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Post by Needlenose on Aug 3, 2010 22:33:33 GMT -5
"Well, my fusion would give you the worst case of indigestion you've ever had," Needlenose answers smugly.
He's a Marvel Transformer. The occasional Furmanism is pretty much required.
His antennae lay back and his wings droop a little as Swindle's vision fails to clear in time to notice that he's a gun pointed at his head at a near point blank range.
But not actually touching. Not with the way he's flailing about.
He shrugs, and goes on with his performance.
"You can't see it, but right now, I've got Zigzag pointed at your head. You might have heard that Zigzag has a liiiiiiiiitle bit of an accuracy problem, and sadly, it's true... but I'm right up next to you. Even he can hit reliably at this distance. What you might not have heard is that Zigzag is, in addition to being a little man, also a twin electrostatic overloader rifle. As I'm sure you know, what that means is I blast you and your systems are overloaded by an excruciatingly painful electrical surge and you're shut down. Probably. Sometimes he makes my targets explode instead."
Needlenose's wings and antennae perk up, and his optics curl slightly in a way that hints at a smile.
"I think of that as a feature rather than a flaw!" he says cheerfully.
"Right now, those are your options. Probably excruciatingly painful electrical overload, maybe horrible explosive death. So. Ready for a game of Nebulan Roulette?"
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Post by Swindle on Aug 3, 2010 23:31:38 GMT -5
Swindle is very, very scared right now. He never wanted to be under anyone's command, he never signed up for anything, and now here he is, blind and helpless, about to get executed by military police. At the same time, he's thinking to himself 'Yes, the twin electrostatic overloader rifle is more powerful than the single, but suffers from accuracy problems. Now, the triple overloader increases both range and accuracy, but it runs so hot that the components completely fuse every few dozen shots.' These are the thoughts running through his head.
The unfortunate merchant blinks, vision slowly returning. "I guess I don't have much of a choice, do I?" he asks. "Just do me a favor. If I die, find that little Autobot and, oh, I dunno, knock some common sense into it, I guess."
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Post by Dinobot on Aug 4, 2010 13:19:05 GMT -5
//Can you get to an exit without being seen?// Dinobot asks. //We are on the roof.// "We may have to go in and take him while the Decepticons are distracted with each other," he adds to Jetfire, sinking to his belly to lie prone at the lip of the hole in the roof, hoping to get a better view of what's going on inside.
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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Aug 5, 2010 16:39:52 GMT -5
Spy Shot eyes the pair of Decepticons - they seem quite distracted - then swings his gaze towards the hole in the roof. Probably can't get out that way unseen, and climbing across a ceiling isn't the easiest of prospects. He looks to the hole blown in the warehouse wall. That way seems much more promising. He'll try to stay among the crates as much as possible.
//I think so,// he says to Dinobot and retreats back between the crates to try and make his way to his chosen exit.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 5, 2010 17:14:32 GMT -5
"We can not just be going in and kicking Decepticon skid-plate?" Jetfire says, crouching at the edge of the hole. He sounds a little disappointed. "I could make de version."
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Post by Needlenose on Aug 5, 2010 19:50:34 GMT -5
Needlenose's voice sneers. "Oh, believe me. If I find that little Autobot, I'm going to knock a lot more than sense into him." Needlenose doesn't even know what Autobot that Swindle is talking about. Needlenose also has no idea that said Autobot is in the area. He is, in fact, assuming that Swindle made a deal with an Autobot or took pity on one when he shouldn't or let one go, and that's why he was called in. It doesn't really matter to him near as much as the obvious fear that Swindle is radiating. That's most satisfying.
It's a bit of a curious thing that, despite the fact that they'll go out of their way to torment Wreckers, Mayhems typically kill far more Decepticons over their careers than Autobots. All to ensure Decepticons remain properly Decepticonly.
Needlenose pulls the trigger.
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Post by Swindle on Aug 5, 2010 20:37:07 GMT -5
See, this is why Swindle prefers to remain a civilian. When your boss is angry with you, the worst that can happen is getting fired, not a firing squa-Pain. Painpainpainpainpainpainpainpainpainpainpainpainpain. As Needlenose fires and jagged arcs of electricity play over Swindle's plating, it's all he can do to scream. If this was a movie, the camera would zoom out, switching to a scene of birds taking off from a far-away roof, or perhaps even a view of Pz-Zazz from space, all while we kept hearing Swindle scream.
