Blackout-3
Cadet
With strength and with honor we fight.
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Post by Blackout-3 on Jul 23, 2008 9:57:08 GMT -5
Blackout tends to avoid interrupting politicians at play unless he has something useful to contribute. In this case, he might. "If I might offer a suggestion, let one or two trusted members of each group into the meeting place first, at the same time, to sweep for traps or other....surprises. Then both sides will know it is safe before entering."
A pause. "And...perhaps disarming a few of the more...enthusiastic troops first." Letting a fully-armed Shortround into a room full of Autobots is a sure recipe for Something Bad to happen.
His suggestion offered, he returns to standing by.
Still skippable.
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Post by Starscream-3 on Jul 24, 2008 14:41:20 GMT -5
Starscream reluctantly accepts that Emirate's suggestion is going to make the most sense for both factions. He then turns to Blackout at his suggestion, smiles, and nods. He turns back to Xaaron. "I can select a location, unless you have in mind. If you require time to search the area before a meeting is held, that can be arranged too."
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 24, 2008 21:19:31 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron does not like the idea of Starscream picking a spot, and he insists, "A spot that neither you nor I picked would be best. I won't need much time to check it - that'll be the job of security personnel of both sides."
Maybe there's a hangar around here or something.
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Post by Starscream-3 on Jul 25, 2008 2:45:48 GMT -5
"Who, then?" Starscream is starting to get mildly irritated. These autobots might not be the savages like the ones that he knows, but he's tiring of the simple issue of an alliance being dragged out with extra complication.
"Xaaron, if you have a person in mind to nominate to select a location, do so. The sooner we can begin, the better."
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Midnight-3
Cadet
"Payback's a mother, ain't it?"
Posts: 74
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Post by Midnight-3 on Jul 25, 2008 7:07:10 GMT -5
Somewhere far out in the woods, as ordered, Midnight waited. Or rather, he sulked.
He knew the significance of Needlenose and Blackout being ordered to return, but not himself. They didn't trust him to control himself around Autobots.
Black fists clenched until the servos groaned in protest. It wasn't fair! He was absolutely loyal, he'd always followed orders, he kept his temper under tight control--why didn't the Commander trust him? Because of a few mere words expressing his dislike of their own contemptible Autobots? Because he feared treachery and didn't want to risk the leader they all looked up to?
Or because someone knows that you lose it sometimes, in the dark, in private? a treacherous small voice whispered in the back of his CPU banks.
How could they? I haven't had a chance to 'take care' of any Bots right since I got here.
Someone knew, or had guessed. Maybe one of them had a Midnight in their own universe. The big blue-black jet viciously kicked a nearby tree, cracking open its trunk. He stalked away, still stewing. Orders were orders, but he didn't have to like them!
Behind him, tiny insects found their way into the cracked pulpwood. In ten years time, the tree would be dead, eaten out by boring larva.
-- back to skippable
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 25, 2008 8:40:12 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron pulls out a datapad, calls up a map of the nearby area and instructs, "Cover your optics and pin the tail on the cassette. We'll use the nearest suitable structure."
Leaving it all up to chance? Not really. After all, he was the one who selected the zoom on the map.
OOC: How about we just skip to Arena: Starscream and Emirate Xaaron Bicker and then other folks can make their own threads like, Arena: Security Sweep and Arena: The Ice Cream Is Melted? It'll avoid the need for an arrival thread, and those always get bogged down. Or somethign like that?
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Post by Starscream-3 on Jul 25, 2008 14:22:40 GMT -5
Starscream ordered Needlenose to appoint two people. He didn't know who was close!
Starscream is going to speak out against 'pin the tail on the cassette', until he realizes it's a term of phrase. It just sounded like something the other Autobots would do.
Starscream peers at the map before shutting his optics off and randomly pointing to the map with his finger.
OOC: Works for me!
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