Hellbender
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Mecha-Shai-Hulud
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Dec 2, 2010 12:40:43 GMT -5
Post by Hellbender on Dec 2, 2010 12:40:43 GMT -5
"Well... Ah dunno. You'd have to ask Hook 'bout that. Or Lord Shockwave, since the both of them rebuilt me and know all about that stuff," replied Hellbender. "Technology ain't exactly my field of expertise. Watch yourself."
With that terse warning, Hellbender transforms back into his robot mode, worm armor opening up to form body armor and wing-like shells and cutters and grinders sliding down what proved to be his arms and his head unfolding from somewhere and his tail splitting and curling back on itself to form legs--all in all, nearly as complex and involved a transformation as one of, say, Barricade's.
"Ah like my mining robot mode planetside, but it's a mite crowded in here for it."
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Dec 2, 2010 12:57:26 GMT -5
Post by Dustcutter on Dec 2, 2010 12:57:26 GMT -5
Talk to Hook or Shockwave? He might just do that at some point. He watched with fascination as Hellbender once again transformed. He was guessing such technology might be out of reach for him or simply have to high a resource requirement; otherwise they’d all be doing it. It was worth finding out either way.
“Hmm, just a little bit, maybe…” If he was a gigantic fragging mining robot, he would want to be planetside too, if only to pursue his function in more direct means.
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Hellbender
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Dec 3, 2010 21:13:43 GMT -5
Post by Hellbender on Dec 3, 2010 21:13:43 GMT -5
"Well, Ah hope if we get a third, it's someone little like you. Less crowded that way, and you're less like to get stomped by some big lug that doesn't hear as well as Ah do," Hellbender said diffidently, sitting back down and stretching out on his bunk again.
"Speakin' of which, best not to cross my bunk when Ah'm on it. Ah sometimes twitch a bit in recharge, and you don't want to get caught in the grinders."
"Just out of curiosity, what do you transform into and do? And which section did they put you in?"
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Dec 3, 2010 23:31:49 GMT -5
Post by Dustcutter on Dec 3, 2010 23:31:49 GMT -5
Dustcutter made a note-file to not approach Hellbender when he was recharging. It would be all too easy to render for the big guy to render Dustcutter into so much scrap. It was easier to show his transformation than describe it so he did. It was a Human’s toy car, black with metallic blue detailing and a red glow from the ‘air intake’. Like most Bay-formers, he had plenty of moving parts though overall less than most his brethren - budget constraints and all. “This unit’s primary function, directive and imperative is sabotage though ‘Break Stuff’ covers the whole picture pretty well. As to section, my placement has yet to be decided, finalised and realised though I’m guessing I’ll be under Intel or security for lack of a better more specific placement”. An idea went click in Dustcutter’s processor “Say, can you tunnel up underneath and below a specified target and suck them into the ground without anyone being more cognitive about the situation?” OOC: last post for Dustcutter's appearance tfdeadzone.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=artworkandfiction&action=display&thread=2183
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Hellbender
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Dec 6, 2010 19:56:24 GMT -5
Post by Hellbender on Dec 6, 2010 19:56:24 GMT -5
Hellbender turned his head to peer at Dustcutter. "Well... You're probably pretty good at sneakin' about places, then. Most 'bots won't notice you underfoot. Slag, some of them don't even notice humans underfoot, and you're a sight smaller than they are."
One optic flickered and Hellbender replied, "Well, yes to the first part of that section, and no to the second unless they are almighty distracted. Rock cutting ain't exactly quiet. Now, if Ah'm workin' in soft earth or sand, or movin' through already-cut tunnels, Ah can be a bit more sneaky. And Ah suppose if there's a lot of bombs going off and such like, they might not hear me even in rock."
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Dec 8, 2010 12:43:42 GMT -5
Post by Dustcutter on Dec 8, 2010 12:43:42 GMT -5
All this was reminding Dustcutter of a Human movie he had seen ‘Tremors’ or something. He voted for the worms, naturally.
“Specifics be detailed, I’m not actually that skilled at sneaking and moving about unnoticed, my size and design play such a huge advantage that not much actual skill is required, effort and intent is usually enough”.
If a robot with no mouth could yawn then Dustcutter would have, he instead swivelled his pincers back to expose his buzz saws and rolled the teeth along the desktop, before stretching out each leg and finalised before transforming back to a toy car, his default rest mode. “Don’t know about you but this has been the weirdest, strangest day filled with too many ponderings”.
OOC: start to wrap things up?
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Hellbender
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Dec 11, 2010 9:55:17 GMT -5
Post by Hellbender on Dec 11, 2010 9:55:17 GMT -5
"Well, you ought to see about gettin' some basic trainin' in the sneaky stuff--Bots got some littlish guys too," Hellbender opined.
"'Least you arrived all in one piece. Ah didn't. An' if you don't mind, Ah'll leave you to your ponderin' for a bit; Ah got some defragging to finish." Hellbender settled back into his rest posture, optics slowly dimming down to 'sleep mode'.
--- And that's a wrap, barring a response.
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