Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 1, 2008 14:11:41 GMT -5
Nightbeat gives Botanica a curious look. "Now you're talking mumbo-jumbo sweetheart. Chaos or no, once you kill something, it stays dead. Fact number one of the universe."
Unless it's Optimus Prime, but he's an exception.
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Shanodin
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Post by Shanodin on Jan 1, 2008 14:38:29 GMT -5
"Oh really?" Botanica quirks an eyebrow at Nightbeat, a deadly sweet smile on her face, "We 'killed' Megatron twice over and still his essence survived. And in the archives there is a tale of a Starscream who would not die...he even possessed one of the Predacons at one point."
"Not everyone goes quietly into night. Some fight with tooth and claw."
The radio she has strapped securely to her upper arm, clicks on and after a brief conversation with Perceptor, she addresses the group.
"It seems I'm needed elsewhere. Perhaps we can continue this at another time."
With a quick twirl, she dives into the ground and heads toward the coordinates Perceptor provided. It's simply faster to move through the ground, then above it, and gets her more used to the soil here.
OOC: and out
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Post by Kup on Jan 1, 2008 16:43:43 GMT -5
Kup finally stands from where he's been sitting by the side of the lake and strolls over to join the group. "Never mind reading the files we've already recorded from my reality, Nightbeat, but taking a look at what Xaaron's put up about your own history, you know damned well that ain't true," says the veteran.
"This probably isn't our Unicron, Grimlock, but remember what I told you about that incident with Starscream's ghost? He's not completely gone, even in our own reality."
The veteran claps his hands together. "Anyway, show's over. Plant-lady's bugged out, so that leaves the four of us. Grimlock, think you're up to handling the rest of us?"
If anything, Grimlock should be pleased that now at least one of his opponents can shake off - with effort, of course - some of his stronger punches.
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 2, 2008 18:00:58 GMT -5
Grimlock turns when Kup arrives, and heaves his shoulders in a sigh-like motion. The old-timer was right. "...me Grimlock forgot about crazy universe business" he mumbles, shaking his head.
The Dinobot commander perks up at Kup's challenge. "Of course me can! Me Grimlock! Me KING!" With that announcement, he clangs his fist against his chest in a macho display of badassery. Striking a combat stance, he looks at the squid, dick, and elder. "Come on!"
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Post by Claw Jaw on Jan 3, 2008 0:40:55 GMT -5
Claw Jaw adopts a combat stance, slowly walking around in an attempt to flank Grimlock. His chest jaws are wide open, and his tentacles are held aloft, in case of any attacks sent his way.
"Very well" Claw Jaw says, as he walks slowly around, keeping facing the larger robot. Claw Jaw's plan is simple: Leap onto him from behind and wear him down. Unfortunately, actually getting behind him has a few problems.
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 3, 2008 16:55:30 GMT -5
Nightbeat resists the urge to make "blah blah blah" gestures behind Kup's back because the old timer is one of the few people that Nightbeat actually does respect.
He drops into a fighting stance of his own. "Let's do this thing."
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Post by Kup on Jan 3, 2008 19:12:12 GMT -5
Oh, well, lovely. Grimlock's not charging, and because it's Grimlock, nobody else wants to charge. Claw Jaw looks to be trying to circle around to the back, but without something or someone to keep Grimlock occupied in the front, that won't work, and Nightbeat doesn't quite look to be providing the distraction that's needed.
Ah, well. It's not like the old beater has a paint job to protect or a reason to worry about denting.
Kup does not drop into a battle-ready stance. He just drops; he dives forward and transforms, his wheels rolling and engine rumbling the moment he hits the ground. He drives towards Grimlock with as much momentum as his dense hide can muster - against most anyone else, if he were to hit, it'd be enough to near as flatten them. Grimlock might actually feel it. Even so, it should keep the Dinobot Commander distracted from what's going on behind.
So wait a minute. Isn't this the melee training? Well, a pick-up sure isn't a ranged weapon!
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 4, 2008 4:15:20 GMT -5
Grimlock starts to follow Claw Jaw's movements, until he hears Kup transform. His attention turns to the old-timer, watching Kup barrel toward him. He shifts his weight a bit, crouching to try and catch the pickup.
