June 21, 2006; Played as Blitzwing
NCC Arena
This circular arena evokes either a whirlpool, in the sloping spiral of the seating, or a toothy maw, in the pointed backs of the seats. Layered blues and subtle violets give a water-colored feel to the arena, a pointed contrast to the bright life-fluids spilled on the floor here. It's almost mocking, the lulling false sense of security. Rising on shining spires, box seats perch high above the 'whirlpool', sculpted like crystalline compound eyes, mirrored and unknowable on the outside and comfortable within, with an excellent view of the arena. Floodlight globes like pearls are strung from the high ceiling, and on full power, they can fill the arena with more light than high noon.
Room Contents:
Sunder
Tantrum
Brawl
Vortex
Catechism
Bandit
Holo Arena
Hall of Heroes
Obvious exits:
North leads to NCC Dungeon.
Southeast leads to NCC Spinal Pathway.
East leads to NCC Medical Ward.
Bandit moves out from behind the stands and takes a seat. He nods in salutation to the decepticons gathered.
Sunder mutters something about Vortex not needing a Terrorcon for that...
Blitzwing stalks back into the Arena, sword sheathed this time. He grumbes about Astrotrain, booze, and how combining the two with a run to Mars was probably not the smartest thing they ever did.
Catechism shrugs and opines, "Well, Vortex seems to be going out of his way to torque you off, Brawl. Maybe it'd do some good not to give him what he wants. I don't know." Then, she points out to Vortex, "Brawl could always run and hide, Vortex. Fight and failure are not the only options." She waves cheerily to Bandit and Blitzwing. Catechism mumbles, trying to put coherent words to her speculations, "What was your desired reaction? Something that breaks the tedium, I guess. Also, an obvious example."
Brawl snorts. "I ain't gonna run from him," he says, jerking a thumb in Vortex's direction. "He don't scare me. Never has, never will."
Vortex continues to beat at Brawl mercilessly, probably ineffectively against the tank, probably hurting his hands more then his 'detainee'. He looks up at Sunder. "What? You want some of this?" he seems a bit out of it tonight. "And I don't do that! No matter what the cameras tell you...self interrogation. Bah. That's for amatures." he pauses. "I was trying to make Brawl hit me. Maybe feel something." he pauses. "The hitting worked, btu that's another story."
Fusillade arrives from the NCC Spinal Pathway via a winding steel-cable webbed bridge to the southeast.
Fusillade has arrived.
Bandit looks about for a moment apathetically. His attention barely on the war of words between Vortex and Brawl, though he is glad to see Vortex fighting with weapons that he is most adept at. He leans back in his chair and looks at the arena floor for a moment and its sad emptiness.
Homunculus arrives from the NCC Spinal Pathway via a winding steel-cable webbed bridge to the southeast.
Homunculus has arrived.
Sunder vocalizes a nonverbal greeting to Homunculus.
Brawl grunts, looking down at Vortex. "Will you quit hittin' me already?!" he snaps. "You're makin' us look bad again! GEEZE!"
Homunculus inclines his head at the sweep. For a change, the majority of the tape's arrogance seems to have evaporated. He seems to be in generally decent spirits and refrains from glowering at anyone as he arrives.
Catechism repeats and rephrases, "If he doesn't scare you, why do you try to hurt Vortex, Brawl? You know that hurting him won't make him lay off. He likes it." She seems both amused and perplexed by the Combaticons. If she had seen more of the Constructicons, she might recognize some of the behaviour, but curiously, she never seems to be in the same room as Scrapper. Catechism inquires, "So what, you're trying to get him angry so he'll slip and make mistakes?"
Vortex hits at Brawl repeatedly until he either dents the tank's armor or runs out of power. We all know the later will come first. He starts to slow down. "Ok.. ok. I'm done."
Clearly, nothing has changed in the time Blitzwing took to make that Mars run. He shakes his head, grinning a bit.
