Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 9:56:04 GMT -5
Skyblast looks around, considering. There is a fair amount of room around the shuttle, what with it being huge and needing to launch up into the sky, not that lacking room would ever stop Skyblast.
Smirking slightly, like he's enjoying a joke that only he gets, he repeats, "Anything?"
He tumbles over into a one-handed handstand, flips over onto his feet, leaps into the air, transforms, hits on afterburner hard, and escapes the surly bonds of gravity. He ascends nearly vertically, applying a tight spiral, all thrust versus gravity, his lifting surfaces doing no work. At the top of his climb, he levels out and immediately pitches down as his turns on his smoke generators, going for a steely hue. He cuts increasing wide circles in the air as he descends, and his painting starts to be clear -
- Skyblast is painting Cybertron, in three dimensions, in the air.
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Oracle
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Post by Oracle on Jul 11, 2009 18:21:30 GMT -5
While at any other time, she would be enthralled to get a chance to see the sky painter at his work, at the moment all she could do was groan as the combination of circumstances were...not the best. Distractions and an already very wobbly climber. Oh, so not a good combo, and as Skyblast ascended into the air to begin his rendering of Cybertron, Oracle stopped her own circling and finished closing the distance between her and Xaaron.
Still remaining aloft under her own power, one hand steadied against the side of the ship while the other pressed securely enough in the center of Xaaron's back to hopefully give him a chance to get a better grip, before she had to catch him instead.
"I do hope you don't mind the assistance, but while I could add rescuing falling Emirate's to my resume, I do believe I'd rather not." Since preventing the fall seems like a much better plan overall really.
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OOC: Manhandling with permission.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 11, 2009 19:23:55 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron wonders what in the world Skyblast is doing and looks over his shoulder, his foot slipping as his focus fades.
Then, he feels the reassuring hand of Oracle on his back.
Emirate Xaaron starts to protest that he's fine, but then he inquires wryly, "Ah. Did you foresee me falling and making a terrible fool of myself?" He is up rather high, now that he think about it. "My dignity thanks you."
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Post by Grimlock on Jul 11, 2009 19:57:23 GMT -5
Grimlock places no interest in the Cybertron painting, but notes the wobbling Emirate, and moves himself to be below him in case he does fall, to catch him.
Oracle is a little nicer than the Dinobot, it seems.
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Post by Oracle on Jul 11, 2009 20:08:02 GMT -5
There is a soft chuckle as Oracle shifts so Xaaron can keep climbing down if he wishes to, with her support.
"I suspected trouble, then perhaps foresaw it, yes. And thought subtle intervention to be a bit more pleasant then being scooped up by a Dinobot." Looking down briefly she grins. "As it seems Grimlock is fully ready to do should you slip anyway."
Which the jet is rather trying to avert, but backup plans are never a bad thing.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 11, 2009 20:21:32 GMT -5
Jetfire grins excitedly as Skyblast takes to the air, his jaw quickly dropping at the jet begins to paint the air. He has never seen anything like that before! Remaining stunned for several moments, watching agape as the three-dimensional image of Cybertron comes together, he finally shakes his head to clear it. Beaming once again, he begins to cheer loudly.
Yes, Skyblast has definitely gained a fanboy.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 11, 2009 20:44:00 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron does indeed keep climbing down with Oracle's help, and he asks teasingly, "So these are the heights an Autobot has to climb to get your attention, ah?"
Grimlock? They deployed the big guns in case he fell? He supposes that he should be flattered, but really, he just feels a bit sheepish.
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Post by Oracle on Jul 11, 2009 20:58:14 GMT -5
Cue briefly startled expression but that doesn't stop Oracle from doing her best to respond to the teasing in kind. "Well it certainly does help! Even I'm not going to miss someone standing on top of a spaceship without safety gear, even if I can be a bit out of sync other times."
