Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 17, 2008 23:31:52 GMT -5
Boony takes the glass and nods in thanks. "Ah...yeah, y'all told me 'bout that thang. I ain't quite had th' time t' look it up in that thar database yet. Kinna 'fraid to, m'self." He sighs, taking a small swig of the bubbly energon, then laughs a bit at Bluestreak. "Don' think that evah happened whar I come from...think Sideswipe mighta painted 'imself up like Red Alert once or twice."
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Post by Kup on Feb 18, 2008 2:09:21 GMT -5
"Well, I'd suggest you look it up when you get the chance, Boondocker," the veteran tells the other pick-up. "Fear or not, dealt with it yet or not, you may have to deal with it in the future, either here or back home. Best to prepare yourself as much as you can."
He snorts when Bluestreak reports having gotten the lighter stuff for himself, and mutters, "Can't no one around here hold their energon?" Kup, for his part, lifts his glass and takes a long swig, first for Emirate Xaaron's speech, then for Rodimus Prime's, though he gives a thoughtful frown at the second toast, especially when Botanica is invited up to speak.
"How many speeches they planning to have here?" This seems especially odd, considering his own Rodimus once brought an interstellar Olympics to an open with the speech, 'Let's get it on.'
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Synapse
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Post by Synapse on Feb 18, 2008 2:17:48 GMT -5
Synapse quietly picks his way around the edge of the roof, a small glass of high-grade cupped cautiously in both hands. He's been lurking around the refreshment table long enough and decided that perhaps one drink wouldn't hurt. Now perhaps to just sit and listen for a bit.
He comes to a stop near the trio and perches as unobtrusively as possible at their perimeter. If they look over he'll pass an apologetic nod and a quiet, "Pardon me, if you do not mind." If not, Synapse is quite content to sit and sip.
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Bluestreak
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 18, 2008 23:20:08 GMT -5
"Heh, I could see Sideswipe doing that," Bluestreak giggles after taking a sip of his drink. "If he did it when I was around, though, I didn't see it."
To Kup he says "This Autobrand stuff -- what's the big fuss anyhow? I don't remember this sort of thing ever being done when we got people joining our side." He spots Synapse and waves cheerily. "Hey there! Don't mind at all, make yourself comfortable! How you been?"
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 18, 2008 23:43:54 GMT -5
"Not that we can't hold it, jus' wanna take it kinna easy...not ovah-do it, y'know?"
Like Kup, he drinks at the appropriate times for the toasts and speeches, and shrugs to the questions from both Kup and Bluestreak. "Ah dunno...s'all new t' me." A shake of his head, and then he turns to the newcomer. "Wail, howdy, stranger!" He grins, voice boisterous and welcoming. "Don' think ah met y'all yet. Ah'm Boondocker!"
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Post by Kup on Feb 19, 2008 1:45:21 GMT -5
Kup gives Synapse a welcoming smile. "Synapse. Nice you could make it!" Synapse is out and about doing his job so often, it's sometimes hard to find the Minibot.
To Bluestreak, he shrugs. "This 'Autobranding' business seems to mostly be something from Rodimus and Xaaron's reality. You're right, we never really made that big a deal of it back home, at least not usually. There's always some folks who'll take any excuse for a big party, and I've been to my share of shindigs celebrating someone new taking a stand for what they believe in."
He grins at the group as a whole. "Maybe the question isn't whether we've been making a big deal of it, but if we should have been, and if we should now. These aren't normal circumstances. What else are we going to celebrate?"
As Botanica finishes her speech, Kup raises his glass in a cheer, and a hearty "Yeah!" He hasn't really even paid any attention to what he's saying. Who cares? The plant lady just gave him an excuse to take another drink, and that's good enough for him.
Hnh. Glass is now almost empty, though.
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Synapse
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Post by Synapse on Feb 19, 2008 21:39:24 GMT -5
He likes his job. It's a hobby, duty, and challenge all rolled into one! It's also a good excuse to wander around observing anyone without feeling too awkward about it.
Cheerful greetings Synapse is used to by now, but the enthusiasm of Boondocker's is something that gives the minibot a noticeable pause. "My designation is Synapse, sir," he says with brief bow at the stranger before answering Bluestreak with an, "I am well, thank you." It's just about what he'd answer to any such question, rain or shine, gleaming or dented.
Quiet Synapse may be, but he raises his glass and drinks when called for. His drink not even half-way empty, there might be a small smile on the minibot's face as a pleasant buzz starts running through his systems. Synapse catches sight of Kup's emptying glass and makes note that refills might be in order. Off he goes towards the refreshments table before balancing back a few more glasses--all high grades, if his recipients do not mind.
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Bluestreak
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 19, 2008 23:33:27 GMT -5
"Heh, good point," Bluestreak notes. "Nice to have an excuse to relax and socialize. Plus there're some people here I haven't talked to a whole lot yet. Oh, thanks Synapse!" He takes the offered drink, figuring it the polite thing to do. "Don't drink high grade a lot, but hey, a little can't hurt, can it? Whatcha been up to, Synapse? Haven't seen you around a lot."
