What's December Without Christmas Eve? [Tree Decorating: OPEN]

[littlecrowgirl]

WHO: Anyone and Everyone!
WHERE: Around various parts of Haven
WHEN: From now until what counts as 'New Years' for Cybertron (New Years Day for us?)
WHAT: Tree Decorating!
WARNINGS: Infinite cute and maybe tree eating

Well, Kay and Elita had done it. It took awhile, and surprisingly, all in one night, but they'd been able to grab branches from the large crystal trees that the pink robot had grown, and placed them all around Haven. Where, specifically? Outside the temples! Really, surprised no one noticed it.  But to those who walk out of the them, they'll now notice a tree on either their right or left, empty, glittering, and with a note.



What could this mean? What's this? There's trees everywhere! What's this? And depending on what your alignment is/where you live, you'll get a different tree. 

(ooc: I'll be putting comments up for each quadrant's tree. Comment under whichever one you'd like to react to/decorate/chat with people under. It's a huge mingle thread! Also, don't forget to put your tag in the log!

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PRIMA QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Prima Aligned can expect to see a rather decent sized crystal 'tree', even by robot standards. It's branches have been trimmed neatly in a diagonal cuts, giving it the appearance of a pine tree, but pristine enough to look almost like a cone. Prima seems to be the epitome of class in Kay's mind, so a well kept tree seemed to be in order. It's situated to the right of the temple entrance, light bouncing off it's crystal body from the temple itself as you look into it.

[songofmypeople]

Tarn's standing here looking at his quadrant's tree, and thinking it might need to be relocated...

[rungout]

Rung hadn't been back to the temple in awhile; at least that's what it felt like. He'd been spending so much time at his office, even falling into recharge there a few times, that he hadn't really stopped in at the temple.

So, he'd finally decided to change that, having found some free time of course.

He spotted the tree and Tarn as he approached, optics flickering a bit as he regarded the mech standing there for a brief moment before drawing closer. It was near the temple after all so he needed to walk by anyway...

"..Someone's been busy," he said with a faint smile, just trying to be friendly and all as he tried to make his way past. "Putting up a tree and all. I'm..assuming it's some sort of custom?"

[happyduckbutt]

     Even if they weren't the leafy sort that he would associate with trees, these were definitely pretty, not to mention huge! The boy runs around the base of it to get a look from all angles, finally coming to a stop before he made himself dizzy.

     "Wow...!" It looks nice enough without decorations- how were they supposed to decorate these anyway? Folding an arm in front of him, Ventus strokes his chin in thought. He lifts his head, slipping a hand into his pocket to pull out his wayfinder.

MEGATRONUS QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Megatronus Aligned can be expected to see a tree as well outside of their temple. Should they venture to any other temple, they will notice that their's is...slightly smaller than the others, at least by a third. It's rather jagged and not at all elegant, branches sticking out every which way, but...the inhabitants of Megatronus's section are probably unphased by such a sight anyway. It's situated to the left of the entrance to the temple, it's white opaque body glimmering even from a distance.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Whirl drops down out of the sky, when he sees the tree. He squints at the note, snorting. "Make it pretty, huh?"

Ain't nothing prettier than Whirl. So he's going to perch in that tree, hunched down like a horrible, sexy vulture.

[wrex_it_krogan]

Wrex came out soon enough to see what this nonsense was all about. Oh, a tree. This was part of the whole Christmas spirit, wasn't it.

Better get some matches or something, "Thought you would've brought more for the bonfire."

[aerospacecommander]

Starscream lands not too far off from the tree (it was not hard to see from the sky) and stares at it.

"Great. These happy human things are infecting the entire place."

That's right, Kay. You are infecting Cybertron with holiday stuff. And Starscream doesn't like it. But he doesn't like much of anything, so who cares.

