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Post by Kup-3 on Nov 30, 2008 15:06:08 GMT -5
Moments after Kup departs from his small squad, he's rolling around the crater, working his way up the raised edge. His well-polished hide sparkles under the sun, meaning he can be seen from very far off. Not much of a stealth approach! Still, approach he does, climbing towards the lip and a rather large rock that looks as though it might have recently been disturbed.
The politician decides this warrants some investigation, and rumbles nearer the thing. If it's a trap, he'll have to find some way to prevent it from going off -
- Or to use it to his advantage.
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Post by Scourge-3 (RiD) on Dec 4, 2008 14:02:46 GMT -5
Kup just might hear a twang as that rather large rock starts rolling after him.
It's a black desert. A dusty black robot blends in surprisingly well.
Kup might want to watch out for that patch of disturbed ground - right where one would be likely to try to run away from the boulder.
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 4, 2008 20:16:57 GMT -5
Whether or not Kup hears the twang is immaterial. He certainly sees and hears that rather large rock rolling towards him.
The kup truck swerves and spins, automatically rolling down and out of the way of the bolder. However, in his rush to get away, he misses the patch of disturbed ground - his alternate would have probably seen it, but this Kup doesn't.
Instead, the ground gives way beneath him, and although momentum can carry him part of the way, it's not enough for him to clear the pit. He transforms and makes a desperate grab for the pit's opposite edge. He manages to do so, but just barely... and for now, he's hanging onto the ledge of a pit, spikes at the bottom, legs flailing against the inside.
"You may think you're clever!" he shouts, "But when I get out of here, I'll teach you what-for!"
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Post by Scourge-3 (RiD) on Dec 4, 2008 23:17:15 GMT -5
Scourge has a dilemma. On the one hand, he's waiting for the Devil himself. On the other hand, he has a major demon not quite fallen into his pit trap.
Oh heck, this is worth it.
Scourge emerges from his cover and snaps off a shot with his, "Plasma gun!" at the ground Kup is clinging to, hoping to drop him into the pit. He drawls, "Sorry, old man, but you don't have the kinda lessons I'm interested in."
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 5, 2008 9:06:55 GMT -5
Kup has less than a second to react when he hears the words "Plasma gun!" shouted, but it's enough to release the ledge willingly and take the fall on his own terms as he tries to keep himself as close to the edge as possible. He's unable to completely avoid damage, and one of the spikes punctures his left shoulder - that's going to cause problems. He cries out, perhaps even a bit louder than he would otherwise as he tries to make the fall sound more damaging than it is. Then he summons his acid musket from subspace and quietly leans against the 'wall' of the pit nearest to Scourge, looking up and waiting for some sign of the Decepticon so that he can give the other a face full of acid-blob.
'Come on, you dirt-grubbing malcontent,' he thinks as he waits. 'Go ahead and check up on the old mechanoid you have trapped...'
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Post by Scourge-3 (RiD) on Dec 6, 2008 20:45:10 GMT -5
Scourge is not going to stick his head down in a pit full of Kup. He might as well stick his head in a pit of vipers, and Scourge hates snakes.
The Devil has arrived.
Scourge has more pressing concerns than Kup, right now. How'd he let Starscream rope him into whole 'join the Decepticons; save the world' business, anyway? Scourge groans and draws his... Scourge of Fury. He uses a whip, not a sword. Scourge found it in a dusty old temple back home, and it just seemed to... fit. He saunters off in the direction of the Prime.
OOC: I'll give it another round and then head over to harass Rodimus Prime-3, if not stopped.
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 6, 2008 22:03:14 GMT -5
Kup is pretty much a snake in the grass.
He frowns and listens as he hears Scourge's footsteps recede, but he doesn't pull himself out yet. As long as Scourge has the high ground, he'll have the advantage the first time Kup shows himself - better to wait for a time when he's sure he won't have his head blown off for peeking over the ledge.
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Post by Scourge-3 (RiD) on Dec 8, 2008 12:30:19 GMT -5
Scourge checks over his whip, making sure there aren't any kinks in the supple, gently glowing red cable. Then, he puts it away, and Kup can likely hear the heavy thud of Scourge transforming, as his trailer appears out of nowhere, from where it was playing poker with Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime's trailers.
