Holi
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Post by Holi on Jun 21, 2007 16:46:50 GMT -5
"Oh." Holi mulls on that for a second or two before hurrying after Kup, receptors once more at their limits. Maybe it wasn't quite what the elder meant, but if it was a good start, that was good enough for the Micromaster, for now. It's almost like being in training all over again. If that's a particularly good or a particularly bad feeling, Holi can't quite decide. He isn't sure what he did wrong – did he do something wrong? – but he wants to make it right with his fellow Autobot if he can. Surely he can! He will… somehow. "Y-yes, sir," he murmurs, "on my toes." Well, not quite on his toes, because walking like that is tricky.
He keeps quiet after that as he follows along, listening, warily glancing at cages and lingering on the periodic empty one. He hopes some of these are just really spacious enclosures because whatever was in them flew. Thinking about the dead ones just depresses him, so he thinks instead about the situation. If he's here, and Kup is here, maybe there are others. Preferably other Autobots, since somebody like Goryu is among the last Holi wants to see. What happened to the others, anyway? Maybe Kup knows something.
"…Have you seen anyone else?" he wonders of the green Autobot, unable to help himself, though keeping his voice low – partially because now he's worried something could hear him and come looking, partially because his own voice seems very loud.
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Omega Supreme
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jun 21, 2007 18:41:51 GMT -5
Omega Supreme has a straight shot to the place but only in a literal sense of the term and that isn't very helpful at the time. He follows after Long Haul, since Long Haul has to navigate the streets. Omega Supreme tries to step lightly. It takes conscious effort for him to not leave bent metal roads behind him. Xenos don't build their roads to bear weight like Autobots do.
He can be seen over the buildings, which are fairly squat. Even the pair in the zoo ought to be able to see him. Omega Supreme does stealth like a cow flies.
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Post by Kup on Jun 21, 2007 19:11:39 GMT -5
Kup opens his mouth to explain that no, he hasn't seen anyone else yet, and that he had just gotten there himself when the loud thumping that makes up Omega Supreme's lightest tread can be heard.
Kup's optics widen and he darts behind the cover of the nearest partial-cage, using the strut as best he can to hide himself. He gestures for Holi to do the same, and looks in the direction of the noise.
His mouth opens just slightly with awe when Omega Supreme starts to come into view. Sure, he's seen Omega Supreme before. Sure, he's seen larger Transformers... Metroplex, Trypticon, Unicron. But it's still a leaking impressive sight. Then the gray-green mech gets ahold of himself and narrows his optics to study the giant.
He was pretty sure he had heard that Omega was out on a mission when the Hate Plague went down... and that he had been ordered to stay the blazes away from Earth when it did. And certainly, an infected Omega Supreme would likely be less careful. The infected tended to attack non-infected first, other infected second, and, in the absense of anything else, inanimate objects third. Omega Supreme was treading rather carefully, sticking to the streets. He nods, decision made.
"Hang on, Holi. I'm going to try to call him."
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Post by Long Haul on Jun 21, 2007 19:22:20 GMT -5
Long Haul rumbles ahead of Omega Supreme, although, unlike the giant, he cannot yet be seen by those in the zoo. "That's good t'hear, sir," the transport says in reply to the Emirate's statement that they're not trying eat each other. His tone of voice is completely earnest, and without any indication that he might be joking. Therefore, he probably isn't.
"An'... don't worry. We'll be able to find our way good enough. This place ain't laid out too bad."
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Holi
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Post by Holi on Jun 21, 2007 21:31:10 GMT -5
Holi is slow to follow Kup. He's accustomed to seeing titanic warriors, with the likes of Star Saber and Road Caesar and… yes, even Dinoking… but he still has to stop and stare. It's always a little stunning to see one of them for the first time, and he's never seen quite the like of Omega Supreme. The sound, too, is overwhelming.
Then he remembers to turn down his receptors and does as gestured, scurrying for cover.
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Omega Supreme
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jun 22, 2007 10:36:04 GMT -5
Omega Supreme is noisy. Thoom, thoom thoom! He's following after Long Haul, who is headed toward the zoo, so he ought to be getting larger in the field of view of Kup and Holi, as if he was not big enough already.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jun 22, 2007 10:41:35 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron feels that he is doing very well on the whole dragon front business and remembers that he ought to take off the wings while he's in Long Haul's bed. The dragonet seems rather distressed by the action, giving Xaaron pause. He mutters, "What in Primus's name has you so distressed, little one?"
