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Post by skystrike-3 on Jun 3, 2008 9:18:53 GMT -5
Peoples!
… A bit too many peoples as Skystrike found out, having to shuffle himself further and further down the beach as the place became more crowded. The he finally took to the air with a slightly annoyed huff and proceeded to pout. Luckily, it didn’t last too long because good old fearless leader took the moment to get them back on task.
He did have a point with the whole Rodimus Evil gathering a vast army of inter-dimensional darkness (or was that light?) and coming back to kick their collective skid plates. Of course, Starscream made sense far too often to be healthy, but hey, that’s Starscream for you. Heroic, do-goody, optimistic and Dead End-worrying on a scale that probably took too much time to bother thinking about. It didn’t stop him from being suspicious of any Autobots in any plane of existence though. It also didn’t stop Skystrike from rolling his optics when their commander transformed and took off.
“Why do you always have to be right?” The blue jet grumbled to himself before transforming too. “Well?” He hollered challengingly to the other jets firing up his engines, “Let’s haul our sorry rear stabilizers and go stop Roddy, yah confetti colored slow pokes!” He did a low flyby wagging his ailerons in a brief ‘See you when you get there!’ to any of those who weren’t jets before quickly roaring off after Starscream.
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Runamuck-3
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On the road to lands unknown
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Post by Runamuck-3 on Jun 3, 2008 18:17:17 GMT -5
A boxy helmet pokes through the portal, with the hatchback of a car mode hanging over it. Red optics give Duskwing and Starfighter a look. "You guys gonna let the rest of us through or what? Some of us ain't exactly able to fly over you here."
Slipping past the two jets, Runamuck steps out on the beach, pausing to get his bearings before dropping into car mode and peeling off after Starscream, spraying sand behind his wheels. "Here's hoping we're not too late, I wanna see if these good guy bots can hold a drink!"
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Post by Shortround-3 on Jun 3, 2008 19:57:24 GMT -5
"... And that's why I don't like this situation" Shortround mutters, transforming. His two turbines blast into life, and soon the hovercraft is off, following after his leader.
OOC: Skippable or out of topic depending on what comes up
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Post by Barricade-3 on Jun 3, 2008 20:10:21 GMT -5
Despite the somewhat nightmarish lines of the face that pops through the portal next, Barricade's expression is open and friendly, almost curious with a cheerful edge of eager anticipation. Action! He's spoiling for it, and the chance to cut loose and let the road sing under his tires as the cavalry rides and flies to the rescue!
There's a shadow of grim determination buried in the brief glance he flicks toward the silent, red-opticked silver shadow perched comfortably on his shoulder, though. They have a responsibility to corral the blight of their Autobots before those mechanical devils have a chance to spoil another world. They have to make this right.
Hopefully they aren't too late.
"Say it, don't spray it!" he calls to the retreating Runamuck as he holds up a clawed hand to shield Frenzy from the roostertail of sand being liberally flung in their direction.
"You heard the boss, partner," Barricade grins to Frenzy, giving a little private nudge to warn the smaller mech before he transforms, the proud "to serve and protect" emblazoned brightly against the shining black of his rear fender panels. "Let's fly!"
ooc: posing of Frenzy with permission. Also, skippable.
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Post by Cannonball-3 on Jun 3, 2008 20:29:57 GMT -5
Cannonball nods to his leader's commands, legs splitting. His body folds up into a white Dodge Magnum with silver bumpers, blue anchors on the doors and on the top of the vehicle, with a high-ranking mark in front of the door anchors.
"You all 'eard the man, lads! Let's go teach those buggers a lesson!" After calling this out, Cannonball tears off after Starscream, Shortround, Skystrike, Runamuck and the others.
---------- OOC: Skippable or out, depending on whether we use this thread for arriving at Autobase.
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Injector-3
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Crashing heroically through a window near you!
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Post by Injector-3 on Jun 5, 2008 22:31:42 GMT -5
...need a hero / holding on for a hero 'til the end of the night...
Injector steps through the mirror in style. That is to say, he walks exactly as you would expect the Dashing Hero to walk. Okay, sure, Injector's not what many--most-- would consider attractive. However, he certainly acts the dashing part, if he doesn't look it1
"Let us swoop in gallantly to save the day, everyone!" He flashes a grin2, then transforms to beast mode and soars into the sky.
1Personally, he thinks he looks it quite perfectly.
2This being quite the disturbing looking expression to anyone unfamilar with him3.
3Quite possibly to those familar with him as well..
OOC: Skippable (unless addressed) or out, depending on what happens
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Dead End-3
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"We who are about to die salute you"
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Post by Dead End-3 on Jun 8, 2008 11:53:24 GMT -5
Dead End gave Starscream a reproachful look as the latter cast caution to the winds and leaped into the air without so much as sending up a scout. He sighed and engaged his lifters, flying after the rest of the Decepticons.
-- Skipping Eye-fire due to timeout. Dead End still skippable
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Midnight-3
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"Payback's a mother, ain't it?"