However, he miscalculates, and is knocked on his butt by the impact. A grunt follows, and he pushes the pickup off, and is soon back on his feet. He reaches down and grabs the sides of the truck, gripping the bottom, and lifting it over his head. Grimlock would grin at Nightbeat if he had a mouth. "Me Grimlock say CATCH!" And Kup goes flying toward the detective.
What was that about pickups not being ranged weapons...?
---------- OOC: Grabbing and throwing of Kup done with permission of Kup's player.
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Post by Claw Jaw on Jan 5, 2008 2:13:18 GMT -5
While Grimlock is distracted, teaching pickups how to fly, Claw Jaw leaps at him, and quickly hisses "Beast mode!". In mid air, the robot turns into a giant squid, tentacles flailing. Claw Jaw aims towards the back of the larger robot, and sticks, with a multitude of small noises as his suckers take grip.
Quickly, the squid threw himself upwards, latching onto the head of the larger transformer. The two massive jaws opened, ready to close at a moment's notice.
Unfortunently, Claw Jaw didn't realise that being out of water lead to possible sticking problems with his alt-mode...
OOC: Face-hugging of Grimlock done with player's permission
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 5, 2008 12:51:22 GMT -5
With Kup being thrown through the air and looking like he was going to transform1, Nightbeat knows that it's time to get the heck out of the way.
And Claw Jaw's given him the perfect opening. He transforms himself and guns his engine, aiming to ram Grimlock and hit him low, while the squid-bot-thing hits him high.
_________ 1 Mentioned with permission of Kup's player.
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Post by Kup on Jan 5, 2008 18:01:43 GMT -5
After Grimlock throws him, Kup transforms, which will allow him to lesson the impact when he actually hits, whatever it is he's hitting. Since Nightbeat also transforms - into a car, which has a lower profile - Kup flies over him and what he hits is the ground.
It'd be nice if he hits in a neat little roll and springs right back up again, but know, it's something of a tangle, and Kup takes a good dent to the left side of his torso, which was already dented by his impact with Grimlock's leg. He does, however, untangle himself quickly enough, and is soon back on his feet, a grin on his face. Dents and dings aside, he's having a grand old time here as he circles in, looking for an opening that doesn't involve working against his teammates.
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Jan 7, 2008 9:25:14 GMT -5
Grimlock would smirk at Kup transforming to make the impact less of a pain, but suddenly all goes black. Crap! Forgot about that blasted beast-thing. For a few moments, he staggers around, making muffled noises of confusion and irritation come out sounding like some sort of bellowing ...dinosaur like beast with a squid for a head.
Look out, Deadzone. Cthulhulock is on the loose.
Or he would be, until Nightbeat rams him. Grimlock's balance is thrown off by not being able to see and by having a squid on his head. He goes down this time, but forward. He hits hard, and hopefully Nightbeat is fast enough to speed out of the way.
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Post by Claw Jaw on Jan 7, 2008 21:45:56 GMT -5
When Grimlock is hit by Nightbeat, Claw Jaw almost immediately sees what will happen. "Maximize!" he hisses, transforming as Grimlock falls down, before attempting to leap backwards off the large robot.
He makes it past Grimlock, but, rather then land gracefully, crashes into the ground with a mighty thud.
"I hate land..." he grumbles, before getting up again and turning back to face the other fighters.
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Jan 8, 2008 14:37:20 GMT -5
"All right," Nightbeat says, as he shifts gears into reverse just in time to peel out from under the shadow of a falling Grimlock, "not one of my better ideas."
Not to mention his achin' fender...
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Post by Kup on Jan 8, 2008 14:55:53 GMT -5
Really, Nightbeat? Because Kup could have sworn that they're doing about as good against Grimlock as could be expected.
The problem is, Grimlock started off cocky, assuming there was nothing they could do against him and discounting their numbers. The veteran doesn't expect the Dinobot Commander to continue making that mistake.
With Grimlock down on his front and the other two clear, Kup springs forward and attempts to make a grab for the other's arms to attempt to pin them back and keep the Dinobot off-balance. Kup may not be as strong as Grimlock, but he is about as strong as, say, Snarl or Slag, and might at least be able to keep Grimlock off-balance long enough for the others to accomplish something.
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