Chemical Collecting [Open]

The size Megatron was at now was simply UNACCEPTABLE. Almost the size of a human Megatron was only eight feet tall and because of that a lot of his power had been rendered inaccessible. Scowling Megatron surveyed the environment he was inn so perhaps he could locate any supplies of chemicals within the area. Step one to surviving in the new area was to recreate Synthetic Energon in order to allow himself to have the Energon he needed in order to survive. Whoever the individual who had shrunk him was needed to suffer a good beating for making him his current size. Used to towering over people Megatron shifted into his vehicle mode and attempted to fly only to crash into the ground.  Oh right. His present size made many of the movements he was used to more difficult unfortunately and so he'd have to relearn a lot of stuff.

Transforming out of vehicle mode Megatron put one foot in front of the other and walked to where a potion store was. The symbol on the store reminded him somewhat of the lab where Synthetic Energon had made. With that in mind Megatron had a plan that he could use. Approaching the Store Owner Megatron powered up his blaster. "You're gonna give me all the chemicals you possess, for free."

" Wait, excuse me, but WHAT?! "
Peridot had been scanning through Traverse Town for more information about her surroundings, and more importantly, a way to get out of this cruddy town. She had travelled with Pearl for a short while, but the two split up. Peridot decided to be productive and gather more information while the latter decided to look for the rest of the clods.

She had wandered into a human trade emporium where she had managed to find a useful human that had given her information. The store clerk was one of the first people to give the alien some information in this shabby world. She had just been told that her world had been destroyed, and that beings with strong hearts or something were spared from death and brought here. But it was just Earth, right? She could get back to Homeworld still, right?!
" So does it just apply to that one planet, or- " 

Before she could finish her question to try to swat away her fear that she could never go back home, she heard what sounded like metallic footsteps behind her- much like her own, due to her limb enhancers. An eight foot robot of sorts approached the counter and readied a blaster while threatening the shop owner.  She couldn't have the human die yet! Her only source of information would NOT be destroyed today! Enough of her things had been smashed to bits on Earth thanks to a certain bunch of clods. But she was also a little intimidated since this thing was almost as twice as tall as her. But Peridot had seen bigger Gems on Homeworld. She had her Limb Enhancers, so she wasn't so helpless anymore.
" Hey! I was here first! The human still needs to give me data on this place! "

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I hope you don't mind me popping in. 'Need to keep up with my posts with Peri.
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"If he complies, he won't die. It's as simple as that. Now, as I said once before."  Turning his attention back to the store owner Megatron spoke in his deepest most intimidating voice. "You will hand over samples of every chemical you possess here and you will do so at once. Failure to do so will result in your termination."  With that, Megatron turned towards the other individual. She wasn't human by any chance and that meant she was worth looking into. Right now however Megatron required the substance known as Energon in order to keep himself alive.

Given no Energon existed something had to be done. In this case what Megatron planned to do was create the substance he needed or rather it's synthetic variant. "You are a life form that I have never encountered before during my space travels and conquests. So tell me unknown entity, why should I spare this individual if he refuses to surrender the chemicals I need in order to make the fuel that I need in order to keep myself alive? Do you have any reason I should spare the individual if he refuses to supply what I need? Given I'm not one for pointless battles, I'll allow you one chance to back off. After all the chances are, you would invariably lose to me at some point."   When he had more time Megatron planned to spend it studying every inch of this backwater planet and regaining his full range of motion. Having a supply of Energon was paramount to his long term plans, however. Survival was his long term plan.

Well that escalated quickly. Peridot was nervous, in the presence of such a large being, but the green gem was quite the expert at hiding her emotions. She had a mission, and she would see it through. The clerk was the only human of the many she asked for help, and at this point, Peridot still had many more pieces to add to the puzzle. She still managed to retain eye contact with what she presumed to be a robot, before speaking up after a bit of thinking. But she did note that it said that it traveled through space and conquested. Not a very good sign, but the Gems did similar. How they didn't meet... Well, she had her theories.
" To be frank, I'm not very fond of humans in general. I don't really like anything to do with these organics. "

" But I have a mission to handle, and apparently, this place is where beings go when their realm is demolished. Gone. Kablooey. That's it. I'm not sure if this establishment even has whatever substance from your world you need. " Peridot's hovering digits shifted around in her right arm, readying her blaster. She didn't charge it, however. If anything, it just looked like she moved them around a little, not like a gun popped out of her arm. It made her feel a little safer in the presence of such a large and looming being. She never admitted it to herself or... whoever this was, but Peridot was a little scared now.

