Bambi-3
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Post by Bambi-3 on Nov 12, 2008 18:37:42 GMT -5
Bambi is forced to run at her top speed, which is not at all comfortable for her. Such exertion is unseemly for a lady.
The dinosaur glowers, and she strays to the edge of the group, toward the back, but she does not run away. There is no cover out here.
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Skyfire-3
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Post by Skyfire-3 on Nov 12, 2008 18:57:52 GMT -5
Skyfire-3, slightly unnerved by Kup's reference to some 'malfunction of a jet', scans the sky again. Nope, nothing above ground level. Lots of dust clouds, smoke clouds, flashes of metal in sunlight, and sounds of explosions in the distance, but no jets cruising in line of sight. Pity. He really wanted to recoup his loss of Thundercracker. To that end, he tossed out a few comments on the radio.
Skyfire-3 studied the crater for a moment. "Looks like you're dropping 'em right in the crater, Iron. Be interesting to see what gets flushed out."
--- Skippable for now.
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Post by Kup-3 on Nov 12, 2008 23:04:03 GMT -5
Kup transforms into robot mode and crouches behind his cover, partway between the landing point and the crater. He silently frowns at Holi for a moment, expression thoughtful.
"Well, luckily for you, lad, our allies, the Decepticons brought along a frequency jammer. So far, of course, they've left ours alone." Then, Kup peeks around from behind his cover. "We can't trust them to keep that up."
"Thus, you and your pet," he gestures at Holi and Bambi, "stay out here on standby, ready to act as backup communications should our allies... well... they are called 'Decepticons.'"
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Holi-3
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Post by Holi-3 on Nov 13, 2008 21:53:21 GMT -5
Radio work. Holi might shrug if he wasn't in auto mode. It could be worse; he could be getting sent out to check for traps. But the Dinobot isn't his pet! Why the hell would he want a pet who could kill him?! Augh!
"She isn't my pet," he says, much more mildly than he feels like saying it. She is totally someone else's baby as far as Holi is concerned, and he's just sitting her a while. "But orders understood, sir." Play switchboard, make sure Prime isn't cut off from communications.
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Bambi-3
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Post by Bambi-3 on Nov 14, 2008 12:00:50 GMT -5
If Bambi is just going to be standing around out here, she can do that perfectly well in robot mode, so she does so. After a moment on thinking in robot mode, she then sits down, clearly distasteful of the black soil.
The moment Kup is looking away, she shoots him a glare filled with utter and unbridled loathing.
The look she shoots at Holi is rather queer. So he realises that she isn't a pet. Maybe that's good. Maybe he just considers himself above murdering animals an would only be interested in brutally murdering her if he saw her as a fellow intelligent being. So her look doesn't quite manage to be approving or thankful, not with fear and doubt laced into the weave.
She still says nothing.
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Post by Ironfire-3 on Nov 17, 2008 17:08:56 GMT -5
Rodimus and his orders. Bombarding was so fun. But, disobeying the Prime would be a very, very1 bad thing. So, the cannon falls silent.
Then, slowly, the turret begins to retract. If she can't bombard, there's no point on staying back here. Ironfire will have to do her blowing up of the enemy from a bit closer.
That's fine with her.
1Ready a few2 more 'very"s here. 2Thousand
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Post by Kup-3 on Nov 17, 2008 19:42:25 GMT -5
Kup shrugs as Holi protests as to the pet status - or lack there-of - of Bambi. He doesn't seem to particularly care one way or another. He glances up as the overhead bombardment stops, then waits for Ironfire to catch up with him.
"Well, so much for softening them up from the outside," Kup grumbles, inclining his head towards Ironfire as she nears. "Pity, that. I do wonder what Shockwave was up to in there, however - the trap wasn't fully sprung, Synapse would have reported it if it was." There's a note of suspicion as he speaks. Then he crouches, preparing to transform.
"Ironfire, get ready to move out again."
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Holi-3
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Post by Holi-3 on Nov 19, 2008 10:48:10 GMT -5
On one hand, at least Holi has his orders to stay back here while the larger mechs go out to play in crossfire. Orders to keep out of the main war zone are as close to music as his receptors are ever treated. On the other hand, he's supposed to stay back here with a Dinobot. A strangely well-behaved Dinobot, sure, but she hates him. He's sure of it. And she's just waiting for a chance to rip him to bits.
"Have fun, sirs," Holi chimes, not very loudly, voice a too pleasant sing-song. He'll have to keep a sensor or two on Bambi while he works, just in case.
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Skyfire-3
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Post by Skyfire-3 on Nov 19, 2008 19:47:54 GMT -5
Holi-3 is also staying back where Skyfire-3 is. Prime has not yet given him specific orders, and he feels a stunning lack of initiative at the moment. Besides, someone ought to guard their backs and the little commo technician. Yeah, that's the ticket.
"Just you, me and the bird-dinobot," Skyfire says. "Let me know if you need a sub-orbital platform to do this job." His tone suggests that he would find that very convenient if Holi did.
