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Post by Spinister on May 15, 2009 11:14:04 GMT -5
"I'm Spinister, Mayhem Attack Squad," Spinister introduces at long last. "Needlenose, there," he looks over at Needlenose, "and I report directly to High Command, which currently consists of Starscream, and his second in command, Shockwave. The division leaders are Hook of engineering, science, and medical, Sky-Byte of military, and Scourge of intelligence." Spinister watches Swindle for any name recognition as he lists off people.
Apropos of nothing, he notes, "There are Autobots here. Also Maximals," if Swindle has any idea what they are. "Pretty much Autobots wrapped in synthetic plant or animal matter."
Hairsplitter introduces, "I am Hairsplitter," and Singe grumbles, "I'm Singe." Swindle, universe-traveller that he is, might note that Hairsplitter and Singe speak Decepticon with a distinct Nebulan accent, and Singe's accent is stronger than Hairsplitter's.
Spinister withdraws a small knife and moves to start cutting up the body he's holding. It looks weirdly like he's butchering his twin.
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Post by Needlenose on May 15, 2009 21:24:19 GMT -5
Nothing's for free, and even a short look will tell Needlenose a fair bit. He's pretty bright with things like circuitry, after all. "Oh, yeah, and if we're making introductions, this is Sunbeam and Zigzag," he gestures towards his own guns. Zigzag pulls out what may well be a Terran Gameboy to pass the time, now that things are less tense, while Sunbeam just finds himself a place to sit.
"Ooooh, things have been plenty entertaining," he answers Swindle, gesturing for the other to sit down. Assuming he does, Needlenose removes a basic scanner from his small toolkit, one designed to check the diagnostics of Transformers from his own universe. His antennae perk up. "It says you're dead!" he exclaims. Then he peeks from around it, optics bright and mischievous. "But don't worry. That's just because it doesn't register a working brain module."
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Post by Swindle on May 16, 2009 10:01:33 GMT -5
Autobots provokes a reaction from Swindle - it's a subtle nod, but he does know that name. Who doesn't? Maximals and Predacons, not so much. None of the other names - mechs, he presumes - triggers much of a response, but that could just be because the dealer is more focused on Needlenose at the moment.
"Well, friend, you've already got my name - and if I'm dead, the Allspark is missing quuuiiiite a few mechs I can tell you that," ones he sent there, thankyouverymuch, or rather his products did, "-and if that thing thinks I'm dead, you sure it's gonna tell if there's any kinks in the system?" He tilts his head, then seems to notice Spinister.
Harvesting Spinister.
"...huh."
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Post by Spinister on May 16, 2009 21:35:21 GMT -5
Spinister assumes that Needlenose can defend his honour and explain that some realities don't have brain modules well enough on his own.
He continues to work on dismantling his other self, slow and methodical, as if this was something he did every day. He seems to be preparing the parts for shipment.
Singe comments, voice burnt out and smoky, "They don't always survive arrival."
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Post by Needlenose on May 16, 2009 22:56:01 GMT -5
"Oh, no no no no no. I mean, yes. It'll find kinks," Needlenose assures. "For the most part, anyway. Okay, sure, it says you don't have an operational brain module - you're from a 'Spark' based reality, I take it? - but I know to compensate for that. Now, it might miss some of the small stuff due to divergent technologies - autonomous alternate mode reconfiguration, that sort of thing - buuuuuuut as for general health, it's handy."
Then Needlenose lowers the device and peers at Swindle. "And you, sir, appear to be generally healthy. Aside from the whole dead business, but we won't get into that. Now, a more complete examination would require opening you up, and maaaaaay just be beyond the scope of the tools I've got on hand, anyway. Buuut you're not about to drop dead, so I don't see that I should waste that much time on this just yet."
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Post by Swindle on May 17, 2009 11:02:13 GMT -5
"Their loss, our gain. Save a bit for me, eh?" Harvesting usable parts from bodies is something Swindle is well-experienced in; spark, he'll even go ahead and help not-quite-dead bodies long if they've got something appealing!
"There's folks who can go without sparks?" he asks Needlenose curiously. "Non-organic species? Iiiiiinteresting." That should be an answer as any. He gets to his feet, stretching again. "That works for now, doc - thanks!" He flashes an ever-so-polished smile at Needlenose before making to 'assist' Spinister.
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Post by Spinister on May 17, 2009 18:15:01 GMT -5
Spinister pulls back and gestures at the dead pointy red, black, and grey jet with his knife hand, ordering roughly, "Do him instead. Quicker."
Spinister is known for favouring efficiency, as Swindle will learn. Even Needlenose, who knows Spinister, shouldn't find it too odd that Spinister would want the labour divided.
Really, he just doesn't want anyone mucking around with his cloaking technology.
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Post by Needlenose on May 18, 2009 23:31:45 GMT -5
"Look, before I got here," Needlenose responds to Swindle as he finds himself a dead body to start to salvage, "'Spark' was something you got when you rubbed two pieces of metal together. The idea of it being heart and soul and thinky bits is a bit new to me." He pauses as he starts to examine the weird, melty scorpion thing more closely.