The sunset settles on the training arena. Not too much longer after the tape's arrival, Fusillade banks overhead in her alt mode, having finished a visit to impromptu proving grounds. Transforming, she drops downward on the periphery of the training area, gaze intent on the argument with Vortex and Brawl, mediated by Catechism. "Huh," she remarks thoughtfully.
Brawl grunts. "'Cause he makes me mad an' when he makes me mad I gotta hit him," he says, as if this is the most logical and sensible thing in the world. "He's hittin' me 'cause he's a wimp an' a freak an' he don't know any better."
Sunder sniffs airily as he notices the Triple Changer, then goes back to digging in the box of Autobot fingers and snacking on them like popcorn.
Homunculus looks around for a moment before selecting an unoccupied viewing box. Rising from the floor, he drifts upwards and takes a seat. Propping his foot on the edge, he produces his ever present datapad and begins reviewing the information contained within.
Vortex pulls away from Brawl. "At least Fleet isn't here to record this." he grumbles, actually retreating from the larger tank. "I'm heading back to the dungeon." the battered chopper grunts. If he's not there he's at the arena recently.
Bandit looks at Sunder "Ech...that is disgusting....how do you live with yourself after doing that?" he asks honsetly before turning his head to Fusillade. "Ahhh it is good to see you .....what have you been up to lately?"
Sunder blinks at Bandit. "After doing what?" he asks pointedly, as if what he was doing was the most natural thing in the world.
Blitzwing is being sniffed at by Sweeps! Clearly, he should be gravely insulted. Except he didn't notice because Sweeps don't talk to him the majority of the time, so he treats them like furniture when they're around. He watches Vortex try to leave, grins a bit. "Got your fight, I see."
Catechism waves to Fusillade. She snorts at Brawl's explanation. Okay, so Catechism has a lot of work to do here, she sees. She waves to Vortex and says, "See ya around, Vortex. Wait... what's the deal with Captain Fleet? He's a good guy." Perhaps Vortex has Fleet confused with Comcast?
Vortex rubs his neck a bit, his hand going to his battered chest. "Yeah, I did." he responds to Blitzwing. He turns to Catechism a moment. "Perhaps this isn't the place.."
Brawl grunts. "I thumped him 'cause he blooped me," he says, crossing his arms over his chest as he watches Vortex try to leave, concern flickering in his optics. "Stupid whirlybird. Go by th' medbay an' refuel first, dummy!"
Fusillade tosses off an entirely too cheerful wave at Catechism before she hops up and then skims over to the Berkut. "Just got back from some... forsaken wilderness to make sure I wouldn't blow myself up when trying to use my alt mode's weaponry while in my robot mode. I'm back, so it's a success!" She flashes a grin, before it melts into nothingness. "CAPTAIN?!" She plunks down on the bench beside Bandit, expression stunned.
Sunder shakes his head at the gathering crowd and continues to munch on Autobot fingers.
Bandit looks at the sweep and just shakes his head. He leans back in his seat and motions to Fusillade. "That is good to hear....it is always good practice to test your weapons out ahead of time no?" he grins. "Where did you do your testing at?" he then pauses, "Captain?"
Sunder mutters something about Seekers being too squeamish.
Vortex pauses in his walk out, to answer Brawl. "I'm not going to the medbay. Maybe later." his feet continue to walk him to the dungeon.
Catechism tilts her head to one side and comments to Vortex, "What, Nightsiege? Isn't that a bit far? And Brawl's right. Go to the medical ward, you silly." However, Catechism has repressed all know of why, exactly, Fleet is a Captain. So to Fusillade's outburst, she can only reply, "Yuh. Captain Fleet."
Should anyone ever bring it to his attention while drunk, someday Blitzwing will lecture about how you're supposed to just suck the juices out of enemies and drain their generators rather than eat them. A Decepticon getting the proper additives in his fuel didn't need the extra metals for his self-repair systems, and the little shards do bad things to your internals anyway. Evidently, Blitzwing would be speaking from experience. And vastly, vastly drunk.