Re: MEGATRONUS QUADRANT

[showboater]

Unlike the other various aliens aligned to Megatronus, Marvelous has seen a Christmas tree before, and he doesn't look happy as he sizes the version Kay's left for them.

Still, he bothered to bring some of the ornaments that he was able to find in his cursory look through the hold, and he hangs one on a bottom branch before handing off the other few to Navi to hang up herself. "You were the one who wanted to come," he calls up, which is frankly a blatant lie. "Get to decoratin'."

[noparachutes]

Shockwave knows of the human holiday, not that he understands why it needs to be celebrated here. Humans or not, putting up decorative trees makes little sense. The idea behind it is illogical, and it promotes stalling productive work. Humans.

Driller on the other hand found the tree to be fascinating, slithering around the tree and staring up its fang rotation. It rumbles and moves to devour the entire thing stopping when it gets a look from its master.

Instead a drill starts up and it chops off a branch, pulling it back to chew on it. As well as a driller can chew.

SOLUS QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Solus Aligned can expect to see...what is supposed to be a tree, at least. It's very tall and narrow, consisting of only four real 'branches'. They seem to stem from the base itself, looking like four separate trunks as they intertwine around each other, zigzagging upward. It almost has a metalworking allure to it, going for a more abstract look. When this branch was pulled, Kay immediately thought of Solus, because it reminded her of the first of the forge. It stands out among the quadrant, right outside the temple, waiting to be decorated.

NEXUS QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Nexus Aligned can expect to see a rather interesting crystalized formation, and when Kay saw it, she thought of no one other than Nexus himself. It seems to be crystals growing horizontally around other crystals, to give off a layered 'tree' affect, with three layers of canopy. The crystal has grown outwards, giving the tops of the canopies a rather smooth, almost ice-like effect. One could probably stand on them to get to the higher levels...granted they aren't too heavy. It is one of the wider trees, but definitely one of the most sturdy. It sits to the left of the Nexus temple, perhaps a little...further out, to accomodate those canopies.

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[im_wavin]

"Oooo Pretty!"

Ravage is looking up at the crystal tree, admiring it and wondering if he should try to climb it or not. Then notices the note and gets all excited. He goes running back towards the Temple.

"I'm gonna find some decorations for teh tree!" Yes he does have to announce it like that, and there maybe a short text post on the network saying the same thing too.

LEIGE MAXIMO QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Leige Maximo Aligned can expect to see a rather gnarly tree. While crystal tends to move in jagged, straight lines upward, this branch substituting as a tree seems like a willow. Truth is, the branch is upside down, giving it a reverse-growth appearance. In a sense, it almost seems like a dome, with a pointed top from where the branch was torn off. The interconnecting crystals also give it a 'spiderweb' effect in some places. It sits outside the temple to the left.

[staresat]

Seeing this creep actually outside his hole was a rather rare sight. But there he was, returning from some unknown activity that had just been completed.

Considering he had actually paid any attention to the crystal formation rather than brushing by it by suggests he had probably finished what he had planned for the day. Or was finished enough where pausing to observe the new fixture wasn't an impediment.

A single claw-like finger runs down the length of one of the interconnecting crystals to get a feel for the texture. Considering it was nothing more than a useless decoration(in his opinion), it wouldn't keep his attention for very much longer.

[4_toteachus]

Decorating a tree? This was totally on Four's list of things he always wanted to do in his lifetime. Decorating trees was a very difficult thing to do in his world, seeing as all of them were brown lifeless husks. But these ones were beautiful in a way that he found enchanting, and he gathered a few things to decorate it with. He could thank Jetfire for giving him his hover device, this would be so much more difficult without it.

Four was having a little bit of trouble right now though. He had been on the very top, trying to decide what would go well there. His hovercraft had floated out of reach and was now, quite unfortunately, stuck on the top of the crystal tree.

A little help would be appreciated.

[treacherous_widow]

The tree was a strange thing to see on her way back from the junk pile. In fact, she actually stops to look up at it. The spiderweb effect wasn't lost on the widow.

