Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on May 7, 2009 0:34:27 GMT -5
"Aww, I missed out. Ah well, I can imagine my own story. With guns, and gagsters, and hats! Ooh and swing music," she beamed, her thoughts going wild with something that looks like an old gangster movie involving giant robots. After thinking of that for a few moments, she was content with listening to the talk about dangerous ones to watch out for.
She also gives Grimlock a thumbs-up as if she was signaling pettings were good, and she would be glad to give more later.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 11, 2009 4:56:53 GMT -5
"Funnily enough, th--" Optimus nervously moves aside at the gigantic swishy tail of a happy Dinobot. "---the Starscream from here sounds similar to my own. Not the same, just similar. Uh, and not like the good one. He sounded much different." And then he turns his attention to Firebolt. "Nothing wrong with an active imagination. But me, I've always had a thing for real life tales from the past."
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Post by Clipper on May 11, 2009 11:20:36 GMT -5
"I agree," a youngish female voice pipes up from where she has been shyly hiding for the last several minutes of the story. Clipper steps out from behind the largish box that she's been concelaed by, fixing Optimus with a cheerful, almost... dreamy... sort of smile.
"One with dashing tales of heroic acts by incredibly brave and strong warriors. Defying the odds to vanquish evil and protect the weak. I'm sure that you must have many such stories, too," she sighs.
Kup's story has been very, very good, but... well... He's Kup. He's old!
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Post by Kup on May 11, 2009 22:28:06 GMT -5
"Hats?" Kup asks as he looks down at Firebolt, sounding a bit confused. Why would a Transformer need a hat?
Probably for the same reason Nightbeat would need a trench coat.
He glances up as mini-Arcee joins the crowd. "Oh, hey, uhm... Clipper, isn't it?" the veteran smiles at her, and nods. "Well, I've got plenty of stories, yeah... solo heroics, and mass battles. But, well, I'm not generally much of a judge of 'dashing,' personally," he chuckles lightly.
"Thing is, all my stories tend to feature, well, me pretty heavily, and while there's some grand and glorious... well, there's quite a bit that's somewhat less so, you know?"
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Post by Slingshot on May 12, 2009 16:17:37 GMT -5
"What d'you mean, he doesn't stay quiet even when he's dead?" Slingshot asks from where's been loitering quietly. "Dead kinda means quiet. Still. Passed on. No more. Ceased to be. Gone to meet his maker."
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on May 12, 2009 16:41:56 GMT -5
Grimlock watches Clipper with interest, and decides to butt in.
"Me Grimlock have story about me Grimlock! About when Skyfire come to Autobots after him realize Starscream big jerk, and him get all shot up and not able to land, and me Grimlock help!"
Why, yes, he's still very proud of that incident. Why do you ask?
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on May 12, 2009 18:48:28 GMT -5
"Every gangster needs a hat. It's part of what the movies say, and hats make 'em look cool," She explained in all seriousness. "I could tell stories that I've seen in movies or TV, and that's sort of like real life. Or pretend, whatever." She shrugs. Then goes to lean up against Optimus like he is part of a big comfy couch, if he doesn't mind.
"I like that story!" Firebolt cheers at Grimlock. He's a big fun dinosaur. Some time or another, she thinks, she's gonna get up and hug 'im the best she darn can. He deserves the hugs, she thinks.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 18, 2009 6:23:32 GMT -5
Optimus turns to take in the small pink Autobot. "Uhh. On the one outing you could call an adventure I... well..." He pauses as reflects on the painful memory on that organic planet all those stellar cycles ago. "Let's just say I haven't had many adventures."
What does that look from her mean?
"...though I do suppose that the first ever Decepticon I faced was Megatron himself, and with the help of my crew, we defeated him could make for a pretty good story?"
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Post by Clipper on May 18, 2009 16:19:17 GMT -5
"Yes, sir," Clipper replies, nodding politely as Kup correctly identifies her. "You have a lot more stories?" Hey, she doesn't know him, yet! She wouldn't know. Nor would she know about what Kup is alluding to; she's a Micromaster from Holi's universe, and not even a combative one, at that. She's just more than a little sheltered when it comes to war and battles and all the horrors that can happen, even if she has been through a fight or two. She's still very young and very idealistic, which is probably quite obvious when she tilts her head, brow furrowed with confusion, and adds, "No, I don't'?"
