Everyone's plotting against him

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Joking title aside, I feel the sudden need to throw Red Alert at EVERYONE so if someone wants to plot with this cranky security chief, feel free to hit me up here or message me.

I have a few general thread ideas, though most of them revolve around Red being a reclusive and grumpy workaholic. For example:

1. Do not bother him while he is working. And by don't, I mean please do. Red Alert will bristle, twitch, and be passive aggressive until he's finally left alone again.

2. Super happy funtimes. Red will not participate in movie nights, parties, or games. In fact, he's going to actively try to avoid such activities, which is why it would be fun to see him getting wrangled into them anyway. Operation: Force Red Alert to Have Fun is a go.

3. Red has plans to revamp the auto-base and up the security to insane slightly above standard levels. If mecha want to help or contrarily, protest that he's going overboard, then they should feel free to go bug Red and lend a hand/yell at him respectfully.

4. As for the Cons---Red doesn't like you. In fact he'd rather not have any contact with Decepticons whatsoever, which of course means I want the opposite. Bring on the trouble, Cons, just don't be surprised if Red knew you were coming (he's always expecting you.)

Those are just some general ideas, though. If anyone has anything else they'd like to play out with Red, please don't hesitate to say so. I'm pretty open to ideas, so just give me a ring and I'll be happy to plot something out with you!

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Layby would greatly appreciate some tips and tricks for improving security at Haven. He will end up with his head in his hands trying to explain that 'seal up all the exits and maintain an anti-groundbridge field at all times' is rather missing the point... =p

In an ideal world I'd love to do a Red Alert/Megatron thread, just to watch Red have a meltdown.

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Red wouldn't mind sharing a few tips with Layby, but being the cautious thing he is, he'd probably keep a lot of things to himself. After all, he doesn't want anyone who's not a Bot to know too much about how he runs his security network. You can never be too careful, after all. Besides that, Layby being a guardian will probably make Red more than a little uncomfortable, which will make for some interesting interactions. And by interesting, I mean Red trying to avoid the subject of the Guard at all costs.

As for Red and Megatron, I am a terrible person for being interested in seeing this as well. Best case scenario, they cross paths on a battlefield for a brief time and have a little chat, worst case scenario, Red somehow winds up at Megatron's mercy (or lack-thereof) and thus a long, tense, and entirely unpleasant conversation is had. I'm good either way, honestly, so I suppose it really depends which seems more appealing plot-wise.

In the case of the former option, Red would probably get curb-stomped if they came to blows. In the case of the latter, well, when you want to get information on an enemy base, the security director's head is the best place to mine for it. (Red hates both these options, for the record.)

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Electrocap: *shoots hand up for first three*

I'm definitely happy to assist with those aims Number three holds a lot of promise actually - Caps is the only mini on base and she'd be more than happy to help out with installing/testing/etc that level of security. I also see a joyously large potential for Red and Caps to rub each other up the wrong way throughout most of that process.

I've been itching to get Atracchus on the move again too, but given he's not an infiltrator class and I imagine Red's by and large a base hermit, I'm not sure how they'd meet up. Neutral base perhaps?

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Electrocap: That sounds like a blast! ...For us. Red, on the other hand, is grumbling about not needing help. But that's just because he's a control freak who gets twitchy about the possibility of something not being installed correctly, because he didn't do it himself. Hopefully Electro won't mind a paranoid parrot watching over her shoulder from time to time to make sure she's not having trouble with anything.

Atracchus: I can see them maybe meeting up at the neutral base while Red's helping out Layby with security? Red is very much a homebody who's main concern is holding down the fort, so he doesn't leave the base too often. Unless he's sent out by the Prime, or feels the need to accompany someone on patrol/a mission because he's worried about them going alone, that is.

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^ That smiley was MADE for Cyclonus.

I'm certain Electrocap would mind a great deal, in fact, and be rather vociferous in her protests against The (Paranoia) Man. However, as this is most certainly part of the plan I'd be more than happy to thrash out some details if you're happy with picking Door No. 3.

As for Atracchus, I can have him awkwardly wander in before/during/after Layby's "light" security session. Does that sound good to you?

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I'd throw Roulette at him but I'm sure that would end in shots fired. XD But I'm all for a thread if you want. Odile is about as unlikeable as anyone from MECH but I need to do more with her too.

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Re: Electrocap - Door number 3 sounds like a great option to me! I'll message the lovely femme's account later so we can hash out more details regarding how we the thread to go.

Re: Atracchus - That sounds fine by me! If Krax is onboard with it too, then it sounds like a plan. There will be much side-eying from Red, to the surprise of no one.

Re: Roulette and Odile - I'm sure any interaction between these lovely ladies and Red would be a fun read. The former because she's a threat to the Autobots, the latter because she's a threat to his entire species. Needless to say, he's probably not going to get along well with either of them, which just means we get to have more conflict-related threads.

Re: Cyclonus - Any interaction between these two is going to result in a whole lot of side-eying, I can already tell.

And stop liking his flaws while looming over his shoulder, Cyclonus, jeez, why you gotta be creepy.

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Sweet! Let's do this! .....at your direction, of course. XD

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You know, now that we're chatting about it in cbox, one of these days we really should get Red and Fort Max in on a thread together XD. Perhaps to talk base security, or other security protocol now that MECH is entering the playing field as well! Or hell, to just chill out and relate. That would all be pretty awesome to play out.

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Red and Max definitely need to do something together, posthaste. I'm all for them doing pretty much anything and everything, so all your suggestions are just fine by me! Whether working or just chilling (inasmuch as they can, being who they are) I'm sure they'll get along well.

MECH will have their work cut out for them with these two.