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Post by Arcee on Sept 19, 2007 22:16:34 GMT -5
...Men, Arcee thinks, transforming, then shaking her head in amusement. Always going for the most direct approach. Sometimes she wondered how organics survived, when the two sexes getting along was pretty much necessary for reproduction.
Not that she didn't get along with the male Transformers. Their ways of doing things were just sometimes confusing to her.
She follows after. "Remind me to hire you when I'm redecorating, Long Haul."
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Post by Jazz on Sept 21, 2007 19:46:53 GMT -5
Sorry, Long Haul. Trying not to actually hit on Arcee. She didn’t seem like the type to appreciate it. Though Jazz’s warnings were rather loud enough for the female to hear as well... Hey. The direct approach works! Though it’s a little dusty. Jazz is slightly more careful in trying to pick his way through the wall. “We coulda gone around.” Jazz reminds Long Haul. “But, as long as there’s a gap, I guess we might as well take advantage of it.” And there’s a little distracted grin on his face. While he may not be /talking/ on the Autobot broadband right now, Jazz is sure as shootin’ gonna be listening to it. A little extra vocal activity has his attention for a few seconds. Wow. Silence for a moment.
Isn’t it great to know there’s someone who talks more than you do?
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Post by Long Haul on Sept 21, 2007 20:10:33 GMT -5
"Erm, all right, Arcee," Long Haul answers the female, totally missing the sarcasm. "Although Scrapper's probably a better choice. He's good at that sort of thing." Long Haul tends not to think of such things, but Arcee would probably not like the designs the version of Scrapper she's familiar with would come up with.
At Jazz's reminder, he slumps. "Erm... sorry 'bout that. I'm kinda a direct person, and sometimes forget that I shouldn't always be... quite as direct."
The Constructibot stays in robot mode as he walks through the zoo along the riverside. Hmmm. Last time he was over in this area, he was dragging Kup and Xaaron up from the river. Heck, they're coming up on the spot of the railing that Kup had driven through!
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Post by Arcee on Sept 22, 2007 22:43:47 GMT -5
Arcee's almost got a biting retort ready for Long Haul, but she stops, remembering that this Long Haul isn't her Long Haul. Yet.
"Not too different from the zoos back on Earth," she says, looking around. "Though probably not nearly as much fun."
Especially without Daniel around. Then again, the last time she'd taken him to one, he'd wanted to spend practically the whole time watching the small primates with the flexible tails. ...And he'd spilled ice cream on her interior.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 23, 2007 8:30:05 GMT -5
Jazz doesn't really even pause in his meandering steps as he wanders through the area near the river. He just keeps talking-- though obviously not to the pair he's with. Apparantly Kup has somehow gotten his frequency, and he's chatting... It's like hearing someone talk on a cell phone. Probably slightly annoying.At the end, Jazz does look at both Arcee and Long Haul curiously, and gives a little shrug. "Kup's comin' over thissaway,an' he's got Grimlock with him." He tells the both of them, "Wants ta talk. An' he said to tell Arcee that Grimlock ... is gonna behave." Well, he'd better behave. Long Haul has more'n one person willing to defend him in the area. And we're not talking Omega Supreme. Jazz tends to take on mechs more'n twice his size. They're close, but pleanty of time to check out a little more of the river, right? Like up to that gap? "Wonder what made that?" Jazz asks, seeing it.
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Post by Long Haul on Sept 23, 2007 10:23:27 GMT -5
"Well, never been to Earth," Long Haul reminds Arcee. "Would probably be a lot more fun if, y'know, the animals weren't all dead or escaped." Long Haul, master of the obvious.
When Jazz gives them the heads up, he says, "I heard Grimlock onna radio. S'easy to pick him out. He keeps saying his own name." And what's up with that? Then, when Jazz turns his attention to the gap in the railing, Long Haul says, "Not sure. Think Kup mighta did that when we first got here, while he was dealing with that skybull thing."
