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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Nov 29, 2010 2:59:26 GMT -5
Jetstorm turns at the crash, peering over at the screen. Videogames detected - Sentinel Prime immediately takes second fiddle!
"You should not be taking your eye off the road! That's when the game is getting you!" Jetstorm's advice is good-natured, if just a biiiiit ribbing.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 1, 2010 11:05:26 GMT -5
Jetfire, too, is drawn by the siren call of the videogame, tucking his treats away. Hovering - metaphorically - over one of Override's shoulders, he scoops up the abandoned controller. "It is being like combat simulation! Only not so real. And not having combat."
Restarting, he starts weaving his little car up through the ranks. "Also, it is training eye-to-hand-co-ordination." See? Videogames are totally useful and not a waste of time!
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Post by Override on Dec 1, 2010 17:37:39 GMT -5
"My hand-eye co-ordination is just fine, it's my interest-game co-ordination that's running low," Override answers wryly, not responding to the ribbing. She had really been attempting to figure out the appeal of the games - so far, she hasn't managed that. Maybe if they didn't have a sim room a few decks away...
"Not a horror game so much as a racing game, though... not much like racing, either."
"So anyway, what brings you three in here? Field trip?"
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Dec 1, 2010 22:09:19 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime shrugs and rolls his optics. Video games are just not his thing. They don't impress the constituents, and Optimus is probably better at them, bluh bluh bluh, best scores of anyone in the simulator, so Sentinel Prime just doesn't want to bother.
He explains to Override, "Oh, you know, I just wanted to thank them for giving me an assist in a tight spot, so I bought them some candy." Sentinel Prime shrugs. They deserve more than that, but he doesn't know how to give them that.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Dec 2, 2010 1:18:25 GMT -5
Jetstorm stows his own candy, and wanders over after Jetfire takes the controls, looming over his shoulder like Jetfire did to Override.
He grins, seeing someone closing in on Jetfire's car, though, and nudges his brother's shoulder. "Better be getting better co-ordination, then, before you are losing lead!"
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 3, 2010 20:52:12 GMT -5
Smirking, Jetfire wiggles his nudged shoulder and retorts, "Only thing that is making me lose lead is being distracted by your ugly face, brother!"
Still, Jetfire's car falls behind and he pouts in concentration as he fights for the lead again. He's had some practice with this racing game, but he's no expert... yet!
He's paying way too much attention to the game to really register that he's being talked about some.
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Post by Override on Dec 3, 2010 22:31:14 GMT -5
Override scratches the back of her head, considering. Then she shrugs. "Back home, we tend to go in for trophies as rewards," she observes. "But candy sounds... nice." She turns a faint smile towards the twins and, without a word, slips from the couch to let them have the game. They seem to be enjoying it more, anyway.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Dec 3, 2010 23:24:58 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime has somehow become a Boring Old Person who stands and talks with other Boring Old People while the kid-bots play video games. The thought is a little depressing. Quick, he needs to do something exciting!
His expression turns a bit lopsided, and he teases Override, "So, is there a trophy for Fastest Rescue on Velocitron?"
If in doubt, be culturally insensitive. That always works well for Sentinel Prime.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Dec 4, 2010 17:10:24 GMT -5
Jetstorm makes a face at Jetfire. "Then less looking at my handsome face and more looking at screen!"
"Be looking out for the block-roads!" he says, pointing at a big black-and-yellow striped barrier in the road.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 4, 2010 21:56:42 GMT -5
"Ha! My exhaust port is being more handsome than your face!" Jetfire snipes back, even as he follows his twin's backseat driving.
Though if anyone asks, it was totally his idea first and Jetstorm was just saying what he was already thinking!
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Post by Override on Dec 4, 2010 23:42:16 GMT -5
"Well, actually, yes!" Override shrugs, palms turned partway up. She doesn't seem to notice that Sentinel is being culturally insensitive, but that may just be because sensitivity isn't really a big part of her own culture.
This is a bit of an awkward moment. Override doesn't have all the details, but from what she's heard, Sentinel has been through some pretty rough business recently, and she wasn't there to help. Granted, that was because she was in space while they were planet side, but she's an Autobot now, and aren't Autobots supposed to help each other?
(Although, to be technical, she never really did get the sigil branded on.)
Beyond that, though, she really doesn't have that much in common with Sentinel Prime. Well... wait. He doesn't seem that interested in video games. And she isn't that interested in video games. Score!
"Man, they sure do seem to enjoy those things," she observes, rubbing the back of her head. Then she pulls both hands in front of her and gestures, palms facing the couch, the gaming system, and the twins, "But I... still don't get it. It's not just not real... it's not even the most realistic not-real we can manage around here!"
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Dec 4, 2010 23:58:22 GMT -5
"Roadblocks," Sentinel Prime mutters. "I hate roadblocks."
He covers his gaff with laughter. "Ha ha ha, really? I bet Velocitron's emergency response times were second to none, then."
As far as video games go, Sentinel Prime explains to Override, "Eh, it's a young-bot thing in my reality. Never was much of a fan. Always had more important things to do. Bet you're the same way, eh? Optics on the prize, nothing's gonna stand in your way? Especially not any little distractions like these." He points over at the video games with a hand.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Dec 9, 2010 16:22:52 GMT -5
"Pfff, only being like that in your dreams, brother!" Jetstorm replies, firing off his boosters long enough to vault over the back of the couch and land beside Jetfire.
"Be picking up pace, brother - you are driving like old 'bot!"
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 9, 2010 20:15:30 GMT -5
"And you are nagging like out-of-date model teacher-bot!" Jetfire tries to elbow Jetstorm. His attempt at bodily harm turns against him, however, and his car crashes into a wall. "Aw, look what you are making me do!"
Briefly remembering his manners, he calls over his shoulder. "Sentinel Prime, sir, Override, you are sure you are not wanting to play?"
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Post by Override on Dec 9, 2010 21:36:57 GMT -5
"The road's block, you go over or around," Override grins. Then she pauses and chuckles. "Well, I suppose some people can just go through." People like, say, Sentinel Prime, perhaps? And she shrugs. "Haven't compared the times with off-planet, but I'm betting we stack up pretty good! Though we do focus a little much on our response times to racing disasters."
Well. A lot much.
She considers Sentinel's words, and nods. "Pretty much, though I've got to admit... lately, at least before the 'Bots arrived, I'd been wanting an actual challenge. It's not a real race if the outcome's known from the start, you know?"
She glances back at Jetfire and smiles. "Naw, I'm good! Let me know if you want to work something out in the sim room. You're no ground-racer, and I'm no flier, but maybe we can cobble something together for you to drive?"
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