Rattrap
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Post by Rattrap on Jul 20, 2009 15:14:01 GMT -5
Rattrap bails and tucks in as he hits the ground, rolling with the impact to slow himself before he gets to his feet. Some fur gets ruffled in the process, but he hears the lightly tousled look is a big hit these days. He props one hand on a hip and sort of shrugs with the other, palm up, giving Xaaron a what-can-you-do look.
"What they said," he declares so very eloquently. "Metal, mostly, in decent condition. If it doesn't look like Boondocker's bed, we can probably do somethin' with it."
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 20, 2009 17:55:48 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron gives a breezy wave for the others and puts his worries about SPACE jail aside for now. If all else fails, they can blame it on the Decepticons!
He starts looking for the local equivalent of a garage, wherein there might be some useful machine parts, glancing about and taking notes of what the others are already seeking.
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Jul 21, 2009 14:52:38 GMT -5
Boondocker gives Rattrap a funny look, half-pouting. "Hey, muh bed ain't that rusty. Least, I don't think so. Doggone tunnel-bug..." he says, rambling on as he starts to searching.
He finds a building with some metal walls, and digging out a small welder, starts to break the building down.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Jul 21, 2009 20:24:16 GMT -5
Ooh welding. Firebolt perks up and then jogs over, "D'ya want help with these?" She waved her hand at the metal walls Boondocker is working on. "Working together and whatnot."
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Skid-Z
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Post by Skid-Z on Jul 22, 2009 4:35:53 GMT -5
Skid-Z watches as Boondocker and Firebolt team up, then observes Emirate Xaaron, then Rattrap.
He.... doesn't want to be alone. No, really, who would've thought. The bot saunters over, peering into the alley where he saw Wedge disappear into, and then heard the big clang. "Hey Wedge, are you okay?" He sees the bulldozer picking apart the vehicle, and carefull adds, "Do you need help? I... don't really have any demolition means like you, Rattrap or 'Dock, but..."
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Jul 23, 2009 1:02:27 GMT -5
Wedge's expression brightens when he looks up, spotting Skid-Z at the sound of the other's voice. "Hey! I'd be glad to have some help!"
At Skid-Z's concerned question, Wedge rubs at one cheek seam with a sheepish laugh. "Yeah, I'm fine. That definitely won't happen again." Just because he's heavy machinery doesn't mean he's clumsy. "Don't think we need to worry about any demolition for the moment---I covered enough for right now." He points at the large hole in the wall and rubs at his cheek seam again. "Don't know what's in there yet, but we can take a look if you want. I've just got to strip the rest of this thing," he gestures at the vehicle. "Computers, wires, hardware, anything I can get from it really. Anything you want?"
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Rattrap
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Post by Rattrap on Jul 24, 2009 23:04:07 GMT -5
"I just had a long, bumpy ride in dat bed," Rattrap pronounces. "I'm plenty familiar with the rust by now." Now, logically, he should leave the heavy lifting to the guys who can actually do it. A Rattrap who gets himself squashed under something heavy is no good to anybody.
Well, nobody around here. Hopefully.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Jul 25, 2009 8:13:34 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron looks over his shoulder and calls to Wedge, "You can snack on the power cells out of those things if you get hungry, but they'll eventually give you a headache. Not a terribly clean charge." He would know. He's had them before.
He does try to keep a watch out of Rattrap, but Emirate Xaaron has worked with Micromasters, and the little Maximal isn't that much smaller.
Skid-Z and Wedge should be able to handle taking apart the vehicle, though, so he wander over closer to the group clustering around Boondocker. There has to be something he can do there, like maybe sift though pieces when Boondocker's made some more cuts.
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Jul 26, 2009 21:22:29 GMT -5
Boondocker gives Firebolt a glance, then motions to the rest of the walls. "Well, I figger we strip th' walls here off, and break 'em down int' manageable pieces so we's kin take 'em back home. I got this here side if y'all wanna start on the next one."
He pauses, then fishes out a fairly large portable toolbox, and opens it. "Got a couple more welders in there if folks need 'em, an' some other stuff that kin be useful, jus' put it back when y'all git done with it."
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Jul 27, 2009 11:32:14 GMT -5
Firebolt eyes a nearby wall and then seems to glare at it. It's too big for her to handle so she does the next best thing: kick it down. She drops down into a handstand and then slams her feet against it, which knocks the wall down.
"BONK!" She declares before going to work on stripping the good metal off of it.
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Skid-Z
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Post by Skid-Z on Jul 27, 2009 13:15:03 GMT -5
Beaming, Skid-Z hurries over to the vehicle, eyeing it curiously and watching what the bulldozer is doing. "I'll help you" He eventually crouches, takes out a standard army energon shortknife and proceeds to cut off the bumper, jabbing through the lock of the hood as he goes along.
"I need whatever we need" He replies lightly, indicating that he's not looking for anything for himself, "Well, maybe I'll bump into a souvenir, tend to collect from places I end up in" He flashes a playfull grin, then downs it as Xaaron mentions the fuel, muttering "if that's the only thing it gives you..."
Soft hints of music come from his systems, barely loud enough to pace his movements along with, soft enough not to be a nuisance.
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Jul 28, 2009 23:51:28 GMT -5
"Thanks, Skid-Z. 'ppreciate it."
"Hmm we can eat these?" Wedge pulls out a power cell and stares at it for a moment. His face twists into a half frown as he turns the cell over in his hands over and over again--it's then promptly popped into the Buildbot's mouth. He chews, optics powered off and expression screwed into something unintelligible, but that look slowly fades away and a green glow returns to his optics. "It's alright, not bad..." Wedge smacks his lips, trying to judge what's left of the taste. "Guess I'll see what it'll do to my systems later." He laughs and gets back to jiggling the vehicles onboard computer out of the dash. Every now and then a tool flashes into the Buildbot's hands as he gives a twist here and a snip there.
It shouldn't be long before Wedge gets the computer out.
"So you going to try one of them?" He tilts his head towards the rest of the power cells, still lodged in the kind-of truck. Wedge continues his work, unconsciously bobbing and swaying to the rhythm of the music coming out of Skid-Z's radio.
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Rattrap
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Post by Rattrap on Jul 30, 2009 22:20:40 GMT -5
Yeah, looks like it's time for Rattrap to play site boss and observe.
"Too bad I can't snack onna job," he says to himself, looking around and seeing nothing that resembles something he can actually consume. The power cells are great munchies for guys who can pop 'em, but while Rattrap has a big mouth, that isn't something he can manage. And this is the wrong district for grocery stores, looks like. Oh well.
OOC: Skippable until addressed.
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Post by Emirate Xaaron on Aug 1, 2009 15:19:48 GMT -5
Emirate Xaaron eyes the welders carefully, and he concludes, "I dare say that I will leave those to the trained professionals."
Instead, he kneels down near some of the knocked down walls - entirely too familiar those, he is. he works on pulling out some of the structural beams; not so familiar with that, now.
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Aug 2, 2009 23:25:03 GMT -5
Boondocker idly glances at the battery-munching, finishing with the wall he was working on and laying it on the ground. He starts on another wall, circling around the building. "Dunno how them are, but man, I tell ya, back when I were back home, them lil' baerities1 that's advertised by the lil' pink bunny rabbit? Them was good snackin', I tell ya whut."
Expensive, too, but that's neither here nor there.
---------- 1. A terribly hick-mangled version of 'batteries'.
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