"I don't know if we even come from the same universe. My kind travelled space for aeons- Gems and... whatever you are... probably would have encountered each other." Peridot put two and two together after a bit of thinking. still managing to hold her ground. She was cocky, a little overconfident, and could be a bit of a jerk sometimes, but by all means, Peridot was not stupid. If fact, Peridots were one of the more knowledgeable gems on homeworld. At least she liked to think that, since she went on more missions than she could count.

" I have no quarrel with you- I know I'd probably lose. But I need to do my job and get information. "

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The species of the individual near Megatron was one that he had never in all his space travels encountered. But he had gotten a valuable piece of intelligence. Scowling in irritation Megatron realized what it meant. Cybertron and Earth had been completely annihilated by some unforeseen circumstance. Whatever it was had wiped out his planet and the world he planned on conquering as well as his former faction, the Decepticons. Still though Megatron knew that right now he couldn't afford to be alone presently.

"I see. Well even if they don't have the fuel I need the ingredients to make said fuel might exist here which would save me considerable amounts of time. As with the recipe firmly in my mind I could create the synthetic version anew and perhaps have the life sustaining fuel I require to survive here. You know, I'm not even as tall as I once was. I was once much taller than this actually.  Honestly, I wish I had my height back."

Knowing that threatening people was likely to bring whatever heroes were in the area down on him Megatron made a decision. The decision was to power down the arm cannon because he knew it would be ineffective.  Killing someone was likely to only earn him the ire of whatever heroes policed these parts. Given that he was still low on Energon and hadn't learned how to fight in his smaller form Megatron couldn't afford any long battles just yet.

"As we are both aliens in a strange new world I propose we put our heads together. Between the two of us we might be able perhaps to make our goals happen a lot sooner rather than later. One of my goals is to have some sort of energy cell or something capable of sustaining me despite the lack of my fuel.  So what do you say, shall we form an alliance?"

Megatron then held his hand out to her.  Having allies would up the chances of his personal survival.

Looking to her left, Peridot noted that the clerk seemed to have bailed on them. Smart move. After hearing how his height had dropped however much, Peridot decided to make a quick comment.
" Well as a matter of fact, I gained a few inches. Lucky me. "
She spoke, leaving out the fact that she actually just got her enhancers back instead of growing. The Gem didn't like people knowing they were not a part of her, since then they could exploit it as a weakness. Only then was she proposed an alliance soon after by the robot.

" An alliance? Sudden, but..."
Weighing her options, Peridot really didn't know what saying "no" would get her. A plasma blast to the face? She didn't want to risk it. Besides, two heads were better than one. She'd have some explaining to do if she bumped into the Crystal Gems again like this, but she doubted they would meet. Pearl was searching for the separated group- it was her concern, not Peridot's. Having another ally would greatly benefit her mission, but she still did not fully trust this individual.
" I suppose I can make this work. Just don't try anything funny. I've been there and done that. "

Although she was unfamiliar with even some of the simple earthy customs, Peridot knew what a handshake was. Her floating digits hovered above her arm as she reached to shake the being's had before crossing her arms and looking up at her new ally. Now that they were acquainted, it seemed introductions were in order.
" I am Peridot. Technician from the Gem Homeworld. "

Remembering the being which Pearl showed her, the technician recalled some of her ally's dialogue to her. Black, shadowy creatures attacked in great numbers before the planet was destroyed. Maybe the same happened elsewhere?
" One thing that has come to mind, though... "
Her right arm's fingers floated out to create her touchscreen. Peridot pressed a few things on the hologram before a image of a dark, beady eyes creature appeared, identical to the one she was shown before.
" Apparently before the annihilation of my world these... things came in mass, according to my comrades. I have never encountered any face-to-face myself, though. Are they of any familiarity to you? " 

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"I'm Megatron. Emperor of the Decepticons."

Once he had said that he paused for a moment and listened. Shadowy creatures had consumed her world?  Her description of said creatures matched the ones that had consumed his world.  Whoever had summoned the aberrations was going to pay an ultimate price for doing that.  Growling in frustration Megatron spoke to her.

"We shall find the creator of these shadow creatures and they will feel pain unlike anything they have ever experienced. I shall make them beg for mercy for days."  Seeing the ingredients he needed Megatron immediately picked up samples of what he'd need in order to recreate his Synthetic Energon Formula.    "How good are you with chemicals? For we have the base chemicals needed to create Synthetic Energon. Only one more component is needed, a drop of Energon. Unfortunately as I'm the only transformer around I'd have to injure myself in order to get the drop. And no one here knows how to repair me and as far as I can tell there's no labs where I could get the parts to repair myself."

