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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 14, 2011 17:28:13 GMT -5
Pee-Dee just pats Guzzla onna head. "Normally I'd say 'lay off the sauce, you drunken fish of the cloth'1, but you're hopeless2. We might as well turn in your head for the five-cent deposit."3
She can grok people not being into it. But terrifying? Wow, Guzzle is weird.
The episode ends, and Pee-Dee hits the stop button. "Time for a creature double-feature!"
1. Local radio commercial 2. The Two Towers 3. Futurama
Guzzle headpat with player permission.[/i]
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Post by Gertrude Huldon/Guzzle on Aug 14, 2011 18:00:15 GMT -5
Great, Nightbeat putting his head back on is just as creepy as pulling it off.
Did she just touch him? He briefly tenses up, but then forces himself to relax. It's just a friendly pat, no need to let it put him on edge. "Yeah. Sorry. If I die, it'll be in a last stand that people will remember, not from starvation."
He never even knew about sex and learned about it from Farlane! Of course he's terrified!
"...Hrn. That sounds like it could be fun." Shrug. "Play it."
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Post by Bluestreak on Aug 16, 2011 19:17:13 GMT -5
The door hisses open as a medium-sized gray and white Autobot wanders into the room and stop, staring at the assembled people.
"I'm not bothering anybody, am I? If I am, I can just head back out, but I was just wondering who was up and what they were watching. Hiya, Pee-Dee, Nightbeat. Who's the new guy? I don't think we've met. I'm Bluestreak," he says, pointing a thumb at himself.
Bluestreak holds a cube and glances curiously at the video screen, and back at the bots on the couch.
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Post by Nightbeat on Aug 17, 2011 14:51:39 GMT -5
"Creature double-feature? What's that, Hun-Gurrr's home movies?" the detective asks, puzzled.
"Hello Bluestreak," Nightbeat responds when the Datsun walks in, raising a hand in greeting. "You ain't bothering me."
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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 17, 2011 15:10:08 GMT -5
Pee-Dee blinks at Nightbeat. "Heathen." Then she pops in Predator 2. "It's all right, I'm okay, it ain't nothing but another day." 1 Pee-Dee grins at Bluestreak, then jerks her thumb at Guzzle. "This is Guzzle. Does what he says on the tin." 1. "If You Ever Stopped Loving Me", Montgomery Gentry[/i]
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Post by Gertrude Huldon/Guzzle on Aug 17, 2011 16:08:19 GMT -5
The Hun-Grr joke actually gets hearty bark of a laugh out of Guzzle. Maybe the detective isn't that bad after all.
Here comes a new face. He lets Pee-Dee introduce him, sparing her a quick glance and a little nod of gratitude.
Wait, what did he call himself? Okay, fine, maybe he will actually say something to the 'new' guy. "Heh. Bot in my reality looked like you. Was named Silverstreak, though." Half the time anyways. Or were they two separate guys? It was never really very clear to him.
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Post by Bluestreak on Aug 17, 2011 16:36:24 GMT -5
Bluestreak smiles shyly and finds an empty spot to sit down. He balances his cube on one knee and replies, "Okay, I'll just sit and watch. Silverstreak? That would be a good name--it's funny how I'm Bluestreak when there's not a mark of blue on me. What's a Hun-Grr? I never heard of it.1 What are we watching--oh, it's on now!"
Bluestreak stops talking to stare at the screen. He'll have more to comment on in a few minutes...
--- 1 The Terrorcons did not show up until late S3 in his continuity, and may have been Quintesson-built.
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Post by Nightbeat on Aug 18, 2011 19:21:24 GMT -5
"What? What did I say?" Nightbeat protests to Pee-Dee as she pops the movie in. There's just no figuring Junkions and females, he swears. "So what's this one about?"
"Hun-Gurrr is the leader of the Terrorcons. Particularly nasty Decepticon gestalt team. Bunch of crazy monsters, basically. We don't have any of them here that I know of, thank Primus for small favors.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 19, 2011 20:19:53 GMT -5
If Nightbeat could figure Junkions, he'd stand a much better chance at figuring out the problem. "A series of grisly murders during a gang war, and the cops who have to solve it while also dealing with a mysterious team of jackaft federal agents!"
She neglects to mention the fact the murderer is an alien hunter with advanced technology. That's what watching the movie is for!
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Post by Gertrude Huldon/Guzzle on Aug 21, 2011 9:38:18 GMT -5
That is funny! Why is Bluestreak not called Silverstreak then? Then again, why was Guzzle's old name Pneumatix when he was a forklift? He'll have to stop thinking about this, it'll just make him confused and annoyed.
