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Post by Long Haul on Jan 27, 2013 20:27:29 GMT -5
Long Haul starts to leave, since there are supplies to be delivered! But then Sentinel asks him a question and he stops. He looks Sentinel Prime over and shrugs.
"Dunno. Why? That one scratched?" Short of magic mirrors, damage to the paint job (or the body it belongs to) is pretty much the only reason Long Haul can think of for getting a new one.
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Jan 29, 2013 16:16:22 GMT -5
Oh Farlane would feel terribly sorry for the guy if he knew that much about Sentinel. All he knows is that Sentinel had a bodyswap with a dead gal and that was pretty terrible already. The existential crisis on top of that needed serious drinking to. Like, completely cratered and in a coma from hangover level of drinking to.
He’d still punch the guy if there was bleach anywhere in his energon though, thank you.
“If you’re sure,” Farlane says, giving Mayday a small smile.
“Don’t need it t’ be scratched to a get a new paint job, Long Haul,” he intones in amusement, glancing over at the truck. Yeah, Farlane kind of changes his paint job every time he has a new, well, job.
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Post by Mayday/Maddox Wayne on Jan 31, 2013 19:53:54 GMT -5
Attention has been diverted from him! Mayday is truly saved!
It's probably a good thing Mayday is looking at the floor and thus missed Farlane's smile, otherwise he'd probably get trembly knees and fall over, and that would just draw more attention.
He wracks his mind for something to say about paint jobs, but he's never thought much about them beyond how dirt-and-rust resistant they are, and whether-or-not he needs a new coat after a particularly caustic and abrasive self-cleansing. After opening and closing his mouth a few times, he decides it best to just go back to cleaning the view port.
He was never very good with crowds.
Four people is totally a crowd.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Feb 10, 2013 20:58:22 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime debate show much she wants to explain, taking a moment on a really tough stain. Then she explains carefully, "I was, at one point, romantically interested in Elita-1."
That is about the driest way to put it.
"But I stepped aside, for a lot of reasons, and so Elita and Optimus got together. I guess. So, right now, I look like Optimus's dead girlfriend? And also like someone I used to like? And that's kind of messed up. Really, the only thing stopping me from getting a new paint job is that... well, this isn't my body. I don't think it's really appropriate for me to make modifications to it."
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Post by Long Haul on Feb 16, 2013 18:23:42 GMT -5
Long Haul's optic band flickers with shock as he realizes that. Wow, he had had no idea about that whole romantic entanglement thing!
Long Haul can be a little dense about interpersonal relationships. It comes from having spent so much time transporting.
He tilts his head and considers, then grunts. "Eh, paint's pretty easy to fix, and we don't know how long this situation's gonna last. Might be less awkward if you just change it?"
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Feb 25, 2013 19:51:44 GMT -5
“Wowee,” Farlane intones, an expression of morbid curiosity on his face. “Ain’t that just all sorts of messed up.” Yeah, tact isn’t always the pink car’s forte.
“Well, speakin’ as someone who has extensive experience in repaintin’, color schemes are pretty easy to get on n’ off, even if you ain’t got fancy programmable nanite colors,” he says. “‘Course it might be a three day job dependin’ on how extensive of a repaint you’re thinkin’ of. Like joint repaints needs some disassemblin’ and disassemblin’ eats up a lot of time. Some folks out there fancy gettin’ black internals so’s the nurses can ogle their wires better or sommat, but that sort a’ repainting can take a week.”
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Post by Mayday/Maddox Wayne on Mar 3, 2013 15:06:59 GMT -5
Kind of messed up, Sentinel says. Kind of? That is seriously, horrifically, disturbingly messed up and it reminds Mayday of just how weird it is that Sentinel is basically a dead person in another dead person's body and just. No. No no no. Just focus on cleaning the view port. Do not think about Sentinel. No winding yourself up and fainting, Mayday. No.
He... kind of envies his human body for it's ability - after modification - to just shut off these sort of responses before they got bad. He kind of envies a lot of things his human body had.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Mar 10, 2013 19:20:02 GMT -5
Long Haul isn't a master of shipping? How disappointing.
Sentinel Prime twitches a bit when Farlane goes on about indecently kinky paint schemes. "...yeah, that's quite enough. I guess I kind of also told Shockwave that I'm Elita-1. So if I paint myself like Sentinel Prime, that will look... weird? To the Decepticons. It's probably good to keep them confused?"
She keeps working.
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Post by Long Haul on Mar 11, 2013 19:27:58 GMT -5
Long Haul is great at delivering, but terrible at shipping.
"Then paint yerself as not-Sentinel?" he offers. Scrap, he doesn't know!
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on Mar 20, 2013 20:02:50 GMT -5
Farlane being helpful always involved kinky advice! If more people saw his resume, they’d probably be a bit less surprised. Maybe.
“There’s probably a paint color scheme randomizer program somewhere here. If you can’t pick and jus’ want a quick-job, that might be an option,” Farlane shrugs, flicking the empty bucket up into his hand.
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Post by Sentinel Prime on Apr 2, 2013 21:05:09 GMT -5
Sentinel Prime is just easily scandalized. She admits grudgingly, "I should probably talk to command, since I sort of told Shockwave that I was Elita-1? ...note to self: stop getting captured by the enemy. This is getting ridiculous." She makes face and shakes her head. "But anyway, if 'Elita-1' suddenly changes her paint scheme, that could look suspicious?"
Then she shudders and makes a face again. "There is no way I am going with randomized paint schemes. 99% of paint schemes are simply atrocious. This is a fact."
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Post by Long Haul on Apr 5, 2013 15:38:00 GMT -5
Long Haul looks down at his own paint scheme, then up at Sentinel Prime and shrugs.
"Are you just... looking to find someone else to make the decision for you, or something? Sounds like you don't feel comfortable wearing her colors, but you're lookin' for some sort of approval why it might be okay to change, or something."
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Post by Mayday/Maddox Wayne on Apr 28, 2013 17:50:29 GMT -5
"Just don't go around in all grey," Mayday blurts out. Just because Sentinel is some sort of weird ghost-zombie-thing doesn't mean he should look like the undead. Mayday might just shake apart from the strength of his willies if Sentinel did that.
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Post by Farlane/Faye Fairlane on May 7, 2013 16:57:11 GMT -5
“You should go for something bright n’ lively! Like neons!” Farlane says helpfully. Neons are just awesome, okay?
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Post by Long Haul on May 10, 2013 19:21:51 GMT -5
"I like neons," Long Haul agrees. Of course, Long Haul has terrible taste.
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