Trust the Midas touch... or not.[video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[The camera shows a closeup of a grumpy-looking Jade.]

 Yeah, so... you know that gold paint I found?

[The camera pulls back to reveal that half the things in Jadewing's apartment are gold. Or at least gold colored. Including a few of the floor panels. As the camera rolls, Jadewing picks up a random bolt from his golden desk. The bolt suddenly becomes golden as well.]

Yeah... the miasma's messing with us again. Any idea how I make this stop?

Comments

[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Are you seriously turning stuff to solid gold...?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

No such luck; they'd be heavier if they were solid gold. They're just getting gold-plated.

[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

That's not a bad bit of luck, in and of itself. Means if there's something you really need restored, I might be able to manage. Whatever it was would be as susceptible to getting a second coat if you were to touch it again, but if you accidentally touch something and it results in an emergency....

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Part of why I'm so annoyed. I know the basic plot of the human myth, and I'd rather not end up gold plating someone because they accidentally bump into me.

[A Cybertronian would probably only find it to be a moderate inconvenience, but to an organic...]

[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Yyyeah... Just in case? I'm available. This comes to a crisis, just call; surfaces are a speciality.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Good to know. [sigh]

Though next time I come across anything that the miasma has left behind, no matter how harmless it seems, remind me not to pick it up.

[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Will do.

[video]

[diagnosispuberty]

...why do you wanna stop it? That's awesome!

[Hiro clearly has the aesthetic taste of a tacky 85-year-old retiree living in Miami.]

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Not when you can't control it it's not. It's completely random.

[He demonstrates by picking up a small number of other bolts, nuts, and screws from his desk. Only about half of them turn golden.]

See?

Re: [video]

[diagnosispuberty]

-- oh, laaaaame. There isn't any rule as to what changes? No pattern?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

That's one way of putting it...

[Jadewing's tone suggests that his way of putting it would not be suitable for children to hear.]

Anyway, no, no pattern that I can see. Sometimes stuff changes on the first touch. Other times it takes two or three for it to work. I've gotten up to five touches with no change on a couple of occasions, but I can't tell if those are flukes or not.

[The camera pans down a bit to the surface of the desk. There are piles of now-golden nuts, bolts and screws arranged there, as well as a couple smallish golden bins containing unchanged ones. Clearly Jade has been experimenting a bit.]

[video]

[diagnosispuberty]

[He is a highly mature child! No, he's not, at all. But he'll lean in to examine the golden materials.]

...hmmmm. Does it only work on small things? Or only when you use your hand? What about stepping on things?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Suuuuuuure he is.]

Well, given that I accidentally gilded my desk and several floor panels, I'm guessing that the answer to both those questions is 'no'.

Which only makes it more dangerous, especially to organics.

[Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Be glad it’s just gold.

[Wow, Breakdown, someone sounds grumpy...]

Re: [Voice]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Dare I ask what happened to you?

[The two of you can be grumpy together til this wears off, Breakdown.]

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

..........This fragged up place made me think my partner was here...

Re: [Voice]

[the_other_green_seeker]

.....

[WELP.]

OK, I give. Yours was worse. I'm guessing you already... took care of the problem?

[Breakdown is a Decepticon, after all. And they don't take kindly to being fragged around with. If the fake Knockout wasn't scrap yet, it probably would be soon.]

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Permanently. [It comes out a snarl.]

[And then he huffs a sigh.] This place....I didn’t think it could do something like that. He was...himself until today, and then he was so clearly....not that I...I know it wasn’t him.

[Dear Primus he hopes it wasn’t actually Knock Out....frag...what if this place did something to his partner and in a temper he just murdered the one closest to him? Now he’s thinking about his too much.] Scrap...

[Just...gonna...slide a big hand down his face, trying to banish these worrisome thoughts.]

Re: [Voice]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Jadewing thinks a moment, obviously along the same lines as Breakdown.]

Most likely you did the right think. The miasma hasn't ever changed someone's personality before. Gotten them overcharged or made them laugh uncontrollably, yeah, but it hasn't made anyone unrecognizable.

[Video]

[knight_light]

You too, hm?

[Him? He’s got a lot of gold cloth around him...interesting that.]

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Apparently. You getting actual gold, or just gold plate, like I am?

Re: [Video]

[knight_light]

Gold cloth, actually.

[Holds up a giant bolt of gold cloth for Jade to see.]

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Gold cloth? That's interesting...

Guess we'll both have to be careful what... and especially who we touch til this wears off. I know how the human myth about this goes, and I'd rather not experience the real thing.

Re: [Video]

[knight_light]

Don’t I know it? [that came out sounding rather...resigned. Oh, and Jade probably noticed that Wing is wearing big, gold, gloves. Too bad gloves of paint won’t work so well for Jade, huh?]

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Yeah, paint would probably just be counted as part of his body. Jade has noticed the gloves, though.]

Don't suppose you've got a spare pair of those gloves on hand?

[It takes a moment before he realizes the pun he unintentionally made, and chuckles slightly]

Metaphorically speaking, I mean.

Re: [Video]

[knight_light]

[He chuckles.] I don't, but Wheeljack might have another pair.

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Nods]

I'll have to ask him about it later then. Thanks.

Either way this is gonna be a fun few days; I can tell already.

[Sarcasm, thy name is Seeker.]

[Video]

[neverputincharge]

[Wow, what?]

Uh...kinda glad I didn't take any, now.

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Yeah. Remind me not to touch anything the miasma leaves behind next time.

[Sulky Seeker is sulky.]

[Video]

[neverputincharge]

[Awww, bro.]

There's nothin' you can do about it at all?

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Short of avoiding touching anyone til this wears off? Not that I can see. I doubt I'll get a convenient escape clause like the king in the human myth.

[Audio]

[notyourblueangel]

Trade you problems!

[Wow, someone HELLA cranky. Wait...is that weapons fire in the background? And the screeches of fire lizards?]

Re: [Audio]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[It's the weaponsfire that gets Jade's attention. Because weapons fire + his trinemate= not good.]

Thundercracker? What the frag is going on over there?

[Audio]

[notyourblueangel]

Rememb- . . . [shot fired] . . . fragging toy . . . [more shots!] LEAVE NUMBERS ALONE, YOU- [SHOT SHOT!!]

Re: [Audio]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[That pretty much tells him what he needs to know.]

I'll be right there.

[Hopefully the building will still be standing when he gets there.]

[Audio]

[notyourblueangel]

Door’s open.

[Well, door’s smashed off its hinges, actually – THANK YOU, BREAKDOWN – but same thing.]

[Audio] Threadjack

[neverputincharge]

TC?! What's goin' on? You need an assist?

[Audio] Threadjack! 8D Also LOL probably about to PANIC poor Bulky XD

[notyourblueangel]

Fragging . . . [shot fired] Why won’t you die!? [Not you, Bulk.] Toy green man- [more shots!] Glitched SCRAPLET!