Blackarachnia (BW)
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Miss Predacon Blackarachnia, at your service.
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Sept 16, 2008 5:00:57 GMT -5
"Kinda fell in the trap." Blackarachnia repeats Shortround's line as he "Well, I suppose it could have happened to anyone? Oh no, that's right. It didn't, it happened to you." That's the last thing Shortround hears as Blackarachnia shuts him offline before Needlenose flips him over.
Blackarachnia gets a small blade out and starts to carefully scratch off some of Shortround's paintwork to see what the joinery is like underneath.
Halfway through this job, she stops, and looks up. "Hmm.. does this one have a mini-con port?"
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Post by Needlenose on Sept 16, 2008 21:28:33 GMT -5
"That's what we're trying to find out. He's from after the point where they stopped working, remember?"
Now that some of the armored plating is out of the way, Needlenose can more closely examine the circuitry itself. He points to a circuit. "There... that seems similar to some of the circuits we saw in that other Decepticon's body, but... not all of the connecting runs are complete. Looks like he had Mini-Con ports at one time, but they were removed, with a few of the circuitpaths left in place, but cut off."
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Blackarachnia (BW)
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She lay back on the ground and let the soft earth envelope her body.
Miss Predacon Blackarachnia, at your service.
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Sept 17, 2008 5:23:01 GMT -5
"Yes, I know.. but is it actually visible?" But then Needlenose spots it. "Wait, where is this?" Blackarachnia says. "Where did he have it? Is it related to this key port thing, or it's something new?"
Blackarachnia seems to constantly be distracted from the work she is supposed to be doing, namely, checking out whether the keyhole was newer than the rest of the work done.
"You know, if the only reason the mini-cons stopped working because someone disconnected half of the circuitry for it and they never bothered to check, I'm going to rupture a gasket laughing." Given the only samples from this world was Demolishor, Shortround and some strange Decepticon that was stupid enough to get caught in a planet-formers gears, Blackarachnia's convinced that her theory is entirely feasible.
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Post by Needlenose on Sept 17, 2008 16:48:50 GMT -5
Blackarachnia's forgotten about Cannonball completely! Because of course, remembering him would totally change her opinion of that reality.
Needlenose shakes his head and points. It's above the keyhole by a bit, more towards the shoulder. "Physically near, but I don't see any overlapping circuitry. And it doesn't look just disconnected - the circuits are incomplete. Some things have been removed." He shrugs. "I suppose it's possible how they started to stop work, but by this time, they were intentionally removing excess components." He turns his attention back towards the keyhole, antennae laying back on his head in thought. "Maybe to recycled and relocated into the new areas...?" he wonders out loud.
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Blackarachnia (BW)
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She lay back on the ground and let the soft earth envelope her body.
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Sept 22, 2008 5:07:24 GMT -5
"But where do they connect?" Sure they would need to do a lot more digging to find that out, but she cannot help but put the question out there. "Where exactly do these keys come from, anyway?" She leans over to get a better look at the, err, 'keyhole.'
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Post by Needlenose on Sept 22, 2008 17:14:11 GMT -5
"The port remnants don't connect to anything! Not anymore, anyway. The key circuits seem to run from the keyhole to the weapons systems," Needlenose explains, pointing first to the isolated chunks of circuitry and then wiring that runs from keyhole to weapons.
"As for where the keys come from," he begins, tone doubtful, antennae laying as flat against his head as they can, "well, erm..." He shakes his head and shrugs. "They claim they come from Primus!"
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Blackarachnia (BW)
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Sept 29, 2008 6:05:10 GMT -5
Blackarachnia snorts derisively. "That's their god, right? They think there's a Transformer god."
"So what, he just.. gives them out? Is there one key for each Transformer with one use? Hmm." Blast it, this resolves nothing. Now she wants to check another Decepticon to see if their 'keyhole' is different!
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Post by Needlenose on Sept 29, 2008 19:14:23 GMT -5
"There... is a Transformer god," Needlenose answers. He's even referenced in Beast Wars! "I hear tell one of the Autobots shot him in the face and woke him up." That part isn't mentioned in Beast Wars.
