Wreckage
Major
One of the Quiet Ones
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Post by Wreckage on Sept 10, 2007 22:35:22 GMT -5
The disturbance is fellow Decepticons behaving foolishly. How wonderful.
There is a slightly disgusted cast to his face as Wreckage relaxes – albeit only slightly – and shoots a glance back to Skystrike. Had she asked what he thought she asked? She expects him to bother with those things she and Starfighter are clutching in hand and attempting to decipher.
"…I have no opinion," he mutters in answer. It is a lie, of course; his opinion is that the Seekers can have all the books they please. "Ask him instead." Wreckage's gaze flits to Sky-byte.
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Post by Skystrike/Skylar Stringers on Sept 11, 2007 5:23:38 GMT -5
Seeing that the person who fired the shot was only Eye-fire Skystrike uttered a low and irritated snarl, optics flashing in indignant displeasure. The idiot had no idea of subtlety, did he? Then Sky-byte chose the next moment to pop up and bumble in, apparently excited by the books and making a bit of a racket trying to snatch them from Starfighter. The berkut was being surrounded by annoying people.
She was about to whack the sky shark when Wreckage’s answer to her earlier question made her stop short to consider the two other fliers. While it was a tad inconvenient to have the only non-irritating person in the group not helping (and she made sure to give him an unconvinced look), the APC did have a good point. Better to ask someone who was obviously more interested in these things than someone who was dragged involuntarily in. She moved then to try to maneuver herself roughly between Sky-byte and Starfighter, wings snapping back with a loud click in slight exasperation.
“Seeing as you’re so terribly interested in these books, why don’t you help us try and decipher them so we can at least learn to work out the local language, Sky-byte?” Skystrike queried in a tone of voice that implied a world of pain should the Predacon refuse.
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Post by Starfighter on Sept 12, 2007 18:24:47 GMT -5
Instinct makes Starfighter clutch the data-things to his chest as Sky-byte darts by him. What's the big gearhead going to do, anyway? He doesn't seem the data analysis type, let alone someone with the skill to interpret it properly.
“Seeing as you’re so terribly interested in these books, why don’t you help us try and decipher them so we can at least learn to work out the local language, Sky-byte?”
...oh, no.
Starfighter groans ever so quietly, wishing that he didn't keep winding up with the moron division of the patchwork Decepticon army. Never Dead End, no, always the violent or the annoying.
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Sky-byte
Minor
Worst Luck Ever
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Post by Sky-byte on Sept 12, 2007 19:27:20 GMT -5
Oh sure, pick on the shark. Count him among the moronic, annoying, and irritating? Didn't he get enough of that back home from the Autobots? Or even better (all because of that slag-sucking, ground-hugging Decepticon Scourge): Megatron? Well, lucky for Sky-byte, he doesn't know of these slandering thoughts as his attention is thoroughly focused on those precious volumes. Honestly, do any of these Decepticons know the meaning of 'nice'? Probably not.
Skystrike's rumbling and slightly intimidating voice brings Sky-byte out of his delighted thoughts. Someone doesn't seem happy. "I'd be happy to try and decipher this language," See, someone can be civil here. Though, Sky-byte is agreeing more to get his hands on one of those books. He managed to make sense of the Earth languages alright, but then again, Earth had an Internet. Ah well. He can take his time, unraveling the words like a great big puzzle. It is doubtful that the others will be pleased with this process though.
"So, may I have one of the books now?" He extends his longer clawed arm to Starfighter expectantly.
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Shortround
Minor
Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Sept 13, 2007 1:16:45 GMT -5
Shortround shakes his head. "No! I collect toys! And sell some to get rarer toys. My collection used to be huge, then... I found myself here"
Shortround attempts to move the boxes a bit closer to his body from his back. For protection. "You'd be surprised what some bootlegs can go for on the after market, so I grabbed every one I could find" he adds.
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Eye-fire
Major
In two minds about everything
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Post by Eye-fire on Sept 13, 2007 9:26:48 GMT -5
"People pay out money for these things? I must have missed that part of Cybertronian culture.... I never did get out of the base much other than to fight." He says with his hands on his sides.
"Well, anyway, sorry. I had no idea you placed value in these 'toys'."
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Wreckage
Major
One of the Quiet Ones
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Post by Wreckage on Sept 13, 2007 18:24:41 GMT -5
Clearly, Sky-byte, Wreckage simply wanted to defer to your greater experience in this particular field. Or something equally contrite. A fair portion of his attention, however, is focused on the radio. Starscream has not called for support in whatever engagement is taking place… but he could be incapacitated. There is most definitely a fight happening. Whether it is among his fellow Decepticons or not, Wreckage would like to be in attendance. The lack of communication cinches it. Once Wreckage makes his intentions known over broadband, he turns to make his way toward the ongoing combat. His transformation is noisier than usual, the cacophony that comes with it amplified by speed, and his engine gears up with an anticipatory low rumble. OOC: Unless there are objections or someone delays Wreckage, he'll be heading for the tussle in the Wake-Up Call thread next round.