However, he's not such at the time. And Vortex is leaving. Woe. He grunts and surveys the other Decepticons. "Anyone else around here use blades? 'Sides Fusillade, I mean."
Vortex murmurs something abotu too many audials. He turns and leaves without another word, walking away from the medbay, towards the dungeon.
"Huh. He's slackin' off," Fusillade remarks about Fleet. "I thought it went against his ethic. Unless he was being threatened by a punching squad." The lilt in her voice suggests that she's not bothered, and in fact, possibly amused, at the turn of events. At Bandit's commentary, she murmurs, "Some of the more remote areas in the Australian desert, aye." She then straightens up at the mention of her name, and then heys softly at Blitzwing. "What's THAT supposed to mean?"
Bandit places an ear by his audio receptors, "Ach what was that Sunder....were you talking to yourself again comrade?" he asks. He wows at the notion of Captain Fleet. "Wow....delusions of grandeur are abounding arent they heh hehe." he chuckles. "Well good for him.....is this a formal promotion we are talking about or something else?" He pauses to think, "Austrailia.....hrm....I have only flow by there...and have not really spent quality time."
You say, "It means I already know you use blades." Jets are ever so silly. "What else would it mean?"
Vortex is let into the NCC Dungeon to the north, as triangular doors, evoking the kraken's beak, open wide and clamp shut tightly, making almost a chomping sound.
Vortex has left.
"I didn't say anything," Sunder mumbles crossly.
"Maybe he was," Catehcism mutters. She doesn't know how Fleet got the rank! She doesn't want to know! It would only hurt her head, anyway. She also points out, "Sorry, Blitzwing. All I have is a tin-foil knife." She watches Vortex go and looks over to Brawl. Catechism supposes that she could follow Vortex and try to wheedle more information on interrogation out of him.
"It's just... weird, Bandit," Fusillade says in some consternation. "Just like that, huh? Hmmph. That aside, you and Fulcurm should team up. Call yourselves 'Hammer and Sickle'. I already ran it by him. But I don't know if he was paying that much attention, since he was up to his elbows in my chest at the time." She smooths the wingblades backward. "It... seemed like you didn't want to... Oh bah." She rolls her shoulders a bit.
Brawl scowls as Vortex leaves for the dungeon. "Stupid," he mutters. "...I ain't gonna follow him, but...ma'am, if you wanna go keep an eye on him, I can watch out here for you."
Homunculus has disconnected.
The ways jets think continues to elude Blitzwing. He just looks blankly at her, then glances at Brawl. The tank wouldn't be leaving? Perhaps the tank was up to a fight or three? ... Not like Blitzwing has anything better to do until they have a chain of command again.
Bandit raises an optic ridge "Arms deep in your chest.....that can be looked at in a good way or bad heh....yes I have fought alongside Fulcrum on occasion and have done quite well. I am telling you, that we can be quite a formidable tandem...." he looks to Sunder and states, "Ahhhh ok....I was thinking I heard something...but I must need to get my audio receptors checked. Perhaps it is being the acoustics in here." he motions with his hands. He returns to Fusi "Didn't want to what?"
Brawl glares at Blitzwing. "What?" he asks, angrily. "What're you lookin' at me like that for?!"
Fusillade bristles a bit at the stare from Blitzwing. "What?" She then glances askance at Brawl as the tank asks the exact same thing. However, she rocks back in her seat, and smirks at the response. "I could see it," she encourages Bandit, before adding, "The thing with Blitzwing. It's not imporant. Just seemed like the way he said it made it sound like he wanted something or someone, ANYONE, other than me when it came to dealing with stabby things."
Catechism says softly, staring at the dungeon door, "I just might." She did rather squash Vortex's fun, and while deep down, she doesn't really care, she does have to put on the pretense. She's pretty sure that the Combaticons won't give a slag unless they think that she gives a slag, too. Then, Catechism does take her leave, waving out to the others.