"A bit odd, too. Got to be weird, having a physical component that holds your soul. That's just... just..." He shrugs. "Not sure what that is. Impractical, I think."
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Post by Swindle on May 19, 2009 10:13:25 GMT -5
"Sou-OH!" Swindle smiles brightly as he follows Spinister's suggestion and moves over to the other body. "You're telling me you've never felt the spark-warming feeling of a job well done...actually, I think I have a mod that can duplicate that," he adds as an afterthought, rummaging in his drawer again, and-yup, there it is. A small laser wielder, perfect for cutting off pieces he finds interesting.
Though, with the entirely new make, he's tempted to just shove the entire body into subspace and call it a day. He's sure to find all sorts of interesting circuitry, especially in the weapon system! "Anyway, I prefer to think of them as targets - aside from mine, but I like to think it has its own protection plan." What with all of his systems he has. "I hear there's something satisfying about destroying them up close, but what can I say! Let others have their fun."
As he speaks, he's systematically cutting apart the body with the practiced ease that only comes from experience.
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Post by Spinister on May 23, 2009 7:22:54 GMT -5
"What happens if someone takes it out?" The spark, that is. If it's just a component, can't it be removed, intact? Spinister think he's read about that somewhere, sometime, though he's a bit preoccupied right now.
Okay, his other self has been roughly lopped into pieces. Time to bundle him up in cargo net. Spinister lays out the net and kneels down to stack up the pieces.
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Post by Needlenose on May 23, 2009 20:15:49 GMT -5
"Target, huh?" Needlenose answers, chuckling as he finishes his own bit of salvage. "I like that!" He glances at Spinister and sees that he's finished as well, then stands up and places his right hand on his hip.
"So.... Swindle..." he glances at Spinister again, then back at Swindle. "How do you intend to deal with the... change in locality? Already got a plan or six in place?"
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Post by Swindle on May 24, 2009 11:54:09 GMT -5
"Depends. Take the canister with it, you've got yourself a disembodied Transformer." Swindle takes a moment to admire a part of the dead body...an in-built weapon? Oh, he can separate it, repair it, make it -better- than before. He seems completely at ease with the fact that he's working with such, indeed, discussing things such as removal of life force with two strangers. "Usually only done in life-or-death situations, though. Though I think a couple prisons make use of it, you know, the real high security places..." he waves a hand. "You know the kind. You want some help carrying that, friend?" he asks, glancing towards Spinister. "Plenty of room in the ol' Transwarp." The dealer pats his open chest in emphasis.
"-wait, loyalty?" He...blinks at Needlenose...then starts to laugh. Good-naturedly, far be it from him to truly -laugh- at someone rather than their words or actions, but- "The only loyalty I have is to my customer base! Megatron may have been my best customer and believe me I will be sorry to not be able to rely on his business anymore, but that's the way the rust cookie crumbles, isn't it?"
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Post by Spinister on May 25, 2009 9:36:53 GMT -5
Spinister might well know that kind of prison. He waves a hand dismissively and deadpans, "I'm a helicopter and clearly built for carrying things." Then he glares over at Needlenose. Spinister must be referring to some past event. He makes a mental note of Swindle's mention of - "Transwarp. What is?" Huh. Swindle's chest opens.
That... is a very, very interesting Freudian slip, there, Swindle. Needlenose said 'locality' not 'loyalty'.
Spinister stares right over at Swindle, optics steady, not cycling so much as a single blinks, and he asks quietly, "Something on your mind?" As opposed to inside Swindle's chest.
Swindle wouldn't deal with Autobots, now would he? Because then Spinister might have to do his job, and the only person who likes it when Spinister does his job is Spinister.
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Post by Needlenose on May 25, 2009 17:57:36 GMT -5
Needlenose likes it when Spinister does his job! Needlenose thinks its hawt!
Needlenose also likes it when Needlenose does his job. It's good to love your work!
He glances over at Spinister as Swindle misinterprets his question, hearing 'loyalty' where Needlenose said 'locality,' his antennae perked up with interest. To his credit, he avoids chuckling. If he had a mouth, he might be smirking, but he doesn't.
"'Transwarp'?" Needlenose asks. Isn't he supposed to be talking to the spider lady about transwarp drives? But Swindle seems to be using the word to mean something entirely different. "Is that another way of saying expanded subspace capabilities?" Some mechanoids have them. Most can only carry about the equivalent of transformer sized 'backpack' in them. Needlenose may have heard something somewhere about Long Haul being able to shuffle an entire truck load into subspace. And of course, there are the size changers. But then other realities don't seem to have access at all. Either way, knowing more about the technology in Swindle's base reality could help the Decepticons against Autobots in that reality... and it sounds like Swindle has access to a fair amount of that technology, if the Decepticons can find a way to pay.
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