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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 6, 2010 16:07:55 GMT -5
"Sorry. I guess I'm too much of an optimistic fool to realize that."
Optimus' hands grip tightly with resolve.
"I... guess this means we have to fight, now."
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 7, 2010 23:11:36 GMT -5
"We don't have to," Blackarachnia says softly.
She feints a punch to his head, then quickly drops low and tries a leg sweep.
Basic moves, just to see what he'll do.
"But we will."
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 8, 2010 14:17:10 GMT -5
Optimus was ready for a sudden strike, but falls for the feint, and then falls for real when her leg sweep knocks him down.
He rolls backwards, landing in a crouch position. He uses it to launch himself towards Blackarachnia in a tackle.
In other words, the same combat tactics he learned with Elita in boot camp countless cycles ago.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 9, 2010 12:12:20 GMT -5
In other words, exactly what Blackarachnia expected.
She doesn't close when Optimus falls, waiting instead for the expected tackle. She drops to the ground before he reaches her, legs coming up in an attempt to use his momentum to flip him right on past her.
"Still textbook Autobot academy," she taunts.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 9, 2010 15:14:49 GMT -5
Oh, that's right. She knows all his old stuff.
Optimus continues to be suckered by his old friend. She's had a long time to get used to the pair of them being enemies--this is brand new for him. He hits the ground hard after being thrown by her.
Well, Optimus has learned a few tricks outside of the academy, and he certainly knows how to hold himself. He brings himself up and quickly turns around.
He charges as if trying once more to tackle, but before he launches himself again he fires a pair of bolas from his arm-mounted launcher, hoping to wrap around Blackarachnia's legs and trip her up.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 9, 2010 16:32:05 GMT -5
When Optimus's arm comes up and he fires, Blackarachnia tries to leap away from the bolas, but only partially succeeds. The bolas catch one of her legs, twining around it and knocking her to the ground.
"Ugn! Damn it!"
She works quickly to try and disentangle herself- but not too quickly. If Optimus closes, well, she can close the conflict.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 12, 2010 4:16:15 GMT -5
Yeah, Optimus isn't interested in underestimating his opponent anymore. He's letting Blackarachnia come to him.
"Come on, 'Blackarachnia.' All those legs and you can't stand up?" Whether it's bolas or trash talk, Prime's not worried about throwing his opponent off-balance.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 14, 2010 15:24:55 GMT -5
Blackarachnia actually smirks as she finishes kicking off the bola. Optimus always was a fast study. Even a thousand stellar cycles of hate can't erase the little inkling of joy she gets from facing off against him again- even if it is as enemies.
Perhaps, especially because they are so.
She's up and springing toward him in almost one motion, but she isn't trying to grapple with him. Instead, she darts wide past Optimus and then cuts behind him, a thin thread of steel-silk shooting out toward his legs. If it attaches, she'll yank, hard, hoping to pull him off balance.
Two can play the tripping game, you see.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 16, 2010 6:23:34 GMT -5
Dang, Elita could never do that.
Optimus collapses from the thread, not enjoying this on any level. As he falls down he draws his axe, which makes short work of his binding.
He doesn't have the time to stand up, so he extends his axe to its two-handed form. At the very least he can use it to keep her from laying a hand on him to take any of his powers.
Because she still needs to lay her hands on him to download powers.
Because that web thing was the end of Blackarachnia's tricks.
...Right?
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 17, 2010 11:02:20 GMT -5
The end of her tricks? Hardly. But nothing says she has to show all her tricks from the off now, does it?
She chuckles darkly as Optimus's extends his ax. "Getting a bit excited are we? Such a big weapon for little me; I'm flattered. But you best makes sure you know how to handle it."
More webbing flies toward Optimus, this time to try and wrap around the ax's handle. Not to jerk it away, but to web both his hands to the weapon and limit his maneuverability.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 18, 2010 14:19:09 GMT -5
Optimus twists his axe so that the webbing hits the end of it, well clear of his hands. If the web line is still attached to Blackarachnia in any way, he's going to yank her down with her own webbing.
"Oh, I'm plenty capable of handling this, Elita." He says. "So don't make me have to use it."
He also uses this opportunity to get back on his feet.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 20, 2010 12:29:30 GMT -5
Blackarachnia doesn't fight the pull on her webbing, instead using the momentum to aid her as she springs forward in an attempt to close. Her hands move to try and grasp Optimus's axe, to keep him off balance and from using the weapon effectively.
"Honey, I'm not making you do anything," she murmurs, tone oddly serious, despite the smirk on her face, "You're the one who expected me to fight you. I'm just giving you what you wanted, like always."
Neither her grip nor her stance relaxes, but her expression softens ever so slightly.
"Would they really accept me?"
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 23, 2010 22:39:06 GMT -5
"YES!" Optimus shouts, exasperated, as he staggers back from the axe being shoved about by his opponent.
Then he pauses, his face looking more sincere as he lowers his axe somewhat. "Yes, they would."
He doesn't make the next move, but he hasn't dropped his alertness. This could go either way now.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Mar 24, 2010 11:23:16 GMT -5
Blackarachnia's smiles slightly, a small sad expression.
"I have missed you Optimus."
Her stingers stab forward and into Optimus's shoulders and her expression shifts, twisting into something frightening as she hisses.
"Especially your gullibility!"
"Nighty, night, lover."
Stabbitty-stab done with player' permission.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Mar 25, 2010 14:21:15 GMT -5
What? More tricks!?
"What? GHAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
As Blackarachnia's stingers strike Optimus on his shoulders, the pain is overwhelming.
But at least, as unconciousness takes over, the pain of betrayal, of guilt from the past, subsides. For a few moments, anyway.
Optimus collapses backwards onto the ground in front of his former friend.
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