Swoop
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Knight of the Obsolete Aircraft
It's always the quiet ones.
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Post by Swoop on Jun 3, 2012 17:21:20 GMT -5
Swoop is at a loss here. His usual responses to hostility are to bludgeon things, set things on fire, or bludgeon things while setting them on fire. He's already tried the second, and he doubts the first and third will be much use.
He snaps at a grasping hand with his beak, attempting to bite into the wood and yank it off the track so it is no longer a threat.
"Yff Memefipon know mff goinf onf?" he asks, mouth full of wooden hand.
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Screwdriver
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The Lady Protector, Her Splendid Primacy, Grand Duchess Screwdriver. The Devout Silencer of Common Sense and Logic
"And *I'll* live happily ever after..."
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Post by Screwdriver on Jun 5, 2012 19:13:55 GMT -5
Screwdriver gives Swoop a puzzled frown. "There were sounds of song within the bottle, of things it could not understand," 1 she observes. She looks like she might be about to say something else, but she's interrupted by the need to duck into the cart, avoiding another branch grabbing for her. The shuddering, shaking, and trembling of the coaster gets more intense, and the struts begin to grow thorns. The cart is thrown sharply to one side, and another nearby strut peels away from the tracks, curls up... and a screaming face forms on it. There's a loop coming up ahead, but with all the shuddering and unraveling, it's no longer complete. 1 The Bottle Neck by Hans Christian Anderson
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Swoop
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Knight of the Obsolete Aircraft
It's always the quiet ones.
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Post by Swoop on Jun 7, 2012 10:33:16 GMT -5
Swoop spits out his mouthful of horrorcoaster (which seems to fall agonizingly slowly to the ground far, far below) and repeats "You Decepticon know what going on?" grasping tightly to the cart with his little pterodactyl hands.
Because Swoop has no flaming idea. Though he can see what is about to happen if he stays on the coaster, and he does not want to be here for it. He takes a deep breath and clears his throat1, then spits out "Me Swoop not supposed to be nice to Decepticons but me Swoop can't fly good right now because wing broken. Can you Decepticon fix wing and me Swoop carry you down off horrible ride?" Savor the moment, Screwdriver, he doesn't usually talk this much.
1. Or draws in a large amount of air through his intakes and reboots his vocal processors or something. Whatever. Bite me.
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Screwdriver
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Post by Screwdriver on Jun 7, 2012 20:54:51 GMT -5
When Swoop asks if she knows what's going on, Screwdriver answers in a sing-song, "There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees!"
When Swoop asks if she can fix his wing, she beams and sings, "Take... these broken wings... and learn to fly again!" Then, if allowed, she'll reach towards his wings and begin repairs.
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Swoop
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Post by Swoop on Jun 10, 2012 19:35:37 GMT -5
Swoop will allow Screwdriver to work on fixing his broken wing, because he doesn't have anyone around to tell him what a colossally bad idea it is. The coaster train is beginning to rattle alarmingly as the track becomes more and more misshapen, shaking as it passes over clutching wooden hands and threatening to jump the track, even before it reaches the incomplete section.
The Dinobot looks worriedly from the track to the Junkion, back and forth.
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Screwdriver
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Post by Screwdriver on Jun 12, 2012 12:43:01 GMT -5
Screwdriver works quickly; no one can repair like a Junkion can repair!
And no Junkion repairs like Screwdriver.
And that's a good thing.
"It's over. Finished," she proclaims, giving Swoop a thumbs up and a very wide smile.
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Swoop
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Knight of the Obsolete Aircraft
It's always the quiet ones.
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Post by Swoop on Jun 15, 2012 12:14:19 GMT -5
Swoop flaps his wings a couple times experimentally before rising straight into the air very slightly, without any forward momentum, and with far more control than his wingspan and configuration should allow. Cartoon physics are fun.
He grasps Screwdriver around the shoulders and takes off, rising into the air over the ruined carnival and looking over his shoulder to watch the coaster train plummet to its doom.
Then suddenly his claws are clutching at air as the Junkion wriggles free and onto his back, and he feels himself falling as his wings come loose, leaving him flapping his arms in a fashion that would be comic if it were happening to someone he didn't like.
The pterosaur shrieks as he falls.
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Screwdriver
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Post by Screwdriver on Jun 17, 2012 20:37:19 GMT -5
Screwdriver had, indeed, squirmed from Swoops claws in order to grab his wings from him. Of course, she's no more capable of flying than he now is, but she's a Junkion - once she hits ground, odds are that she'll be up and running again much faster.
(And given Swoop's mood, running is what she'd better be doing.)
