Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 19, 2008 22:11:10 GMT -5
Grimlock looked over, and shrugged. "She brought it up. Me thought it good discussion!" Grimlock then turns his attention back to Pee-Dee. She's bringing out her shield, huh? "Shield no protect you from Grimlock!" A quick subspace access, and the Dinobot Commander has his signature sword out. However, it is a trick! He does charge the charging officer, but instead of swinging his sword, he does another 360 rotation at his hips like he did with Wedge to lead into yet another punch, this one with the claws folded onto the tops and bottoms of his hands. However, if he fails to connect, he'll probably tumble.
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Post by Wedge on Jan 20, 2008 13:19:37 GMT -5
There's a wince at the damage being inflicted on Pee-Dee. What Wedge openly admires even more is the fact that she just keeps on getting up and going.
"Flames? He's equipped with a flamethrower weapon?" Wedge boggles, cause then he sees Grimlock pulling out that sword of his. "A sword too? I hope he's better with it than Scourge is..."
He can't help but choke in a snort at the banter going on in the field.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jan 20, 2008 14:05:42 GMT -5
The sight of Grimlock's charge just gets a wild whoop from Pee-Dee. Now that's a sight to wish you were on the end of! Look at him move!
Lucky she was never intending to complete her own charge in the first place.
She slows as he approaches, then darts to the side and past him Her dart actually starts about the same time as he twists, and it's possible he just manages to miss where she gets to while he's looking away. But only if he turned in the wrong direction.
Out comes her truncheon, and she swings with all her might at the knee-joint of the leg he's supporting himself with during his punch.
"Hey, I brought up how much Kup could beat me, not the other way around!"
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 20, 2008 19:09:53 GMT -5
Nightbeat offers his own criticisms to the advice Kup's giving Wedge. "'course, that means you'd have your firepower too, kid. And besides, the bigger they are... the harder they fall. "
He goes on, "But when it doubt, the same basic idea applies to fighting everybody: fight as dirty as you can. Throw dirt in their eyes or optics, use your environment, whatever. And if you're fighting organics, on about 87% of the worlds out there, anyway, you can just kick them in-between where their legs meet their bodies. At least, if you're fighting males on about three-fours of those worlds, and the females on about an eighth of 'em."
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Post by Kup on Jan 20, 2008 21:09:40 GMT -5
"Well, it's not a good discussion!" Kup complains to Grimlock, then returns his attention to the conversation between Wedge and Nightbeat.
"He's right, of course. A lot of people look down on 'fighting dirty.' You'll hear stuff about 'honor' and whatnot thrown about. But think of it this way. We're defenders, right? We're fighting to protect. Protect each others' backs on battlefield, protect those the Decepticons would harm or conquer. If we fail in a fight, those folks who we were supposed to protect are the ones who suffer. Is it really so much more 'noble' to let innocent folks suffer and die because you've limited yourself in combat through your own overblown sense of 'honor'?"
Kup is obviously not an anime character.
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 21, 2008 17:20:43 GMT -5
Grimlock feels the impact, really, he does. And it confuses him. He stumbles, though catches himself with the punching hand and pushes back up, turning back around. He forgets all about the discussion on Kup and just what kinds of beatings he can or cannot take or dish out.
"...you attack me Grimlock with stick? Me Grimlock say you need this more than me..." he says, holding his sword out toward her. "...but me Grimlock never learned to share that well!" He charges again, sword held over his head, and bringing it down at her.
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Post by Wedge on Jan 21, 2008 20:33:38 GMT -5
Well, these guys are talking to the bot that charged Sky-Byte because, you know, leaders of respective groups are supposed to face off against each other. Yeah, they're talking to an anime character. So the art of dirty fighting, unless it's in Very Desperate SituationsTM, is basically unknown here. But hey, Wedge learns fast. He's also not quite making eye-contact with the others as he starts realizing his own mistakes on the battlefield.
"But...how do you know when fighting dirty gets, well, too dirty? Does it?"
Ow, and Grimlock's still not down after that blow!
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jan 22, 2008 23:25:36 GMT -5
Pee-Dee drops her truncheon into subspace and braces herself, shield upraised to catch the sword on its curved surface.
The force of the blow drives her to her knees, her shoulder-sockets painfully jolted by the smash into her shield. She can feel the tearing inside of one, and she bites her lip to keep from yelping. But her shield holds.
