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 Oct 3, 2008 18:31:37 GMT -5
"How very curious," Dead End remarked as he shifted into 'Drive' and followed Kup again. "Doesn't use a sword, then?"
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Post by Kup on Oct 3, 2008 20:02:46 GMT -5
"Not really, no," Kup answers, bumping hard as he hits some debris strewn across the road. "Why? Folks who bring swords to a gun fight common in your reality or something?"
This, of course, might also explain this Dead End's obsession with death. That style of fighting's a good way to die young!
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Dead End-3
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Post by Dead End-3 on Oct 3, 2008 20:36:01 GMT -5
"No, just us Stunticons. And Blitzwing, that I can think of. Other realities seem more fond of sword-fighting, though," Dead End replied, then chuckled unexpectedly.
"'Bringing swords to a gunfight'! Hearing you say that is simply amazing. Your alternate would never say such a thing," Dead End said, still amused as he sails across the debris with an opportune bounce and jump, landing on four wheels and spraying gravel.
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Post by Kup on Oct 3, 2008 22:13:37 GMT -5
"What? Why's that?" Kup demands, obviously confused. He slows down as he spots something up ahead. Bridge. Was a bridge. Now it's out. The veteran judges the gap - no worse than the jump he made breaking into Autobot City during the big battle. In fact, a lot smaller.
He speeds up. No need to worry about if the Stunticon can handle it, and so he doesn't even ask.
"He use a sword or something? How the blazes did he live so long?" Kup demands as he approaches the gap, tone suggesting that using a sword would run counter to living that long.
The elder makes the jump, landing roughly but still rolling, and keeps going, not wanting to be in the way when it's time for Dead End to make his.
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Dead End-3
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Post by Dead End-3 on Oct 4, 2008 9:29:06 GMT -5
A real jump for Dead End to essay! He does share his alternate's love of doing automotive stunts--Dead End revs his engine, wheels spinning furiously, then takes off, the sudden acceleration slamming imaginary passengers back in their seats. With just an instantaneous touch of his lifters to optimize the jump angle that the bridge doesn't quite provide, he sails into the air--
--and across the washed-out bridge to land with a bone-jarring jounce that bounces him off all four tires.
Once across, he resumes the conversation. "No, no, he doesn't use a sword. You seem to be a rather 'hands-on', field officer sort, rather like my Motormaster. 'Our' Kup is a--what was the American expression?--more of a REMF. He's much more concerned with keeping his armor shiny and unscratched, and in keeping the Prime buttered up. He's much too... oily to use such a forthright expression as you just did."
Dead End-3's view on the politician Kup-3 is perhaps a bit biased, and what he knows of him is mostly what has been seen across the battlefield and heard reported by spies to Megatron and Galvatron. And, like his own counterpart, his speech is littered with human idiom.
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Post by Kup on Oct 4, 2008 12:27:53 GMT -5
"Well, get used to it," Kup grumbles. "I ain't adjusting my behavior just because my alternate's some political slickster." He rolls forward for several moments, then adds, tone more lighthearted, "Which is for the best, anyway. My usual involvement in politics happens once the, erm, traditional methods have broken down. Well, except for the most traditional political method: violence."
"Like there was this one time back on Hyolairn Two..." Uh-oh! Long winded story ahead!
OOC: If Kup's not interrupted, I may be fading out on next post to avoid having to make up said story. >_>
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Post by Dead End-3 on Oct 4, 2008 22:15:56 GMT -5
Dead End, being generally polite, listened to Kup's story without interruption, save for the occasional "Really?" or "Ah, I see." It was quite an interesting story, and further confirmed that this Kup wasn't anything like the Kup they knew back home.
But if Kup was this different, Dead End dreaded to ask just what their Megatron had been like... and realized there was no real reason to. Their Megatron was not here, and Dead End need not suffer the memory of his Emperor to be tarnished.
As they continued on their mission, Dead End might have regretted his polite encouragement of Kup, as Kup seemed to have no end of stories on every and any imaginable subject...
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Fade out now?
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Post by Kup on Oct 4, 2008 23:39:09 GMT -5
That's right, Dead End! You are doomed! Doomed to listen to stories from Kup until the end of this trip! Muahahahahaha!!!
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