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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 25, 2012 21:15:49 GMT -5
M6W3D5. Open to anyone who has a good reason for being on the set of My Little Pony: Friendship is Explosions.
Thursday, which is not so awesome as Friday, and Rodimus Prime - er, "Rodney Pryor" is getting the hang of this whole "work day" thing. He had nearly lost his job when he first became human - he had had to piece together who he "was" from the clues on his person and around his small apartment. Whatever did this hadn't just given him a body, it had given him a cover identity for some reason, though his mind is still fully, wholly his. Well, as fully, wholly his as it had been when he was still a robot, anyway. Eventually he figured out he had a job, however, and since he doesn't know how long he'll have to deal with this, he decided he might as well keep it.
Right now he's just helping in gathering the equipment needed for today's "spectacle." He's not entirely positive the stunts planned are safe, but, well, Mister Bay has been doing this awhile, hasn't he?
And besides, if anything goes too terribly wrong, Rodney has a few... special talents he can turn to aid.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 26, 2012 17:06:57 GMT -5
But Friday isn't nearly as awesome as Wednesday! Wednesday the person, that is, not the day, but that sure is a joke that he's going to do his best to run into the ground whenever the opportunity arises. Haha, I'm named after a day of the week! Get it?
Well, he apparently named himself after a day of the week anyway. He has a birth certificate that reads 'Douglas Walker', but apparently he legally change it, and frankly he can't blame himself! Who wants to be Douglas Walker when they can be Wednesday Gilgamesh? Certainly not Whirligig!
Whirligig hasn't been having too much trouble adjusting to Wednesday's life, for all that he has the barest skeleton of human memories to work with, but then it doesn't seem like Wednesday was meant to be a particularly well-adjusted human to start with. Today he's showing off just how regular a human man he is by wearing a worn leather jacket with a large cartoon explosion on the back... along with a pair of green stretch pants, heavy work boots, a single glove on his right hand, and a ruffly lavender miniskirt that ends at about the same place his long, orange ponytail does - an inch or two below his ass.
If he wasn't so very good at blowing things up for Hollywood, he'd probably have difficulty finding a job.
"Look, I know this movie has plenty explosions," Wednesday says to a coworker, walking in Rodney's general direction. "But... does it have enough explosions?"
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 26, 2012 22:02:30 GMT -5
"When actors are finishing scenes without eyebrows, I think that counts as 'enough,'" Rodney answers, having overheard the other man as he approached. He doesn't actually look up, however, until Wednesday gets nearer.
And then his eyes open wide, then narrow as his brows knit. He turns and looks back at Gilgamesh.
"Uhm... do I know you?"
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 26, 2012 22:42:34 GMT -5
"I dunno!" Wednesday says, stopping by Rodney with his hands on his hips, the coworker continuing on her way. "Who are you?"
"Also, that was a trick question. There's no such thing as enough explosions, only not enough budget."
Who needs eyebrows, anyway?
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jan 26, 2012 23:17:36 GMT -5
Nimbus works here. He's a set painter. He is in the background, working on touching up a piece that only got mildly scorched in the last explosion and is thus reusable for the next take. He's trying very hard not to attract attention, which is difficult, because he likes being the centre of attention.
Luckily for him, that stunt-man's taste in fashion is so atrocious, Nimbus won't have to worry about getting any attention at all, or so he thinks.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 27, 2012 17:34:53 GMT -5
Rodney rubs his forehead, frowning. There's... he can't help but thinking there's yet another one here. Are they like magnets? The more that are gathered in an area, the more they draw to them? He looks around, faintly distracted for a moment, then he smirks at Gilgamesh.
In a tone that suggests that he's telling an extremely random joke, he proclaims, "Me? I'm second in command of the Autobots!" He figures he can shrug it off as him being silly if he wants, even if it is a rather bad and unfunny joke, but in the meantime, watching the other's reactions should give him something to work off of.
Or it could be that the man in front of him is a Decepticon and he's about to prompt a battle. But hey, that should set off a few of Bay's beloved explosions.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 27, 2012 21:02:10 GMT -5
"You're shorter than usual, I didn't recognize ya!" Wednesday says, grinning at Rodney. "How you doing Rodimus?"
Does he actually believe that Rodney is who he's claiming to be? Sure, why not. It's not odd for people he knows to show up in his breaks with reality, which he's pretty convinced this is. Kind of weird though, he was pretty sure he'd gotten over having those. But how else would he randomly be a human, huh? Who knows, but it's not that important. He'll just roll with it until it plays out.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jan 27, 2012 21:16:37 GMT -5
"He doesn't have a big enough trailer to be second in command of the Autobots," Nimbus mutters to himself, though he might still be overheard.
Granted, on a movie set, the big stars do have their own trailers. He might just be talking about that.
Nimbus continues with his paint work. Nothing to see here.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 28, 2012 17:40:28 GMT -5
Well, that was easy! Obviously not a Decepticon, anyway. He smirks. "Well, I've been better, but that should be obvious. Going by Rodney right now, though."
He looks around again, distracted. He knows there's another Transformer here, and he's pretty sure he heard someone say something about a trailer.
Of course, this is a movie set.
"You'll have to excuse me, though, but I don't actually recognize you. You are...?"
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 28, 2012 18:29:11 GMT -5
"Aw, c'mon!" Wednesday says. "Orange-" He points at his hair. "Short. Long dangly thing sticking out of my head." He waggles his ponytail. "A big mouth and and outspoken love for things that go boom? Eh? Eh?"
He opens his arms wide, with a big, expectant open-mouthed grin.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jan 28, 2012 19:24:44 GMT -5
Nimbus is not going to go out on a limb, as much as it pains him. He has his own reasons.
Skippable.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 29, 2012 0:20:41 GMT -5
"Whirligig," Rodimus exclaims, not a whisper, but not much louder, despite his surprise. He shakes his head and brings his right hand up to his forehead. "Well that explains things," he mutters. Whirligig always struck him as... not quite there.
He lowers his hand and adds, still soft, "There's another one nearby. I'm not sure who and where, but another of us."
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 29, 2012 10:33:28 GMT -5
"Got it in one, Rodmeister!" Hurray, he made an impression! Much like Nimbus, he rather likes attention. Though perhaps surprisingly, that's not why he dresses atrociously. He just really likes skirts and loud colors. "I guess you can call me Wednesday, though. Or Gilgamesh. Or whatever want, I ain't picky."
He blinks and looks around, as if someone around them will just obviously look like a giant alien robot. "What, really, you can tell that? I can't tell that!"
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 29, 2012 18:07:02 GMT -5
Rodney nods faintly. "Yeh, I can sometimes," he says softly, "but it's... touchy, and not always consistent." He looks at Gilgamesh. He sighs. "There's someone nearby, but I can't pinpoint exactly where, not right now."
He gives Wednesday a puzzled look. "Wednesday... Gilgamesh? Seriously?" He shakes his head faintly. "Do you have another set of memories or anything? Kup said something about that."
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Jan 30, 2012 18:34:51 GMT -5
"Huh," Wednesday says, planting his hands on his hips. If Rodneymus can do something he can't, that kind of implies that he's not the center of the universe. And generally, if he's inside his own head, he's going to be the center of his universe. So... maybe he's not dreaming awake again?
"Yeah, seriously!" he says with a grin. "Great name, eh?" He pauses to think about the memory question. "'Nother set of memories? I mean, I guess sorta. I know how to do plenty of things I never had to know as myself, and I kinda knew about this job and stuff but..." Wednesday shrugs.
"So... this is really real?"
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