Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 25, 2011 0:04:20 GMT -5
Optimus stands there blinking for a few seconds, which is practically an eternity in this sort of combat. Then he says "What," and chases after Hook. He scoops up his axe as he jumps out the window after the Constructicon, trying to line up a good shot with his grapplers to bring him down.
"You know, if you got orders to return home, you didn't need to come up with a lame excuse! You could have just run away!" he calls after Hook's retreating back (witty banter is something Optimus Primes do in other realities, right?). His longer strides quickly eat up the distance between them. Seriously though, that is a horrible excuse. Being harmed by fire-retardant foam is just silly.
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 26, 2011 11:09:40 GMT -5
It's not that Hook doesn't want to go to the movies with Optimus! It's that he doesn't want to suffer permanent circuit damage!
Then he gets hit by grapplers in the back and goes down on the sidewalk, face-first, twitching. It should be pretty patently obvious that Hook is sick, from his stilted movements and the way he trembles.
Hook sputters incoherently, voice crackling with static.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 26, 2011 18:36:54 GMT -5
Optimus would never go to the movies with a Decepticon! He just wants to tie Hook up, take him home, and let his bosses have their way with him.
Wait, why did Hook fall down? And he's twitching? Optimus didn't even hit him that hard and the grapple line didn't wrap around his legs. "Maybe foam really does harm him," Optimus wonders aloud. He carefully flips the Constructicon over with his axe, just in case it's a trick. If he doesn't resist, Optimus will bind Hook's hands behind him with his grapple line and proceed to scrape the foam off his face.
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 26, 2011 20:30:40 GMT -5
Hook squirms and thrashes a bit, but Optimus Prime will be able to bind his hands. However, when Optimus Prime kindly wipes the foam off Hook's face, Hook promptly tries to headbutt Optimus Prime in those chest-windows. That's thankfulness and gratitude, there!
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 26, 2011 21:30:43 GMT -5
"Ow! Hey!" and a punch in the face is Optimus's response to Hook's successful headbutt. "Cut that out! I'm trying to take you captive with your dignity intact, Hook, but I can do it the hard way and tie you up with your own hoist line, too. I'll shut you down if I have to." Optimus Prime is not a very intimidating 'bot. It's not his style. But sincerity he has in spades, and right now he is being totally sincere.
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 26, 2011 21:50:57 GMT -5
Hook continues to struggle as Optimus Prime ties him up, and it's pretty clear that the less foam on Hook, the more of a fight he puts up. He seethes, "You wouldn't dare! You stupid Autobots want me alive, I'm sure. Awk!"
Optimus Prime punches Hook in the face!
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 26, 2011 22:44:37 GMT -5
"I said I'd shut you down, I didn't say permanently," Optimus replies, brandishing his axe and making sure Hook's hands are securely bound. "I'm sure I can find a way to incapacitate you if you don't cooperate."
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 26, 2011 23:31:31 GMT -5
Optimus Prime should definitely hog-tie Hook to his axe like a hobo sack.
Hook protests, "You don't even know the proper shut-down procedures for a mechanism of my reality!" He could, but Hook assumes not. "Long Haul will kill you if I'm crippled for life! You'll see."
Since Optimus Prime hasn't done anything with his feet yet, Hook tries to kick Optimus over by the ankles, but he's not as coordinated as he usually is, thanks to the stupid foam.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 27, 2011 21:33:13 GMT -5
"Oh, hey, good idea! I'll call Long Haul and ask him how to do this," Optimus says, just a tinge of humor in his voice.
"Ow! Quit it!" he says, moving aside as Hook tries to knock him over and ends up just kicking him in the ankles. Honestly, he's acting less like a prisoner of war and more like a petulant child. "Don't make me tie your feet, too!"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 28, 2011 11:19:37 GMT -5
Hook tries to coordinate himself a bit more and hook one foot around Optimus Prime's ankle and to smash the other foot into the bridge of Optimus Prime's foot, to completely break that ankle and knock Optimus Prime down if he's successful.
Shockwave can send who he wants, but Decepticons don't rescue their own. Decepticons escape, and Decepticons raid.
So Hook won't 'quit it' on this resisting capture business. No one around seems terribly interested, though. Probably rivals mobs, they reckon. Better to stay out of it.
"You want Long Haul to give directions?" Wait, that actually makes sense! Curses!
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 28, 2011 18:57:45 GMT -5
"I figure no-one knows better than Long Haul how to dis-oof!" Optimus is knocked the the ground and winds up flat on his aft rubbing his ankle. He also lets go of the end of the line that's around Hook's hands.
If he can manage it before the Constructicon gets too far, he'll grab hold of him and proceed to tie his feet to his hands behind his back.
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 28, 2011 23:09:12 GMT -5
Dis-oof is exactly right!
Hook totally tries to get to his feet and run off, but he's not very fast, and he has some circuit damage, so Optimus is able to get ahold of him for hog-tying purposes.
Stupid anti-gravs.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 28, 2011 23:57:46 GMT -5
Optimus totally hog-ties Hook. "Y'know, I was trying to be nice and let you walk, but you're really not giving me an option," he says, as he attempts to life the Constructicon up in a fireman's carry.
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Jan 29, 2011 21:51:22 GMT -5
Optimus Prime is so naive, Hook's almost sick to his fuel tank. Wait, he is sick to his fuel tank, but that's because of the fire retardant foam.
Incredulously, he demands, "You really thought I'd just go with you?"
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 29, 2011 22:15:56 GMT -5
"No! I mean, yes! I mean, I'd force you to! I'd have your hands bound and force you to walk in front of me at axe-point," Optimus retorts, testily. "But since you don't want to be civilized about it, I'll just have to carry you."
Just open that space bridge any time, Perceptor. This isn't totally weird and awkward or anything. Optimus's kingdom for some stasis cuffs!
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