Catechism is let into the NCC Dungeon to the north, as triangular doors, evoking the kraken's beak, open wide and clamp shut tightly, making almost a chomping sound.
Catechism has left.
You're in front of me. No, wait, wrong answer. Blitzwing grins friendly-like, crosses his arms over his chest. "Wanna fight?" Oh, hey, Fusillade just explained something. ... Something that either shows that she's in a touchy mood and thus he shouldn't talk to her, or that he's not communicating clearly and thus shouldn't talk to her. Blitzwing's always been a bit odd with words, though.
Sunder is thoroughly bored. He gets up. "If anyone wants to fight, I'll be in the arena," he mumbles in a somewhat disinterested tone.
Sunder has left.
Sunder enters the Holo Arena.
"I think that Sunder wants to," Fusillade chirps as she points down to the Holo Arena. "In fact... why not a three way? You and Sunder and..." that grin grows ever wider as she turns to her side, "Bandit?" She bats optics once in the Seeker's direction.
Brawl grunts. "Gimme a chance t'get myself refueled an' I'm game for a tag-team match!" he says, optics brightening.
Bandit grins wryly. "Affirmative.....training is always welcome." he makes his way down to the arena.
Bandit has left.
Bandit enters the Holo Arena.
Blitzwing grins. Today is his day! He risks life and limb to clap Brawl cheerfully on the back. "Go, get fueled. An' you and me vs. the fliers or somethin' else?"
Inside, Sunder eyes the Seeker as he enters the room. "Have you come to challenge me, then?" he asks, an almost anticipatory tone to his voice.
Inside, Bandit walks into the Arena and stretches his arms out casually. "A cycle of exercises is good for the soul...."
Brawl grunts. "Sounds good, let's show 'em who th' real fighters are in this army," he says. "I'll be back ASAP!"
Brawl is admitted to the NCC Medical Ward to the east as the polished doors swish open for it.
Brawl has left.
Brawl arrives from the NCC Medical Ward to the east with a swish of polished doors behind it.
Brawl has arrived.
You enter the Holo Arena.
Holo Arena
Inside the Holo Arena are black, rubber-coated walls to protect the steel and also to reduce the noise, as these sparring matches can get very violent. A central control room is suspended from the ceiling, heavily reinforced to protect the advanced computer that controls the holo-imaging and stores thousands of simulation scenariors. If a desired scenario isn't already available, then the computer allows for additional programming.
Thing Contents:
Bandit
Sunder
Training Drone - NCC
Brawl comes into the Holo Arena.
Outside, Fusillade crosses her legs, and hums thoughtfully at the building scenario below. "Huh. Looks like it will be fun." She doesn't budge from her spot, stretching luxuriously and then draping herself in a lazy recline along the seats.
Bandit looks around the arena, "Ech.....so what is on tap for tonight....I was planning on 1 v 1 combat....."
Sunder says, "So was I."
Blitzwing cracks his knuckles, still grinning. "Bandit and Sunder vs. the groundpounders. Transforms allowed, or no?" One on one? How droll, but no. Blitzer's in the mood to crack heads.
Brawl grunts. "Well, if you guys are scared t'take us on, I guess you can fight each other," he says. "I mean, me an' Blitz wouldn't wanna *hurt* you or nothing..."
Bandit says, "Groundpounders.....I always thought you went both ways comrade Blitzwing?"
You say, "Depends on who you're talking to."
Sunder grins widely. "Two on two, eh? Sounds interesting. It's not usually my preference to fight alone anyways."
Blitzwing repeats himself. "Transforms allowed or not?"
Bandit says, "Da.....transforms allowed...."
Outside, Vortex is disgorged from the kraken-door that leads to the NCC Dungeon to the north.
Outside, Vortex has arrived.
Blitzwing glances at Brawl, grins. "Ready, flyboys?"
Sunder says, "I'm always ready.""