In fact, she seems to appreciate it and was even contemplating getting a better look at the tree.

Re: LEIGE MAXIMO QUADRANT

[dirge]

Shiny things always catch Dirge's optic, and the weirdly twisted tree is no exception. He interrupts his flight over Leige's temple to land beside the new thing and examine it.

It's so delightfully sparkly that the jet can't help but purr at it, touching the branches, the trunk, even going so far as to try to break a piece off.

"You're beautiful," he croones. Could this thing be the present Kay had said he might get? For that human holiday... what was it called... Cryzmahs?

ALPHA TRION QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Alpha Trion Aligned can expect to see something vastly different than the other trees in the quadrants. While it's not quite as tall as Nexus's, it makes up for it in width, and it almost seems to be two crystalline structures in one. The branches have connected together to form, what looks to be, an archway. It's branches curve over and connect delicately, and it almost seems...symmetrical. It is positioned just outside the temple, creating an archway not unlike a Japanese shrine gate.

[shutupndrive]

Smokescreen had sort of been avoiding everyone a bit since his talks with various individuals by the lake. He'd just been wandering about Haven, thinking and giving himself time to pull himself together. He had teammates counting on him to keep himself together and while the loss of Optimus had hit him hard, he couldn't let it ruin him forever.

As he finally made his way back to Alpha Trion's temple, he paused as he spotted the tree-archway, the rookie pausing as he stared up at it. His gaze fell on the note, optics flickering a bit as he recognized this sort of thing from the stuff he'd learned about Earth.

He couldn't help but grin a bit, reaching up and out to touch a part of the tree.

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[thxforthememories]

It's a habit, now, to venture back out toward Trion's lake. He might not be fond of the place, but it's quiet. It's easy to think. Easy to lose yourself in memory. Precious memory -- the only thing that will never, ever change. And there's a peace in that.

Except today, something catches his attention more than the memory of a smirk, or the image of a familiar face in his mind. It's something he's never seen before, and, thus, attracts his attention.

Decorate, it says.

But what is it?

He reaches out with hesitant fingertips, tracing the edge of the structure. Whatever it is, it's beautiful all on its own. What else could he do to it?

[dinnerdate]

It's certainly... something. Although what that something is, Dead End doesn't know - aside from the fact that it's supposed to be decorated. With what? he doesn't know that either. Or why it's even at the temple in the first place.

So the Stunticon simply stands in front of it. Staring.

Is this a normal thing?

[notyourblueangel]

Thundercracker was just heading out of the temple - first a walk down to the lake, then his normal flight around Haven. The sight, however, stops him. Turning, he fingers the delicate branches.

'Decorate the tree' says the note. What's that mean?

...Kay. Of course. The realization actually puts a faint grin on the Seeker's face.

VECTOR QUADRANT

[littlecrowgirl]

Vector Aligned can expect...a rather thin tree. To be honest, it looks like a sword. While Prima has elegance, Vector always seemed to prefer efficiency. And thus, the straightest branch would be the best one for him. That doesn't mean it doesn't have branches of it's own, but they are few, simplistic, and jutting upright from the main 'trunk'. If one looks at it, it has the appearance of a Shichishito. After all, Vector was a warrior, right? Seemed like a perfect choice to Kay. It sits outside the temple to the right.

[cliffjumper]

"... Decorate it, huh." Tilting his helm back to look up the length of the tree, Cliffjumper, compared to some of the others staring at the trees outside the various temples, instantly knows what Kay's aiming for and the reason.

He never had immense patience for Earth and humans, and it seems kind of odd to bring those traditions here, but at the same time he gets it, given that the humans here are as displaced as they were while stuck on Earth.

If anything, he wouldn't be stuck just decorating the lower parts, or having to risk climbing it, since he could use his jetpack to get to the top. Not that the tree was too giant or anything, but still.