Hellbender
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Post by Hellbender on Nov 10, 2010 11:48:57 GMT -5
Hellbender fires a few more shots--damn, the little fragger is maddeningly agile!--and smirks. "Considerin' you look like one of Barricade's lot, and he don't know you as a 'Con, that leaves Autobot. You just confirmed you ain't from around here, 'cause this universe doesn't know 'Transformer' from the Firstborn's turbocat." That and Oil Slick recognized the description, but Hellbender doesn't feel obliged to tell Whirligig that.
"'Course, Ah'm not so sure how welcome you'd be among the Bots. You do seem a bit indiscriminate 'bout blowing people up. You might fit in better with us," Hellbender rumbles. Come on, little fella, talk more, give his weapon a better lock.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Nov 10, 2010 18:11:57 GMT -5
"Hey! Hey! Cut that out!" Whirligig shouts as Hellbender continues to fire on him. He's not entirely sure he means that, because each time he narrowly avoids laser-y death (or maybe just injury) it sends a jolt of that fear-rush through him that should really set off 'DANGER! DANGER!' warnings in his head, but has always just filled him with glee.
He really shouldn't be grinning as he continues to spin a yarn out of lies and half-truths, but he totally is. "Ooor it could just mean I'm dead in the future! I mean, sure, the universe slaggin' loves me, but it's still a pretty likely outcome! Look, I'm from [timestamp: pre-war], right? We didn't even have factions back then!"
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Hellbender
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Post by Hellbender on Nov 10, 2010 19:22:53 GMT -5
"Why should Ah do that? If Ah keep firing, Ah might bag me an Autobot. Or are you sayin' you're a Con, boy?" Hellbender asks. "Cause if you are, Ah reckon Ah should take you back to report in. Sure as slag ain't no neutrals these days."
Hellbender keeps advancing, arms poised to snatch and rend, even as he tosses off another shot with his shoulder-gun.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Nov 10, 2010 19:59:54 GMT -5
"Naw, sweetspark, I've been trying to convince you to stop shooting me 'cause I'm an Autobot!" Actually, that's exactly what he's been doing, but the sarcasm, it drips. "What do you think I've been trying to say?"
Letting Hellbender get anywhere near close enough to grab him while the guy is trying to shoot him with a laser is just crazy. Crazy enough for his logic centers to actually override his thrill seeking tendencies and keep him retreating backwards as he dodges. No point-blank shots for you, Sir Spikywormface!
He's not actually sure what his plan is here, beyond 'get Decepticon to stop trying to kill me right now'. He sure as hematite ain't going back to 'Con headquarters with the big lug! He's not that good a liar. Probably. It would certainly be thrilling- no, no. Stupid idea, stick with the 'not going to the 'Con ship'.
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Hellbender
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Post by Hellbender on Nov 18, 2010 10:09:49 GMT -5
"Where's your sigil?" Hellbender asks. "Ah'm not sure you're tellin' me the whole truth here--" he's pretty sure the kid isn't--"so Ah reckon we'll just go on back to Ship and sort things out. You're in front."
Hellbender stops firing and straightens up slightly, waiting to see what the orange 'Bot will do now.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Nov 28, 2010 10:29:30 GMT -5
"I set it free into the wilds so it could go find its sigil kindred." He doesn't bother with the sarcasm here, saying it as honestly as possible. But seriously, he never had one, what part of 'we didn't even have factions back then' does this guy not get? "Sure, right, Ship. Going."
He eyes Hellbender and points accusingly. "No shoot." Then he turns away and transforms into vehicle mode, speeding away towards the nearest city. Maybe it'll be as easy as that. Hellbender certainly doesn't look that fast in either of his modes, but he remembers hearing something about some 'Cons flying even when it looks like they shouldn't. Just so it doesn't seem like he's running away, he tosses back a, //Keep up, scrappy, if you wanna keep an eye on my cute little rear bumper!//
OOC: Sorry for the wait! Also, I figured it might work better for me to let you respond and then do the timeskip in my next post.
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Hellbender
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Post by Hellbender on Nov 28, 2010 20:34:45 GMT -5
Hellbender lifts off his feet and cruises along in robot mode, maybe 50 feet off the ground. Yes, those rumors were correct, 'Gig--a lot of Decepticons who aren't aircraft can fly. Megatron, for example, has always been able to fly, no matter what weird thing he turns into.
// Kid, you need a lot more plating on your struts to be cute. Ah'm keepin' an optic on you anyhow. Try not to get lost; we'd miss you terribly aboard Ship if you did, // Hellbender says drily.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Dec 2, 2010 11:06:15 GMT -5
Hey, lookit him go! Hovering over Whirligig like some vast predatory bird. Damn 'Cons.
//Hey, I work hard to maintain my girlish figure! It's all the rage.//
-Timeskip to a city-
Driving into the city, Whirligig quickly jumps a curb and transforms. He's found it's actually less conspicuous to be a naked robot than a tiny vehicle - someone thought he was a lost RC toy or something last time he tried chilling around in alt mode. He gives a click glance around. Hm, not nearly as many people or small dark back alleys as he'd like. Best to head for the space port then. That's where all the cool people gather!
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Post by Hellbender on Dec 3, 2010 20:38:27 GMT -5
Girlish figure? Congratulations, you have boggled Hellbender. // ...The slag is a 'girlish figure'? //
Finally, back to the city.. and the orange Bot seems to be wandering off into the crowd. A rather large, not exactly clothed Hellbender is close behind. "Not gettin' lost, are you? Ah'd hate to have that happen. The guys aboard Ship will be so happy to see a new face; don't want to disappoint them. Downport is that way."
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on Dec 4, 2010 18:06:22 GMT -5
"Get lost? Me? Never! I have a perfect innate sense of direction!" Actually, his innate sense of direction has been kind of... not good, lately. He's not entirely sure when that happened. Oh well, thank the Allspark for Global Positioning Satellites!
As the crowd gradually thickens as they head downport, Whirligig stops suddenly and stares upwards and to the left with a wide-eyed expression. "What the ever-lovin' slag is that!" he screams, pointing wildly at... nothing in particular. Then without further ado, he books it in the exact opposite direction that he pointed in.
Genius.
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Hellbender
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Post by Hellbender on Dec 6, 2010 20:14:04 GMT -5
Hellbender hadn't received any reply to his query on the D-Band; his armor-wings twitched as his soldier's paranoia moved to the fore. No reinforcements, and there could be enemies here--too noisy and crowded to sort things out with his seismic sensors--everything from trucks to robots shook the ground here. Everything was a potential threat, to be assessed, and, if deemed actually threatening, tracked.
Hellbender, then, was completely primed for Whirligig's ruse. He twisted sharply in the direction Whirligig pointed, shoulder gun already slewing up to lock on to... what? Hellbender couldn't see anything but a newscopter, some kind of drone--MISSILE? His shoulder-gun fired once, blowing it out of the sky--Whoops, not a missile--assorted buildings, about 6000 pedestrians and vehicles at ground-level, and.... no one attacking. Nothing out of the ordinary for Pz-Zazz. No monsters or Autobots.
No orange bot.
"Slag!" Hellbender facepalmed. "Fell for that like a factory-fresh newb."
Little slagger was almost certainly an Autobot, then. He'd probably bring in reinforcements, soonest, and Hellbender was under orders not to publicly engage the Autobots. "Double-slag with a helping of dross on top."
Time to cut his losses and go.
--- Wrap?
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