"I'm Megatron. Emperor of the Decepticons."
Well that was a little on-the-nose. But this guy did say he was an emperor, a position much like the one Yellow Diamond held back home. Usually these kinds of people were very powerful, from her knowledge. It was best to be careful and take this one step at a time. But okay. Truce established. Good for her. Hopefully she'd be able to find a way out of here with some more help.

"We shall find the creator of these shadow creatures and they will feel pain unlike anything they have ever experienced. I shall make them beg for mercy for days."

Peridot flinched with an uncertain expression at the machine's comment of destroying the shadow-thing's creator. What did she get herself into...? Although she was equipped with weapons, Peridot did not consider herself a fighter like her superior, Jasper, did. Peridot wasn't even sure if the black creatures were the catalyst or sideffect of Earth's destruction. It was all a mystery to her, but she just had to hope Homeworld was OK. If it was destroyed like Earth was... Peridot wouldn't know what to do with herself.

"How good are you with chemicals? For we have the base chemicals needed to create Synthetic Energon. Only one more component is needed, a drop of Energon. Unfortunately as I'm the only transformer around I'd have to injure myself in order to get the drop. And no one here knows how to repair me and as far as I can tell there's no labs where I could get the parts to repair myself."

Peridot knew a little about some kinds of chemicals and fuel- she was a technician and specialized with robotics and other Gem Technologies, and of course, fuel was needed. It wasn't her forte, but she knew a tad about it. She had access to homeworld's database with her holo-screen, so she could figure out some things with it's help. But it didn't know everything- mostly only things related to Gems.

" Although I specialize with mechanics and such, I do have some knowledge with chemicals- but I have never heard of this "energon." substance."

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"Here is your first lesson about my species known as "Transformers" on Earth but sometimes called Cybertronians as that is honestly the actual name of my species. The substance known as Energon is both our life blood and a fuel source for may of our weapons and defensive capabilities. Without Energon, transformers would die out."

This was spoken by Megatron in a no nonsense set of terms because he had no intention of dying out not until he had found the source of these Heartless and educated said source on what the true meaning of the word "PAIN" happened to be.  

"There are however multiple forms of the substance known as Energon. What we'll be creating is known as "Synth-En" which is a sort of artificial version of the substance. However unlike when it's normally created there will be a difference.  It will not boost my powers to immense levels, but simply act as the fuel I need until a deposit of Energon or an alternative can be found."

A pause was done by Megatron.

"With the chemicals acquired just now there is only one more component needed to create the variant of Synth-En that I personally will need. This is a drop of Energon. To obtain that the logical choice would be to injure the only remaining Cybertronian around, namely myself and then repair me. So I will have to teach you a lot about my kind, Peridot in order that you may act as my medic until more Decepticons appear."

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The Gem blinked a few times in response to the "transformer" as the being called itself. Well... Peridot supposed she got the gist of it. So this Energon thing was fuel for their race, but the kind she was now stuck making wasn't the best fuel out there. Well, she really didn't want to see this guy's full power at this rate. She liked her limbs where they were. Since the being somewhat explained his race, Peridot contemplated giving him some data on Gems, but decided it was best not to for now. If he asked, then she would, but Peridot knew it was best to keep her trap shut now.
"Y-yeah. I think I've got it down now."

" Maybe some was brought here along with you? I-it's a longshot, but I really have no other idea as to where it can be... But we should get a move on soon."
She'd probably have to go through the database again to see if there was anything she could find that as related to this substance, or maybe even a substitution. This would be a hard task for her, but maybe once Peridot helped this guy out, he might help her with her own issues. Namely getting out of this town and trying to find her way back to Homeworld, if it was still there... For all she knew, she and Pearl could be the last Gems is the others had been shattered.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sorry for the late reply. Finals are taking their toll on me.

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OOC: It's okay.. Things happen to slow us down. I've been slowed down too.

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Examining the woman known as Peridot Megatron could tell that she wasn't human in the slightest. This didn't bother him because right now he needed minions he could rely on. At least she wouldn't attempt to stab him in the back if she knew what was good for her presently.  

"Hopefully some has. If not, I'll have to resort to Plan B... make Synthetic Energon. If Plan B doesn't work I can move onto Plan C which will involve a lot of manual labor and pain for myself and you, namely 'persuading' a mage to make me absorb magical energy and convert it into Energon. Such a task will likely be painful for both of us. Of course if I could move my sword and use it, I'd be closer to full strength. But given the size of it and the chances of me becoming full size being non-existent most likely, it's time I faced facts. I need a new sword."

The Emperor of the Decepticons was NOT a person who berated himself often. Yet he knew when he needed more equipment and when he didn't. Now was most certainly a time where he did in fact need more equipment, including a new sword for himself so he'd at least be partially armed.