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Post by Skystrike/Skylar Stringers on Sept 13, 2007 22:52:41 GMT -5
Skystrike watched Wreckage go feeling slightly jealous but didn’t bother to comment on it. It was just another in fight. While it was certainly more entertaining than trying to decipher alien languages, she didn’t particularly feel like doing useless and pointless things like participating in such an affair. If the APC needed back up, he’d call.
Right now she had these two to deal with and make them into an at least vaguely workable team.
Yes, unfortunately for Starfighter, the darker colored seeker believed in teamwork. Sure the meaning of the word was twisted to fit Decepticon standards, but it still meant putting people together and making them do something useful. Skystrike was perfectly aware that this particular case of teamwork might very well not work out; she could see clear disagreement from the pale flier’s reaction.
“You can keep these… data storages away from him if you want.” She pointed out in answer to Starfighter’s quiet groan. Sky-byte only wanted a few books after all. Hopefully that little compensation would keep them together long enough to at least decipher something.
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Post by Starfighter on Sept 14, 2007 16:48:05 GMT -5
Starfighter clings his devices closer to his chest. He was also in favor of teamwork...just not with big idiots like this.
"Yessir." Hesitantly, Starfighter holds out the thinest of the little books to Sky-byte. He doesn't look as he passes it over, quite sure he'll never see the poor thing again.
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Sky-byte
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Post by Sky-byte on Sept 14, 2007 18:20:23 GMT -5
Why does his presence trigger such reactions? It's not as if he's going to sink his jaws into the paper and tear ravenously into these book. He'll only do it metaphorically, and tastefully at that. Delicately, Sky-byte takes the book in his claws, positioning it with artful precision with his one hand.
He turns open the thin cover and peers at the illustration and jumbled symbols printed inside. Further turning of the pages reveal more pictures and a surprisingly small amount of words. Starfighter seems to have handed Sky-byte a children's book. How...fascinating. How intriguing. Automatically, Sky-byte sinks down onto the ground and begins skimming through the symbols, committing some to memory as certain ones pop again and again. He's no cryptologist, but that doesn't mean he won't make a valiant attempt (After all, he is quite the valiant shark if he doesn't say so himself).
The pictures are nice enough in illustrating scenes. Yes, Sky-byte definitely wants more children's books. He glances up from his reading and pats the ground next to him. "More of the tiny ones, right here." If kids can learn from them, Sky-byte can...try.
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Shortround
Minor
Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Sept 15, 2007 5:04:47 GMT -5
Shortround shrugs. "Lots of people pay for 'em. Cybertronians, not Cybertronians, all sorts"
Shortround looks around. "Better you than someone like Skywarp I guess. He'd go after my other stuff"
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Eye-fire
Major
In two minds about everything
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Post by Eye-fire on Sept 15, 2007 6:05:27 GMT -5
"I'm sorry, I've gotten orders to move out. I'd like to continue this conversation later though. The idea is quite odd and intriguing." He says, before he sets off at a run.
OOC:Leaving for the "welcoming skyfire" thread.
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Wreckage
Major
One of the Quiet Ones
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Post by Wreckage on Sept 15, 2007 12:31:25 GMT -5
It is with reluctance that Wreckage slows, hearing the radio communications. Though he can hear the sounds of the fight, there are no calls for assistance. He yearns for combat, certainly – though there was a grand bit of a battle not long after he woke here, there has been precious little else to satisfy him – but if this combat is of so little merit, will it even be worth the effort?
His contemplations are momentarily brought to a screeching halt by the too-fast flash of large aircraft overhead. Moreso by the strut-jarring thunderclap that follows it. If there were any unbroken windows left in the area, doubtful as that may be, they are certainly broken now. His audio receptors may need looking-to later if they do not rectify themselves; they currently seem to be non-functioning.
Wreckage pauses to consider before venturing onto the broadband again.
// …I suppose that is why we are under nonaggression orders. //
OOC: Perhaps Wreckage will not be leaving so soon, after all.
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Post by Skystrike/Skylar Stringers on Sept 15, 2007 15:26:54 GMT -5
Skystrike bit back a sigh of relief and drew herself up, placing her hands on her hips as she looked over her two comrades. That went better than she thought it would. The unlikely pair of Decepticon secretary and Predacon seemed to be off on a strangely good start. No gun fire and burning books in the first thirty seconds!
And Sky-byte seemed quite oddly enthusiastic with all of this. A bit disconcerting seeing as Skystrike didn’t think of the shark to be the literature-liking type, but seeing him sitting on the ground and seemingly utterly engrossed with the book was something. Or at least it would’ve been if the deafening boom of something flying overhead didn’t completely derail every thought she was having.
Skystrike looked up abruptly, clutching her audios as her optics blazed in surprise. She only caught a brief blur in the sky before it was out of view, leaving her audios unpleasantly numb and ringing. She could still hear though, if only because being a jet herself made her sound tolerance quite high. But still.
//I suppose that was the newcomer Starscream was talking about…?//
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Post by Starfighter on Sept 15, 2007 21:20:17 GMT -5
Starfighter ducks against the building as the roaring jet goes by, still bending over his books and data.
//Didn't think he'd be that big...//
His head is still ringing a bit, but he manages to unclench his fingers long enough to bestow another poor helpless book unto Sky-byte. What he wouldn't give for his nice clean desk, analysis materials and the full lab and cryptology staff of the tower..
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