Duskwing
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 11, 2008 18:43:17 GMT -5
Duskwing finds himself tumbling in mid-air from the force of an explosion as some of Ironfire-3's friendly fire comes a bit too close. "Slagging arti one track mind can't understand nothin' but shoot the big guns stupid fragger don't look---"
A thought strikes Duskwing, then flees before his CPU can grasp it, leaving him with the lingering feeling that he's missing something obvious. He shakes his head and scowls; it's a very familiar feeling.
Now where did that car go? He drops down to the ground somewhere beyond the crater and waits, watching to see if the red-and-white Autobot comes out of the crater. Maybe it got blown up by the stray artillery--but Duskwing isn't inclined to check while the shells are raining down.
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Override
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The Chancellor, Her Noble Potency, Empress Override. The Glorious Victor over Everyone Else On the Track
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Post by Override on Nov 11, 2008 21:04:51 GMT -5
It's a tough thing, and there are a few close calls as artillery bombardment is narrowly avoided, but this time Override manages to circle around the crater, ever higher. She's moving fast enough that she can do fewer laps, and it isn't long before she goes bursting over the lip of the crater.
For just a few moments she is vulnerable, but in seconds, she'll be on the ground. Duskwing is on the ground, too, isn't he?
OOC: Leaving it to Duskwing's player to figure out if I even emerged from the crater in the same area where he hunkered down!
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Duskwing
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 12, 2008 20:27:04 GMT -5
The heavy 'crump' of artillery shells exploding drowns out other useful noises, like the sound of Override's engines. Still, Duskwing is well back from the crater edge--artillery sometimes strays a bit off the target, and he doesn't like being on the receiving end of friendly fire. He's not likely to be surprised by someone coming over the lip of the crater near him.
Too bad Override came over the crater lip on the far side, where he can't see her... especially if she keeps to cover and circles around behind him...
"Where is dat bum?" Duskwing growls, wondering if the Autobot got blown up after all. He fidgets impatiently, and decides to wait for the bombardment to slacken before looking.
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Override
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The Chancellor, Her Noble Potency, Empress Override. The Glorious Victor over Everyone Else On the Track
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Post by Override on Nov 12, 2008 23:13:35 GMT -5
As previously established, Override has zilch-all experience with combat where the attacker is out of view, so she really doesn't know how accurate to expect artillery to be.
It doesn't take long to establish that wherever Override is, Duskwing isn't, which means she ought to go find him. She drives further down the outside of the crater, takes a sharp left, and starts to circle around it, looking for the winged ding-a-ling.
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 13, 2008 20:41:48 GMT -5
Duskwing, not a being noted for his patience, finally gets fed up waiting for the artillery and/or Override and limps toward the crater edge. The artillery fire is staying inside the crater so far, so....
He stands and peers down into the crater; there's quite a bit of rubble, but no smashed red and white car. "Huh. Guess he dodged the arti. Now where'd he go?"
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Override
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The Chancellor, Her Noble Potency, Empress Override. The Glorious Victor over Everyone Else On the Track
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Post by Override on Nov 13, 2008 21:54:38 GMT -5
Override is a very, very fast little car.
It's not long before she's on the other side of the crater, and once there, she finds Duskwing pretty easily. And oh, look, he's got his back towards her!
Override skids into a turn and drives straight for the Seeker, firing as she climbs the crater's side. It looks like she's perfectly willing to run right into him and knock the /both/ of them back inside!
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 14, 2008 7:35:19 GMT -5
Blaster shots blazing around Duskwing--not to mention catching a few on his back and wings--catch his attention real fast. He whirls around, arms & guns rising to bear on Override--
Too late. Override makes the Stunticons look like a snail convention--there's a tremendous 'CLANG' and crash and Duskwing is flat on his back with another set of tire tracks across his chest and a smashed and scorched cockpit besides--
Only Duskwing was right on top of the scoriated ridge that marks the rim of the crater and now he's sliding down the inside of the ridge on his back... and it's a very long way to the bottom.
// Uh, Boss? // Duskwing's voice is scratchy and pained on the D-band, // how much longer do I gotta distract dis crazy clown car? I'm kinda runnin' out of distractifications. //
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Override
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The Chancellor, Her Noble Potency, Empress Override. The Glorious Victor over Everyone Else On the Track
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Post by Override on Nov 14, 2008 10:43:23 GMT -5
The problem, of course, with knocking an opponent into a large, steep-sided crater by running into them at a very high speed generally means that, thanks to momentum, one ends up knocking themselves into said crater as well.
