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Post by Long Haul on Jul 18, 2007 21:59:11 GMT -5
Long Haul sighs, and nods. "'Course. Back to work."
He transforms and tosses back to the others, "Like you heard, the other group seems to have run into problems. They might be needing to call on us soon. Omega might be fueled enough for a round-trip and a quick fight, if don't run too long and ain't too far away, but I'm gonna try to jigger things so that we can fuel at the same time. Won't go so fast for him, but it won't be good if we arrive all drained, either, and we can get charged up lots faster than he can, anyways."
With that, his engine starts up, and he begins to roll off, but not so quickly that he can't hear a response.
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Post by Holi on Jul 18, 2007 23:12:41 GMT -5
Well, no, he didn't make the skybull appear, but it was following him. And everyone came running because of his radio call. Didn't they? But if Xaaron and Kup say it wasn't his fault and he shouldn't blame himself, then Holi won't. He'll try not to let himself get too upset, but there's still that nagging worry. The others could have been hurt because he wasn't being careful.
He'll just have to try harder and be more careful, then!
"Yes, sir," he chirps, and his mood has visibly improved. He isn't completely back up to snuff, but he's close, and the smile is certainly heartfelt. Holi transforms once again and though he takes off quickly, he's careful not to bolt too far ahead; he reminds himself there could be other animals out there yet. "See you soon!" is his rejoinder as he passes Long Haul.
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Post by Bumblebee on Jul 19, 2007 1:58:24 GMT -5
#Oh brother I can't, I can't get through, I've been trying hard to reach you, cause I don't know what to do, Oh brother I can't believe it's true, I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you...#*
Bumblebee's hand retracted and turned into an emitter device. Considering he learned the english language by scouring the internet, this data pack that he had compiled to send to Optimus Prime and the other Autobots the local lingo would serve another purpose. Unless one of these guys had a spare vocal processor on them, this was the best way for 'Emirate' to understand him.
The emitter transmits a tight beam of light. If there's any sort of wireless receiver on Xaaron, he would realize he's receiving a rather extensive list of words and phrases from the english language.
#Let's talk... let's taaaaalk...#*
* Talk - Coldplay (All lyrics)
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jul 19, 2007 8:06:08 GMT -5
In defence base mode, Omega Supreme surveys the zoo. He hears the voice of yet another strange Transformer over the radio. To be fair, this one does not sound to be particularly strange, comparatively speaking. Bumblebee sounded like he was text messaging, after all. This guy just sounds confused, and who isn't confused these days?
Long Haul looks like he's making with the munchies for Omega Supreme again. He's so tireless, so dutiful. Omega Supreme has done a lot of idealising what the Constructicons were like, before they were Constructicons, but it seems Long Haul's faithfulness and work ethic really were real.
A pleasant surprise.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 19, 2007 8:27:34 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron must confess that he's more than a little confused by Bumblebee. He's less emotional than Shockwave on the radio, and in person, he speaks in Terran music. He also looks like an accident at a barbed wire factory. Maybe Bumblebee's Primus hit the really hard drugs?
If he has a Primus.
Still, Bumblebee has acted helpful enough, from the first. Emirate Xaaron downloads the language pack and tries out English. He makes a face and, in Cybertronian, exclaims, "Gods, that's so slow and low bandwidth! How do you deal with it?"
Shaking his head, he continues, "You know, Long Haul's going to need that software, too. I don't think he's ever been off Cybertron, either, and I know Earth hasn't been discovered yet for him."
Emirate Xaaron rubs his chin. "It occurs to me that should explain who everyone is. Long Haul is the dump truck. He does construction and transport. In his future and my reality, he and his team mates are evil, so be careful around green construction equipment. Holi is the little police car. He's a Micrmaster. That means he's extra small and fuel efficient. Kup is the pickup truck. He's a security director. Omega Supreme is the big guy that you can see from about anywhere here. He's a last line of defence, all by himself - communications, space transport, mountain range removal - he does it all. There is another group of Autobots elsewhere, dispatched on a fact-finding mission to hopefully find some energy. I am Emirate Xaaron. I led the resistance on my Cybertron. Now. I do believe that covers it, for the time being."
"That said, I think I'll assist Long Haul. Why don't you go help Holi and Kup?" Emirate Xaaron waits a moment and then starts to walk back to where Long Haul was working.
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Post by Kup on Jul 19, 2007 8:54:35 GMT -5
Aaaaaaaand Holi is right back up to cheerful and perky.
So do they have a harder time fitting more emotions into something with such a small size? Is that why Holi seems to feel only one thing at a moment, and that very fully? And does he flit from emotion to emotion in order to cover for not being able to experience several at once?
Kup muses on such things briefly, but he quickly puts these thoughts away. They are silly thoughts, after all. Besides, given Holi's time stamp and the fact that Kup isn't familiar with his line, more likely the smaller robot is just very, very young.
Kup follows Holi to the location where the paint and tarp had been left and is, with the player's permission, followed by Bumblebee in turn. Once their destination is reached, Kup remains in alternate mode. He may not have the carrying capacity of Long Haul, but he is still a pick-up.
"All right, lads," he says out loud. "Go ahead and load the supplies in. It'll be a lot easier this way."
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Post by Long Haul on Jul 19, 2007 9:58:45 GMT -5
Long Haul is making with the munchies!