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Post by Midnight-3 on Jun 8, 2008 11:53:44 GMT -5
Midnight was not so concerned with scouts and caution. He didn't have Dead End's conviction of imminent demise; in fact, Midnight still believed in his own nigh-indestructibility. He had not been nearly as damaged as Hellbender before the transition brought him to the mirror-Gillanan III, and had retained his original body.
"Good! Maybe we'll get some action," he growled as he transformed and lifted into the air. The heavy jet wallowed through a slight turn and sped after Starscream, slowly picking up speed.
-- Also skippable
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Duskwing-3
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I don't think you oughta do dat...
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Post by Duskwing-3 on Jun 8, 2008 11:58:20 GMT -5
"Hey, cool your jets!" Duskwing snapped back at Starfighter. He was blocking Runamuck and the others, so he stepped to one side. He consider punching Starfighter in the face just to remind the blue jet that he wasn't anyone's punching bag, but noticed out of the corner of his optic that the Air Commander was taking off.
"Oh hey, we're moving." Duskwing lifted and transformed, zooming off. He rolled as he came into formation with Starscream, just for the sheer pleasure of flying.
-- still skippable
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Post by Starfighter-3 on Jun 8, 2008 12:05:15 GMT -5
"Cool your own jets!" Starfighter leaps into the air and follows him, racing past as many of the other fliers as he can just because it's an opportunity to show he's better than them. He never passes up one of those.
Duskwing could have punched him, sure. And then Starfighter would have punched him back and the whole thing would have ended in extended lectures about not fighting with your teammates five minutes after entering a new and hostile world and then there would be make-up handshakes and Starfighter would hate everybody for the rest of the day. So perhaps it is better that they are flying.
------------- Skippable
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Blackout-3
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With strength and with honor we fight.
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Post by Blackout-3 on Jun 9, 2008 19:39:36 GMT -5
Blackout adds nothing to the conversation. He simply recalls Scorponok, waits for his companion to climb into his niche, and then strides for the edge of the beach. Once he clears the loose sand, he transforms, lifting into the air with the heavy chop of six-bladed rotors and following after the others.
Still skippable and/or out, as the thread goes.
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Post by Blackarachnia-3 on Jun 10, 2008 5:49:19 GMT -5
Blackarachnia slinks through, keeping herself to the rear of the gathering. She listens to the speech. Listening to what Starscream says... she takes it in. It fulfills her. When she has orders and a leader to follow, her existence has purpose.
When everyone takes off, she quietly Transforms, and approaches Shortround before he takes off.
"Mind if I catch a ride?" She asks, pleasantly.
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Post by Starscream-3 on Jun 10, 2008 6:01:22 GMT -5
Yes, my last post was done as Optimus. Well spotted, you guys.
Starscream keeps travelling towards their destination with purpose and determination, but internally he sighs. He's wondering how he can manage an alliance with Autobots when he cannot even manage a pair of his fellow Seeker-kind. Megatron always made this seem so easy, blast it. Still, Starscream would continue to lead, it was his burden to bear. Megatron wouldn't have made him second-in-command of all the Decepticons if he wasn't up to the task.
Starscream is keeping his air speeds to a minimum, given that he's travelling with ground crew, and will order anyone who doesn't fall in line to do so. They're a team.
Other than that, he continues the rest of the trip in silence.
I am thinking my next post will be a time-skip towards when Autobot HQ shows up in far-range view. Objections?
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Post by skystrike-3 on Jun 10, 2008 9:55:46 GMT -5
Aaah, the seekers. Good fighting team but there’s no way in the pit Skystrike would ever willingly spend his off hours with them. Their constant bickering was enough to drive anyone insane.
He inwardly rolled his optics when Starfighter sped up ahead but didn’t do much about it. Leave the fellow to feel stupid about it on his own; they’ll be back here in a nice neat formation of people who didn’t have anything they felt they needed to prove.
After some minor (mostly one sided) small talk with anyone who’d listen, Skystrike fell silent himself, finally letting the full weight of their mission settle on his consciousness. They had to stop the Autobots from inter-dimensional universal domination. Right. And to do that, they had to overcome their (previously correct) prejudices of their Autobots to side with the Autobots here.
For a few moments, Skystrike let himself wonder if these Autobots had a Thundercracker on their side too, and what reasons would this one have to be with them. It was a thought he quickly quashed before it strayed too far.
OOC: No objection here!
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Runamuck-3
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On the road to lands unknown
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Post by Runamuck-3 on Jun 10, 2008 20:01:47 GMT -5
"Sorry, bud!" Runamuck calls back to Barricade. It doesn't occur to him that the sounds of jets taking off, not to mention his own tires peeling through the sand, might make it hard to hear.
Once he finally clears the sand, Runamuck turns, heading down the road after Starscream and the faster fliers. His internal speakers begin blaring Terran music, and if one listens closely, they can hear him singing along.
Proud and so glorious, Stand here before of us, Our souls will shine bright in the sky; When united we come, To the land of the sun, With the heart of a dragon, we ride!
"Heart of a Dragon," by Dragonforce.
Also, lead on, boss-bot!
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