Oracle
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Post by Oracle on Mar 15, 2008 8:06:48 GMT -5
That comment had not been intended to suddenly make her the center of attention, but after a moment of startled pause, Oracle attempted to figure out how to explain something she had only a vague grasp on herself.
"Well I don't know details exactly, just what I could gather by watching from hiding or from word of mouth." She shrugged, looking perhaps slightly sheepish. "It's something Seekers compete at, some sort of game of copy cat and one upping each other as far as I could tell. Four at a time is what I usually saw, and they seemed to go in rounds of aerobatic maneuvers the others had to copy. Messing up gets you shot at though, from what I could figure out. They looked really graceful in the air, but it isn't something I think First Aid would appreciate us trying out." Yes it was a violent sport, no she didn't really care. Still looked pretty to watch. And she would much rather see Decepticons shooting at each other then at her. She couldn't really participate anyway, lacking long range weapons, even if the other fliers listening thought it sounded interesting, which she doubted. Considering the debate they just had about Seekers, she didn't think it required saying it was a Decepticon art form, and probably not something a bunch of overcharged jets ought to be doing.
OOC: I didn't want to time out the thread, but let me know if the aerial dancing info needs to be edited.
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Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Mar 16, 2008 11:37:23 GMT -5
Skyblast suggests, very enthusiastically, "Slingshot, why don't you transform? Then First Aid can scan you and have wings, too!"
Skyblast is from a continuity where anyone can scan anything of sufficient complexity and the correct mass and thereby gain a new alternate mode, and Slingshot and First Aid are right around the same height. No one has ever explained to Skyblast that it doesn't work that way in other universes, and given that they're all Transformers, he doesn't have any reason to assume it doesn't.
He listens along to Oracle's description of aerial dance, and after a moment of thought, he declares, "Y'know, if we outfitted everyone with paintballs instead of live weaponry, that could be really fun."
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 16, 2008 21:19:43 GMT -5
"Yeah, sure, whatever, Skyfire." Tipsy Aerialbot is totally not up to following this logic right now, and doesn't feel like doing so either.
Then Skyblast suggests he transform so First Aid can scan him. Kinky. "Uh. Don't think it works that way, Skyblast. We'd have to weld wings on him if he wants wings."
Is that a speculative look Slingshot is giving First Aid? Oh dear God, yes, it is.
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Skyfire
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Post by Skyfire on Mar 17, 2008 0:14:55 GMT -5
Skyfire looked at Skyblast curiously. "How would First Aid acquire wings from scanning you?"
He missed out on the Bumblekup demonstration, alas.
"Slingshot, an aircraft transform is a bit more complicated a re-working than just welding wings on. It has to be a coherent design," Skyfire pointed out.
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First Aid
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Post by First Aid on Mar 17, 2008 16:09:09 GMT -5
First Aid laughs softly. “I appreciate the thought, but I like my form. I enjoy travelling by ground. It’s its own kind of pleasure.” Terrifyingly bad roads, massive detours around bits of geology, local drivers who like to pass each other on two lane mountain roads while going around blind turns, and all the rest aside – he tends to consider them invigorating challenges more than anything else.
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Oracle
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Post by Oracle on Mar 18, 2008 18:43:43 GMT -5
Oracle joins Skyfire in looking at Skyblast with curiosity. "Yes, what does scanning Slingshot have to do with First Aid getting wings?" She had utterly missed any demonstrations or explanations about the abilities of those from Skyblast's reality.
She does on the other hand think she remembers something about a car with wings among the Ark crew. Does Slingshot have that in mind? "Wasn't there some other Autobot car with wings? Something like that might be possible without a total refit...maybe?" She wasn't an engineer after all. Or even a scientist or medically inclined so she had no idea what was possible.
"And paint might not be a problem for getting our hands on, but what about paintball guns Skyblast?" She thought they were putting too much thought into this for her slightly fuzzy processing abilities, but she wasn't bored or feeling awkward anymore which was good.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Mar 19, 2008 14:09:43 GMT -5
Slingshot just said that Skyblast can't do something that Skyblast knows he can do. Slingshot, who couldn't be bothered to tell his roommate about First Aid, just said that Skyblast can't do something that Skyblast knows he can do. High grade is involved. Guess what Skyblast is going to do?
