Spark vampires
Dec. 4th, 2018 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
insecuriosityYes, I know halloween is over, but any time of the year is a good time for spoops!
When it comes to Cybertronian vampires, I always felt dissatisfied. A mech with pointy teeth that drinks energon from living mecha ? Syphonists, terrorcons and empties already got that niche covered.
Creatures that prey on the spark are less common, there’s the energon leech and the Sparkeater, and that’s where it ends.
Of course, a vampire is almost like a regular human - with only small tells to their monstrous nature. I imagine that a Cybertronian vampire would be much the same - blending in and feeding off of mecha for as long as possible without being detected.
So, what kind of Cybertronian, hidden in plain sight, would have close access to sparks ?
Cassettes!
Think about it. Cassette Decks are the perfect prey of a spark vampire. With coding that urges them to care for smaller sparks and lost cassettes, getting close to one of them is simple. Playing the act of a lost and damaged cassette, they will easily find a host willing to take them in.
With the docking procedure, they are tucked in close to the host’s spark, where they can feed as much as they please. At the same time, they are nestled with other cassettes that they can infect and turn into creatures much like themselves. They feed, until eventually the Host passes away.
There actually used to be a lot more cassette racks on Cybertron before the spark vampires rose in number.
The few remaining cassette racks have found a way to distinguish spark vampires from real cassettes, but after the drastic culling of their numbers, they are no longer the number one prey.
Minicons, after all, can attach to ALL mecha - not just the cassette racks…
When it comes to Cybertronian vampires, I always felt dissatisfied. A mech with pointy teeth that drinks energon from living mecha ? Syphonists, terrorcons and empties already got that niche covered.
Creatures that prey on the spark are less common, there’s the energon leech and the Sparkeater, and that’s where it ends.
Of course, a vampire is almost like a regular human - with only small tells to their monstrous nature. I imagine that a Cybertronian vampire would be much the same - blending in and feeding off of mecha for as long as possible without being detected.
So, what kind of Cybertronian, hidden in plain sight, would have close access to sparks ?
Cassettes!
Think about it. Cassette Decks are the perfect prey of a spark vampire. With coding that urges them to care for smaller sparks and lost cassettes, getting close to one of them is simple. Playing the act of a lost and damaged cassette, they will easily find a host willing to take them in.
With the docking procedure, they are tucked in close to the host’s spark, where they can feed as much as they please. At the same time, they are nestled with other cassettes that they can infect and turn into creatures much like themselves. They feed, until eventually the Host passes away.
There actually used to be a lot more cassette racks on Cybertron before the spark vampires rose in number.
The few remaining cassette racks have found a way to distinguish spark vampires from real cassettes, but after the drastic culling of their numbers, they are no longer the number one prey.
Minicons, after all, can attach to ALL mecha - not just the cassette racks…
