Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Mar 31, 2008 16:45:35 GMT -5
Grimlock shakes his head at Slag. "You only think so now, wait a bit. You soon know it crazy, trust me Grimlock."
Grimlock then turns his attention to Rodimus. "What you mean, 'all' the time travel? Far as me Grimlock know, it only been done once..."
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Mar 31, 2008 22:43:37 GMT -5
Nightbeat is still working, but he's also still following the conversation. "Maybe for you, Grim, but we had time travelers poppin' in and out all the time in our universe."
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Apr 1, 2008 8:56:11 GMT -5
"It was only three times!" Rodimus Prime objects. "You make it sound like you can't go outside without encountering a time traveler." The Prime pauses, frowns, and thinks. "Which, if you were Goldbug, you might have a valid complaint."
But then Prime points, grinning faintly, "But I didn't see yooooou any of those times."
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Slag
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Post by Slag on Apr 2, 2008 19:21:03 GMT -5
Slag blinks at Nightbeat and Rodimus, and turns to Grimlock.
"Me sure you right now Grimlock" he says, shaking his head. "Me think them come from Crazy Reality that broke"
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Apr 3, 2008 13:17:25 GMT -5
Grimlock head-tilts slightly, then shrugs. "Me Grimlock think they probably think same about us, so maybe every reality broken in own way?"
Philosphy, by Grimlock.
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Apr 3, 2008 18:03:10 GMT -5
"Yeah, well, I was busy," Nightbeat retorts. It's not a good comeback, and he knows it, but there's not much he can do about it now that it's out there.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on Apr 3, 2008 21:00:45 GMT -5
"No," Rodimus Prime contradicts Grimlock casually. "I'm pretty sure my reality is the most broken." It split in two, and after the split, rewrote itself so that Galvatron ruled Cybertron. That's pretty darned broken.
"Anyway, keep up the good work, Grimlock." The good work being, of course, making sure Nightbeat does his job. "Good to, erm, meet you, Slag," he says to the newer arrival. "Good to see you getting on with your roommates, Nightbeat!"
Oh, yes. Rodimus was there when Xaaron made that assignment. Nightbeat's a detective. He should figure out what that 's' at the end of 'roommates' implies.
"But if you'll excuse me, I should be moving on." And with that, Rodimus leaps off the roof of the base on the one side that actually borders another building. He reaches the other side, springboards off it, and continues downward, jumping swiftly from the wall of one building to another, touching off and leaping again just fast enough to keep his jumps from turning into a fall. Right up until the end, when instead he transforms during his final leap and lands between the two buildings on all four wheels before peeling out.
The move is showy, and very much of the sort of stunt Hot Rod would have done. Yet, that isn't why Rodimus did it. There's a potential invasion coming, plans to lay out, and he needs to double-check the most viable areas to set up defenses. Anyone watching him as he jumped out of sight might have noted a singularly intense expression. Neither Rodimus Prime nor Hot Rod are noted for their patience, and the trick was done, really, to get Rodimus Prime to the job that he needs to do that much sooner. Hot Rod would have found time for play, however, while Rodimus treats the situation as deadly serious. To the Prime, this is no game.
OOC: Out of thread.
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Slag
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Post by Slag on Apr 5, 2008 1:23:33 GMT -5
Slag nods to Rodimus' comment as he leaves, and then turns to Grimlock. "See? Me tell you him from broken reality" he says, smugly.
Then the other part of what Rodimus said settles in, and he looks at Nightbeat. Slag is trying to figure something out, and he thinks it involves him, that car, and pain. And then he grins. Evily.
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Apr 5, 2008 18:45:43 GMT -5
Grimlock peers at slag, a look that indicates 'Don't smart off to your boss, boy'. So what if he was wrong? He's still in charge. Grrrrr.
Then he notices the look on Slag's face, and "pokes" him with a light jab in the forearm, voicing his question on a private channel. //What Slag thinking now?//
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Apr 5, 2008 19:19:40 GMT -5
Nightbeat casts another glance coreward and questions why his maker seems to have it in for him.