As soon as Grimlock raises his sword again, she yanks one hand away from holding up her shield. The next blow will probably send her sprawling if she tries to block it one-handed, but she really needs a hand free-
She snatches out a little surprise from her pack-
And the next blow does send her sprawling in the dirt. She scrabbles forward, trying to push herself between Grimlock's legs-
-A rust-red hand slaps out at the workings of Grimlock's knee-joint, a prick of silver gleaming in the light.
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Posing of Grimlock done with player's permission.
Pee-Dee is trying to drive one of Screwdriver's sharpened jumping jacks into Grimlock's joint there.
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 22, 2008 23:34:37 GMT -5
If you want to get technical, Nightbeat's not exactly sure he knows how to fight clean. Nightbeat is also any number of detective cliches rolled into one, which is approximately as far away from an anime character as is categorically possible to get.
"Well, you know... I've never been real good with rules or limits. Few lines I won't outright cross, but I probably toe it pretty close to the line."
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Post by Kup on Jan 23, 2008 14:50:20 GMT -5
Kup narrows his eyes and shoots Nightbeat a Look harsh enough to deserve a capital "L", then he explains to Wedge, "Oh, there are lines, all right. The biggest ones are when you start endangering your own side, or those you're out to protect, or just disregarding the safety of either. 'Course, the 'Cons know that this is a line of ours, and they can, have, and will yet again take advantage of that, but there's not much to do for that beyond dealing with it as you can on an individual basis, and make them regret it after."
Kup pauses to consider. "There's some what have a problem with finishing off a genuinely helpless enemy. The problem is learning to tell the difference between a genuinely helpless enemy and a ruse." The veteran frowns. "That, erm, was a contributing factor in the death of our Optimus."
Kup shrugs. "I mostly go it by feel. Like... do I feel bad about killing an unarmed 'Con? Not if I know that letting him at his weapon means one of my buddies is going down instead. Granted, going it by feel can mean something different to different people." Here, Kup glances at Nightbeat. "But the point is-"
And here, Kup breaks off suddenly, then hmms to himself. "Er, sorry about that, folks. Gotta head off." He dips his head towards Grimlock and Pee-Dee. "Good job, you two!" And with that he turns, transforms, and rumbles off.
OOC: Kup is heading towards the meeting with Xaaron and Skyfire, and out of this thread.
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 25, 2008 0:01:16 GMT -5
Grimlock feels the prick of whatever it was that Pee-Dee has attached to him. He stops what he's doing, and reaches down, fishing out the offending item, and peers at it. It jumps up in the air, and he scrambles to grab it. It leaps again, and this time Grimlock drops his sword, catching it again. This goes on for a bit, leaving him weaponless and distracted...
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Post by Wedge on Jan 25, 2008 6:42:23 GMT -5
Wedge peers in confusion at Nightbeat until Kup gets in his answer. After all, finding out that someone 'toes the line' when he isn't sure what exactly that line is wouldn't inform him of much. But Kup's answer, Wedge can go with that. Don't endanger your side and go with what you feel.
"That makes sense--" Wedge breaks off as Kup leaves.
It's then that he notices the jumping Grimlock in the middle of the ring. That...doesn't look like any sort of attack preparation that Wedge knows.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jan 25, 2008 12:45:50 GMT -5
Pee-Dee stands up, brushes herself off, and wanders over to plant herself squarely on top of Grimlock's sword. Once that's done, she starts fiddling with her torn shoulder.
Not quite the effect she'd been going for, but it was a poor fighter who cursed good luck.
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 25, 2008 20:40:03 GMT -5
"Not too shabby," Nightbeat mutters, turning his attention back to the fight. "That girl's got spunk."
"I hate spunk."
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 26, 2008 15:27:31 GMT -5
Grimlock growls at the jumping thing in his hands, and finally has enough of the nonsense. "Stupid thing, stay still and fight like Dinobot!"
It jumps up in the air once more, and with a crunch, Grimlock's hands clap around it, crushing the toy, then turning to Pee-Dee, grabbing her by the side and kinda tossing her off to the side like one might a toy. He recovers his sword, and charges her once more, swinging it from the side this time. ---------- Picking up and throwing of Pee-Dee done with player's permission.
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