Dinobot
Minor
Death Before Dishonor
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Post by Dinobot on Nov 26, 2010 10:29:11 GMT -5
Dinobot rounds on Glyph with a snarl. "I'm not thinking with my weapons, I'm thinking with my mind, which is a precision instrument dedicated to warfare," thus making it even deadlier than his other weapons, if Dinobot does say so himself. "Until I have proof that it isn't, I'm treating this as hostile territory, which means you keep the chatter to a minimum and be ready to defend yourself," he hisses.
//Guzzle heard a gunshot,// the raptor transmits to Ramulus. //Probably hostiles.//
"Be silent," he urges Cuerva. "We're not going to kill you, we just want to make sure you don't go alerting our enemies." They won't even torture him for information. Maximals don't have torture chambers, after all. (Though from what Dinobot's heard about Emirate Xaaron, the commander here might be able to get behind the idea.)
Whispering "beast mode," Dinobot transforms. Fleshy feet make less noise than metal ones, and the enhanced olfactory sensors are good for avoiding an ambush. He holds up a claw for silence and is about to poke his head around the corner into the main temple chamber when Elita-1 pushes past him. "Wait!" he whispers urgently.
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Glyph
Cadet
Enjoys rock watch a little too much.
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Post by Glyph on Nov 29, 2010 0:53:01 GMT -5
Glyph thinks Elita's idea is a wonderful one - the bit about going off to talk about boys over drinks, that is. And she's generally not a social 'bot!
Dinobot's comments get her to clam up, though. "I don't like it, but fine." Better safe than sorry, she supposes. One hand converts into a stinger - for what little good it will actually do her - and she follows behind Dinobot. She reaches forward when Elita-1 takes off. "Hey, Elita-1..!"
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Nov 29, 2010 2:36:57 GMT -5
Jetstorm can't help but pout a bit at Elita-1's 'boys' comment. Come on, now, he's just following orders! Don't lump him in with the others.
He turns to his brother - "I am hoping that she is being right about it just being a temple thing..." he says, then looking back to Cuerva. His reactions are making all of this so terribly awkward...
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 1, 2010 10:42:09 GMT -5
Jetfire nods at Jetstorm, wondering what to do with Cuerva. Dinobot is right! Autobots don't kill people! They just slap them in stasis cuffs and send them to jail or the stockades.
He tries his hand at comforting, "Is okay! We are not making to hurt or kill you. Please to calm down."
He quiets down and stops as Dinobot signals to them, and then probably ruins any chance of calming Cuerva by trying to cover the guide's mouth with a hand. What? It's one way of silencing someone!
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Tasha Walker
Minor
She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Dec 4, 2010 15:19:51 GMT -5
Clamping one's hand over a person's mouth is certainly not condusive to calming down said person. Cuerva starts to whimper louder and struggles a but in Jetfire's grasp. He's a weak lizard, though, and isn't likely to get very far with his struggles.
It seems the impetuous golden girl hasn't thrown caution to the winds completely. She only pushes enough into the room to get a look, but doesn't seem inclined to come far out into the open. Maybe the others are holding her back.*
//Hmpf. Come now, where's that eager impulsiveness I know so well,// Blackarachnia coos over a frequency she hasn't used in over a thousand stellar cycles. She taunts, //Show a little backbone, dearie.// as she slips down a line to hand upside down just above Elita-1.
"You've got something that belongs to me," she hisses into the quite room, before reaching down and snatching Elita-1 by the shoulder, dragging the girl up into the dark recesses of the temple ceiling.
//Kill the rest, for all I care, but this one is mine.// Blackarachnia radios to Needlenose.
*posing and snatching of Elita-1 written by/approved by her player.
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Post by Needlenose on Dec 4, 2010 20:44:37 GMT -5
"Kill?" Needlenose asks, ducking head and arm out from behind the column in order to fire at the first... whatever besides Elita to emerge from the tunnel (let us hope that the Autobots do not push Cuerva out there, shall we?). "Don't mind if I do!" His aim with a standard pistol is actually fairly good, as it turns out, though a standard pistol doesn't hit as hard or hurt as much as Zigzag does.
It's only after he fires that Sunbeam and Zigzag come running into the room from the second entrance, the one the Decepticons themselves had taken. They head right for Needlenose, Sunbeam already jumping into the air to transform. "Took you long enough!" Needlenose snaps.
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Post by Elita-1 on Dec 5, 2010 22:57:41 GMT -5
"Gah!"
Elita kicks and struggles the entire way up to the ceiling. "You! You're the one who hurt Sentinel! You-"
You're me! she thinks, but can't quite say.
The thing about that corridor? It was narrow, as was the opening into the room. She really had to squeeze by Dinobot to get past him. Had to put her hand on him, even.
Her arm swings up toward Blackarachnia. In her hand is a rather distinctive sword.
She told Sentinel she'd kill the spider witch, if she had the chance. Promised him even.
OOC: Downloading off Dinobot with permission
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Post by Gertrude Huldon/Guzzle on Dec 6, 2010 6:33:37 GMT -5
Guzzle remains in the rear flank, but when he hears Elita-1 cry out and disappear past the tunnel entrance, he doesn't waste any precious seconds and rushes ahead, bringing the Judge up and ready for use. But then Needlenose opens fire on the group, forcing the Wrecker Minibot to jump behind the nearest piece of cover, yelling "CONTACT, GET DOWN!" to the others while returning fire, his attention now on the other shooter.
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Dinobot
Minor
Death Before Dishonor
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Post by Dinobot on Dec 6, 2010 21:03:23 GMT -5
"I hate to say I told you so, but I slagging well told you so!" Dinobot barks over his shoulder at Glyph when all Decepticon-themed hell breaks loose.