Although she would like an answer to Slingshot's question. The concept of someone not being quite once they're dead confuses her greatly. As does how a giant dinosaur could help anyone land. How would he fit in a cockpit do do so?!
"You have had more adventures than I have," Clipper counters Optimus. Pretty much everyone here has, in fact, including Slingshot who is younger - in age, if not in mind - than she is. She isn't sure who Megatron is, but with a name like that, and the emphasis Optimus puts on it, he must have been a really important bad guy. "Really?" she gushes. "Would you tell us about it?"
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Post by Kup on May 18, 2009 23:59:58 GMT -5
"I mean our Starscream - meaning yours, too -" here Kup points at Slingshot, "came back as a ghost. A genuine see-through, walking through walls, possessing others sort of ghost! So he might have been dead, but he didn't pass anywhere, and instead of going to meet his maker, he just stuck around and caused more troubles."
Kup offers Grimlock a grin. "Yeah, that was good of you."
He chuckles as Clipper asks him if he has a lot more stories. "Do I have a more stories? Only thousands!" he exclaims, then looks between Grimlock and Optimus. "Though it sounds like it's time for me to step down and let others share their tales. Now me, I was there when Grimlock was out playing catch with space-planes, but it sounds like Firebolt wants to hear that. Me, I wouldn't mind hearing about your Megatron run-in," he gestures to Optimus, "but ain't no reason you both can't tell your stories. Help to pass the time, you know?"
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Post by Grimlock on May 19, 2009 3:51:25 GMT -5
Grimlock beams at Kup's praise, and transforms to robot mode, placing his right hand on his left bicep as he flxes his left arm a bit. "Me Grimlock had fun doing that! Though me think me scared Skyfire doing that..."
Grimlock shrugs, resting his hands on his hips, looking over at Optimus. "Your Megatron small like you?" Grimlock means no jibes, he's just curious. Where he comes from, Megatron and Optimus are the same size!
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on May 20, 2009 11:11:17 GMT -5
"Well, uh! I'm not saying I'm partial to one story or another, I'm up for listening to any of them! It's not like I've been around for long, I really haven't done or seen much. Just a lot of TV," she admits, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly. She tilts her head to the side, glancing off in the opposite way.
"Which means! I'll just listen now, mmkay," she states, leaning back on her hands and looking at everybody else.
ooc: skippable unless directly talked to
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Post by Slingshot on May 20, 2009 11:58:19 GMT -5
Slingshot glowers as Kup explains, the ailerons on his jet slowly flexing. Hngh.
"Yeah," he finally says, then hefts the box he'd set down earlier. "Going to get this where it's going."
OOC: Out of thread.
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 20, 2009 19:33:31 GMT -5
Optimus shakes his head. "My Megatron big, like you!"
Suddenly, he has an audience. Darn, he was hoping to rehearse it a bit. "Okay. So first of all where I come from there is this thing called an All Spark. It is the source of all life on Cybertron, but the Autobots hid it, and that is what helped us win the war. The was missing for a while, but my crew found it. I was running a maintenance crew with three others, and one more along for the ride. That was Prowl. He's useful when it comes to doing maintenance crew, but has a thing with following orders. But I know his spark is in the right place, and..."
OOC: Optimus is not as seasoned a storyteller as Kup, and he's getting side-tracked here. If someone prods him, he'll get back to telling the story proper.
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Post by Clipper on May 20, 2009 20:06:33 GMT -5
"Well," Clipper replies to Kup, "perhaps Optimus can tell his Megatron story, and then Grimlock can tell about helping... Sky...fire..." Her voice trails off as she stares way up at Grimlock's robot form. She had no idea that Holi's dumb dinosaur friend was so... heroic looking from her angle! "Because that sounds very... brave!"
She barely spares a glance for Slingshot as he stalks off. Very sullen, that one; he intimidates her. Just a little. Really. But Optimus is starting to tell his story now, and Firebolt has settled in, so Clipper picks out a seat beside the other girl and gives Optimus her full, undivided, eager attention.
Okay, with a glance now and then at Grimlock.
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