He gets back to work, but not before muttering, "I am going to need to do a lot more drinking..."
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Slag
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Post by Slag on Apr 6, 2008 10:10:04 GMT -5
Slag grins evilly. Oh, he may not be the brightest Dinobot, but he thinks he has this figured out.
//Him Rodimus say Roommates. You Grimlock only have him car as roommate. So me am think that you get new roommate, and who else good roommate but me Slag?// he transmits, grinning at Grimlock with a gaze that can only spell trouble, fire and more trouble.
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Apr 7, 2008 1:41:39 GMT -5
Grimlock would make an amused face here, but instead he friendly-punches Slag's arm again.
//Me get point, but no melting roommate. Might melt room. Might make Long Haul mad. Long Haul mad, then Omega Supreme mad, and not even Dinobots survive Omega being mad.//
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Nightbeat
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Post by Nightbeat on Apr 7, 2008 13:30:18 GMT -5
So, let's get a running tally of things:
1) Shanghaied to some alternate dimension and forced into an even more pointless conflict than the one back home.
2) Continuing to have to interact with the most annoying cop in the entire multiverse who he was not attracted to in any way whatsoever.
3) Having gotten badly overenergized at the patry--despite not being jealous of Xaaron and Pee-Dee, no sir--he slugged his commanding officer and was assigned clean-up duty.
4) He now has two Dinobots for roommates, who may, in fact, be conspiring against him.
Yup, Nightbeat's life sucks.
"You know," he volunteers, because a Dinobot on your side is better than one not, even if it can get annoying, "I may not be as good as Kup... but I do know a lot of stories."
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Slag
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Post by Slag on Apr 9, 2008 7:45:11 GMT -5
Slag snorts at Grimlock again, folding his arms over his chest defiantly. "Me Slag know that..." he mutters, not bothering to ask why Omega Supreme was here. He knew Omega Supreme hated Constructicons, so there was probably some reason he liked Autobot ones, but Slag didn't know nor really care.
Then he turns to Nightbeat. "Me Slag like stories..." he saids, rubbing his chin. "Maybe you Night-Eat no be as annoying as me think you be"
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Grimlock
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Post by Grimlock on Apr 9, 2008 16:19:21 GMT -5
Grimlock doesn't know why Omega likes them either. He just knows that upon being informed of Long Haul's existence, that Omega pointed his cannon turret at him and told the Dinobot that Long Haul was not edible. Besides, from what he saw so far, Long Haul seemed like a decent enough 'bot. Nightbeat makes an offer for stories, and Grimlock looks over. "You have stories too? Hm... Me Grimlock like stories as well..." In fact, if Grimlock and Slag were to help with the cleanup, it would get done faster and there would be time for storytime. In Grimlock's mind, a war rages between right and wrong. However, the humans often portray this as shoulder-angels and shoulder-devils. Grimlock's shoulder-angel appears in his mind, being a particular small white and blue Autobot, with an imploring look on his face. "You're the Dinobot commander, right? I know that means being the best at smashing things, but that also means you have to be a leader. A leader shouldn't shirk his duty, and you have a duty to be responsible. It's Nightbeat's punishment to take care of the cleanup because he did things he shouldn't have. It's supposed to teach him not to do it again, and if you help him, he won't learn anything except how to get out of punishment."
Grimlock ponders this for a bit. "That all well and good...but then it take longer to get to stories."
Enter the shoulder-devil - a cunning fellow, a former Predacon, but now an Autobot, clad in orange with a taste for poetic verse. "Something to hate, such a long wait. Go for stories and tales of glory!"
The angel flails like a flailing thing! "But this is important!"
The devil crosses his arms, making a face at the angel: "Dull and duller, I say. No fun to wait all day!"Inwardly, Grimlock growls and does a bit of flailing, sending the apparitions off, then crossing his arms both there, and in the real world. "Stories good... but keep working." ---------- Big thanks to Holi's player for help with this.
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