INTERNAL SUB-NET RUMOR ARCHIVE • TERMINAL v4.2
"Unauthorized curiosity is still curiosity."
[!] EMPLOYEE NOTICE:
This board is monitored for morale, security threats, sedition, excessive thirst posting, unauthorized Optimus comparisons, and comments regarding executive domestic arrangements.

SOUNDWAVE ACKNOWLEDGED.
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FILE 001: CFO WING LIGHTS ACTIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT [EXECUTIVE_GOSSIP]
Multiple employees report the CFO wing lights activated at 02:17. Unconfirmed details: - One landing platform scorch mark. - Two empty high-grade energon glasses. - One lipstick-stained datapad. - A financial projection file renamed "absolutely_not_a_coup_final_FINAL.xls". Official explanation: Quarterly budget review. Unofficial explanation: Our queen was working late and someone survived being audited.

> FINANCE_DRONE_44: I heard Astrotrain crying in spreadsheet formulas.

> LEGAL_UNIT_KO: I saw nothing. I bill hourly.

> SOUNDWAVE: Gossip archived.

FILE 002: CAMERA 7B TEMPORARILY DISABLED [SECURITY_LEAKS]
Security camera 7B went dark for exactly three minutes. Known facts: - Camera faces private executive corridor. - Barricade logged the outage as "maintenance." - No maintenance ticket exists. - Soundwave has refused to clarify. Rumor probability: 87.4% Threat level: Romantically inconvenient.

> BARRICADE: Maintenance.

> STEVE_ASSIST: That is not how maintenance works.

> BARRICADE: Maintenance.

FILE 003: SHOCKWAVE DUCT TAPE INCIDENT [OPERATIONS]
Shockwave submitted a formal requisition for duct tape in color #8000FF. Astrotrain rejected the request as "aesthetic waste." Shockwave responded with a 47-page document proving that purple duct tape improves departmental efficiency by 0.003%. Destroyer has called a meeting. No one is happy.

> OPS_DRONE_12: The purple tape did improve morale.

> ASTROTRAIN: It improved nothing.

> SHOCKWAVE: Incorrect.

FILE 004: THE PILLOW [UNHINGED]
Employee subnet discussion has fixated on the executive bedroom wing-support pillow. Clarifications from official sources: - It is not a scandal. - It is not evidence of anything. - It is a wing support pillow. - Seekers require proper wing alignment. - Yes, it has multiple covers. - No, you may not submit procurement requests for "the executive snuggle-grade model." Rumor status: Still trending.

> SKYWARP_OFFICIAL: I bought it as a joke and now everyone is welcome.

> MEDBAY_TECH: Actually, wing support is important.

> THIRSTBOT_9000: So it IS snuggle-grade?

> SOUNDWAVE: User muted.

FILE 005: MEGATRON LAUGHED [EXECUTIVE_GOSSIP]
Three separate witnesses claim Lord Megatron laughed in the private lift. This report is disputed due to the following: - Witness 1 fainted. - Witness 2 described the sound as "structural damage but affectionate." - Witness 3 transferred departments. Possible cause: Unknown. Probable cause: Starscream said something viciously funny.

> HR_UNIT_5: Please stop filing emotional support tickets about this.

> PRESS_INTERN: But it was kind of sweet?

> HR_UNIT_5: Especially stop saying that.

FILE 006: AUTOBOT UNLIMITED VISITOR BADGES [SECURITY_LEAKS]
A stack of Autobot Unlimited visitor badges appeared at reception. No visit is currently scheduled. Optimus Prime's badge was printed in advance. Elita-One's badge was printed in advance and laminated twice. Starscream's handwritten note on the request form reads: "Absolutely not without cameras."

> RECEPTION_BOT: The badges keep reappearing.

> SOUNDWAVE: Tracking.

> BARRICADE: I want the door shift.

FILE 007: LONGHAUL [UNHINGED]
So, I am in the breakroom. Doughnut in claw, running off fumes. Longhaul appeared, locked optics with me, knocked the doughnut out of my claw, and put a rebar jerky stick in its place. "Brother, you are weak as slag. Do better." And like that? Longhaul was gone. ...he's right. I need to get back into shape. Joining the gym. I love you, king of whoo!

> HOOK: This is the rumor page. That is just a fact about Longhaul.

> BARRICADE: HA! I KNOW WHO THIS IS! I AIN'T TELLIN' HAHA.

> THUNDERCRACKER: I feel like this has plot potential...

FILE 008: AUTOBOTS UNLIMITED'S NEWEST RELEASES [EXECUTIVE_GOSSIP]
I overheard the new names of Autobots Unlimited's new comms: - Berry Blast - Grape Escape - Tangerine Twist - Bust-A-Lime We make cellphones, people. Not candy. Buckle up, nerds. This upcoming bonus is going to be epic.

> SWINDLE: Oh darlin', that sounds like good pretty credits to me~

> LOCKDOWN: All hail Megatron. Flushed in credits.

> BLACKARACHNIA: We finally agree on something... how strange.

> ASTROTRAIN: You will be compensated fairly. :)

> 5t3v3_STEVE: I like credits.