After a few moments that feel like an eternity, he shuts down, slumping forward into Needlenose.
OOC: In stasis lock and skippable.
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Post by Dinobot on Aug 5, 2010 20:46:38 GMT -5
"It would be two against one now," Dinobot says once he sees Needlenose shoots Swindle. "An excellent chance to strike at the enemy while they are weak." Comparably. According to Emirate Xaaron, Needlenose should still put up a good fight. He frowns, hating to turn down the chance for battle. "Hn, but we should accomplish our objective first."
The Maximal pushes himself up to a standing position and transmits //Can you relay your location? We'll rendevous with you.//
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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Aug 7, 2010 9:28:12 GMT -5
Pausing in his quest for the hole in the wall, Spy Shot takes stock of his surroundings. He's currently boxed in by, well, boxes. It's easy enough to place himself on his mental map, though, he's just not sure how to share that information with his companions. Perhaps if he made an image file of the warehouse-
Hm, no. Probably a bit too consuming. Better to approximate. //If you face the hole in the wall from the outside, then I am near the right wall of building, closer to the wall with the hole.// Hopefully that will do. Considering the fact that if they rendezvous they'll be meeting him where he's going to be, rather than where he currently is, he adds, //I am heading for the hole in the wall.//
Speaking of which, he gets back to work, scaling the side of a crate and pushing into a gap between two more crates stacked on top of it.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 7, 2010 10:00:46 GMT -5
Jetfire frowns a bit, but gives Dinobot a sharp nod. Duty comes first!
Looking around, he tries to figure out which wall is the one with the hole in the wall. A lot of the dust from the initial explosions has spread out and dispersed, but there's still more dust and smoke at one end of the building than the other. Lifting off the roof, Jetfire arcs over to the side of the warehouse, hovering upside-down past the edge of the roof.
Yep, that is definitely a hole! Flipping upright and touching down on the roof edge, he waves Dinobot over.
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Post by Needlenose on Aug 7, 2010 19:28:17 GMT -5
"Well, well, well!" Needlenose gloats cheerfully over the unconscious Swindle. "It's your lucky day, Swindle! Just the excruciating pain!" He holsters his guns in his magnetic holsters, then casually bends down and picks Swindle up by the foot. Then, he takes off, using those wonderful new antigravs he's had installed since coming to this new universe. He doesn't even bother to look down or back as he flies away.
Which is how he completely fails to see that there are Autobots there.
OOC: Out of thread unless stopped.
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Post by Dinobot on Aug 7, 2010 20:47:18 GMT -5
So one of the Decepticons shot the other one, and now he's leaving. Dinobot has to admit, he expected this to be harder. "Anticlimactic," he comments as he moves to join Jetfire. Shakespeare would have ended it with a sword-fight.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 8, 2010 21:15:08 GMT -5
OOC: Swapping my bros to move things along better.
Jetfire frowns, a bit petulantly, as Needlenose just takes off Swindle without noticing them. "He is not even looking to us!"
Hovering down from the roof, he decides they were overlooked because Dinobot's on the smaller side and in kinda of camouflagey colours, and he's just that good of a ninja. The thought makes him feel better and he dive rolls through the hole in the side of the warehouse. He comes out of his roll kneeling and with arms raised and ready to fire. Scanning the room, he decides there are no other 'Cons lurking about and stands.
"Spy Shot 6, you can be coming out now! Clear is coast!"
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Post by Spy Shot 6/Cameron Otto on Aug 8, 2010 21:21:16 GMT -5
It takes Spy Shot several minutes to free himself from the three-dimensional maze of crates after Jetfire calls out, but he's soon peeking out into the open. Things do seem to have calmed down, both Decepticons having disappeared. He regrets a little that he didn't watch them leave himself. Events don't feel quite as real or final if he hasn't seen them for himself.
But as the coast does, in fact, seem to be clear - if one ignores the boxes and scattered debris - Spy Shot leaves the sanctuary of crates and starts jogging across the open floor towards the hole and Jetfire.
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Post by Dinobot on Aug 9, 2010 9:50:21 GMT -5
"There will be other battles. For now we must be content that we've completed our mission." Dinobot guesses. I mean, it's okay if missions are your thing.
He climbs partway down the building then drops the rest of the way to the ground. "Let's retrieve him and get out of here quickly." This has been entirely too easy and it makes Dinobot nervous.
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