Well, at least the artillary bombardment seems to have stopped.
Override, like Duskwing, is sliding down the inside of the ridge... unlike Duskwing, she's not on her back, but on her wheels. For the moment, she doesn't try to fight it - twisting back and forth and adding torque as necessary to keep herself upright, but doing little more. Still, she's unable to avoid taking several more dents from the rocks falling after the both of them.
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 14, 2008 17:33:52 GMT -5
"Slaggit! Whaddaya Bots, blind? Do I look like a flat piece a' road? What a bunch a maroons!" Clang! "Ow! Ow! Owwww!" Duskwing bounces off more and more rocks as the slope steepens.
"Primus, I'm an idiot!"
Suddenly, there's a 'whoosh' and a roar of jet engines starting and Duskwing rises into the air, hovering on his boot thrusters. The left one, where his knee shows scorched and fused, seems to be running a bit raggedly. He glares menacingly at the sliding red and white car and tries to launch a pair of cluster bombs in its direction--
Nothing happens. Duskwing glares at his open launcher in puzzlement.
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Override
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Post by Override on Nov 15, 2008 18:12:53 GMT -5
Override lands heavily, takes a few more rocks to the top side - and gets several in her upholstery, thanks to her broken canopy. Ouch. Still, she pulls around, turning to face Duskwing...
And then Duskwing starts to glare at his launcher in puzzlement.
Override frequently fights Ransack and Crumplezone. She knows the expression of imminent weapons backfire on a less-than-mentally-adept user when she sees it.
Override now turns away from Duskwing and takes off, driving quickly.
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 15, 2008 21:31:13 GMT -5
And the car is driving away? Duskwing looks even more puzzled, then glances over his shoulder to see what the Autobot is running from.
...nothing special that he can see. He shrugged. "Huh. Weird."
At least it gave him some time to sort through his damage and malfunction warnings. Oh, yeah. Launcher jam. He looks around quickly; no one is particularly close by.
"Fraggin' clown car slaggin' guns hope you throw a rod clean through..." Duskwing mutters curses as he laboriously pries the jammed shells out of their slightly warped tracks. Override's original gun blasts did a lot of damage in the middle of his chest, just below the launchers; things got warped and scorched in the vicinity.
Duskwing throttles his engines down and slowly settles to the ground to have firmer footing to work. He ponders the shells he's extracted; should he use them again? Will his launchers work, or jam again? Maybe.. but he doesn't trust those shells. They might be duds now, or they might not, and ever since his former partner Windtalon tried putting a 'dud' shell back in his launcher that not only wasn't a dud, it was armed, Duskwing didn't fiddle with duds. Being blown in half by one's entire magazine detonating internally was really messy.
He tosses the two damaged shells in a random direction that wasn't toward Shockwave's hollow. They land somewhere...
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Override
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The Chancellor, Her Noble Potency, Empress Override. The Glorious Victor over Everyone Else On the Track
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Post by Override on Nov 17, 2008 14:49:46 GMT -5
Hey, can Override be blamed if her universal background leaves her with certain expectations reguarding apparently jammed weapons? Especially when she's used to fighting the Comedy Relief.
When Override realizes she isn't being chased, she breaks into a spin and peers back in the direction that she came from. When she sees that Duskwing hasn't blown himself up, she's mildly surprised at first, then grumbles, "Fragging shoulder-hugger," as she kicks up her engine and rides back towards him.
Back to work!
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Post by Duskwing on Nov 18, 2008 17:49:15 GMT -5
Coincidentally, Duskwing is just looking around for Override when he receives the message from Shockwave that he'd been hoping for:
//Duskwing. Your distraction is no longer needed.//
"Boo-yah! I'm outta here!" Duskwing lifts from the ground--and notices Override charging towards him. Oh, hey there!
He fires a few desultory shots in the Autobot's direction; his own energy is getting a bit low, and he needs it to fly.
"Nyah! Can't catch me, I can still fly!" he taunts as he starts flying away.
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Override
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Post by Override on Nov 18, 2008 19:43:53 GMT -5
Override starts swering side to side in an attempt to avoid the shots, though one still hits her upholstery. Ouch! She spins out as Duskwing heads off, and sighs, muttering, "Good riddance!" With that, she rolls painfully to the nearest hiding spot and hunkers down for the main event.
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