Rodimus Prime's trailer cheats, but that's okay, because Scourge's trailer stacked the deck.
OOC: Out of thread.
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 8, 2008 13:27:14 GMT -5
The right corner of Kup's lips curls back into a snarl of distaste. Once Scourge drives off, he pulls himself painfully off of the spikes, then forces his hand deep into the side of the wall, making his own hand-holds. A dirty, unpleasant task, certainly, but it's better than sitting around at the bottom of a pit all day.
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Post by Botanica-3 on Dec 9, 2008 9:25:27 GMT -5
A green and gold figure pops up from the ground not too far from the pit edge. She gives herself a quick shake, though whether it is to rid herself of lingering dirt or to clear her mind is debatable. She looks around, taking in the chaos within the crater and smiles. Let them fight and destroy each other. The the soil can claim them as its own.
But what's this? Sounds of struggle and pain, a familiar sound in her world. But who fell down the rabbit hole and got stuck, hmmm?
She circles the pit, staying well away from it until she is on the far side of Kup, then she slithers to the edge and peeks over. "Oh, oh, what have we here? The grand politician fell through a loophole and lost his support, his constituents leaving him all alone. How sad, how sad," she titters, wide eyes staring innocently at Kup.
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 9, 2008 19:49:56 GMT -5
Kup is, by this point, about halfway up the pit. When he hears a voice above he checks his current foot and handholds, making sure he can balance with just three if need be. At Botanica's taunting his optics narrow.
"If it isn't the fruit salad," he says, tone sour. "I don't know what you're doing on this side, but you'd best be off before someone decides you need a pruning."
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Post by Botanica-3 on Dec 9, 2008 21:15:50 GMT -5
"Tsk, tsk, how rude, how very rude," she chides, "And here I've done nothing to you as of yet deserving of such censure. I am here because I must be, but why are you here, Old Man, stuck in such an obvious trap? Grown too complacent in your position, to soft, maybe?"
Botanica is lying prone on the ground, her chin propped in two of her hands. She knows well enough that Kup could do her serious harm with either weapons or fists if she actively attacks him. Mmmm, but passively....
Even in the desert sands, there is plant matter, roots and bits of drybrush, seedlings hiding, dormant till the next rain. She reaches out to those bits that lay in the soil which makes up the wall Kup is climbing, encouraging their growth and thereby loosening the soil around his foot and hand holds. Even if he holds on, he may find it harder to get firm purchase as he climbs from now on.
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 9, 2008 22:15:04 GMT -5
Ah, but that's the trick, isn't it? If Kup ends up back on the bottom of the pit, he's got both hands free and a weapon that can fire *over* obstacles. If he gets to the top, he's... entirely too close, and still has that weapon.
"You're one to talk about 'soft,'" Kup snorts, using the word literally because it serves him to do so. "You and that soft-shelled partner of yours." He does, indeed, seem to be struggling, his hand and foot holes loosening, causing him to focus more on his climbing and less on Botanica. "So is there a reason you're lurking about, or do you just want to trouble an ancient senator dragged into battle against his will?"
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Post by Botanica-3 on Dec 9, 2008 23:08:59 GMT -5
Harassing Kup is merely a diversion to Botanica, a bit of fun to keep her occupied while the other fight and (hopefully) die. She hums quietly to herself. Maybe she could collapse the wall and bury him, leave him here to rust and rot. The thought makes her lips curl up in a vicious parody of a smile. But it must be done carefully, so carefully. Acid and plants do not mix well.
"I want to see the weeds die and the new garden planted, of course," she sing songs, increasing the loosening of the soil, and expanding the area influenced. "And you are no innocent in this war, so do not pretend to such."
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Post by Kup-3 on Dec 10, 2008 23:28:11 GMT -5
Kup is canny enough to know when a climb has become futile.
"I never said 'innocent,' now did I?" he asks as he ceases to fight for purchase and instead lets himself slide to the bottom.
"As for weeds, there's only one person around here that I know of who resembles one," he adds, drawing his musket from subspace. "Don't think I'm without weed-killer, my dear."
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