--- still skippable
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Bambi-3
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Post by Bambi-3 on Nov 19, 2008 21:12:34 GMT -5
Bambi hate all Autobots, even Holi, but she doesn't hate him the way that she hates, oh, Kup or Optimus Prime.
The pseudo-feathers on Bambi rile, showing her irritation, and the robot sits up a bit straighter. She static-coughs and insists, "Bird-Dinobot? On the contrary! While I, Bambi, may be a bird-like dinosaur robot and a simulacrum of a member of the clade Paraves, I, Bambi, belong to Deinonychosauria, not Avialae and certainly not Aves."
That correction administered, she looks at her pointed fingers as if they are the most fascinating thing in this desert.
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Skyfire
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Post by Skyfire on Nov 22, 2008 17:09:01 GMT -5
//Fleetwind is down.//
Skyfire hears the dire news from the other Starscream, the one he has wanted to meet, yet duty kept them from speaking until now. He fires retro-rockets and descends ever faster towards the fading thermal flare, for duty and regard calls him now. He liked this other Fleetwind, what little he'd seen of him, such a contrast from the sullen, unreliable jet he'd met among his own Decepticons.
// I'll be there to retrieve him in a few minutes, // Skyfire replies. Isn't that what he's loitering sub-orbital for, to extract his allies when escape is needed?
//He is fallen, Skyfire.// Skyfire hears the anger in the other Starscream's voice, and grasps the grief behind it.
Skyfire had not understood the first time; now, he simply refuses to accept it. // I am already on the descent path. He will be retrieved. I have seen Hook work miracles with the shattered fragments of a robot; surely your Hook is just as skilled. //
Skyfire descends from the heights in a streak of fire across the sky....
---- OOC: and out of this thread.
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Post by Kup-3 on Nov 23, 2008 18:30:22 GMT -5
Kup glances sideways at Holi's entirely too cheerful voice. He points at the Micromaster. "No cutting and running. You've had it relatively easy of late. I could easily change that." He points towards one section of the crater. "Ironfire, you take that route. I'll move clockwise and enter the other way." A flash of red approaching the crater from a third direction catches Kup's attention, and he smiles grimly. "Looks like things are about to get very interesting, however."
Orders given, the politician transforms into entirely-too-shiny vehicle mode and starts driving towards the crater, taking a route that keeps as much cover between him and it as possible.
OOC: Skipping Ironfire-3 due to time out.
Also, out of thread.
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Holi-3
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Post by Holi-3 on Nov 23, 2008 19:38:26 GMT -5
Holi wouldn't dream of running. Why, whatever gave Kup that idea? It's like he doesn't have a Dinobot watching him or the risk of ticking off the Prime and being crushed hanging over his head.
"Thought never crossed my mind, sir!" he calls after the pickup. Can't I just wish you a good time? his tone adds. Never mind that he has nowhere to run anyway; he could get caught by somebody who'd rather scrap him, get caught by some goody-goody who'd try to reform him or just toss him in a holding cell to rust, or there's always the slim chance he might actually get away and then die a slow, miserable death hiding away from everyone else on this lousy dirtball.
Life where he is sucks, but at least he's alive.
"…So," he eventually says to Bambi, "you're a dinosaur who just looks related to a bird. Is that what all that was supposed to mean?"
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Skyfire-3
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Post by Skyfire-3 on Nov 23, 2008 19:59:06 GMT -5
Skyfire-3 smirks at Bambi.
"When I left Earth, it was generally conceded that Aves were part of the superclass Dinosauria, and Aves are structurally related most closely to the raptor group. Also, linguistically, 'raptor' for the dromaeosaurids is an allusion to 'raptor', the predatory bird, due to the aforementioned structural simularities. Therefore," he concludes, "'bird-dinobot' is a logical colloquialism for a dromaeosaurid-former Dinobot."
The streak of fire across the sky catches Skyfire-3's attention. "Hello... that's a vehicle doing re-entry, or a surprise bolide. I was wondering where my imposter was."
// Prime, Skyfire here. I request permission to go after my imposter, // Skyfire-3 radios Rodimus-3.
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on Nov 23, 2008 22:59:58 GMT -5
A flash of red and fire, some distance from where Holi and Bambi are hidden, and at least three-quarters of the way, counterclockwise, of where Kup approaches the crater, pulls up. "At last!" the dark Prime hisses.
He starts to drive up the crater side, heavy tires digging in deep. He responds to the radio call with a single word, //Granted,// as he climbs higher. Very shortly now, he will be near the lip.
OOC: All right. I am at the crater. I am not, however, inside it yet. Characters who are prone to jumping the gun may want to begin their hit and run attacks now. However, most will probably want to wait until I'm actually inside the crater proper. If you wish to say you're part of the ambush, you have one of the following two options:
1) If you don't make prior arrangements, or want to have the chance that your character may face retaliation, post in stating your attack in one round. Once your turn comes up a second time, unless something keeps you in, post any reactions you have and then post out.
2) If you've talked to me about making a single post, post in, make your attack, and post out all in one post.
Feel free to contact me either through PM (although you're best off sending it to RP instead of RP3), IM, or email.
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