Barricade
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Post by Barricade on Feb 26, 2008 22:21:09 GMT -5
// Let him burn this world, then, for all I care, // Barricade replies, scanning the darkness. // There are other worlds with richer spoils. // And the Allspark.
He does not bother answering about "his leader", for the all-too-obvious crash of undergrowth and his partner's faint chatter gives him that point he'd needed to home in on. Moonlight flashes against his gleaming black plating as he bounds across the clearing, shoving aside the plants and small trees at its edge to push his way into the wood to back up his partner, although his weapons remain tucked neatly away.
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Post by Mirage-3 on Feb 27, 2008 2:14:24 GMT -5
Mirage swings toward the sound of breaking brush, rifle swinging up, not quite quick enough to track that flash of silver. Frenzy scrambles for purchase, those sharp little fingers scraping and digging in to Mirage's plating and Mirage hisses in anger and pain. It registers briefly that Frenzy isn't actually attacking, that those needle fingers aren't really slipping into the seams of his plating. It doesn't matter, Mirage wants Frenzy off. Now, and before Barricade can reach them.
"Off!" He reaches around and tries to grab Frenzy. The angle is awkward, though, and it takes entirely too many seconds for Mirage's hand to close around one of Frenzy's legs. When it does, Mirage snatches the little hacker off and flings Frenzy in the direction of Barricade. If the little glitch slams into a hard tree trunk instead of semi-soft underbrush all the better.
His rifle is not quite pointed in that direction, ready to be snapped up for a quick shot if necessary.
"You...are trying my patience."
Snatching and flinging of Frenzy done w/ player permission.
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Frenzy
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Post by Frenzy on Feb 29, 2008 17:01:47 GMT -5
Poor Mirage. The little glitch knows how to fall.
Frenzy twists in mid-air, long legs extending out behind him. One eye-stalk rotates behind him, while the other keeps watch on Mirage- or where Mirage should be if the spy has put up that accursed invisibility cloak again.
Heheheh. There's Barricade!
Toes impact hard against his partner's chest, but the hacker drops further, joints bending and absorbing momentum until his knees are above his head. Then Frenzy reverses the motion smoothly, leaping from Barricade and skittering through the underbrush towards Mirage again.
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Striking Barricade done with player's permission.
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Barricade
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Post by Barricade on Mar 2, 2008 23:12:28 GMT -5
Definitely too many seconds, Mirage. Seconds enough for Barricade to close the rest of that distance, to burst through the trees and stand fast as Frenzy hits him hard, hold firm as his diminuitive partner uses him as a springboard to halt and turn back his momentum.
"What? No fond hello for your welcoming committee?" Barricade drawls to the blue mech.
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Post by Mirage-3 on Mar 4, 2008 18:15:58 GMT -5
Mirage is too busy trying to track Frenzy's movements to pay adequate attention to the differences in this Barricade from the one Mirage knows. And really, it doesn't matter, not at this point.
"Welcoming committee my aft. If the powers that be hadn't come to an understanding, you'd be after my head like I'd be after yours." Like he'd prefer to be. "That little glitch isn't perching on me, truce or no."
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Post by Frenzy on Mar 5, 2008 16:54:18 GMT -5
"Don't go invisible then."
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Barricade
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Post by Barricade on Mar 7, 2008 16:49:43 GMT -5
Barricade smirks, watching with narrowed optics. "If we'd been after your head, it would already be clutched in my hand," he intones, his tone oddly inviting. Warm, like the fuel running through their lines, and just as slick. Just two hunters set against each other by commanders who wait back in the distance for their pets to bring them a prize like a faithful hound. No need for the hounds to tear each other's throats out, now is there? Not when a pack can bring down more, and bigger, game than a lone wolf.
Trust the pretty black wolf. Join their pack. Their commanders have come to an "understanding"; why shouldn't they?
"Yes," he purrs, "a shame to hide such a pretty chassis." The moons are bright. Wouldn't it feel nice to howl in chorus?
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Post by Mirage-3 on Mar 8, 2008 12:39:44 GMT -5
The hand holding the rifle twitches ever so slightly in the direction of Frenzy's voice. "Fine. You move back over near your partner where I can keep tabs on you."
Mirage narrows his optics at Barricade. "You overestimate your abilities, and underestimate mine, to believe that I'd fall so easily," he replies, his own tone flat, cold. This Mirage is not one to be swayed by seductive tones or sweet words, and Barricade's next comment earns a snort of derision from the Prime's hound.
"Keep you hollow compliments. Besides," he drawls, a nasty smile playing across his lips, "you're not my type. I prefer my partners a bit less dominant and a lot less pointy."
Mirage spares a glance upwards at the stars, then another in the rough direction of the Decepticamp, "I have places to be."
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Post by Frenzy on Mar 8, 2008 16:25:45 GMT -5
Barricade probably has a reason for flirting with the Autobot, but right now, Frenzy can't think of what it is. He stays quiet, neither moving forward nor back.
But he does dim his optics still further.
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Post by Barricade on Mar 11, 2008 13:34:03 GMT -5
"Ah, then," Barricade drawls, following Mirage's glance back toward the base, "as allies now, do not delay on our account. We were sent merely to investigate trouble, and since there is none..." He trails off, half-shrugging with one shoulder, optics narrowed in a wolfish smirk.
Jealousy, Frenzy? You of all mechs, the only one to get reliable honesty from the deceptive Saleen, should know Barricade working his crowd when you see it. Whatever it takes to keep the other mech guessing, or to lull him into complacency.
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Post by Mirage-3 on Mar 12, 2008 1:18:17 GMT -5
"Riiiiight. Allies."
Mirage edges back into the trees. "I'll make my own way, if you don't mind." With that Mirage, engages his cloak, moving as carefully as possible away from the duo.
OOC: Mirage will be out unless 'Cade or Frenzy press him.
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Post by Frenzy on Mar 17, 2008 22:31:22 GMT -5
"Guess 'don't turn invisible' was too hard for that eight-bit processor to handle," Frenzy mutters. "Or maybe the ticker-tape in his head just can't stop from rolling, so it's gotta activate when it can activate."
The little hacker slinks through the underbrush, then clambers up Barricade. //Let's hit their city, see what we can see. They ought to be gone long enough for a little... clean-up. 'Sides, they ain't supposed to shoot at us.//
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Barricade
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Post by Barricade on Mar 17, 2008 23:41:45 GMT -5
"Hn," Barricade growls, standing still as Frenzy settles into his accustomed perch, listening hard for any sign that Mirage has circled back around to flank them once more. Silence, the normal shuffle and scuttle of an organic night, greets his audio receptors after many long moments.
// No recall? // he asks rhetorically. // It would be remiss of us to not complete our checks of the disturbances. // His tone is too bland as he smirks into the night, claw flexing as he stretches. // Our hunting license hasn't been revoked yet. Let's go have some fun. //
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Post by Frenzy on Mar 18, 2008 23:04:01 GMT -5
And 'lo, the dastardly duo drive off to investigate the city the Autobots-3 attempted to burn down. And there was much fun had by all.
Where 'all' does not include Scourge, Starscream, the Autobots-3, or Wreckage.
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Thread is done with, and what exactly Barricade and Frenzy discovered will be determined by adminly consultation.
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