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Post by Lynn Deanna Payne on May 12, 2008 21:24:29 GMT -5
Bambi's mouth draws back in disgust, and she clamps her forepaws over her snout. The little Dinobot exclaims, "That smell horrible!" She peeks over and adds, "That look horrible, too."
She states that fairly casually. The carnage is still not bothering her. If it can kill her, well, if it gets her, she's dead. If it can't kill her, who cares? Sure, that mess was apparently a person at one point, but getting all weepy isn't going to help him, is it? She sure doesn't think so.
The knowledge that there is another hunter out there does bother her. She isn't actually worried for herself - see above - but she'd hate for the hunter to chew through these Autobots before they show her their Dinobots.
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 14, 2008 5:50:24 GMT -5
Presumably still carrying Bambi on its back, the half-a-firetruck follows Rodimus, eager to assist...
...That is, until he takes in the devastation around him, and some hard-hitting truths about the so-called 'glory' of combat hit him hard.
Optimus doesn't know who his friends and enemies are here--not all of them have clearly-identifiable faction symbols like himself and Rodimus. He tries to take things in his stride. They need solid mechs they can rely on, and he needs to keep it together. For now, he says nothing and is content to follow Rodimus around with his passenger in tow until he's asked to help someone out.
Skippable.
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Post by Kup on May 14, 2008 8:33:39 GMT -5
Well, here's one mechanoid with a clearly prominent Autobot symbol. Not that that always means much around here these days, anyway.
"Whelp, standing around here gaping ain't going to help Slag." He turns towards the fire truck and the bambiraptor. "Optimus Prime and Bambi, I take it? I'm Kup." With that, he transforms. "You two go ahead and help load Slag into my bed, then we'll get Ironfire settled in so we can go pick up Grimlock."
Yes, he's giving orders to two robots he hasn't even been introduced to yet. They're youths, and therefore should obviously listen to whatever he has to say!
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Post by Mirage-3 on May 14, 2008 11:09:19 GMT -5
Mirage did not actually follow the red truck parade. Based on snatches heard and intuition he headed back toward where his own Prime had left the Dinobot on the barbie. If he's lucky, the Prime will come to check on his comrades. If not, someone will.
And look, he is very, very lucky indeed. Mirage notes, smirking, that apparently he did hit this Rodimus Prime before, if that broken optic is any indication. Cloaked and silent, Mirage moves so that he has a clearer shot, a closer shot. At least he is no longer downwind of the Dinobot, though depending on how sensitive Bambi is, and what she can smell over the remains of Slag, she might still pick up Mirage's scent.
Mirage lines up the shot, taking a perfect line that should pierce that familiar-yet-not head and shatter that fragile brain module. Should but, unlike his lover, Mirage does not count his prey before they are downed.
The shot is squeezed off. Mirage pauses for the briefest of moments to adjust position slightly before his finger begins to depress that trigger a second time.
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Post by Rodimus Prime on May 14, 2008 11:58:29 GMT -5
And now that the initial rush to tend to Slag is done with, the smoking hole where Rodimus's left optic can, indeed be clearly seen. As Kup transforms, Rodimus stands up suddenly, causing a shot intended for his head to go through his shoulder. His right arm swings up and he fires off an electroblast before Mirage's second shot can be made. The blast is made without aiming, without even looking, and yet it goes unerringly in the direction from which the first shot came from.
Then, without skipping a beat, he lowers his arm and starts to lift Slag up. "Optimus, I need you and Bambi to stay with Kup. There are injured that still need to be collected, and Kup knows where they are and how to get to the escape routes. I'll be rejoining you guys shortly."
From tone and stance and manner, one would never suspect that he had just been shot, that he has shattered glass where his optic-cover belongs, that he just fired a blast intended to end another life.
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Post by Ironfire on May 14, 2008 16:08:54 GMT -5
Ironfire waves towards Bambi and Optimus. "I always like getting new allies, especially in trying times like these. Greetings." With the knowledge that Slag's still alive, Ironfire can be a bit more her usual self.