And oh look, guns and blood and gore alore! Guzzle sits up straighter and behind his faceplate he grins eagerly, fidgeting lightly. "Now this is my kind of thing." Not that he'd inflict such grievous harm on organics, unless it's morally and ethically okay to. He's not a Decepticon!
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Post by Bluestreak on Aug 21, 2011 12:43:30 GMT -5
"That doesn't sound very-- Oh!" Bluestreak's optics widen as the movie opens with the Columbian drug gang shooting it out with the police. His optics widen further as the bad guys blow up a police car and bleeding bodies fall to the ground.
His mouth opens and closes a few times; he's stunned into momentary silence by the sheer horror of what he's seeing. Finally, when the hero gets to the roof and looks around, puzzled by the distorted invisibility of the Predator's camouflage, the dam bursts.
"Th-this is horrible! How can you watch it? Why are humans shooting each other like... like Decepticons shooting Autobots? And blowing up their homes! It's like watching the War all over again, only with humans, and we're supposed to protect them--this ISN'T FUN! This is cruel and how can you possibly like it!" If Bluestreak were human, there would be tears running down his face, from the sound of his voice. He jumps to his feet and turns to leave.
"I can't watch this. I just can't!" His voice breaks off with a sob and he all but flees for the door.
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Post by Nightbeat on Aug 22, 2011 21:21:23 GMT -5
"Oh. So it's a slice-of-life cop drama, then?" Nightbeat asks. He's joking, mostly, kind of.
When Bluestreak runs from the room, the detective shoots a helpless puzzled look at Pee-Dee. "I think your vid broke motormouth," he grumbles, pushing himself up off the couch and following slowly after the other carbot. "Bluestreak! You know this is fiction, right? It's not real?" Bluestreak is just being a big pansy. It's not like they're watching people get tortured and Mind Leeched, like happened to Nightbeat. It's just extreme violence and death. Like what happened to- ah. Right.
The detective cusses and grumbles louder and increases his pace. "Bluestreak?"
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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 24, 2011 13:49:55 GMT -5
"Slice of my life!" Pee-Dee says brightly. What? It totally is, here in this universe.
Bluestreak's outburst makes her optics brighten alarmedly. "It's just a book, no harm ever came from-1"
Her mouth snaps shut as he runs for the door, obviously upset. She doesn't know why he's upset - okay, yeah, he said why, but Nightbeat and Guzzle are fine, so - but he is.
Sometimes people can't watch some things.
Rather than waste time getting down and going around the couch, Pee-Dee tumbles back. She takes the brunt of her weight on her hand, and there's an audible -crack- as her wrist snaps. Then she shoves herself to her feet, taking off after Bluestreak.
"Bluestreak! I'm sorry, Martin, let's go cry about it."2
1. The Mummy 2. Super 8
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Post by Gertrude Huldon/Guzzle on Aug 26, 2011 12:14:45 GMT -5
When Bluestreak breaks down, Guzzle just looks at him like he just busted a cog. He doesn't even make any snarky comments, he just stares. When the Autobot turns and runs away, still blubbering, the Wrecker turns to the detective, and is about to ask if that bot's for real when he goes after him.
Following would be the morally responsible thing to do. But since Bluestreak already has two bots giving chase, Guzzle just shrugs and lounges, making himself comfortable as he watches the gritty violence unfold on screen. ___________________
Skippable unless interacted with.
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Post by Bluestreak on Aug 26, 2011 17:42:59 GMT -5
Bluestreak hasn't gone very far. He's just outside in the hall, leaning against the wall and shaking.
"I know it's just fiction, I know, I know I know! But that's how it started in Alteon, we thought it was just raiders hitting the old fuel depot on Lower Darkside, just criminals shooting the place up, only they were better armed than the militia, and kept burning them down and when all the militia were down there in Darkside trying to root them out..." Bluestreak's voice trails off, and he shudders violently.
"...the rest of the Decepticon Army hit. We had no defenses, they were all concentrated in Darkside, and they just blasted down buildings and shot down people in the street and they didn't care, they weren't taking prisoners, they didn't need the buildings, they just leveled everything and the militia were hit behind and in front, not that there was anything left for them to defend anymore..." Bluestreak holds onto the wall and shudders again.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean upset everyone, it's just a video, it's fiction, it's not real! Only it looked so real, and it was just like Alteon, only with humans, and it was like Coast City on Gillanan, and the Cons came up from beneath and attacked and that evil Rodimus was torching everyone he saw--I saw Skyfire after they brought him back and Pee-Dee how did you survive they couldn't even find you and Emirate Xaaron was so upset that he had to blow the tunnels without you..."
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