Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 1, 2010 5:47:56 GMT -5
"Wait a minute, you mean your Ultra Magnus doesn't just look like a white version of m--of your Optimus?" Optimus is feeling a twinge in the back of his optic as this conversation continues. "So who is the one walking around here?"
"And yes, I knew an Impactor... Impactor Major, to be more precise. I didn't know the mech, it was before my time. But he had a history with our Ultra Magnus. Well. Back when he was just Ultra." It sounds so weird to call him that without calling him Magnus.
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Post by Springer on Aug 1, 2010 21:31:20 GMT -5
Springer frowns at the bit about Sandstorm. It's not Springer's Sandstorm, but a dead Wrecker is still bothersome to a degree. "Hnn." Springer is all for more Wreckers showing up, but it'd be nice if some of them were still alive. Even undead works, as Impactor shows, long as it's not crazy homicidal undead.
Springer shrugs slightly. "It was news to me when he showed up - apparently the one we have here, under the red and blue armor looks like a white Optimus." Then he turns to Optimus. "Well, he's someone's. Maybe he's one of those that doesn't have anyone else from his reality here."
Springer still thinks that 'Ultra' is a weird name, even among Transformers. "Went down in history, huh?"
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 1, 2010 23:09:42 GMT -5
Impactor, frankly, would prefer a fully alive Sandstorm and a fully dead Impactor than the current situation. Sandstorm had more to live for, and more ahead of him.
Ah, gods, so damned young.
He shakes his head at Optimus. "Doesn't look like a white Optimus, no, unless there's something our golden buzzard hasn't told me." He pull out the screen attached to the wall over his berth and taps it, pulling up an image of his universe's Ultra Magnus. He... looks pretty much like Springer's Ultra Magnus, and there are distinct similarities to Optimus's. "Wouldn't know which reality the one we've got is from."
Of course, all things considered, Springer might well remember that he was from Shockwave's!
He looks up at Optimus and nods as the smaller robot describes his Impactor. "Yeah, that's what Sentinel said. That he was Ultra Magnus's drill sarge and named him, or something like that." Of course, that's not all Sentinel said, but Optimus's response really helps Impactor figure out what parts of Impactor Major's background are classified and what aren't.
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Optimus Prime
Minor
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 2, 2010 6:13:56 GMT -5
Optimus looks a little embarrassed. "I'm... kind of a history buff, back home. There wasn't much available on some of Impactor's adventures, though. Not that I could find, anyway."
"Yes... naming is what our sergeants do in boot camp." Optimus says in response. "Apparently it's not commonly done in other realities?"
Optimus decides that the 'talk about your reality' game is a commonly-played one and decides to change the subject for a while. "Anyway, uh, did you have a spot picked out in the room? I don't mind shifting if that is preferable to you."
OOC: Uh, I have no idea how these rooms are meant to be laid out? Are they two pairs of bunks? In which case Optimus can have a lower bunk on the side furthest from the door, just so that we can say he's somewhere."
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Post by Springer on Aug 2, 2010 23:31:16 GMT -5
Springer nods as Impactor pulls up the image of Ultra Magnus. "Looks pretty close to mine, and far as I know, mine isn't a white Optimus in armor either, but the point I was making was that he showed up like that, and due to lack of resources, we haven't been able to set forth to restoring his armor."
Then he nods at Optimus - "Yeah, your reality seems to be the only one so far that does it. Not a bad system, just a different one to most of us."
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 3, 2010 18:22:15 GMT -5
It's a reasonable game, all things considered, especially for a newcomer getting settled in. But it might get played a little less often if people actually entered information about their home realities in the computer database. Impactor shakes his head as Optimus observes about 'bootcamp' in other realities. He snorts. "Been a long time since Autobots could get away with anything like mass formal combat training, anyway," he observes. He gestures to the berth he's already sitting on, one to the right of the door. "No need to move, though. Already picked a bunk." The ex-Wrecker leader frowns up at Springer as he talks about how slim their resources are, and his expression turns sour. He looks down at his right hand and clenches it into a fist, then opens the hand up again. "And yet they'll waste what we got to patch up a dead man, hmm?" he notes, half-muttered. "Blasted ol' buzzard," he almost growls, though he doesn't seem to be addressing anyone in the room. OOC: I'd prefer to assume a berth attached to each non-entrance wall, making three total. Mostly because it's less odd than imagining Impactor in a top bunk. >_>
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Optimus Prime
Minor
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 5, 2010 16:13:10 GMT -5
"Ah, yes. We've actually been through peace. For a long time. Long enough that Decepticons were practically a myth..." Optimus' tone becomes more weary, "but from what I hear that's not meant to last."
Optimus raises an optic ridge at Impactor's last statement. "Dead man? Expired humans are arriving?" And who is this buzzard? Sure, there's an eagle here, but Optimus is pretty sure there is a difference between the two flying birds...
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Post by Springer on Aug 6, 2010 10:24:02 GMT -5
Springer crosses his arms with a faint chuckle, shaking his head. "Not wasting when you're still moving. No sense in trying to argue with our medics." You'll get repairs, and you'll like it!