He suggest, "Omega Supreme, why don't you relay your visual feed to Long Haul? You can see more of the streets than he can."
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Post by Kup on Jun 22, 2007 10:50:01 GMT -5
Kup spends some moments communicating with Omega Supreme on the radio. When he's finished, he nods. He's not... satisfied with the results, exactly, but it is enough for him to decide not to hide from the larger Autobot. "All right, lad. It's safe." Well, no, not really, but what Kup means is that it's safe enough. He moves out from his rather scant cover, and looks up towards the larger Autobot.
"We'll put off checking out that building; we want to be easier for them to find." He glances towards the Micromaster. "Omega Supreme said he's made contact with a few others. He also said time isn't linear right now, which may explain some of this name confusion we're having. I'm trying to get some more answers." Of course, Holi would have been able to hear Kup's Autobot frequency transmission, but Kup doesn't know this for certain, and tells Holi in order to be on the safe side.
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Post by Long Haul on Jun 22, 2007 10:53:09 GMT -5
Those extra feeds sure would help the Constructibot! He waits eagerly for them, although he still putters forward as best he can in the meantime.
When Xaaron asks the dragon what has it so distressed, Long Haul starts to worry about it again. "You ain't doing anything to it, are you?" he asks, voice slightly suspicious.
No eating the dragon, Xaaron!
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Post by Holi on Jun 22, 2007 16:26:00 GMT -5
"Yes, sir," Holi chirps at Kup, though he isn't sure what to make of this whole non-linear time thing. Then he pauses, and blinks, and looks again at the huge, lumbering Autobot. That was Omega Supreme? Oh, wow! The others will never believe that he got to see–
…Well, maybe they're here somewhere.
"I hope everyone is alright," he murmurs quietly. Whether he means his friends – where-ever they are – or the Autobots here, or even both groups, is unclear. For a moment, he'd thought Perceptor was here, at least, but the voice on the radio didn't sound quite right. "…Oh," and he quickly perks up, ambling back onto the open path, "sorry, Kup."
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Omega Supreme
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jun 22, 2007 17:36:48 GMT -5
Omega Supreme considers the idea and then shrugs. He transmits the information. The idea makes sense, after all. Some might feel embarrassed that they didn't think of it, but not Omega Supreme. He knows he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, and he's fine with it.
He does turn his nose up at the city and crosses his arms. The layout is terrible! The architecture is insipid and uninspired. It reeks of chintz to him.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jun 22, 2007 17:42:08 GMT -5
Sounding fairly cross, Emirate Xaaron tosses his arms up and protests, "I didn't do anything to it! I was just trying to take off these blasted wings, and the thing started to throw a fit. Perhaps the creature is cross-wired?"
He sighs and rubs his chin, musing, "So… Kup and Holi. A veteran campaigner on in the years, if he's anything like what I know, and… I have no idea."
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Post by Kup on Jun 22, 2007 18:06:01 GMT -5
Kup smiles and shakes his head, although his optics are still firmly on the approaching giant.
"Don't worry about it, lad." He finally turns away from Omega Supreme to look down at Holi and offer the smaller robot a warm, friendly chuckle. "Try to relax a little. You don't need to be afraid of me, and you won't do anyone any good if you stress your circuits more than you need to!"
Keep alert! Calm down! It's like the elder can't make up his mind! Or maybe he's just knows how to find the point of balance between the two.
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Post by Long Haul on Jun 22, 2007 18:08:28 GMT -5
Hmmm. Long Haul decides he can't really blame the Emirate for wanting to remove the wings. Although he kind of wants to anyway.
"Never heard of either of 'em," Long Haul answers, although he already accepts that that seems to be more or less the norm. He's never heard of anyone, and everyone seems to have heard of him. And never good things.
With the optical information provided by Omega Supreme, it's much easier for the dump truck to find his way, and they make it to the zoo in relatively little time. The dump truck and his passengers, dragonette still squirmy over Xaaron's removal of his wings, turn one final corner and are within view of those in the zoo.
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Post by Holi on Jun 23, 2007 14:22:19 GMT -5
Holi wants to insist he is relaxed, but that would be lying, sort of. He's about as at ease as he can get, all things considered. He's trying not to worry too much, but that's pretty hard, especially when so many things are so confusing. Kup's conflicting advice doesn't help much, either.
All that is momentarily forgotten when the large green truck rolls into view. A grin practically splits Holi's face at the sight and he can't help a happy laugh as he starts waving his arms over his head in enthusiastic greeting.
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