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Feb 13, 2011 19:17:17 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 13, 2011 19:17:17 GMT -5
Whoop! Big, bad Decepticon making grabby hands his way. He
//Hey, hey, hey! No groping on the first date, twinkle-thrusters!// Cutting his sideways velocity and boosting his forward velocity to try and avoid Starscream's grapple, Whirligig transforms and pivots around his frontal axis to face the Decepticon. Whipping out the charge, he activates it with a time delay and attempts to slap it into one of Starscream's hands. //Be a gentleman and hold my purse, will ya?//
Because yes, Starscream, he is that crazy.
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Feb 13, 2011 20:38:45 GMT -5
Post by Fleetwind on Feb 13, 2011 20:38:45 GMT -5
Fleetwind continues to set the charge, working on it far more carefully than Whirligig works on his. He glances up at the fight, glad to have the 'Stay out of the fight!' set of orders.
OOC: Skippable until interacted with.
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Feb 13, 2011 22:38:16 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 13, 2011 22:38:16 GMT -5
Whirligig slaps a demolition charge on Starscream's hand and he stops short with a quick burst of reverse thrust. Time seems to slow down as he claws desperately at the bomb. It won't come off, and the timer is still counting down. He shoots Whirligig an absolutely murderous, I-wish-I-had-eye-lasers look, then deploys the blades on the hand with the explosive attached to it.
Then he rips that arm off at the shoulder and throws it at Whirligig like a javelin. It was bound to come off eventually, anyway. Better he takes it off himself than Megatron does it.
//You seem to have mistaken me for a gentleman. I do not hold purses,// he transmits back on a general band as he deploys the gatling gun on his remaining arm. He fires, aiming for the bomb on his detached arm once it's near (or hopefully lodged in) Whirligig.
OOC: Double attack with permission.
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Feb 14, 2011 0:03:31 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 14, 2011 0:03:31 GMT -5
Huh. Well, that wasn't quite expected. Fear-elation surges through him as Starscream's arm-turned-spear lances toward him, and with a quick burst from his thrusters he narrowly avoids impalement, the blades slicing past his thigh and rendering at least one of his own small charges inoperable.
His thrusters can't accelerate him fast enough to get clear of the blast radius, but he can still make the explosion work for him. He thrusts away from the arm, angling himself between it and the Event Horizon as best he can. Starscream's premature detonation messes with his planning, but it should be good enough.
Then, for the second time that day, Whirligig finds himself in the grip of an explosion, though this one holds him much closer. And it is spectacular. Heat and energy wash over him, embracing him, and it hurts as his paint is boiled away and the plating beneath chars, threatening to melt, sharp edges burning away. The light sears his optics, but he refuses to look away or dim them, because the pain is nothing compared to the glory of explosion. How could anything be more beautiful?
He blacks out briefly as the force of the explosion rattles his circuits and sends him flying towards the ship, coming to in time to try and cushion his impact. But only two of his trio of thrusters respond, and he doesn't have much time to decelerate, and so he hits the side of a thruster bell with enough force to knock a few components loose into the vacuum. He bounces and rolls along the bell, towards the body of the ship, until he regains enough of his senses to grab a hold of a service ladder.
For the moment all he can do is hang on limply and wait for all his processors to reboot. He's damaged, for sure, but still alive.
The universe loves him.
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Feb 15, 2011 20:56:58 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 15, 2011 20:56:58 GMT -5
Starscream waits for the blast the dissipate, then streaks after Whirligig, aiming to land on him feet first and hook the talons of his feet into the little glitch's plating.
He's just . . . so very annoyed with Whirligig right now. He can't really rip the little glitch limb from limb, because he only has one arm, so he's going to try and choke him instead. Or maybe he'll just hold him down with his feet and start yanking out components? Decisions, decisions.
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Feb 15, 2011 21:52:44 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 15, 2011 21:52:44 GMT -5
Whirligig's head is full of fuzz. Calm and happy and warm, with thoughts forming and spinning away only to burst like so many fragile bubbles. Explosive afterglow? He snickers into the vacuum, not quite aware of where he is yet. Something rushes towards towards him like some vast, predatory bird, sparks a memory.
//Captain!// he calls out, then promptly forgets that he did.
He's going nowhere fast, and it actually takes him a moment to register that wow, something huge just landed on his chest! The prick of talons helps root him back into the here and now. Alternate universes. Decepticon attack. //Oh hey,// he says blandly, trying to lift his free hand to swat at Starscream's leg. His joints pop and crackle. //Ow.//
Maybe this is the time he'll die, though it seems kind of silly of the universe to keep him going one moment just to take him out in the next. But hey, the universe does what the universe will do. Still rather punch-drunk, he singsongs, //Got his toe on the trigger, going tick, tick, tick...//
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Feb 15, 2011 22:29:01 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 15, 2011 22:29:01 GMT -5
Normally in this situation, Starscream would use his blades or buzzsaw, cut open Whirligig's spark chamber, and have done with it. As has been previously mentioned, however, Starscream is annoyed, so he decides to choke Whirligig instead, extending that long arm with its spindly fingers to grasp the smaller bot around the neck. He leans down so his face is right next to the Autobot's and transmits a very weak signal, the equivalent of a whisper.