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Post by Kup on Sept 23, 2007 10:52:39 GMT -5
Kup meanders into view along one of the paths that lead off the river-side walk, strolling casually alongside the large robot-mode form of the Dinobot commander. When he first comes into earshot, he's chuckling good naturedly at something Grimlock recently said.He nears the others just in time to catch the talk about the break in the railing, and nods his agreement with Long Haul. "Yeah, I did that." He turns to Grimlock, and explains, "Holi- little bitty guy, you'll meet him later- had run into a skybull. Big old mammel, winged bovine, not too bad long as you don't torque 'em off, but this one started to get torqued over something. We hadda act fast, but didn't want to hurt it if we could avoid it- s'just a dumb beast, after all- so Xaaron- you'll meet him, too- got its attention by waving a buncha flowers at it, of all things. He couldn't outrun the thing, though, so I caugh up with him as a truck, and he jumped in the back. Then both of us went over the edge and into the drink." Here Kup mimes with his hand, holding one upright to represent the ledge that leads down into the river, and the other one held horizontal, at first, to suggest himself. He moves the 'Kup' hand over the upright hand, then curves it downward to suggest the fall. The veteran shrugs. "After that, we just waited around for awhile for the thing to lose interest, and Long Haul and the others hauled us back out." And here Kup had claimed nothing interesting happened to him on Gillanan III! Story finished, he realizes that some introductions are in order. After all, while Grimlock would recognize Long Haul (even if this Long Haul has a blue optic band and an Autobot symbol), Long Haul wouldn't know Grimlock, and Jazz, certainly not. "Grimlock, this is Long Haul and Jazz," he gestures to each in turn. "And of course, you already know Arcee. Folks, this is Grimlock, commander of the Dinobots." With that, Kup falls silent, watching Grimlock carefully to see his reaction to the Constructibot.
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Post by Grimlock on Sept 23, 2007 12:00:49 GMT -5
Yay! More Kup stories! And this one's a funny one, with other Autobots riding around in the back of his vehicle mode, and going off in the water. Grimlock's actually laughing. It's...sort of a mix between a 'heeheehee' and a deep laugh, kinda like a big bad biker dude trying to laugh like a schoolgirl. "Me Grimlock would looove to have seen that! And maybe try to smash 'skybull' away..." It sounds tough. Tough enough to give Kup trouble. Grimlock wants to show it who's boss, like a manly man-bot-dinobot. Insert manly grunting here.
Grimlock gives a wave to Arcee, and curious looks to Jazz and the Constructibot. He tenses slightly, but mentally reminds himself - /Me Grimlock no eat Long Haul. Me Grimlock not want to fight Omega Supreme. Long Haul good now./ As for Jazz, Grimlock would look rather slack-jawed if he could. "...him naked."
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Post by Arcee on Sept 23, 2007 12:16:33 GMT -5
Grimlock? It's Grimlock! Arcee can't help but laugh in relief, especially once he's referred to Jazz as being "naked." She never thought she'd be happy to see that big bozo, but to her great surprise, she is. It's someone she knows. One more piece of home in this strange little place.
She waves back, then covers her face with a hand to keep from laughing more. "Same old Grimlock," she chuckles.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 23, 2007 16:24:17 GMT -5
Naked? Did Perceptor leave something off? Of course not. But... "I'm naked?" Jazz checks himself over anyhow. Everything is in place. He's all covered up like he's supposed to be. "Nope. Covers are all on. Locked in place. Distributors... Nah." He just grins at Grimlock. Big and silly, huh? Yeah. Now why would they be worried about him picking fights? Jazz shakes his head, "Y'all have too much fuss." He tells Grimlock. "But I ain't been built like you-- an' not a one of us wears clothes like the humans do-- so I guess we're all naked." Jazz steps forward, offering a four pronged hand to the big Dinobot type. "Nice t'meet ya, Grimlock."
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Post by Long Haul on Sept 23, 2007 18:15:26 GMT -5
Long Haul has absolutely no idea that Grimlock would be tempted to eat him! Well, besides the fact that rather a lot of Transformers seem to assume he's a Decepticon initially, but Grimlock hasn't demanded to know, 'Hey, why's that lousy Decepticon here?' so Long Haul assumes that Grimlock is okay with him.