She turns towards Kup and Rodimus. "I can help as well, sirs. My damage isn't enough to disable me." Then, a spurt of sparks from one of her wounds, and a grimace forms on her face. "Mostly."
She barely registers that Rodimus is shot. Ironfire takes his firing a blast off mostly in stride -- he is a Prime, but it makes her wary.
"Escape routes? We're retreating, then?" She hasn't been paying much attention to her radio, recently.
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Post by Lynn Deanna Payne on May 14, 2008 19:20:36 GMT -5
Bambi rears up at the mention of Grimlock and cranes her head over at Kup, inquiring, "Him Grimlock here? Him alive?" She sounds suspicious, as if she doesn't quite believe Kup but also anxious and anticipatory.
Due to the mention of Grimlock, she does move to assist with Slag, commenting, "Him swear word? Hnn. Him look like slag, me guess."
When the shot rings out, Bambi hunches down low and whips her head around in the direction of the shot. It's really hard to smell anything over the stench of burned Slag, but the sound is the same. It's that sniper again. She narrows her optics and opines, "Him really no like you, Rodimus."
Bambi scowls in the general direction of Ironfire and protests, "Me not ally. Me just here to see Dinobots." She hasn't taken the Queen's Shilling, dangit, and she's not about to allow herself to be press-ganged. There may be an Autobot symbol on her chest, but it wasn't put there by any choice of her own.
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Post by Kup on May 15, 2008 10:59:14 GMT -5
OOC: I'm going to assume Optimus Prime is generically following orders and helping to situate the injured, since he's 'skippable,' and because he's 'skippable,' I'm going to go ahead and post. If my assumptions are wrong, his player is free to correct me.
"Yeah, Ironfire," Kup says softly. "We're pulling out. Base is gone, the only thing we'll accomplish sticking around here is to rack up more losses."
"Erm, Bambi, ally or not, you're wearing a symbol that's going to get you shot at by the other side, so you're better off coming along when we get out of here. As for seeing the Dinobots, you just helped load one into my bed, but I'm thinking the ones we got here aren't the ones you have back home."
"Well, if Slag's loaded up, Ironfire, try to hitch a ride with Optimus." So Optimus not only gets a dinosaur instead of a trailer, but a dinosaur and a tank-chick. "Once everyone's settled, lad and lasses, we'll move out to get Grimlock."
OOC: We can either start a new thread, or take this one over when those not part of the Grimlock collection squad post-out. Up to you guys.
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Post by Mirage-3 on May 15, 2008 12:00:19 GMT -5
Seconds. A matter of seconds is all he paused, and a matter of seconds is all it takes.
Mirage registers that his target is moving, that his shot did not score true, and that he, himself, is now under fire. Under fire from someone who should not have registered his presence, and who has utilized an attack much more similar to the Prime which Mirage knows.
He registers all of that- and it is not enough time.
Mirage twists, tries to dive out of line of that burning bolt, but he can not move swiftly enough. It catches him mid-motion, the Prime's electroblast scorching paint and frying circuitry, but he chokes back the scream. Mirage has had worse pain than this before, and at his own Prime's whim.
The damage is enough though, to force his cloak off and to put him down and offline. Not dead, not quite- but not far from it either. Let us hope this Prime is too concerned with his own to come and confirm the kill.
The hound manages a brief, pained radio transmission before his optics go dark.
//<coordinates> More....similar, than I...first..thou-//
Mirage-3 is out for the count
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Post by Rodimus Prime on May 15, 2008 18:52:13 GMT -5
Rodimus is just too busy to confirm his kill.
With Slag transferred and Ironfire getting settled, he nods to Kup. He's already given orders to Optimus and Bambi. Everything here is taken care of.
With a wave that borders on cocky, he turns his back on the group. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Before he's done turning, before he's done talking, he's transformed, and now he's speeding off.
OOC: Out of thread.
