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Post by Kup on May 20, 2009 20:59:00 GMT -5
Kup mutters, "Not sure what's stranger... a Prowl that's no good with orders or trying to picture one doing maintenance." Then he grins and louder, he says, "Although, lad, while I certainly wouldn't mind hearing all about your crew later, I think you were talking about Megatron?"
Not that Kup's really in a position to criticize anyone else for letting their attention wander.
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Post by Grimlock on May 21, 2009 17:55:49 GMT -5
Kup beat Grimlock to the point, but that doesn't deter the Dinobot!
He turns to Optimus, hunching down slightly. "Me Grimlock no want to hear about Prowl! Tell me Grimlock good part!"
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 22, 2009 19:35:22 GMT -5
Optimus stops talking about Prowl, and starts looking foolish. After a moment, he starts anyway. "Now bear in mind that the Autobot-Decepticon war had ended over four million stellar cycles ago. For most of us on the ship, this was our first Decepticon encounter. And it was none other than the meanest and toughest of them all.
"Megatron had shown up in a ship, searching for the All Spark, and had flown over to our ship himself. He'd started to blast his way in when there was a strange explosion. Presumably Megatron blasted something he shouldn't have, because by the time he had made it onto our ship, he was missing an arm."
He pauses as if he's forgotten something. "Oh, and by the time he'd boarded, our ship had flown through a malfunctioning space bridge. I forgot that part."
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Post by Kup on Jun 1, 2009 21:39:24 GMT -5
OOC: Folks skipped due to vacations and time outs.
"Four million..." Kup says, rubbing his chin and considers, rubbing his chin. If that equates to the same time unit he's used to, that means their war ended at about the same time the Ark vanished in his reality. Roughly, anyway. Then he lowers his hand and grins.
"Lad, try listening to yourself as you're speaking, maybe think ahead a sentence or two. You're getting things a bit garbled here."
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jun 1, 2009 22:22:04 GMT -5
"Right, right." Optimus pauses and considers.
"Anyway, despite the fact that we had him outnumbered, he was a real threat to us. None of us have ever fought a Decepticon before, some hadn't even fought in a battle. He had me in his grip, demanding the All Spark. Fortunately, I had an arm free," Optimus extends (but doesn't launch) his grappler accessory on his left arm for added effect, "And I was able to launch a grappler at the lever that disabled our ships artificial gravity. This gave us the opportunity we needed. After some, uh, questionable teamwork, we managed to open up the docking tunnel, launching Megatron out into re-entry to burn up."
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Post by Grimlock on Jun 3, 2009 0:01:19 GMT -5
Grimlock finds this story a bit lacking!
However, he's used to Kup stories, so it's to be expected. However, this story has a good plot twist!
"Me Grimlock would have smash him Megatron, but throwing him out good, too!"
That's about as close as Grimlock gets to a 'seal of approval'.
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Post by Kup on Jun 3, 2009 23:44:17 GMT -5
Kup runs his chin as he considers this.
After a moment, he asks, "And that's it?"
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Post by Clipper on Jun 6, 2009 13:06:19 GMT -5
Clipper manages to stay silent throughout the story - she hasn't been privy to but one of Kup's stories, so she isn't aware of how short and unembelished it is in comparison, really - with nothing more that optics widened with worshipful awe pinned to Optimus to give her presence away.
That's it? Kup sounds like he disapproves! None of that, now!
"So you managed to take out Megatron?!" she exclaims breathlessly, her voice emphasizing the "you", as if it were all Optimus' doing with no help from the others at all. "How heroic!"
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jun 6, 2009 16:05:19 GMT -5
Optimus felt rather proud of his efforts being the storyteller for the first time instead of the story-listener, and going by Grimlock's reaction and Clipper's awe, he did a halfway decent job, too. Though he gets somewhat deflated with Kup's uninterested response. Though Clipper's excitement helps. "Well, after we entered the atmosphere, I had to veer our damaged ship past a populated earth city called New Detroit. We had to enter stasis mode to survive the crash."
He pauses awkwardly. "Maybe I ought to leave the storytelling to the experts."
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Post by Grimlock on Jun 8, 2009 17:51:03 GMT -5
Grimlock gives Optimus a bit of a shrug. "Me Grimlock think you get better at it." Practice makes perfect, after all!
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Post by Kup on Jun 9, 2009 14:46:46 GMT -5
It's only with Optimus's reaction that Kup realizes just how bad what he had to say sounds, and he waves a hand absently. "Oh, no, no, lad, I didn't mean it like that. Although, uhm, you could use a bit of polishing in the story telling, I gotta admit. That comes with time."
"Ah, no, I was talking about Megatron. Not to, erm, insult your efforts or anything, but I wouldn't expect anyone named Megatron to go down quite so easy! So, y'know, I was wondering where the other bit comes in."
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Post by Clipper on Jun 9, 2009 15:16:45 GMT -5
Oh, well, then that's better, because Clipper hadn't thought that Optimus had done a bad job at all.
"So you managed to save the city, too?" she asks Optimus, hoping that he'll elaborate on that, as well as what Kup had asked.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jun 9, 2009 17:47:30 GMT -5
"I guess it's hard to draw a comparison, between Megatrons." Optimus says, slightly relieved at Kup's reassurance. "I don't know how hard that explosion damaged his internals, but he was missing his fusion cannon. In fact, his right servo was positively endoskeletal. Not to mention there were five of us. We weren't the perfectly functioning unit I had hoped we might be, but we were enough to distract us. I seized an opportunity that presented itself with the exit switch, but we were lucky it was there in the first place."
He looks down to Clipper, asking for elaboration on what he intended to be a footnote. "Well, I just think that we managed to not crash into it. The fight from Megatron left our ship in a poor state of repair, but had enough life left that I could steer it away from the city. I ordered my crew into stasis lock, and had only just enough time to enter myself before we crashed in a nearby body of water that is locally known as 'Lake Eerie'."
Optimus's optics glance upward as he places his finger to his chin, ensuring he didn't miss any details. "Hmm... I think that's about it."
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Post by Grimlock on Jun 10, 2009 2:10:56 GMT -5
Much as Grimlock is loathe to admit it, Megatrons are tough, like Kup says.
"Me Grimlock agree with Kup. It take a lot to take down Megatron. It take all our Optimus Prime's strength to take Megatron down for good." The Dinobot looks askance now. Not really grief...more of a begrudged respect for the Prime, for his valiant efforts.
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Post by Kup on Jun 10, 2009 21:42:23 GMT -5
Kup looks... distinctly unconvinced as Optimus gives his explanation, but leaves it there. Hey, maybe their Megatron is gone, and the kid's just lucky. As Grimlock mentions Optimus's last battle, he does frown, but the frown doesn't last. After all, Optimii don't go down easy, either, and his came back right before Kup was pulled. Kup's certainly glad enough to see his old friend back, and really, in an odd sort of way, he's happy for Rodi- Hot Rod, too. The Matrix forced that lad to grow up too fast... and judging by the way the burden's weighed on this Rodimus, one who kept the job, staying Prime wouldn't have done him any favors, anyway. Granted, Rodimus and Hot Rod weren't exactly the same person, but almost, but not, but... it was all enough to make Kup's head spin.
After just a short moment of silent consideration, Kup smiles warmly and gives a nod of approval. "Good job, lad. Fine story. Hell of a first time encounter, I imagine, but... sometimes, that's just the way it goes." Then he turns towards Grimlock. "So Grimlock, you have yours to tell, or no?"
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