Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 20:14:27 GMT -5
Nimbus just decides that he'll stay up the whole night, make sure that Slade doesn't appear to be dying, and if Slade does appear to be dying, Nimbus will... figure that out later.
"No, no, I already have a harem of Rodimii," the neighbour says, waving her hand dismissively, "I just need a Needlenose to complete my hateship."
He gives the neighbour a what look. Then Nimbus has to ask, "Is the Cyberfire Skyblast any good?" His vanity demands it.
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 20:38:55 GMT -5
"You know Rodimus and Arcee are the ones doing it, right?" Slade demands. Also, he wishes Arcee wasn't a Target-exclusive mold. He'd have more Transformers to sell girls, and he'd rather hand-sell a little girl on effing Tarantulas than go into the Barbie aisle.
"Yeah, it's pretty cool. Black with lightning-like flames on the wings. The transformation kinda sticks on the wings and legs, because this is the fourth or fifth use of the mold. But man, would it kill them to do one that actually looks like the guy? It's always effing repaints. There's nothing wrong with grey!"
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 20:45:26 GMT -5
"Jegus, don't get so defensive about your OTP!" the neighbour says, raising a hand up flat near her face and rolling her eyes, "Those two haven't even been seen together. What kind of crackship is that?"
Nimbus gives Slade a peculiar look and suggests to the neighbour, "You know, you better let Slade get to sleep. So he can wake up early tomorrow and unpack toys."
So that Nimbus can ask Slade how in the fresh Pit he knows that Rodimus and Arcee are dating.
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 21:08:16 GMT -5
"It's not an OTP!" Slade tries to stand up a little straighter and glare. "That's like saying Mirage and Skyblast are an OTP! It's not an OTP if it's canon!"
Look, he has way too many of these discussions.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 21:18:02 GMT -5
Nimbus is really, really wondering how Slade knows these things about his love life.
The neighbour insists, "But Skyblast painted that yellow girl and that blue guy in the sky! And reports say that the yellow girl showed up in France! There's probably a love triangle there, and Mirage and Mayday are the same colours, so they're probably dating. Where do you get these crackships, Slade?"
Nimbus just decides to try to drag Slade inside and shut the door before his head explodes. Him in a love triangle with Elita-1 and Sentinel Prime? Does he look like Optimus Prime?
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 21:24:33 GMT -5
Slade just stares at his neighbor, because seriously? Not only is the mini-con attacking his skull, Slingshot is having a fit at the idea of Sentinel Prime getting up to anything with Skyblast.
"-I got hit in the head downtown. ANYWAY, we're gonna get more High-Fashion Farlanes next week," he says.
Then he lets Nimbus drag him inside.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 21:41:46 GMT -5
The neighbour squeals, because she ships Farlane/herself.
Nimbus locks the door and stares at it for a moment. What a strange, harrowing encounter! Okay, thinking about it, he'd be okay with a hook up with Sentinel Prime if he could use a gag on Sentinel. That would be all right.
He tries to sit Slade down and says, "I'll get you the ibuprofen. Don't die. How do you know all this stuff about the Autobots' love lives, anyway?"
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 21:48:25 GMT -5
"Ibuprofen first." Slade slumps onto the ratty couch they rescued from the curbside a few months ago. "And, man, weren't you listening? I don't 'know' anything."
He rolls his eyes, and ow, that hurt. "Ibuprofen, then crazy-talk."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 21:52:22 GMT -5
Nimbus returns with ibuprofen and a glass of water that is reasonably not-murky, which he offers to Slade. He doesn't sit down on the couch, but he does crouch on the floor in front of him. Nimbus says, "Yeah, I was listening. How'd you know Mirage and Skyblast are hooking up?"
There are only a limited number of people who would know that. Skyblast and Mirage never exactly advertised it.
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 21:54:57 GMT -5
"'Cause Slingshot walked in on them one time." Slade swallows the pills and water without looking too closely at either of them. "I mean, I'm not sure he's even real, or if I just had a psychotic break and Shahar never bothered to get me meds for it, but whatever."
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 22:00:06 GMT -5
Nimbus facepalms, visibly blushing, thanks to his damnable human body. He was going to ask Slade if he's ever gone by the name 'Slingshot', but that answers his question. Nimbus says, "No, Slingshot's very real. Remember, he fought all those zombies with Swoop? But uhm... so how did Skyblast paint their room, anyway?"
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 26, 2012 22:04:59 GMT -5
"Like the sky. You'd think you were sleeping on a cloud. And it was really clever - when the lights were on, it looked like day, but it looked like night when the lights were off." Slade waves a hand. "Don't tell me that's normal, you can totally tell the difference in video games when they don't change the settings right for day vs. night."
... That's an awful specific question to ask. Slade leans forward to peer at Nimbus, looking in his eyes like he might see something important there.
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Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 26, 2012 22:08:50 GMT -5
Nimbus is a short, slight little man with ash-blonde hair, ashy skin, and golden eyes like a bird of prey. Most of his clothing is mottled grey, because he can't afford to bleach it white, and splattered with paint. He looks very tired.
Never one for cowardice, Nimbus ventures, "I'm Skyblast. You're Slingshot, right?"
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Post by Slingshot on Feb 29, 2012 18:06:36 GMT -5
"Probably?" Having Nimbus- Skyblast- admit his identity makes Slingshot seem more real, but... But he is twenty-three years old, he's got diplomas and trophies and friends, things going back all those twenty-three years! Just because he woke up one day and realized he was actually a space-robot doesn't make it real.
Except for the evidence saying Slingshot exists, too.
"Shahar said there would be others," he says, ignoring the issue of whether or not Slingshot is real. "She said we'd find them or they'd find us."
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Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Feb 29, 2012 20:33:03 GMT -5
"I mean, I guess you could be Jetfire, but he's supposed to be in space right now," Nimbus reasons, given that Slade seems unclear if he is Slingshot or not, "or Hook or Long Haul. I mean, you all kind of mushed your minds together, right? But you seem more Slingshot-y than they are. Is Shahar an Autobot, too?"
Nimbus never talks about a family or a past. It isn't that he's private. It is that he has nothing to say that would be relevant to a human.
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