[text | @SCARAMOUCHE] backdated to the day of the earthquake

[numerouno]

[Grainy photographs are being uploaded to the network with an uncharacteristic lack of commentary. Some shots are slightly oversaturated, overlit by the steady beam of a flashlight.

The first lot depicts a few of the many glowing crystals, both big and small, that can be found inside the caverns that the sinkhole uncovered. The next set shows an oddity found in the deeper sections of the underground tunnels: boiling ponds of something or other. A little later, a third series appears: the cave walls have become unnaturally smooth.

Finally, one last upload rolls in: a curved, artificial wall has been captured from a number of angles. These shots come with a brief caption:]

look what i found

[Scaramouche knows the devastating potential of loud noises better than most; the vibrations of his voice alone could cause a newly exposed cave system like this to collapse, not to mention disturb all of the creatures living in it. He is not taking chances.]

Comments

[numerouno]

the lab rats. who else?

[bakudan_bambino]

Who are the lab rats and how should I know?

[numerouno]

you must be new

[bakudan_bambino]

Two months new. You must be vague.

[numerouno]

ever been to the labs

[bakudan_bambino]

The R and D labs to see the King

[numerouno]

[The King??]

and who might that be?

[bakudan_bambino]

Starscream

[numerouno]

who's the brains behind that moniker

[bakudan_bambino]

a baseball idiot

[numerouno]

too much of a good thing will go to a bot's head you know

[bakudan_bambino]

Too much of a good thing will go to anyone's head.

[numerouno]

so you've gotta see it my way! lose that too-too go-to before it's too late

[bakudan_bambino]

I don't gotta do anything.

[numerouno]

i'm telling you babe you'll regret it

[bakudan_bambino]

Don't call me babe. What's one more thing on the list?

[numerouno]

what if i told you you'd be doing him a favor

[bakudan_bambino]

What the fuck are you on about? Doing who a favor? The King? The baseball idiot?

[numerouno]

[He was talking about 'The King', but what the hey:]

let's go with both

[bakudan_bambino]

So what the fuck if I am?! You have the most roundabout way of talking, has anyone ever told you that?

[numerouno]

what's the matter? can't you follow a tune?

[bakudan_bambino]

And now you're going on a completely different, unrelated topic.

[numerouno]

had enough baby?

[Time to put the phone away and get moving. One last thing:]

remember to bow to your "king"

[bakudan_bambino]

enough what?! Of you? Sure!

Tch-!