chuckles.] However, I know I am needed elsewhere. In order to prevent other incursions like the Pillar, we're going to try to finish Cybertron.

I'll manage, don't worry.

[Four's eyes flicker with confusion as she peers up at the Firstforged. Her little fingers click together as she struggles to make sense of what Alpha Trion just said. Eventually, she has to ask.]

What do you mean by "finish" Cybertron? There is a whole planet out there, right?

[Four suddenly has a vision of half a Cybertron, floating around in space...]

Ah, yes! Cybertron is a complete planetary sphere, if that is what you are wondering. It was that way when Primus first found it, I believe...

[He trails off, as that is an era of time when he did not exist, which means it is both fascinating to him and also a little difficult to comprehend.]

However, he cannot return until it is ready for him to inhabit the Core, and as long as he is not here then Unicron is a threat.

What worries me the most is that the chaos-bringer is becoming more active, now, wheras we do not know when Primus will return. We will have to do what we can, in the meantime.

[Barricade may not have gotten a hail from Alpha Trion about this... but he's spoken to Solus. He knows they're leaving. And even if they weren't, he is, and he wants to leave his other favorite FirstForged with something before he goes.

Finding where he needs to go is a simple matter of elimination; Trion wasn't with the felines so he was either in the library or in his own quarters. Thankfully it was the library... and he doesn't have to navigate the maze.

Though he does feel like a bit of a party crasher.

He pulls out a datastick.]

Trion. I'm afraid I'm not going to be staying in the Haven for much longer myself. So I need to know who I ought to leave this with.

You asked about literature and history from my world; I'm making good on that before I go. This is everything I can remember, up to the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons.

[Barricade is not who Alpha Trion is expecting to see...but he cannot say he minds the visit, even amidst the chaos of his library.]

...

You are leaving?

[He glances down to your Glyph, checking...]

Is Solus sending you on a mission?

[Still, he reaches out to take the stick, absent-mindedly also taking hold of a spare datapad from a nearby shelf to upload the contents into. This is fascinating to him.]

[Barricade hadn't exactly expected the chaos when he arrived, either, but it's interesting. He glances a couple times to the acolytes as they pass... though the question gets him to glance down at his Glyph. His wings flick, almost sheepish.]

You noticed. No. This is something I'm doing for myself. I... considered our conversation, about the potential for changing things. And about my change when the pillar showed up.

I might do more good working from the shadows, as it were.

Though I am sorry I won't be able to help out with your cats.

[Even if Solus found him taking care of them silly in the first place.]

From the shadows?

[Trion might look a bit alarmed for a moment.]

Surely you do not intend to head for the badlands? There are other, less painful ways to die you know.

If I had arrived here at the wrong time, I might have intended just that. But no no, nothing so drastic.

[Barricade can't bring himself to do that. He's not so fresh from that mess in Chicago to do that.]

But there is a place outside of the Haven that I know of, where I can work without interfering with things here too much... and without anything horrible interfering with me.

You are referring to the outpost that some of the Refugees sought to create outside of the Haven then.

[He has a frown on, but it is a worried frown. He cares for your well being, after all.]

We have not had any contact with that outpost since they left...

[The frown stays, but he does shift, really thinking about what Barricade is saying.]

As such, I cannot allow you to go without adequate supplies.

[The frown turns into a bit of a smile, as he has every intention of providing those to you.]

I am. And I'm not surprised; they have been secretive about the whole endeavor at best.

[And he'd had to do the same. To keep them off the radar... and to keep anyone else from finding it just to drag their friends back to the Haven.

He pauses then, giving Alpha Trion a slightly sly look. Whatever are you up to?]

Dare I ask what sort of supplies?

As is their right.

[If they were even alive. It often worried him.]

A crate of energon cubes, some emergency communications equipment, a few tools, and a sledge to move them on. Nothing extravagant.

[At least, not until you see the sledge. If you're going out, it might as well be in style.]

Well. If they'd kept in contact their friends would have pulled them back here. And I admit... I worry some about threats from within more than without. I'm sure they did too.

[With people like Tarn and Overlord, the centipedes and pillars were almost better. Almost.]

Supplies that will be quite welcome. Mm, and a way to carry them besides using my fighter. You're going to spoil me at this rate, extravagant or no.

I'm sure. That may even be worse with out departure, but I believe in the long term it will be best.

[After all, if they did not get Cybertron finished then Unicron would come through...at which point no amount of order in the Haven would help.]

You are welcome to use your fighter if you prefer. I might be able to outfit the sledge for remote control...

But I could not guarantee how well that would work far from the Haven.

They'll have to figure out how to deal with things themselves. Considering you've all got to deal with our world-destroying friend.

[Not that the Refugees' infighting makes them helpful to the whole 'stopping Unicron' thing, but still.]

Don't worry, I can figure out a way to tow the ship. Had to when the poor thing was still broken down.

You're very perceptive, Barricade. Are you sure we can't temp you with an Initiation or two?

[The way he smiles, he is kidding...but he does want you to know that you have value in your own right.]

Then the only thing left to give to you is my luck.

[Barricade chuckles quietly.]

I'm afraid the one Initiation is enough for now. Much as I like you and all.

[Let's face it, being smacked with a Hammer is not an experience to be repeated.]

Feel like I should be the one wishing you luck. I've got the easy part myself, for now.

You will do me one final favor, then, won't you?

[Ah, but you wouldn't miss it for the world, would you?]

[He really wouldn't, no. It's kind of nice to feel like both belong and are useful again.]

Of course. What is it?

Take Max with you.

[A cat.]

He would not be easy to console if you left, and...whatever fate awaits you, he'll be a good companion.

[Barricade can't help but laugh a little.]

You'll have to excuse my informality but darlin' you are too good to me. And I'd hate to leave Max inconsolable. The extra company will be more than welcome... and I'm sure Rumble won't mind a new friend either.

... Thank you, Alpha Trion. Never had dealings with the FirstForged before coming here, but I can tell you this. Between you and Solus, I've met some mighty fine examples of demigods, and I'm glad for the opportunity.

[A call from a Firstforged is not a good thing. It can't be a good thing. At least in Dead End's mind it can't be. This wasn't a call about a temporary solution to his diet - he had one of those already - this was a call for reasons unknown. He'd only just come back from vanishing and maybe... maybe he'd done something wrong. Wandering off for one.

When he gets there he carefully avoids sitting... It's not that he's paranoid, it's just that he's paranoid.]

So you're... leaving.

Uh... I. Well, I don't really need anything, sir. I'm sure you have others that would be more useful to you.

I am.

Just after you've returned, I notice...

Have you been feeling alright?

[He does give up on hoping you'll sit with him, but he still feels a parental concern for you.]

I guess so.

[He fidgets slightly.]

I mean, I feel about the same as I always have... Should I feel any different?

Ah, well...you did just return from a place I cannot go. I have only a theory what it might be like.

Plus, I was worried about your cravings...have they been manageable?

I don't really remember much about that... Not sure I want to. I'm still not sure I know how I got back.

But my diet. Uh, it's been manageable, I've got the substitute... It's not quite like the real stuff, but it works.

[He pauses for a moment, wings perking.]

I'm not going to eat anyone! I miss real power cores, but I'm not going to eat anyone...

I believe you!

If I didn't, you wouldn't be here to tell me about it now.

Mostly, I just want to know if you're going to be alright while I am gone, and if there is anything that I can do to improve your time here.

R-right...

[That isn't comforting at all.]

I don't think there's anything you can do, sir. I'm sure helping anyone that isn't me would be a better use of your time.

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