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Post by Barricade on Jun 6, 2009 13:23:56 GMT -5
Barricade snorts indelicately, his own expression twisting into a feral little grin, too. "Bigger mechs than you have wished for the same thing," he growls, a note of almost wicked cheer creeping into his tone. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall, though." Just ask Frenzy.
Critter? Barricade is a "critter" now? He snorts again, claws flexing and contracting as his optics dart over Motormaster's frame, looking for an appropriate weakness to strike at. And why are his optics unlit, anyway?
"Someone with better taste than to work for that blustering, self-aggrandizing pirate," he retorts, circling to the left, legs tamped for a pounce. Or to catch a charging Motormaster, if his jibe works.
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 21:13:13 GMT -5
"Yeah. Sa'called mass." It probably is not called mass. Mass is probably Motormaster short-hand for the phenomenon in general. Words have meanings, but words also call to mind schema, and the schema may have meanings that are not fully encompassed by the word.
Motormaster rolls his shoulders in a shrug at the insult to Cannonball. "We can't all be perfect. What'd the Allspark make you out of, magnetic sculpture?"
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 21:40:42 GMT -5
Mass, velocity, arrogance... all the same to Barricade.
"Snip and snails and puppy dog tails," Barricade grins,, bouncing a little on his toes as he continues circling. "And their cute little eyeballs, all squished out into paste wax for the bladey bits." There's a metallic shing! as he flicks his claws again.
And just wait! If he thinks Barricade is mangled sculpture, what will he make of Frenzy?
"So, what's with the optics? Running dim?" Who knows? Maybe where this Motormaster is from, they might use "running dim" as a euphemism for "dumb as a sack of hammers", too.
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 21:42:30 GMT -5
"What optics?" Motormaster's head does not turn to follow Barricade as he moves. His whole body does, as he keeps himself front-on to the smaller Transformer.
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 21:44:04 GMT -5
What optics? Barricade's head tilts to one side.
"The ones in your head," he flips back. "You know, that bulbous mass on top of your shoulders?"
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 21:46:07 GMT -5
This guy is so much like Vortex, except for being sense-able most of the time. Which means he should ignore the insults until the other Transformer gets in grabbing range.
Motormaster tilts his head slightly in mimicry of Barricade. "Don't have optics."
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 21:58:05 GMT -5
"Not using them, you mean," Barricade corrects. Anyone can see that this guy has optics; they're right there!
Well, okay, anybody but Motormaster could see that he's got optics. Heh.
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 21:58:51 GMT -5
"Don't have 'em," Motormaster insists. "They checked."
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 21:59:56 GMT -5
"Huh."
Well, that would explain why Psycho Trucker here kept truckin' right on by until Barricade had-- Wait.
Barricade switches directions suddenly, moving as silently as he can, just to see what Motormaster does.
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 22:02:15 GMT -5
Motormaster continues to turn to face Barricade as he makes the sudden direction-switch. His expression doesn't change to indicate he recognizes what Barricade was just testing for there.
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 22:03:30 GMT -5
"You got some good sensors there, then," Barricade remarks. "'Cept for that whole zippin' past me before. Not worth your time then?"
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 22:05:39 GMT -5
"You acted like all the other run-down pieces of machinery along the road." Motormaster's engine rumbles, though this tone is more 'mildly annoyed' than 'I would like to pull your head off and spit down your throat'.
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 22:08:34 GMT -5
How interesting. Shockwave will probably be interested in this little tidbit, yeah. So as long as he plays 'possum, this guy can't seem to pick him out, huh?arricade files that little bit away for later.
"Lucky you that I wasn't an Autobot then, huh?"
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Post by Motormaster on Jun 12, 2009 22:10:01 GMT -5
Motormaster shrugs. "You were an Autobot, you would have attacked me."
'Course Barricade did attack him.
"An' I wouldn't have heard you on the broadband."
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Post by Barricade on Jun 12, 2009 22:14:28 GMT -5
More like Barricade challenged him.
"True, but you would have felt my cannon up your skid, instead of my dust," he snorts. That an Autobot - well, most of them - probably wouldn't have shot first and asked questions of the corpse hasn't really occured to Barricade. If he'd really wanted to attack Motormaster, then Moto never would have seen it coming.
Well, not that he did anyway, but, yeah, the sentiment is the same.
"So, you gonna keep dancing all day, or you want some fresh fuel instead of that squishy insect slag you been using?"
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