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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 Dec 11, 2009 8:48:02 GMT -5
Of course, in order to get to that finish line, Swerve has to get past Override.
One might expect that being turned in the wrong direction would be a disadvantage for Override at the moment.
That one would have forgotten that they're talking about the Velocitron planet champ.
As Swerve tries to veer past her, Override hurridly shouts, "Transform!" and, once more taking advantage of her quick change, leaps for the car next to her. In the process, she avoids several of his blasts, though some dance down her left side before she's completely airborne.
Of course, that doesn't last, and she twists in the air, making a grab for the oilsport racer before landing heavily on top of him, this time facing in the same direction as he is.
"Thanks for the ride!" she taunts, grinning.
OOC: Permission to 'ride' Swerve granted by player.
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Post by Swerve on Dec 13, 2009 22:19:33 GMT -5
Swerve's suspension groans and his skidplate throws up a curtain of sparks at Override's weight as she lands on him. What good humour he has left is drying up as fast as his temperature climbs; he's about as happy to have her on as he would a rusty drive shaft.
"Do I look like a taxi t'you?!" he snarls, feeling a foot dig into his seats. He throws his steering hard to the left and slams on his brakes, sending himself into a spin – hopefully throwing Override off while he's at it. "Get off!"
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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 Dec 14, 2009 17:43:32 GMT -5
Override was quite prepared for Swerve to do something to dislodge her. She wasn't sure what, of course, but this was pretty high up on the list.
"If you insist!" she calls out rather cheerfully as she pushes off, springing forward and landing in her vehicle mode just as Swerve's spinning starts. She still has to correct her path a bit - hey, it's hard to get the landing just right when one is thrown off the top of a spinning race car! - but she manages rather well, and is soon accelerating once more towards that finish line.
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Post by Swerve on Dec 17, 2009 10:41:23 GMT -5
With the finish line barely a length away, the instant Override leaps ahead, she's won the race; the force of her jump pushes Swerve sideways in his spin and he steers into the skid, then corrects to get himself pointed the right way. He ends up fishtailing across the line after Override and comes to a screeching halt pointed the wrong way.
But he made it.
Swerve transforms with a grating, raucous laugh and then simply stands there, ventilation cycling noisily, heat warnings flashing at him as he stares at the road they've just run. He's relieved in some way, even with his head pounding and every inch of him aching from the heat and the anger welling up to fill the gaps as elation leaves him. He lost to an Override who calls Cybertron – not Velocitron – home and it's torquing him bad, competing with the heat to make his fuel roil.
She's gone soft in the treads, calling some other place home. He's staring at a copy of his home… before the blacklisting, at least. But she isn't too soft. He turns just enough to look back at her around what's left of his shredded fender. He still can't really believe she lost the Planet Cup, though.
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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 Dec 17, 2009 12:24:08 GMT -5
As Override crosses the finish line, she transforms, right arm raised victoriously, head lifted, posing for the crowds that aren't there.
But then, for her, the crowds are always there.
She lowers her arm, then, and looks back at Swerve, grin spread wide across her face.
"Good run, sport," is all she says. Simple, short - and from her, high praise indeed.
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Post by Swerve on Dec 19, 2009 1:01:28 GMT -5
Swerve snorts scornfully at the compliment and looks away from Override. Otherwise, he remains mostly still and, aside from his ventilation keening and rattling as his systems strain to cool down, quiet.
"Not bad, I guess." He'll give her that much, if grudgingly. "For a topsider."
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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 Dec 19, 2009 21:02:36 GMT -5
Override snickers at the response, then turns to walk back towards where she entered, an archway that seems out of place in the current environment.
At the exit she pauses and looks back. "So tell me, if the underground's so much better..."
She looks around and gestures with one hand. "How come this ain't it?"
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Post by Swerve on Dec 22, 2009 4:31:10 GMT -5
For a moment, Swerve stiffens visibly. His choice of track is none of Override's business, really, and he doesn't owe her any explanation for it.
"…Been drivin' the underground a long time," he eventually, grudgingly says instead, voice a low, rough tangle of noise. It's taking a lot just to keep himself standing straight. "Felt like a change o' scenery. Racer can get too comfortable runnin' the same track all the time. He gets comfortable… then he gets killed." Mood shifting like molten steel, he adds with something that might charitably be called a chuckle, but lacking any real mirth, "Would've taken forever to get that slaggin' computer workin' a copy of the underground like this anyway."
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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 Dec 22, 2009 15:42:52 GMT -5
Override looks around the simulated environment. "Hmmm," she replies, though she keeps her thoughts to herself.
Thoughts like, Talking about a need to change scenery, when your entire exercise is to indulge nostalgia?
Finally, she shrugs. "Well, see you 'round. Or not." She gives Swerve a moment for reply, but little more, before heading out.
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Post by Swerve on Dec 26, 2009 21:59:04 GMT -5
Swerve makes a rude noise and waves off that parting gesture of Override's, keeping his back turned to her.
"Fine."
OOC: Thread wrap? I kinda doubt anyone else will be showing up at this point.
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