//Even if all I accomplish today is killing a single enemy combatant, it will have been worthwhile. Scum.//
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Feb 16, 2011 0:12:07 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 16, 2011 0:12:07 GMT -5
His wits are coming back to him, bit by bit, and with it comes the fear-rush that he finds so addictive, washing away the haze of calm. He stares into the face of death and laughs, the sound ringing out over the radio. Even if he wasn't in space he'd have trouble laughing out loud with Starscream's fingers compressing his throat.
He grins coyly at Starscream, and says, //You sure you wanna do that, sparkle-circuits?//
His entire demeanor screams 'I know something you don't know'. And what he knows is that he has a bomb in his back and he just activated a dead man's switch. If he goes, he's going out with a bang and he'll take his opponent with him. Not to mention a big chunk of everything else around him. He'd feel bad about it, except he won't care if he's dead.
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Feb 16, 2011 21:04:59 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 16, 2011 21:04:59 GMT -5
It's been so long since Starscream's had a chance to properly kill someone who's been pissing him off. He's going to enjoy watching Whirligig's optics gutter out slowly. It is the best stress relief therapy. His fingers tighten around the Autobot's neck . . .
And then the Event Horizon lurches wildly and he lets go, ignites his thrusters and pushes off from the ship. The entire sequence is controlled by secondary motor activators in his torso, his central processor isn't even involved. Usually, taking flight in an earthquake is a pretty useful reflex to have.
This time it may cost him.
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Feb 16, 2011 23:56:24 GMT -5
Post by Fleetwind on Feb 16, 2011 23:56:24 GMT -5
Fleetwind had finished setting the charge and scrambled a distance away to set the last one. He's is just about to set it against the hull when the ship lurches beneath him, forcing him to grab hold with both hands just to avoid being knocked out into space.
Sadly, in order to do this, he has to drop the charge itself. The Seeker hisses a curse.
//Sir, I'm out of charges,// he reports to Starscream.
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Feb 19, 2011 17:35:08 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 19, 2011 17:35:08 GMT -5
...Did that really just happen? Whirligig stares as Starscream suddenly lets him go and takes off, his body swinging back and forth as the ship rocks under him. His grip holds, though his shoulder twists awkwardly, and he doesn't get set adrift.
He bursts into stunned laughter. //Hahahaha! The universe really does like me!//
And who is he to look a gift shuttle in the fuel intake? Swinging his legs down, he gets a grip on the service ladder with his hand-like feet and stands. Running probably isn't going to help him much. Starscream is fast, and with heat-stiffened joints and only two working thrusters, Whirligig kind of... isn't.
So, he pops the hatches on his thighs and snatches up a pair of his personal charges, tweaking them to maximum power, and grins daringly at Starscream. Sure, maximum power on them ain't that much, but Starscream doesn't necessarily know that.
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Feb 19, 2011 22:34:17 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 19, 2011 22:34:17 GMT -5
That grinding noise you can't hear due to this scene taking place in a vacuum? That's Starscream abrading his dental plates against each other in frustration. //So how many charges have we placed?// he asks Fleetwind, knowing he isn't going to like the answer.
Starscream hovers away from the shuddering hull of the Event Horizon ,transforms his remaining hand into a missile launcher and levels it at Whirligig, taking the time to get a decent lock before firing. Blowing the little pest up may be a better use of time than strangling him, but it's nowhere near as satisfying.
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Feb 20, 2011 20:16:56 GMT -5
Post by Fleetwind on Feb 20, 2011 20:16:56 GMT -5
//I'm only seeing five, sir, including the ones the others set,// Fleetwind reports. His voice is steady, but if someone is watching him carefully, they might notice that his wings are trembling lightly at having to deliver bad news to Starscream. //The Autobots were on us pretty quickly.//
The Seeker holds onto his position, clinging to the side of the ship to keep from being 'bucked' into space.
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Feb 20, 2011 21:15:32 GMT -5
Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Feb 20, 2011 21:15:32 GMT -5
Incoming missile! Whirligig is glad that he hasn't deactivated the dead man's switch on his most precious possession yet, because things are still looking like they could still going very wrong very fast, regardless of whether or not he's the universe's darling at the moment or not.
Swiveling his thrusters, he releases his grip on the ladder and propels himself away from the missile's current trajectory. At the same time, he flings the two discs towards the incoming missile, triggering them as it reaches them to detonate it prematurely. He's still within meters of resultant explosion and once again gets sent flying, but hey! It's better than a direct hit!
Ha ha, he is going to be feeling this for weeks, but it is so worth it. //Missed me, sweetspark!//
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Feb 21, 2011 19:27:46 GMT -5
Post by Starscream (Movie) on Feb 21, 2011 19:27:46 GMT -5
Whirligig is getting his explosives in Starscream's explosives. How annoying. He launches another missile at the little Autobot creep, trying to herd him toward the charges on the Event Horizon.
//Detonate what we've got, then,// he grumbles to Fleetwind.
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