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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 5, 2009 18:54:00 GMT -5
Bambi can hear the radio, and indeed, she is rather concerned. Self-resurrecting tyrants are rather a bother. However, she can't do anything about it, so it's better not to fuss. Waste of energy, that.
She continues to try to drag Holi off to a place that seems less flammable.
Bambi murmurs, "Your maker ought to scrub your mouth out with soap."
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Post by Holi-3 on Jan 5, 2009 21:27:12 GMT -5
The answer is no. No, Holi can't possibly be so lucky as to be free of the Prime. He curses again, very quietly but more vividly than ratings permit, before giving Bambi a scornful look. If someone tried stuffing soap into his mouth, he'd bite their fingers off. Maker or not.
"Damn, damn, damn!" he says much more loudly as he tries to free himself from her so he can move under his own power. Mocking a Dinobot? Stupid. Without a doubt, stupid. But it's easier to get away with that than openly cursing the Prime's continued existence. She might not have his head on a pike for it, unless how she doesn't count herself among them is a lie – and for all he knows, it could be – but she could tell someone else if it suits her. Someone else who will care.
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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 6, 2009 12:54:31 GMT -5
Since they are no longer in the fire, Bambi sees no real reason why she should be carrying the foul-mouthed little cretin. Thus, she attempts to fling him down hard on the dry black desert soil and notes, "Curses are the words of the powerless. Unable to do anything about your situation, you dirty up the air. With the correct words or correct lack of words, however, you could do so much more."
Pygmalion had it easier, she is sure. His statue-bride wasn't trying to kill him.
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Post by Holi-3 on Jan 8, 2009 11:17:03 GMT -5
Holi wasn't exactly expecting to be thrown. He hits the ground before he can even think to balance himself, front end compressing into his back so his windscreen and front windows blow out, roof crumpling inward with weight and momentum. Once the pains stop shooting up and down his relays, he turns a flat glare on Bambi, scornful more than anything else.
"If I wanted a nanny," he pronounces frostily, "I'd pay Arcee." But he leaves it at that and doesn't even bother getting to his feet; he can work almost as well just sitting here as he can work from auto mode.
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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 10, 2009 9:58:18 GMT -5
Bambi glares at Holi, crosses her arm, and huffs. She insists, "A nanny? Oh no, not I, Bambi."
She looks down her nose and considers the damage that the Micromaster took from the throw - hmm, rather more than she'd wanted to inflict on him. Bambi has just intended to smart him up a bit. She will have to remember to be a little more delicate in handling him in the future.
She spreads her arms out wide, palms up, pointed finger skywards, and she assures in a soothing voice, "Simply a student of history. You know, one of the most exceptional conquerors Earth ever knew was rather short. Just don't invade Russia in winter."
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Post by Holi-3 on Jan 11, 2009 0:14:45 GMT -5
The Micromaster is readily breakable, and yes, he left that out of his introductory spiel on purpose. He figured that if he mentioned it, the Dinobot would want a quick demonstration and he felt like just circumventing that whole mess.
And look how well that worked out.
"Do tell," Holi starts to say, only to stop on the T and scramble for a spot where he can see into the crater when he hears the not-Prime's voice on the radio. It can't be over. Can it? It looks like a real nightmare down there.
Just what did he miss?
"…Oh, no…."
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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 16, 2009 14:47:13 GMT -5
Bambi hisses, in a voice that is distinctly Megatronian - sadly, both she and Holi are from the wrong realities to appreciate it, "Oh, yes. This is your chance, Holi! Step up in the chaos, and do something. Do you want to be an overglorfied switch board fpr the rest of your llife? I, Bambi, mean, look at you! They have me out here guarding you as if you were some piece of equipment, rather than a person. I, Bambi, feel like I, Bambi, should be holding an AK-47 and glowering sternly."
"Because really, you hold their communications in their hands. They shouldn't take that for granted the way they do."
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Post by Holi-3 on Jan 17, 2009 21:53:09 GMT -5
Sure, thinks Holi as he drops back down since there's nothing left to see. He can screw with communications if he likes, but generally, he runs the risk of being hurt pretty bad when he does stupid things like that because those stunts tend to piss off people with the power to make him regret it. Rodimus Prime has done a fine job of making Holi realise there are worse than Star Saber. Holi is a coward.
But the Prime is gone.
"What's it to you, huh?" he demands, fixing Bambi with a suspicious look. What does she get out of it? Why should she care what he does? If he were her, he'd want him to avoid earning punishment since they're apparently on the buddy system now. Not to say he isn't tempted to play radio games and blame it on whatever Decepticon has been jamming the airwaves.
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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 21, 2009 21:50:46 GMT -5
Bambi, continues to hiss, quite frustrated, "Why doesn't it matter to you? Do you enjoy being abused?"
She throws out her arms and then crosses them, pacing. Her red stare flickers over the Micromaster as she leans closer. "You see, I, Bambi, do not. So really, I, Bambi, do not care if you enjoy being abused or not. You will learn to love power and, better, to hold it in your grasp."
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Post by Holi-3 on Jan 23, 2009 22:35:33 GMT -5
The Dinobot is insane. That's the only conclusion Holi can reach. She is insane, she assumes way too much about him, and she's going to get him killed.
"You're jumping to conclusions," he chides her in a poisonously sweet tone. On a ten-scale of hating abuse, Holi clocks in somewhere around fifty. But he also isn't stupid enough to think there's much he can do about it when he's at a clear disadvantage. Boneheaded optimism isn't this Micromaster's strong suit.
The Prime is gone, though, and the Autobots might just be messed up enough that Holi will have some leeway. Chaos is the best and worst thing this little coward could ask for, and there's a new edge in the smile – no, the smirk Holi turns on Bambi, a hint of surreptitious malice that fades quickly behind the same old cheerful façade.
"But you have some… interesting ideas." And when that wave of blindingly bright light passes overhead, he flickers and fades just as quickly.
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Post by Bambi-3 on Jan 25, 2009 20:48:08 GMT -5
Bambi is not insane! She just likes to look out for Number One. If that means convincing a Micromaster that he is Napoleon, so be it.
However, her justifications and retorts will have to wait until reality resets.
Her luck, she'll end up in the heart of a volcano.
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