//Ramulus, we've engaged the Decepticons!// he transmits as he assesses the situation. Elita-1 just got snatched by her evil future self (Dinobot reads the database) and it'll be a cyber-turkey shoot when they come out of the tunnel into the chamber.
He snarls. There's no good way to do this. People are almost certainly going to sustain heavy damage. It's entirely possible someone will die gloriously. "I'm going after Elita-1. Guzzle, take Jetfire and Jetstorm and make a sortie against whatever other Decepticons are out there. Glyph, cover fire. Charge!" he shouts, racing around the corner and getting narrowly missed by the Mayhem. Or maybe it was more of a narrow hit. Dinobot could swear he had feeling in his right flank a moment ago.
The raptor leaps at a pillar and starts climbing, digging in with his claws and looking up toward the ceiling.
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Glyph
Cadet
Enjoys rock watch a little too much.
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Post by Glyph on Dec 6, 2010 21:20:38 GMT -5
Glyph ducks behind a wall, and scowls at Dinobot. "Worry about fighting now, and gloat LATER!"
She looks at her stingers, rather anxious. //I... I'll do what I can, for what little good it'll do!// she replies to the order for cover fire. She turns to the guide. "Mr. Cuerva! Find something to hide behind!"
She peeks out, and fires...well, rather blindly. Misfire probably has better aim, and should any of her stinger bolts manage to hit, it'll be like shooting a tank with a BB gun - not very useful.
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Post by Jetstorm (Ani) on Dec 7, 2010 11:46:50 GMT -5
Attack the other 'Cons? But Elita-1 just said...
Jetstorm grunts, shaking his head. Orders are orders, even if he doesn't like them. He turns to Jetfire. "Let us be going and making trouble for badness 'bots, brother!" He engages his hoverjets, and blasts into the big room, taking to the ceiling area, to get a look at the situation.
Just one other 'Con?
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Dec 9, 2010 13:40:42 GMT -5
Jetfire lets go of poor Cuerva as the action begins, which is probably a good thing as his hands rapidly heat up at Elita's mention of the one who hurt Sentinel. He's going to have to direct that rage-heat at someone else for the moment, however, as he follows after Jetstorm to obey orders.
He catches a shot in the shoulder from Needlenose as he bursts out of the tunnel entrance, but he quickly darts out of the line of fire and retaliates with a burst of flame.
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Tasha Walker
Minor
She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
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Post by Tasha Walker on Dec 9, 2010 18:23:45 GMT -5
Two Decepticons, five Autobots- doesn't that still make the odds in favor of the 'Cons in the animated continuity?
"No, sister, you're the one who hurt Sentinel. We're one and the same. I know what goes on in that narrow-minded little CPU of yours better than even you do," Blackarachnia corrects, voice eerily matter of fact.
They are nearing the ceiling. As Elita-1 swings her arm up, Blackarachnia slings her former self up and slams her into the hard stone. The blade nicks the spider's arm in the process and destroying her suit, but she doesn't seem to notice.
"They'll leave you to die, and you'll do what's necessary to survive! Just. Like. I. Did!"
Blackarachnia let go of Elita when she tossed the Autobot into the ceiling. Grabbing hold of one of the ornate columns or ledges might be a good idea, if Elita doesn't want to fall hard for her evil shadow self.
Manhandling Elita-1 w/ permission
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Post by Needlenose on Dec 9, 2010 20:36:17 GMT -5
Needlenose is being fired at by everyone in the universe! Well, actually, just Guzzle, Glyph, and Jetfire, who really don't even make up a significant percentage of everyone in the universe, although they do qualify as a significant percentage of 'everyone in this room.' He ducks back behind the column, though not before one of Guzzle's shots take off the tip of one antenna, and due to the size and shape of his wings relative the size and shape of the column, he's unable to completely shield his wingtips from Jetfire's flames. He hisses in pain even as he radios Blackarachnia a light frequency - whether she figures out what that means in time is anyone's guess - and the moment that burst of flame lets up, he's poking his head back around, firing back at the group of Autobots with Sunbeam.
Whether the concentrated shot hits anyone or not is not the issue, though it would be nice. Even if the blast does hit, it won't do as much damage as it normally would (and it's worth noting that Sunbeam's concentrated shots hurt less than Zigzag's, anyway).1 No, with the number of foes as he's dealing with, he's just looking to blind as many at once as he can. As he fires, however, he lets Blackarachnia know, //That's about it for Sunbeam down here. He's been out of sunlight too long!//
1 Zigzag and Needlenose's alt-mode missiles are at High firepower level, so the concentrated portion of Sunbeam's beam is probably normally at 'Well-Armed.' This puts 'Sunbeam out of sunlight' at about Average, along with Needlenose's non-Nebulan blaster.
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Post by Elita-1 on Dec 11, 2010 10:51:48 GMT -5
"Oof!"
Chunks of stone fall to the temple room floor as Elita is slammed into its roof. Her fingers scrabble for purchase, buying her a few seconds before she starts to freefall.
Buying her enough leverage to direct her fall, blind, in the direction of Blackarachnia's voice. The stolen sword swings out and skewers the spider's thigh. Blackarachnia screams and for almost a minute they hang there, Elita's dead weight dragging on the other woman, the sword slowly being pulled down. It will totally shred the spider's leg if she doesn't do something.
"I am never going to become you," she hisses.
Blackarachnia lets go her line, and they both fall.
Um, yeah, permission to get medieval on and posing of Blackarachnia granted.
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