"And God pressed the dead child to His heart, and wings were given him so that he could fly with the angel!" she exclaims as she plummets towards the ground. Then she hits the ground and goes to pieces.
But she doesn't stay that way long.
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Swoop
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Post by Swoop on Jun 18, 2012 20:45:23 GMT -5
If Swoop was more talkative, we might be treated to a long, drawn-out "yoooouuu suuuuck" as he plummeted toward the ground. Alas, all we get is a flaming crater full of gangly wingless Dinobot.
Swoop is just going to lie here for a while, he thinks.
Except there's some sort of broken pipe sticking out of the ground in the middle of his crater, and it's leaking water, and in the water are bright-colored neon striped worms that would look like gummi worms except they have teeth. And they sound like they're singing.
He'll just crawl away, then.
He tests his radio. //Any Autobots hear me, Swoop?//
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Screwdriver
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Post by Screwdriver on Jun 19, 2012 19:44:05 GMT -5
Screwdriver is, as planned, up and moving again in moments. She leaves pieces of her behind, as is normal, but she also takes pieces of Swoop with her. And in moments she is gone, leaving behind the burning, shuddering roller coaster as it attempts to pull itself apart, faces and bodies of the tree people taking shape as they desperately try to get away from the flames, some screaming and battling each other, mad with pain and what had been done to them.
OOC: Screwdriver is actually out of thread. But perhaps some other Autobots can see the flaming roller coaster and help Swoop?
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Swoop
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Knight of the Obsolete Aircraft
It's always the quiet ones.
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Post by Swoop on Jun 24, 2012 8:13:21 GMT -5
Swoop picks himself up and starts plodding in what he thinks is the direction he came from, which is where the other Autobots should be. It's much harder to navigate at ground level. He's not lost though, because he's right here. They're lost, since he doesn't know where they are, which means they should stay put and wait for him to come find them. That's what you do when you're lost, he's been told.
He drags his flail behind him as he walks, one foot in front of the other.
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Omega Supreme
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jun 29, 2012 20:28:32 GMT -5
In this episode of Looking For Group...
Omega Supreme, who is beat up and feels pretty crummy, mostly because of his utter failure to protect his passengers, thinks he sees some movement! He swivels his head around, because he actually sees better out the back of his head. Strange but canon.
It's Swoop! ...who is missing his 'cape'. With a burning rollercoaster made of angry tree ladies behind him. That's pretty odd and somewhat concerning!
Omega Supreme waves his claw arm and breaks into a jog to try to catch up with Swoop.
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Post by Long Haul on Jul 1, 2012 18:45:28 GMT -5
Long Haul is currently riding on Omega Supreme's shoulder just in case Omega needs to make use of his claw hand. Currently, for example, he is using it to wave at Swoop. His optic band brightens and he widens it slightly as they draw nearer to him, and he peers down at the Dinobot.
"Wow, Swoop! You look like you been through a compactor! Where's yer wings?"
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Swoop
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Knight of the Obsolete Aircraft
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Post by Swoop on Jul 2, 2012 17:22:34 GMT -5
Swoop stares up at Long Haul, and only doesn't make a rude gesture because he's exhausted and doesn't know very many. Yes, Long Haul, Swoop has been castrated had his wings cut off. Thanks for noticing. Now instead of being a skinny, somewhat shrimpy Dinobot who can fly, he is just a skinny, somewhat shrimpy Dinobot.
"Um, her Decepticon took wings," he says, trying and failing not to look shifty. He didn't think he was going to Get In Trouble quite this quickly for making a deal with a Decepticon.
"What happened to big one-eye bot?"1 he asks. He seriously needs to bludgeon and/or set something on fire right now.
1. Yes, Lugnut has five eyes. Swoop only noticed the main one.
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Omega Supreme
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Post by Omega Supreme on Jul 2, 2012 19:33:54 GMT -5
Omega Supreme's optics narrow. He's not one to blame Autobots for what Decepticons have done to them. No, he blames the Decepticons, and by 'blames', he means 'wants to hunt down and crush under his feet'. Swoop had his wings stolen? That really reminds Omega Supreme of Scrapper and fetish for body part theft. He puts Screwdriver on his List. Anyway, Omega Supreme is perfectly willing to believe that Swoop is a poor little blameless victim of Decepticon treachery. His claw hand clenches into a fist, and he declares, "Retribution: pending."
Where did Lugnut go? Omega Supreme does not know, but he needs to punch him, too. He shakes his head. "Unclear."
Between Omega Supreme and Swoop, Long Haul is going to have to carry the conversation. Luckily, Long Haul is an expert at carrying things, even if he is currently being carried.
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