He shrugs at Blackarachnia's further questions. "It doesn't make sense when he tells it... and sadly, it doesn't make much more sense now. But I think we've got all the answers we're going to get here. It's time to close him up and re-activate him. Maybe we can poke at the pirate once he returns."
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Blackarachnia (BW)
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She lay back on the ground and let the soft earth envelope her body.
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Oct 8, 2008 1:56:05 GMT -5
Blackarachnia shoots an incredulous look at Needlenose at the 'shooting in the face' line, which turns to disappoint and irritated when he states something she was reluctant to realize for herself--there's nothing left to learn here. "Hnn. Yeah, you're right." Blackarachnia grumbles.
Panels are closed and tools get packed away, and before long Shortround is ready to be reactivated.
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Post by Needlenose on Oct 8, 2008 10:34:32 GMT -5
Needlenose returns Blackarachnia's incredulous look with one of innocence and confusion, his right antenna cocked slightly to the side to emphasize this. Really. It's not like it's his fault god got shot in the face! He's just reporting the facts as he knows them! Facts from his reality just tend to be really, really screwy sometimes.
He helps with the closing of panels, and even takes the time to unclog the intakes Shortround had mentioned. It would look kind of suspicious to ignore those! Then, it's just a matter of triggering the boot cycle and waiting for Shortround to come online.
OOC: Feel free to post back in any time you want, Shortround. Sorry this went so long while you were 'out.'
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Shortround
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Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Oct 13, 2008 11:00:05 GMT -5
Groggily, Shortround reboots, from possibly thinking about old toy commercial melodies. A quick check reveals no immediate problems, so he figures it was a worthwhile checkup!.
Of course, later he'll wonder exactly how long they took just for a checkup, but Shortround knows better than to question such things in public. For the moment, Shortround instead just sits up. "So... That's it?" he asks, a bit nervously.
OOC: Whoops, sorry about that delay. Kept forgetting about this one
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Blackarachnia (BW)
Rookie
She lay back on the ground and let the soft earth envelope her body.
Miss Predacon Blackarachnia, at your service.
Posts: 226
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Oct 13, 2008 13:52:58 GMT -5
Blackarachnia a rag to clean her hands up with. "For now." She offers her patient a sweet smile. "You were right about those intakes. You should get yourself checked up more often!"
"It'd look bad for you if we were to record this service. I mean, you don't want anyone to think you are sloppy and don't take care of yourself, do you? We'll just pretend this checkup didn't happen so long as you promise to get maintained more regularly, okay?"
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Post by Needlenose on Oct 13, 2008 17:18:33 GMT -5
Needlenose did a lot of that intake cleaning!
"No kidding," he snorts. "I've seen jets after a run in with a flock of geese who had cleaner intakes than that." He shrugs, finishing putting away his tools. He's already got a Plan B in mind in case Hook finds out and isn't pleased with their prodding of a member of his division. Oh, he had the utmost respect for the Constructicons, and knew how dangerous they could be when roused, but on the other hand, even his own Constructicons had learned that sometimes it's better to do a bit of dealing under the table than worry about every form right and properly filled out, and these Constructicons have had a few million years practice at being Decepticons.
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Shortround
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Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Oct 16, 2008 8:39:04 GMT -5
Shortround gulps at both of them. They sure are making random check ups seem deadly serious, and Shortround plans to remember it in the future.
"I'll remember that for the future..." Shortround says, nervously, before getting up and leaving.
OOC: Whoops, sorry, had a bit of a brain blargh yesterday. But Shortround's leaving unless he's stopped
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Blackarachnia (BW)
Rookie
She lay back on the ground and let the soft earth envelope her body.
Miss Predacon Blackarachnia, at your service.
Posts: 226
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Post by Blackarachnia (BW) on Oct 17, 2008 4:46:23 GMT -5
If Shortround needed any reason to get out of there sooner, Blackarachnia's gaze that all but says 'I'm done with you' would do the trick.
Assuming Shortround is sufficiently out of earshot, Blackarachnia turns to Needlenose. "Next time we need to find something out, let's just kill him too. It's easier that way."
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