::Wait, thing? It’s… It’s been spreading, right? And with the smell… Is it some kind of monster?:: Maybe he did find the covenant for a reason, then…

::That is what we’ve been trying to detect. Whatever it is, we have found no reference to its name in any existing record. It may just be nonsense the cultist spewed before succumbing.::

::MEGATRON IT STINKS AND WHAT IS WITH THAT CLOUD ARE YOU DEALING WITH UNICRON AGAIN OR SOMETHING? CAN I HELP::

Megatron winces first from the volume, then from the questions.

::Panic will not help the situation. As far as we’ve been able to tell, this… thing is different from Unicron. It has been spreading, but we’ve found no successful containment thus far. It deteriorates whatever it touches, including living metal.::

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An Anon gave me a huge pool of energon and treats-…

I’m not exactly sure- I’d want to give them to anywhere on Cybertron that’s got a shortage right now, but they’re all sweets, and I’m not sure how filling they’d even be, and how much they’d help.

…Sweets are not so much a need as they are a pleasantry. For that reason, they might be best served in the crystal garden. To Autobots, Decepticons, neutrals, anyone who happens to visit. It’s meant to be a place of peace, it’s your project. See it through.

But- but I should’ve been able to defend myself in the first place, right? I should’ve been smart enough to keep myself out of that kind of situation.

Enough. You were taken control of by creatures with absurd and cruel power. It happened to you. Tell me Smokescreen, how exactly were you supposed to defend yourself? Let me guess, you don’t know? Well neither do I! So stop trying to blame yourself for something that happened to you because of monstrous sadists and allow yourself to recover. It happened. You’re safe.

You would be weak if you let this define you.