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 20, 2008 23:56:54 GMT -5
Boondocker grins. "Wail, right nice t' meetcha, Synapse. Y'all jes' holler if'n y'all evah need a hand with somethin'."
Once the drink was brought, he accepted it, and turned his attention to Grimlock and his shenanigans with a slacked jaw, looking over at Kup a bit boggled-ly. "...issat why Prime tended to keep them fellers locked up?"
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Post by Kup on Feb 21, 2008 1:55:09 GMT -5
"Whether or not it hurts depends on how used your system is to purer fuels, really," Kup tells Bluestreak. "If you don't hit the hard stuff often, I'd ease into it, but I'd still give it a try so that you can get your system used to it."
To Boondocker, Kup shakes his head. "That ain't why. Really, I ain't sure what Optimus was thinking - they'd stopped donig that stuff by the time I had met back up with them. I... suspect that Optimus might not have realized they were really sentients at first, truth be told, and certainly didn't quite get how to deal with them. But as for that?" Kup gestured to where Grimlock fell off the roof. "That was just the reason why Grimlock wasn't allowed to hit the high-grade too often."
Rodimus, however, let Grimlock party. Maybe that's the real reason Grimlock likes Rodimus better?
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Synapse
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Post by Synapse on Feb 22, 2008 13:00:24 GMT -5
"Oh...well, just the usual," Synapse a slightly abashed look on his face. "Patrol. And I - I shall keep that in mind, sir," the last is directed towards Boondocker with slightly embarrassed but thankful note.
As Grimlock goes crashing over the roof, the minibot takes a tighter hold of the extra drinks. Just smashing. Two nodes go whizzing over to the roof edge, taking Synapse's place in gawking at the cratered sidewalk.
A few more toasts, a few more drinks. Synapse gives himself a slight shake as the buzz tickles his senses in a rather pleasant way. "They shall be adorning Skyfire with the faction insignia now?" The minibot cranes slightly to see what's going on in the main crowd, nevermind that he has his nodes. Synapse if feeling a bit adventurous at the moment.
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Bluestreak
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 22, 2008 16:26:46 GMT -5
"Thanks, Kup," Bluestreak replies, following the advice by sipping cautiously. "Don't do this high-end stuff much, and when I do it tends to wipe me out pretty quick. Maybe if I get used to it that won't happen, and I won't wake up again with something silly written across my doors or something like that."
He's about to say more, but then Grimlock pulls a Humpty Dumpty, leaving him gaping for a few seconds before he goes on. "He'll be alright, I'm sure. Those guys are built tough. Hee, wasn't that a car slogan back on Earth? It works for the Dinobots too -- Wheeljack and Ratchet built 'em to take a beating..."
At Synapse's inquiry he, too, cranes to look over the crowd. "Oh, he's getting his insignia now! That's great! It's been a little funny seeing him go around without it... but then again, there's been stranger things going on here, haven't there?" His optics flicker toward the duplicates of Swerve and Xaaron briefly. "Huh. Wonder what another me would be like..."
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Boondocker
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 24, 2008 13:23:16 GMT -5
Boondocker chuckles at Kup, and raises his own glass toward him, sort of an 'I-told-you-so' motion. "An' that's why folks like Blue an' mahself wanna take it easy. We ain't built fer survivin' th' long fall down, at least not like Grim." He laughs a bit more, then looks over at the branding starting up. He still thinks the hubbub is a bit much just to slap on some symbols, but then again, he hadn't been here as long as the others.
His attention goes to Blue's wonderings, and he strokes his chin thoughtfully. "Wail, con-siderin' whut ah've hear'd, he prolly wouldn't be very nice."
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Post by Kup on Feb 24, 2008 16:50:22 GMT -5
Kup nods to Synapse. "That's the idea, lad. With that, all the 'official business' is out of the way and we can get to treatin' this like a party instead of a collection of speeches with energon." Kup holds up his drink and grins. "At least the energon makes the speeches a bit more tolerable."
"And yeah, Bluestreak. Lackin' an insignia's been the least of the weird lately. Hell, we're having to get used to other symbols, anyways. Maximals and... and... 'Mini-cons' and whatever else. But if we're all fighting for the same cause... I s'pose that'll have to be enough for me."
"Eh," Kup chuckles at Boondocker. "We've got plenty of repair techs on-hand." He takes a long sip, obviously not too worried about any falls himself. "But suit yourselves, lads. Suit yourselves."
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Synapse
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Post by Synapse on Feb 24, 2008 23:01:47 GMT -5
Synapse doesn't have any complaints about a party, in fact, he doesn't have much to complain about at all right now. The high-grade is doing a bit more than giving him a pleasant buzz now as the scout downs a bit more. His posture definitely seems to be growing less and less tense with each passing sip and his expression less and less guarded.
"A whole other version of ourselves...I cannot imagine the differences there might be. Are the two newcomers truly so set apart from the originals?" says Synapse as he practically glides a little closer to the main party. Now his curiosity is a bit piqued in this new Swerve and Emirate as well as Skyfire's soon-to-be painted Autobot insignia. "I do hope that we shall not be missing anything."
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