Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 3, 2009 22:21:06 GMT -5
Day 17, private thread for now
Firebolt has been through the ship, occasionally just sitting and listening to the ship. She's been working diligently at upgrading her filters to make living with a heightened sense of sound easier on her processor. But it's occurred to her that she hasn't tested the combat-related abilities of it! So she makes her way down to the shooting range, music blaring the whole way down. Once on her own, she was very quick to make sure she could listen to music safely.
She transforms and then stomps into the empty shooting range, looking around.
"Hello!" She calls out, leaving an echo. She beams and then pulls out her boring laser pistol and starts up practicing. Shooting is boring however, and the targets are boring too. Eventually she drops the gun nearby and then pulls out her boomerang, eying the targets.
"You're on my list," she declares as her ponytails raise a bit and fan out just enough for her to send a ping forward. She arches her arm back and then hurls the weapon forward, and slams into the center of the holographic target's 'chest' and then, due to the nature of the weapon, returns to her hand. But she's not done yet! She then picks up her gun and uses those same pings to attempt to aim for the head of the target.
"BOOM! Headshot!!" She declares after firing off a few shots, hitting the target's head. Her optics narrow in a grin. "Thanks for standin' still," she says, and leans back. "Oh but that's gonna be no good in a battle... Or moving. I wonder if I'd make a good sniper..." she sighs and tilts her head to the side. "Somebody needs to help me out, I swear!"
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Sideburn
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 4, 2009 0:08:38 GMT -5
Sideburn has been getting bored, so he came down to the shooting range to get some practice in. When he gets there, it's quite obvious that he's not the only one with that idea.
"Hey Firebolt!"
He pauses after a moment and tilts his head as he watches her. "What're you doing?"
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 4, 2009 0:34:37 GMT -5
"AAHHhh---!" Firebolt yells, having her enhanced hearing on and jumping as his voice seems extremely louder than normal. She waves her arms a bit as she staggers backwards and falls over, landing on her aft. She groans and rubs at her back, casting a glare to her feet as if it was their fault.
"Hey Sideburn," she says, waving at him. "I was just trying out my new upgrades. I'm gonna suck though, cos I totally can't do it while moving or noises or..." she trails off and then shakes her head as she stands, "Yea yea, anyway. Practice! I'm doing that. That's what I'm doing." She holds up her boomerang, waving it a little to show she's using that.
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Sideburn
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 4, 2009 0:43:29 GMT -5
Sideburn frowns in concern when she falls backwards with a yelp. "Hey, you alright?" He goes over to offer a hand up, but she's already on her feet by the time he reaches her.
"What upgrades did you get?" he askes curiously.
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Firebolt
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Brutal Gladiator, Scarab Lord Firebolt of the Shattered Sun
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 4, 2009 1:02:15 GMT -5
"I'm fine! See, look, I'm standin," she says, as she slides her boomerang onto her back, letting it click back into its place. She then fans her ponytails out, making sure not to start up the enhanced hearing. "I got these upgraded to let me hear things a lot better," she says simply, "So when ya came in all "HEY!" I was like "WHOA" and then fell down," she explains, as if he wasn't there. And it wasn't just a few seconds ago.
Her processor ticks back to a conversation held while looking at the stars and then she points at Sideburn, "You wanna help me practice? We can talk n' stuff while we do, I never did get to talk to ya much and hey we are from the same sorta place!"
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 4, 2009 23:35:34 GMT -5
Sideburn grins at her enthusiasm. "Sure! What distance do you have it set to? And you wanna use your boomerang? I have less experience with those."
Sideburn gets out his own gun, though not pointing it at anything. "So, what have you been doing?"
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 5, 2009 10:13:55 GMT -5
"Oh, I think I'll use my gun, I have less practice with that," she says, picking hers up again and looking at it. She looks back out at the targets which she reaches over and sets the targets to start moving.
"Oh, you know, meeting new people, making friends, being more confident!" She declares happily, before focusing on trying to hit the moving targets. Mostly failing as well, which makes her narrow her optics in disappointment.
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 7, 2009 0:56:24 GMT -5
Sideburn moves so that he's a bit off her shoulder, though not close enough to interfere with her movements. "Have you tried shooting with moving targets before?"