He waves his right hand absently in greeting, and says, "H'lo, Grimlock." Then he glances between Kup and Jazz, apparently expecting one of them to provide him with some sort of guidance over what's going on, and what he should be doing.
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Post by Kup on Sept 23, 2007 18:43:01 GMT -5
Kup chuckles softly at both the 'naked' observation, and Jazz's response. He did mention it to Grimlock. With the introductions out of the way, Kup removes his stylus and metal plate from subspace, and explains, "Since we're all still getting to know each other, I've been conducting a series of interviews. That way, we can have an idea of what everyone's capable of, next time we have to fight together. To be fair, I'm also answering any questions you guys might have for me." He pauses. "Grimlock's already had his interview. I suppose you can ask him questions if you want, but it's his business if he wants to answer them."
"The first thing I need to know, and main issue, really, is how much actual combat experience you each have, and under what circumstances. How use you are to fighting in large scale battles, that sorta thing. Arcee, I've already got a pretty good idea of your answer, but you might want to share with Jazz and Long Haul here."
Kup is also fairly certain that Long Haul has no combat experience at all, but he'll let the Constructibot answer his own question.
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Post by Grimlock on Sept 23, 2007 23:01:11 GMT -5
The Dinobot glances at Jazz's hand. More weirdness, as he's never seen a hand like that. At least, not on a robot-mode Transformer. "Me Grimlock no mean clothes, me Grimlock mean me can see your workings!" he answers, taking the hand the best way he can figure, which is a little awkwardly.
Mmm, talk of combat prowess. Grimlock could probably go on for about an hour about his own, mostly talking about kicking Unicron's butt, but he refrains.
At least until someone decides to ask him.
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Post by Arcee on Sept 24, 2007 14:28:47 GMT -5
"I've been fighting for just about as long as I can remember," Arcee begins. "Sometimes it seems like I was made with a pistol in my hand. Trained up with Elita-1 and the other female Autobots."
Because, you know, mixing the girls in with the regular units would have just been stupid. "Spent a lot of my time after that playing sneak with the others, trying to eke out an existence while hiding from Shockwave. Once the Decepticons broke the last bits of Autobot resistance, I was transfered to Autobot City, Earth, along with a bunch of other young Autobots and a few returning veterans."
She goes on. "I'm probably one of the best shots you've got. Never competed or anything like that, but I can hit just about anything I've got a mind to. I might not look it, but when I transform, I'm loaded down with anti-personnel weaponry."
And she remembers something else. "By the way, Kup, you mentioned him before, and I think a couple of the others have too... who the heck is Rodimus?"
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Post by Jazz on Sept 24, 2007 19:58:45 GMT -5
Combat experience, huh? Now where would Jazz even begin with that kind of list? Arcee's telling gives him more than the micro to gather the thoughts together.
"Been fighting for a long time, Kup." Jazz tells him, with a seriousness that's been missing for a bit. "I do remember before, but it isn't so easy anymore. Before we left Cybertron... it was battle after battle. And you either were on one side or the other, or you were dead. I chose, and worked with Optimus' group for a long bit. Got half decent at organizing things, finding holes, and exploiting them. I'm good at what I do-- and sometimes that involved going up against Decepticons twice my size. Probably a good thing that they were mostly dumb as slag. Got promoted to do more, help coordinate the defense at a couple of cities, call the shots in more large scale battles than I really want to remember. Always tried to make sure my guys got back-- and had a decent success rate at that. Not perfect, and not as high as I'd like to have had--- "Prolly why Optimus made me his lieutenant." And the grin is back, just as suddenly as it left. "It was either that, or 'coz I was supposed to be the pretty face o' his squad."
He could've rattled off a few dozen battles that he'd been in. A few that he'd coordinated-- a few that he played a key role in, but Jazz does understand that his Cybertron doesn't necessarily have the same configuration as these folks' home.
Oh. And he's also a master of bad puns. But that only works in the battle of wits. Kup probably doesn't need to know about that.
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