Shanodin
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The Chamberlain, Her Chivalrous Immensity, Lady Botanica. The Unyielding Vanquisher of Weed Killer
This is NOT her field of dreams
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Post by Shanodin on Mar 16, 2008 20:20:34 GMT -5
"Excellent, Goldbug." Botanica takes a sip of her drink.
"Hmm, that will depend. I'll need to talk with Kup, I think. As I said, Holi has experience with leading such a team. But he is so young...," she trails off again.
"On that note, I'll take my leave I think, and see if I find Kup in any condition to talk shop. At least put the bug in his audial. I'll keep you both posted. Enjoy."
And with that, Botanica turns away and is out of thread.
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Goldbug
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You know, I bet I'm the only Autobot who gets KP for losing too many bodies.
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 16, 2008 20:27:08 GMT -5
"First Aid might be a good choice," Goldbug says to Makeshift, as he waves to Botanica. "He's got a pretty good idea of team dynamics."
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 17, 2008 5:31:17 GMT -5
"He does seem like a decent sort," Makeshift agrees, also giving Botanica a wave. "And he's probably the most used to working as part of a larger group among us. My reality's Cybertron isn't all that populated compared to others."
He takes a sip from his cup, and then adds thoughtfully, "I should probably get around to making an entry in the database about my reality, since I seem to be the only one here so far. If only so anyone else who follows can be identified easier."
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Goldbug
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You know, I bet I'm the only Autobot who gets KP for losing too many bodies.
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 17, 2008 14:50:59 GMT -5
Goldbug nods. "Plenty still back on my Cybertron, even if the Decepticons have mostly overrun it."
At least, that was the news Optimus Prime and Perceptor's group had brought back, albeit each at different times. It was hard to say what else might be going on there if both Straxus and Megatron were gone.
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 17, 2008 18:25:51 GMT -5
"Decepticons overrunning things seems to be a common theme," Makeshift notes. "Not that I've got much recent news about back home. It's been a while."
He takes another gulp from his cup. "Even before the war, there were only a few thousand bulks at most, and less than three hundred Mini-cons left. And a lot of us.....didn't make it through Megatron's forced reformatting." Maybe the drink is loosening his proverbial tongue a bit.
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Goldbug
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You know, I bet I'm the only Autobot who gets KP for losing too many bodies.
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 18, 2008 15:22:42 GMT -5
Goldbug nods. "We'd gotten a bit more news," he reflects. "Though we don't have any kind of communication back home. Too risky for those of us left there."
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 18, 2008 16:01:59 GMT -5
"We were trying not to contact home. We left to get away from the war, we didn't want it following us." Makeshift shakes his head ruefully. "So of course some organic stumbles on the emergency beacon and presses it because it just happened to be shiny. And of course, since the Air Defense Team built the ship from junk, they didn't know the transceiver went straight back to Cybertron. Go figure."
He starts to take another sip of his cup, then realized his cup has somehow emptied itself. Shaking his head, he looks towards the drink bowl, then blinks. Some kind of dragon-ish thing is guzzling the energon. "What's that?"
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Goldbug
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You know, I bet I'm the only Autobot who gets KP for losing too many bodies.
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 18, 2008 17:53:19 GMT -5
Goldbug turns to look at what Makeshift's talking about. "That's ah, Tiny, I think. Somebody's pet dragon."
It takes him a moment to process what he's seeing. "He... probably shouldn't be doing that."
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Post by Bumblebee on Mar 18, 2008 19:03:53 GMT -5
Bumblebee... has been skulking about on his own for the time he has spent at the party. He's not used to large groups like this.
Finally, he has managed to approach a small group--in number and stature--and to his surprise he is face-to-face with the OTHER yellow robot that once had his name.
Bumblebee politely waved to the pair of them.
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Nimbus Tsura
Major
Secretary to Mr. Breakaway
Sky-Painter Extraordinaire
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Mar 19, 2008 14:11:11 GMT -5
Skyblast makes his way over to Goldbug, looks the spy up and down with a critical optic, and he inquires, "Would you mind transforming for a moment?"
The mini-jet has a point to prove here, and he thinks Goldbug is the correct mass in alternate mode to be a suitable scanning target. Jazz is probably the right size, too, and Bumblebee, if he's here, but Jazz seems busier than Goldbug, and Skyblast doesn't know where Bumblebee is. He guesses he could try Botanica, but who ever heard of a robot turning into a plant? He's pretty sure that, flexible as his scanning system is, that it doesn't work that way,
Ph, there Bumblebee is! Skyblast waves, but he keeps his gaze on Goldbug. Bumblebee's probably a bit too tall, anyway.
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 19, 2008 17:50:57 GMT -5
"A pet dragon? Huh." Makeshift looks at his empty cup again. "Guess it's a bad time for a refill."
He gives a wave to Bumblebee and an odd look to Skyblast. "What's up?"
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Goldbug
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You know, I bet I'm the only Autobot who gets KP for losing too many bodies.
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Post by Goldbug on Mar 19, 2008 20:07:05 GMT -5
Goldbug exchanges a wave with the yellow and black Autobot that bears his former name. "Hey, Bumblebee," he says, then laughs. "Never thought I'd hear myself say that."
He nods to Skyblast. "Huh?" It takes a minute for the capabilities of the Autobots from that reality to catch up with him. "Oh, sure. Not exactly sure what you'd want it for, if you can turn into a jet, but..."
He takes a step forward and transforms, quickly becoming an unassuming VW Bug.
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Post by Bumblebee on Mar 19, 2008 20:50:26 GMT -5
The thought entered Bumblebee's head that at least Goldbug can hear himself say that, some of them weren't so lucky. Thought he waved back at Skyblast.
Wait a minute... didn't Bumblebee just beat up a car like this? How many Bumblebees did that strange automobile merchant have in his yard? Well, quite a few less since Bumblebee shattered all their windows.
Bumblebee tried to see if the VW's left door had been dented, without looking like he was looking.
Oh, that's right. There was some curious earth ettiquette Bumblebee learned about. He sent a close-range transmission to everyone in the area as he brought a fist down on Skyblast's shoulder.
//punch buggy.//
OOC: It's not meant to be a powerful punch, it's not really even meant to hurt. Skyblast, if you don't want to be hit, just say Bumblebee wasn't paying attention to where he was swinging, or that Skyblast jumped out of the way, or whatever.
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Nimbus Tsura
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Secretary to Mr. Breakaway
Sky-Painter Extraordinaire
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Mar 19, 2008 21:47:40 GMT -5
"Thanks, Goldbug!" Skyblast chirps. The rounded silver Autobot symbol on Skyblast's chest emits a burst of light like a flashbulb. Then, Skyblast's grey wings are gone, and the golden, chunky, rounded components of a Volkswagon Beetle as put through a julienne machine litter his frame. They're hard to discern, just a headlight here and a rearview mirror there, where his wings would be.
He stays in robot mode just long enough to get punched by Bumblebee. The newly golden artist turns on Bumblebee, hands on his hips, and he squawks, "What's the big idea?"
Then, Skyblast transforms into a Volkswagon Beetle and comments, "Wow, this is... weird. I'm going to have such a headache tomorrow, I tell you."
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Post by Makeshift on Mar 20, 2008 5:49:13 GMT -5
Makeshift could've sworn the saying was "slug bug." Maybe another difference in realities there.
He nearly drops his cup (and probably would, if it wasn't wedged into his clamp-hand) at Skyblast's new transformation. "What in the pit?"
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