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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 23, 2008 22:09:51 GMT -5
This place takes place on Day 11, after Fireblade proper, while the dust is still settling.
The light still plays strangely around the demon Prime, though the effect is somewhat faded compared to what it was before. The area around him is only faintly darker than what it should be, while he is untouched by the extra shadows, making himself faintly brighter. Right now, he is not too far from the remains of the power plant that Slag fell defending, checking rooftops that have a good view of that area, looking for something. He frowning, and his expression is twisted up into one of irritation.
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
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Post by Starscream on May 25, 2008 5:37:31 GMT -5
Starscream flies in, still bearing his blaster-marks and scorches from the battle prior. He transforms and lands near Rodimus.
"Nice work," Starscream says, genuinely impressed. "They haven't been defeated, but their forces are scattered. It will only take time, now."
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 25, 2008 10:14:47 GMT -5
Rodimus's damages are rather light. A shallow cut in one shoulder where Grimlock's sword bit into him before he took the Dinobot out - a similar cut in his right hand where he had simply caught the sword. A few blaster scorches that have boiled the paint away from that tank-thick armor. Little else. The worst of his damages, the loss of his trailer, isn't obvious in robot mode.
"They're defeated," Rodimus corrects, though his tone is absent, as though he is not really paying attention, "but not crushed." He straightens and looks skyward, towards something not-yet-in-sight. "As for time, we'll want to pick up the pace. The Decepticons of my reality got their hands on the portal design."
He turns and looks at Starscream. "Our combined forces are enough to handle them easily, especially considering how many of your Autobots are down." He snorts, and adds, "I had had no idea just how weak your Prime is." Then he looks down and starts to walk away, beginning his search once more. "However, I see no point in letting our advantage go from very unfair to simply unfair. To that end, several more of my troops will be arriving soon: Omega Supreme, Kup, and the Dinobots. That should... speed things up a bit."
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
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Post by Starscream on May 25, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5
Kup, Omega Supreme and the Dinobots. They did this, all of this, and Rodimus still has Kup, Omega Supreme AND the Dinobots to deploy. Starscream doesn't know whether to be disturbed or impressed. Possibly both.
However, Starscream has a question to ask. "Your Decepticons? Who gained access to the plans?"
Starscream is wondering whether or not these Decepticons are in fact one of his own.
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Post by Spinister on May 25, 2008 16:59:36 GMT -5
On a rooftop a fair distance away, Spinister lies flat, concealed from prying view by a crenelation. There is even an overhang that blocks him from aerial view. It's a good perch.
He is still uneasy.
So very skippable.
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 25, 2008 18:46:27 GMT -5
"Kup's yet to make a full report," Rodimus answers as he steps from the roof of one building to another so near he doesn't even have to make it a jump. He is still looking down and around, searching for something. "I have my suspicions."
Then he stops, straightens, and turns and looks up at one of the higher rooftops, one that happens to have an overhang which would block a watcher from aerial view.
"But then, I imagine you have a better idea what covert operatives your alternates would have available than I do," he says coolly.
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
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Post by Starscream on May 26, 2008 4:46:54 GMT -5
"True," Starscream says, not aware at what Rodimus is referring to. "But then again, these are not 'my' Decepticons now, are they? If you have your suspicions, it would be in my best interests to hear them, given that I am going to battle them myself."
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 26, 2008 11:45:43 GMT -5
Rodimus stops looking towards the higher rooftop to turn back towards Starscrean, optics narrowed. Then he shrugs. "The top options I can think of are Blackarachnia, Frenzy, Spinister... there's some other Predacon sort, I think, but we haven't been able to get his name yet."
Finally, Rodimus finds what he's looking for: the slumped over body of Mirage. Unlike his own victims, Mirage is largely in-tact, not charred outside and in. He has, however, been hit by an energy blast powerful enough to rip through armor and knock him off-line in a single hit. The Prime pries his rest of the torso armor up and out of the way, quickly examining the damages. "Hnh," is all he says.
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
Posts: 945
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Post by Starscream on May 27, 2008 5:46:02 GMT -5
Other Predacon sort..? "Unless Scourge has some stealth abilities I don't know about..." Starcream mutters aloud.
Starscream peers at the body of Mirage. "Nice shot.." And the notion that a hunter is going to come in handy when it comes to tracking down the rest of the Autobots comes to mind. "We should see if we can bring him online."
Retrieving a small toolset, Starscream kneels down to have a look at Mirage.
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 27, 2008 7:05:18 GMT -5
OOC: Rodimus-3's player was operating under the assumption that Chaos exists. I don't think he'd be in a position to know his name yet, though.
Rodimus Prime narrows his optics and almost growls out, "I will see to that, Starscream. You needn't... trouble yourself over the wellfare of my troops." As he speaks, he moves Mirage's body a bit further away from Starscream and tries to move himself between the Decepticon and the hunter, his posture almost... protective.
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
Posts: 945
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Post by Starscream on May 28, 2008 5:22:07 GMT -5
OOC: Starscream's player is operating under the assumption that Starscream doesn't know all the details of some of the Decepticons he might not quite consider 'relevant', so it's okay.
Starscream chuckles, bemusedly, as Rodimus drags Mirage aside. "Even with your supervision, you do not trust me, Rodimus? Very well." He places his tools away.
Starscream is beginning to associate Rodimus with a small terran spawnling that refuses to let its peers play with it's toys.
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 28, 2008 7:51:42 GMT -5
"Even with supervision, there are few that I do trust," Rodimus answers, but now his tone is not angry or irritated so much as distracted as he examines Mirage's injuries himself, expression thoughtful.
"This'll require a bit more than a simple patch job, anyway," he notes thoughtfully, expression distant. "With the right materials, it's be a different matter, but without those on hand..." he trails off and shrugs. "I'll probably have to resort to unconventional means, then."
He speaks lightly of the Matrix's ability to heal, but then, in his home reality this ability is common knowledge. It doesn't occur to him that perhaps this isn't true of all realities.
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
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Post by Starscream on May 28, 2008 8:37:56 GMT -5
Starscream doesn't even bother to ask. He figures 'unconventional' is a euphemism for operating without numbing pain sensors, and if he's wrong, he's not going to ask to find out.
That Rodimus doesn't trust many, that gains Starscream's interest. Who is it that you do then, Rodimus?
On to the matters at hand. "What is the damage sustained by your side?"
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Post by Rodimus Prime-3 on May 30, 2008 13:00:59 GMT -5
OOC: My apologies. Delayed to give people a chance to respond over the radio, and the delay turned to forgetfullness.
The Prime frowns at the responses he gets over his frequency, and more importantly, at the lack of responses. He says out loud, "Moderate, but the most significant is Perceptor." He stands up, lifting the unconscious Mirage with him as he does. The way he cradles the hound is almost... protective. "I'll have to get him up and running as quickly as possible, so he can tend to the rest."
There's a momentary expression of distaste that the Prime tucks away. Then he turns to Starscream. "Most of my fliers have been grounded. Do you have someone in the air that can locate him?"
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Starscream
Major
"Sometimes I can almost feel it!"
strangely enough, male.
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Post by Starscream on Jun 1, 2008 6:42:17 GMT -5
Starscream raises his optic ridge lightly as spots the distaste. He makes a note of it for future reference. "I have ordered a search-and-rescue patrol to search the area now." But you hate knowing that you owe me. "Is there... anything else my Decepticons can do to help you, Rodimus?"
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