The Plague

[Zercon]

The Cruor Plague is a disease that seemingly came up out of nowhere ((or did it?)), materializing itself openly Episode 2.5 Week 1 Day 1. Its emergence was violent, and abrupt, showing distinctive symptoms and ailments.

As the disease is explored and figured out by characters, notes will be added below for everyone to reference. Infected players are instructed to NOT share the information that will be PMed to them, in order to allow this to play out naturally on the forums. If your character has a hypothesis, or figures something out In-Character, post down below to have it added to the notes!

Good luck players!

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Patient Zero
Flatline is the first to display outward symptoms of the disease. White Optics, Drooling Energon, and going savage.

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[Knock Out]

What Knock Out knows so far about the plague (other than it sucks):

• Flatline's Energon seems 'corrupt' somehow, in that it doesn't pool normally when spilled, and has a weird gritty like texture to it. Both Knock Out and the Vehicon with him noticed this 'symptom' in this tag. He advised the Vehicon not to touch it, and plans to get samples if he's able to at a later time. Will update if/when he gets to do this, and what he finds out!
  
  
• Flatline was fine upon entering the Medical Bay - routine scans showed some type of blockage in his systems, and only when Knock Out administered a pain suppressant to start work at finding said blockage? Did Flatline snap and go 'feral' - this happened in this tag. Flatline had previously stated that a half-dosage of nanite accelerant actually made him feel worse. The accelerant in question was tested and was a perfectly normal batch.
  
  
• This isn't due to abuse of circuit-boosters to his knowledge, as Flatline is straight-edge and boring. And if it is? Why the hell isn't Flatline sharing his stash? 

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Skywarp's scatterbrained observations: 

• Flatline's energon is weird, gross and gritty. Skywarp noticed this because he's spilt enough energon during his time and knows what it should be like. And also, because he stepped in it in this tag. As soon as he noticed how weird it was, he stopped standing in it.
• Flatline seems to be kinda suicidal. That's the only explanation I can give as to why he picked a fight with Skywarp (I mean, aside from the obvious that Cruor has turned him crazy and feral) 

[Knock Out]

More updates on this random plague! (It still sucks)

• Knock Out managed to remove a weird object from inside Flatline. It's basically a shiny silver cylinder that looks sort of like some weird pump. It had long, tendril-like webbings of silver mesh holding it in place as well as needle-like parts that looked like they were supposed to bore into various lines. He hasn't had a chance to look at it properly yet – after all he's still on the upside down Nemesis and doesn't have the tools or equipment. The object is safely stored away now, to be looked at when he can.
  
  
• He woke Flatline up for a bit there, once the thing had been removed. Flatline was not happy, and in a lot of pain (He deserves it). No questions could be asked, so this got him absolutely nowhere; only the knowledge that yes – Flatline is still in there, and he's not a complete feral zombie.
  
  
• Soundwave is now also showing actual physical symptoms that something is wrong (because crashing the Nemesis wasn't enough evidence!). He actually showed a little bit of emotion, too. SHOCK HORROR. Not to mention he keeps bleeding from behind his visor – and just like Flatline? The Energon is weird. How long till he snaps? WHO KNOWS! Someone please save Knock Out from this.

[Bumblebee]

Meanwhile, Autobot side...

Bumblebee has been a cranky teen as of late. He's not his usual happy self in a few recent threads now – and is moodier than normal. Punching walls, general irritability, acting without thinking and charging at Bolo, trying to wrench his jaws open in one thread (hey in his defense, he thought Raf was in danger!). Later getting snippy with Carbine about it all. 

The climax to all of this though was when Optimus Prime told him that he couldn't go on a mission. Bee, who has been putting his crankiness down to hunger, went to the Rec Room to refuel, where he basically took pretty much all of the Omega Base's rations of Energon (sorry guys!) - only to promptly expel it all from his tanks – where it later crystallized.

What happened next? Well, most of you already know – but he, too, went feral like Flatline. White optics and all - inflicting damage on four other Autobots with very little care or remorse. Any exposed Energon has turned into crystals, and the only hint that Bee is still under all the grrrr was the fact he might have listened to Raf when he yelled. 

He has since been restrained by Carbine and Sideswipe in the Omega Base medical bay where Ratchet is trying to work out what happened. 

Also... Optimus is acting kinda cranky. He lost his cool and yelled - which is totally unlike him, and if Bee wasn't in the process of trying to murder everyone? Would be super concerned about that. Op is under a lot of stress lately with everything going on, but could it be something more? 

[Knock Out]

More updates...

Well. An update.

Soundwave had a weird object removed from him too. Because of course he did. Because this couldn't get any worse. It was a little different to the one found in Flatline. The shape wasn't the same. Flatline's was a cylinder type thing and Soundwave's was well, a weird blob..type.. thing that'd smushed itself right on in there - because oh yeah, the location of it was different too. It was nestled into his side, near to his back, rather than in the front of his chassis like Flatline. 

At least Knock Out finally got his nap, though.

If anyone else wants to come work this slag out (*COUGH*SHOCKWAVE*COUGH*) feel freeee! Because KO is done. So, so done.