He drives back to the power station and transforms. Before he makes with the munchies, however, he makes a few adjustments on those systems as he can reach and shouts back to Omega Supreme, "It'll be just a moment! I wanna get it so we can charge onna us at the same time as we're charging without burning out the system."
He finishes what he's doing and picks back up the charge cables he had been using before. "This means you won't be charging as fast as before, Omega," he explains as he once more trots across the Guardian's tracks and opens up the same charge panel as before. "Sorry about that," the Constructibot adds as he plugs the cables in.
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Post by Holi on Jul 19, 2007 15:22:00 GMT -5
Well, it's a little of both, Kup. Holi would be just as surprised to learn Stakeout is a bundle of complexity as Stakeout would be to learn Holi is aggravatingly simplistic and childlike by comparison. Of course, Holi is still thinking he has some sort of twin brother out there who knows Emirate Xaaron.
Or would be thinking that if he bothered to think it; right now, he's occupied. Time to get Kup loaded!
"Uh… just a minute, then," he says apologetically to the green Autobot before transforming and scurrying about after paint bottles that have rolled astray, leaving the tarpaulin and the bottles still with it to the yellow Autobot (whose strange appearance hasn't registered just yet to the Micromaster). Holi comes bustling back with an armload of bottles and promptly starts setting them neatly and upright in Kup's bed. They'll probably tip over before the end of the drive, but that's hardly the point.
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Post by Bumblebee on Jul 19, 2007 15:50:11 GMT -5
Bumblebee shrugged at Emirate Xaaron's criticism of English.
#Don't worry. Be Happy...#(1)
The 'Woo-ooo-ooo's are starting in the chorus when Bumblebee pointed his emitter at Long Haul, so he could at least understand Bumblebee.
It's strange that Xaaron talks about leading a resistance. Presumably his Cybertron is in a much better state than Bumblebee's...
Anyway. Assuming Long Haul accepted the transfer, Bumblebee would go and help Holi load things into Kup, as per Xaaron's suggestion.
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jul 19, 2007 18:22:59 GMT -5
Omega Supreme waits patiently as Long Haul works to reconfigure the makeshift recharging apparatus. The other Autobots' needs outweigh his, and he is yet Omega Supreme. He doesn't need to be fully charged to immolate Decepticons.
Of course, he still enjoys a charge, dirty as it might be. There's almost a twitch from him when Long Haul opens the panel. This is going to take some getting used to.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 19, 2007 18:58:09 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron's Cybertron is not composed of canyons full of lava and giant metal bird of paradise flowers that are on fire. Perhaps that extreme environment seems nicely homey to Bumblebee, but if Emirate Xaaron knew what Bumblebee's Cybertron was like, he would indeed consider his an improvement, the whole Unicron issue aside.
He manages to catch up with Long Haul. Now that the water has rolled off his frame and been dried by the sun, he glistens like newly polished jewellery. Incongruously, Emirate Xaaron offers, "Is there anywhere I can help? The faster we're prepped to go, the better."
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Post by Kup on Jul 19, 2007 19:49:48 GMT -5
Holi is trying to get Kup loaded!
There's something really, really wrong with this.
The truck waits patiently as the two youngsters put the paint and tarp into his truck bed. While he had had no particular plans to supplement as transport for Long Haul, it doesn't particularly bother him. He is a pick-up, after all.
It shouldn't take the two long to get Kup loaded, and once they do he calls out, "All done? Secured in there good?"
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Post by Long Haul on Jul 19, 2007 20:08:00 GMT -5
Long Haul is a bit startled with the software upgrade (which actually probably should have happened about a post ago, but shhh!). In truth, though, an older Long Haul would have been a lot more bothered by the beam of information; this one takes it in stride, although he doesn't make any attempts at English himself.
When Xaaron offers his help, Long Haul gestures to the power station. "Lookin' in, you should be able to see on the right wall a panel of switches. Them are circuit breakers. Should be in reach through the opening. Anyways, once I finish getting this hooked up, I'll give the signal, and you can go ahead and flip the upper right hand one. Then one right next to that feeds the cable I got laid out right next to the building." The Constructibot points at what he's talking about. "Those're for the rest of us."
He finishes with the connections and steps back, then shouts to Xaaron, "All right. Go ahead."
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Post by Holi on Jul 19, 2007 20:42:24 GMT -5
"Uhm… best I can do without anything to tie it down," Holi responds to Kup's question. Assuming Bumblebee brought over the rest of the paints and the tarpaulin, Holi is trying to tuck down the corners of the tarp as snugly as he can over the bottles. Maybe it'll hold.
Finally, he decides that's as good as it'll get. If they tip over, they'll tip over. Not like they'll leak or anything, which is a good thing, because Kup would probably be upset if there was bright purple paint spilled all over his bed. He wouldn't look very good in purple, either, if you ask Holi. Not that anyone has, but that's another matter.
"Ready to go, then!" declares the little blue bot before once more becoming a little black and white police car.
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Post by Bumblebee on Jul 19, 2007 23:38:08 GMT -5
Youngster? Bumblebee's had a position of command for a long, long time. Though not as long as Kup has been around. Not that he'd know that. Because he didn't say that. Anyway.
Bumblebee folds up again into a seventies-era Camaro, possibly to the surprise of those who have paid attention to his robot mode. He's a little confused as to what exactly is going on, but then again asking is difficult to. He resigns himself to follow where Kup, Holi and the others go.
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