He's going to do what Slingshot just said he can't.
Skyblast chirps to First Aid, "But think – you could get to sick people quicker if you could fly. And sick people on islands. And stuff." Stuff is very important. Also, First Aid totally needs to look like the love child of Ratchet and Tracks.
He waves dismissively to Oracle and comments, "Training supplies! Just get them requisitioned from E. M. S."
Skyblast stands up on his tippy-toes and surveys the party. Ah-hah, Goldbug looks to be the right size. Skybkast announces, "Since you reje... eh-heh, people seem to have forgotten what 'Transformer' means, I'll be back in a moment."
Out of thread.
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 19, 2008 22:03:15 GMT -5
"Yeah, 'Transformers' means we transform!" Slingshot calls after Skyblast. Dang, but the sky painter was fragging annoying some days of the week. Who the heck was he calling a 'reject', anyway?
"Wasn't talking about making him into an aircraft," the Aerialbot says in a more normal tone of voice to the current gathering of jets and First Aid. "Just like... Tracks, you know. So he could fly."
Because clearly First Aid wants to fly.
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Skyfire
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Post by Skyfire on Mar 20, 2008 20:25:58 GMT -5
Skyfire looked after Skyblast, curious. "What's he up to?"
He glanced at Oracle and Slingshot. "Tracks? I don't believe I knew him back home. How did he fly if he wasn't an aircraft?"
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Post by First Aid on Mar 21, 2008 23:25:51 GMT -5
…Arguing’s not going to get him anywhere, is it? First Aid considers pointing out that he’s not even as aerodynamic as Tracks is, being a very boxy van, but current evidence suggests that no one would listen, so mentioning it would be only be petulant.
“Tracks isn’t exactly a triplechanger,” he says, “But he has a third mode –just a modification to usual vehicle mode, really – with wings and rocket boosters.” Petulant or not, he can’t resist. “And a much sleeker profile than mine.”
What is Skyblast planning on showing them? Is it going to require First Aid getting out his field kit?
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Oracle
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Post by Oracle on Mar 22, 2008 21:11:08 GMT -5
Considering anything Oracle said on the subject would have just been an echo of Slingshot, she simply settled for aiming a disgruntled look at Skyblast's retreating back. Rejects who?
She's not going to dwell on it though, and so she turns back to the conversation. "Yeah, Tracks! That was who I was thinking of." And no, with a couple of tipsy fliers, arguing probably isn't going to get First Aid very far. On the other hand they seem to be flitting from topic to topic pretty quickly, maybe he'll get lucky and they'll get sidetracked. "How much trouble would wings like his be?"
Absently following Skyblast's progress across the room, Oracle notes some of the other odd events taking place with amused chagrin. Overcharged foolishness by mech and beast was occuring tonight apparently.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Mar 24, 2008 15:24:13 GMT -5
A golden Volkswagon Beetle that looks just like Goldbug rolls up to the group of jets and First Aid.
However, it doesn't say anything or transform, just sitting there quietly instead.
Magnetised skeleton? And Makeshift thinks that Skyblast is being snippy. Feh!
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Post by Bumblebee on Mar 24, 2008 15:29:52 GMT -5
Oh hey, it's Goldbug. Hi, Goldbug!
Well, wait, that can't be right. Another Beetle, same colour, same everthing, has trundled over towards the gathering. It parks quietly to the side of the first, before shutting its engine off.
Internally, Bumblebee finds himself oddly glad he cannot talk. His laughter would have given it all away.
If Skyblast complains at Bumblebee about the 'Magnetized skeleton' remark, he'll explain that they don't really mean anything from it. Really.
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Goldbug
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 24, 2008 15:36:20 GMT -5
Wait, there's more! A third Beetle, same colors and everything else, is pulling up next to the other two. Which is the real Goldbug? Will the real Goldbug please stand up, please stand up?
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 24, 2008 16:36:02 GMT -5
And, just for the change of pace, a red and blue tiltrotor follows along, transforming back to robot mode and standing back to watch. A tiltrotor that doesn't recall calling anyone snippy, but hey.
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