Firebolt looks over her shoulder and shakes her head. "Well... Not really, no."*
"Alright. One of the tricks is to not aim for where the target is, but where it will be." Sideburn slows the targets down and shows her how he keeps his just ahead of the motion of the target, but doesn't fire himself. "Now you try again."
*OOC: Posing of Firebolt done with player permission.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 7, 2009 20:25:09 GMT -5
Firebolt turns, watching the targets. She fans one dish out, it swivels towards the target, twitching a little as it follows the motion of the target. She watches before very carefully taking a shot and managing to hit the target in the side.
"Hey! I almost did it!" She says, before focusing again. "At this rate," she says, getting off another shot, this time nicking the target's 'shoulder'. "I'm going to be better suited," another shot gets the stomach of the target. "To be a sniper!" Her final shot lands in the chest area of the target! She thrusts her hand up that isn't holding the gun. "Victory!! Sort of!!"
She hops back and forth from foot to foot, before peering over at Sideburn, "Well, how've you been, Sideburn? You asked me, now I ask you."
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 11, 2009 16:46:06 GMT -5
Sideburn cheers with Firebolt as that final shot hits the chest. "And you'll get better at tracking the targets like that with practice."
His smile fades a touch as she asks how he's been "Alright." As much as he can be without his brothers. He doesn't constantly think of them, but he does occassionally get thrown off as he waits for teasing or procedure lectures that never come. His grin quickly regains its normal shine, though. "Making new friends, catching up with old, taking shifts and finding things to do in my off-time. Have you tried out the sim-room yet?"
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Firebolt
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Brutal Gladiator, Scarab Lord Firebolt of the Shattered Sun
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 12, 2009 20:30:39 GMT -5
"I'm sure I can, you know the saying," she says, nodding. She falls quiet as she tries another round of targets, managing to get two in the chest out of the 5 that circle out.
"Oh I was in there and did acrobatics," she says, "The sim room, that is. It was pretty fun!"
She goes to aim at another one and then flinches upon her own gunshot, sighing. "Another filter I didn't modify properly. Great!" She puts her gun down and then bangs both her hands on the sides of her head. "Sorry, sorry, one second!" She says, looking over at Sideburn. She tilts her head back and forth, before nodding after internally fixing something.
"All better!" She beams, and then picks her gun up. "Now I go pow," she says, and quickly fires off a shot, getting better at tracking. It hits in the shoulder!
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Post by Sideburn on Aug 14, 2009 11:54:14 GMT -5
"I'm curious to see how Wedge thinks it is compared to the sim room back home." Because Wedge spent way more time in that thing than Sideburn did.
After she finishes that round, Sideburn steps up behind her again and offers more tips to help her better her aim.
OOC: I apologize for the lameness, but Sideburn's being uncooperative and I'm in a bit of a rush.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Aug 16, 2009 20:35:42 GMT -5
"You had a sim room where you came from?" Firebolt feels a bit left out, not knowing much about the inner workings of the Autobots from her own reality. That thought makes her feel bad.
She distracts herself by aiming back up at the targets. She misses a few while the bad feelings are still spinning around in her head, but get right back on track and finally manages to get another headshot. She yells in delight, jumping up and down.
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Post by Sideburn on Sept 1, 2009 0:15:08 GMT -5
"Yep. It was mainly used for battle sims, though. I'm not sure who logged in more hours, Wedge's team or the Spychangers!"
Sideburn cheers as she gets that headshot, and encourages her to try more.
OOC: Sorry for the delay.
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Firebolt
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Brutal Gladiator, Scarab Lord Firebolt of the Shattered Sun
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Post by Firebolt on Sept 6, 2009 21:24:02 GMT -5
"I hope that if I ever go back, you'll let me join you guys in your base... It was kinda crummy living as somebody's car," she says, tilting her head to the side and glancing away from him. She huffs a bit and then turns back to the targets, letting loose a series of shots, her ponytails 'facing' the targets in turn, and finally manages to make all of the shots be considered 'threatening,' hitting in the chest or head area.
(minor time skip)
She throws her gun down after a few more rounds and then throws her arms up in a victory sort of way. "I've got it down. I know what I'm doing," She states. She looks over at Sideburn and then tilts her head to the side, "It's better to practice with friends rather than alone. Thanks... Sideburn... Anything I can do to show my gratitude?" She attempts to be mature again and not dive at him for a hug.
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