She wasn't trying to make him feel sheepish, honest! It really is better Grimlock is there if Xaaron slips, because Oracle doesn't have anti-gravs like the Dinobot. Might make carrying someone as armored as Xaaron down interesting even if she could probably avert disaster.
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Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 21:05:55 GMT -5
At the bottom pole of Cybertron, Skyblast cuts the smoke generators, transforms, and swan-dives out of the sky. A few meters above the ground, he transforms again, glides over a few heads, transform back to robot mode, and lands on his hands next to Jetfire.
He grins audio to audio at Jetfire's cheers. Those? Make it all worthwhile. He asks, "So, what did you think?"
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 11, 2009 22:53:54 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron is indeed heavier than he looks for his height. With Oracle's help, he continues to climb down more carefully, paying a bit more attention to his safety.
He'd totally do something just as dumb without a thought again, though.
With a devil may care attitude, he suggests, "Safety gear? I might perhaps feel more sorry for the ground, if I fell!"
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Post by Oracle on Jul 11, 2009 23:14:45 GMT -5
Oracle was going to end up devoting a small portion of her attention to watching out for the latest Xaaron antics whenever she was in his vicinity wasn't she. He seemed to her to have a rather distressing lack of care for his own continued function. Admittedly debating on the merits of expendable and climbing on tall things were slightly different...but she was still seeing a trend.
"Lets not test the theory? Now or in the future please. Besides, there's rather a lot of people to fall -on- down there, if you hadn't been caught." Like anyone would let that happen. "If you want to make a speech from up high, draft a ride in the first place, then at least it looks planned." She grins at Xaaron a bit mischievously. Though her efforts have been as subtle as she can make them, aid disguised under a conversation, some graceful maneuvering and the distraction of Skyblast's painting, it's still there to see for those looking closely enough. Grimlock playing safety net, probably isn't helping.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 12, 2009 9:44:55 GMT -5
Jetfire does not squeal as his first reaction to Skyblast. No really, he does not! Just ignore that high-pitched 'eee!', please. Quick, must recover dignity by, uh, gushing excitedly. That will definitely work.
"That was being very amazing, I have never been seeing anything like, like-" He waves a hand at the smokey Cybertron. "That! I have never been hearing of doing this... this making pictures in air thing! Is very nice!"
Flying as an art form instead of a form of combat? That is crazy! So crazy, it just might work.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 13, 2009 9:03:02 GMT -5
Only if she can keep up with him! Slow as he is, that is more of a challenge than it seems.
Almost entirely serious, Emirate Xaaron replies, "But ah, I wasn't making a speech. I was making a sacrifice." His wrist is still oozing a bit. "What meaning does a sacrifice have if there is no danger in reaching the altar, if it can be carried out in the utmost of comfort?"
There, he's almost to the ground.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 13, 2009 9:07:13 GMT -5
Skyblast flips over from his handstand into a bow. He looks up at Jetfire with the dashing smile of every barnstormer, ever.
Squealing? What squealing? Skyblast didn't hear any squealing, no sir.
He sweeps one arm out wide and up at his work, explaining, "It's skypainting. You don't have it back home? You poor, deprived souls!" Skyblast does look genuinely sorry for Jetfire.
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Oracle
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Post by Oracle on Jul 13, 2009 15:06:57 GMT -5
Well, no one said a challenge was necessarily a bad thing, it'll probably be an interesting surprise for Oracle in any case.
If she was prone to such gestures, Oracle might be banging her forehead against the side of the ship now. "Hm, I'm not sure being carted around like a sack of parts is comfort, but if you say so..." Speech vs. sacrifice she's not even going to touch, it's just not worth it. "I suspect it's usually better if the sacrifice gets to the altar in one piece though." Wait a moment, didn't they already cover this ground in different words? An amused smile sneaks slowly across her face at that realization.
Seeing how close they've gotten to the ground, Oracle drifts slightly further back from the ship, though her bracing hand still stays close enough for support. Should Xaaron want to drop the rest of the way down at some point, she won't be in the way.
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