He glances up at Optimus. "No, ah..." He glances over at Impactor, a look on his face that says 'should you tell him, or should I?'.
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 6, 2010 21:18:34 GMT -5
Impactor snorts at Springer and leans back into her berth. "Senseless arguing is practically a hallmark of mine, Springer. I don't intend to give it up anytime soon," he smirks at the Wrecker leader.
Boy, but it's strange to think of anyone else in those terms.
He gives Optimus a vaguely puzzled frown for a moment. "Hum- wait, those were mentioned in the database." He pauses and rubs his chin, then shrugs. He may have heard about them back home, too, but really, the business on Earth was something far away and of little interest to him until Ultra Magnus cut out of Operation: Volcano to go there.
He glances up at Springer, returning the other's look, and shrugs, then looks back at Optimus. "I was talking about myself," he says calmly, though there's a touch of annoyance to his tone. But then, there's always a touch of annoyance to his tone. "I was shot in the head... don't know how long ago it was, really. Shot, and killed, and... some nutty scientist found a way to make the dead walk in some sort of threadbrained scheme to turn Cybertron into a spaceship, and I was one of them." He shakes his head. "Got used as a weapon against the folks who meant the most to me in life." He describes what should be an emotional matter with that same faintly annoyed calm that he's approached the rest of the conversation, though the look he gives Springer suggests who one of those he was used against were. "A... friend somehow talked me back." He loooks away from the Triplechanger and towards Optimus. "Don't know what made me special, but..." he shrugs. "Anyway, my brain module still ain't working right. The eggheads can't figure why I'm still walking around. I shouldn't be. Things aren't taking, I can tell that much." He gestures to himself, to his faintly grayed paint. "I don't know how long these repairs will last, I can tell my body isn't completely accepting the new parts as... mine." He then gives a grim smile. "Guess I'll just have to find a way to make the most of them while they last."
Oddly, Impactor has left out the bits that Emirate Xaaron told Springer, about having saved Xaaron twice and Cybertron once in his two deaths. They're in the database. Optimus can go look it up himself.
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 7, 2010 21:09:04 GMT -5
This is quite possibly the only Optimus Prime in existence that knows nothing about coming back from the dead, and that is almost exclusively thanks to his being pulled at a sufficiently early point in his timeline.
Optimus' jaw drops as Impactor tells his story. "That's... I'm amazed. I've never heard about anything like this before, ever." Maybe Impactor Major was partially reactivated too, and that's what was in some of the classified files?
A thousand questions cycle through Optimus' processor. "Well, you still function for now, and we're still getting more people in, including medics from lots of other worlds. Maybe one of them can help you with your situation." Kup Minor didn't name him 'Optimus' because of his negative viewpoint, after all.
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Post by Springer on Aug 8, 2010 7:25:25 GMT -5
Impactor's in a room with a pair of Kup fanboys!
Though Kup training people is a commonality between Springer and Optimus' realities, but he didn't name 'bots, far as Springer knows.
Springer can't help but feel a bit of familiarity from Impactor's tenacity. "...yeah, always headstrong. S'what made you a great Wrecker in both mine and your own reality." He turns to Optimus and grins a bit. "Yeah, we never know - Always thought Perceptor was top of the heap in such things, but given the unique situation we're all in, it's certainly a possibility that he's outclassed somewhere out there."
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 8, 2010 19:59:36 GMT -5
Impactor shrugs as Optimus comments on never having heard about anything like that. "Don't think it's exactly common where I come from, either, but who knows?"
Then he smirks at Springer's rather polite way of saying that the elder Wrecker is stubborn as all get-out. "Hah!" he snorts. "I gotta say, you're a lot more... diplomatic than the Springer back home," he says, a faint hint of good humor actually showing itself for once.
That humor turns grim as he contemplates the sudden air of optimism in the room. "And maybe so, but I don't think I'm going to shut down my air-cooling systems waiting for that." He pulls the flat-screen towards him and mutters, "Can't be sure I'll be able to get it running, after all."
OOC: We seem moving to a good fade-out point, perhaps?
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Optimus Prime
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 9, 2010 15:03:25 GMT -5
Optimus shrugs. "Well he's also got a... what's it called? A laser core? Which is different to what Impactor would have, if he's from the same place as Xaaron, which is different from everyone else. Maybe a specialist from his world is all we need."
He isn't sure if he was meant to laugh at Impactor's remark, so he just smiles. "Well, you're here now, and we're happy to have you."
OOC: fine by me.
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Post by Springer on Aug 9, 2010 18:30:25 GMT -5
Springer can't help but laugh some. "Wasn't always - I've learned a fair bit about getting along better with non-Wreckers in this universe. Our stay so far on Pz-Zazz in particular has taught me quite a few things."
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OOC: Fine with me!
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Post by Impactor/"Imp" on Aug 9, 2010 18:52:50 GMT -5
"Oh, gods save me from well-mannered Wreckers and chipper Primes," Impactor groans, bringing up a map of the ship. He then mutters, barely audible, "Still haven't ruled out the possibility that this is Hell," as he studies the layout. OOC: Aaaaaand done. If anyone wants a response to Impactor's ending snark, let me know and I'll unlock.
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