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 16, 2008 14:23:33 GMT -5
Optimus nodded at Kup when he greeted him and has indeed been following orders, lending his considerable strength to the task of loading up Slag and everyone else.
At least, he does until Rodimus transforms. Optimus stops to stare at his face. "Rodimus, you've been..." And then barely registering what he's doing, without even turning around, he takes out his would-be assassin with a single blast. "...oh. Uh, nevermind. Then."
Since everything is now taken care of, Optimus just has to be a ride. He transforms for Bambi and Ironfire to hop aboard.
Y'know, Rodimus Prime is bigger and badass and all, but all the ladies are riding on Optimus. That, also, is a pretty good trade.
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Post by Ironfire on May 17, 2008 14:23:48 GMT -5
Rodimus' wound doesn't much phase Ironfire, not after the Dinobot mess she saw.
"Base is gone? Slaggit..." Indeed, smoke rises in the distance. Ironfire turns away. "Well... no use sticking around. Thanks for the ride, s... Optimus." It's based an assumption, but she suppresses the view of Optimus as the commander. After all, Kup's giving him instructions. For now, she'll treat him as an equally ranked Autobot. If she's wrong, oh slagging well. She walks over to climb onto the red truck.
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Post by Lynn Deanna Payne on May 17, 2008 15:26:40 GMT -5
Rodimus Prime has extremely impressive situation awareness for an Autobot with one functioning optical sensor.
Bambi's expression turns to an outright nasty snarl that shows off all her teeth. She stabs the air in front of Kup with a single pointed talon and exclaims, "That not Dinobot! That mess! Them Dinobots are him Grimlock, him Swoop, and him Snarl. There no Dinobot Slag!"
She crosses her arms and glowers, "Me can handle own self. Me no need stupid Autobots with fake Dinobots."
Bambi handled herself without her brothers, and she's been doing just fine, aside from the whole 'ending up on the wrong planet' issue. If people want to shoot her for the symbol that she wears, they'll have to find her first.
She turns her back on the Autobots rather decisively, tail lashing angrily back and forth, and she moves to stalk off. There are plenty of places to hide in a ruined city, but her ultimate intention will be to get out of this war zone.
Out of thread unless stopped.
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Post by Kup on May 17, 2008 16:02:29 GMT -5
"Wha- Bambi, wait!" Kup objects. However, loaded down as he is, he can't exactly pursue, and they don't really have time to go after her, anyway.
"Alternate reality or not," he grumbles, "she's definitely a Dinobot."
"No time to chase the little punk down," he says louder. "We've got injured to worry about, and they need to be gotten to a medic as soon as possible. Come on. Grimlock next." And with that he starts rolling in the direction where the Dinobot commander was reported down. Between his normal speed being lower and the fact that he now has Slag in his truck bed, the going is a lot slower than travel had been with Rodimus.
As he travels, he strikes up conversation, almost absurdly casual in the face of all that's going on. This Optimus Prime, while clearly recognizable as such, had seemed almost dumb-struck by the whole situation. Best to check up on him. As Kup drives, he strikes up a conversation.
"So, Optimus, lad, how you holding up there?"
OOC: Come to think of it, I don't see a need to jump threads to pick up Grimlock. We'll just do that here, unless anyone has a problem with that.
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Post by Optimus Prime on May 19, 2008 6:27:51 GMT -5
"Wai--Bambi...!" Optimus sighs. Bambi is prone to tantrums, that much he knows about the Dinobot. Pestering her at this point is not just going to aggravate her more, it's wasteful. Optimus worries about the Dinobots that are barely alive as opposed to the ones that are off having a snit-fit, though he counts himself lucky that he has her comm-link. Given how much she doesn't trust Autobots, he doesn't share it with anyone else just yet.
With Ironfire on board, Optimus takes off following the green Cybertronian Pickup truck. "Not bad, uh, Kup. I might not know everything that's going on here, but it's nothing compared to what poor Slag has gone through. Just show me where I can help and I'll do my part."
OOC: I'm fine with whatever has to happen..
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