Blitzwing reaches back over his shoulder and pulls his sword out of its subspace sheath in his turret. It sits innocuously in his hand for a moment, then energy flares along the blade. Soon it's dancing with miniature lightning.
Outside, Fusillade, returned from an off-island weapons test, has reclined on her side to watch the quartet below. She's got her head propped up with one hand, and idly taps fingertalons on the bench.
Brawl's optics brighten in what passes for a grin for him. "Let's slag 'em," he says, dropping down to tank mode and revving his engines in preparation for some charging of his own. Smash the flyboys!
Brawl drops down to his tank form.
The familiar sound of talons unsheathing is greatly magnified in the arena, echoing a bit. Sunder grins, murder in his optics. This was going to be fun.
Bandit stands where he is, arms akimbo, optics flaring. "Excellent....this should be a worthwhile evern for sure..." His systems flicker to life.
You transmit a message to Brawl: Pile on the Sweep or play it one-on-one?
Transmission from Brawl: one on one for now, then we slag th' Sweep *good*.
Brawl transmits a message via radio.
Outside, Fusillade lazily raises one wingblade up to shield her optics from the glare of the stadium lights. "Just GO already!" she barks down.
Outside, Vortex seems to be heading towards the medical bay. He pauses to watch the fight, heading by Fusillade's side. "So who'se winning?"
Bandit laughs at the comments from the peanut gallery and nods his head. "That is all I needed to hear....." he hovers a bit off the ground and raises his left arm, firing projectiles towards the tank, AKA Brawl.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with Napalm Burst.
Outside, Smirking upwards faintly, Fusillade removes the fanblade visor, and flicks optics back open. "Ah, Vortex. Hey there. They just got started. I'm thinking of grabbing a hot oil bath and calling it a night though. Managed to not blow myself up testing some weapons earlier in the day. Have you gotten fixed yet?"
Sunder , seeing the seeker targeted Brawl, figures why not pile on. He decides to transform in order to better evade the attacks that he was certain would all be directed at him.
Leaping into the air, Sunder transforms into a Sweepcraft.
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with disruptor.
Outside, Fusillade then sits up from her reclining position, and looks over to Vortex.
M-14 Sherman Tank is on fire! He doesn't like being on fire...he likes being on fire and being hit with disruptors even less. Enraged, he focuses his fire on the last person to draw his attention: Sunder.
Brawl misses Sweepcraft with its Sonics attack.
Blitzwing leaps into the air, anti-gravs taking him high above the other fighters for a moment, then attempts to drop feet-first onto Sunder. He's still grinning like a mad thing.
You strike Sweepcraft with blow.
Bandit watches as Blitzwing charges forward. He continues to hover and moves himself around in an arc. He raises an arm and fires some shots at Blitzwing.
Bandit strikes you with Disruption Beam for 8 points of damage.
Sweepcraft growls as the heavy triple-changer lands on him. He rolls, shaking him off, and hits his thrusters, coming around for a strafing run.
Sweepcraft strikes you with ballistic for 11 points of damage.
M-14 Sherman Tank is still not happy about the whole being set on fire thing. Taking a page from Blitzwing's book, he reverts to robot mode and charges forward, leaping into the air and letting his anti-gravs keep him airborne long enough to try and slug Bandit right in the nosecone.
Brawl rises up into his lumbering robot form.
Brawl misses Bandit with its punch attack.
Blitzwing grunts as he's dropped into the air, kicks on his thrusters, and swings his sword hard at Sunder. Getting struck with missiles doesn't bother the triple-changer so much, but he knows he's a tough bastard.
You strike Sweepcraft with Electron Scimitar - Heavy Strike.
Bandit zips to the side as Brawl comes forward with an attack. He soars backwards arms crossed and optics glowing brighter and brighter. Finally, twin
Bandit strikes Brawl with Optic Beams.
Sweepcraft growls as the sword bites into his hull. He brings his main weapon to bear on the Triple-changer
You evade Sweepcraft 's plasma attack.
Outside, "That riveting, huh?" Fusillade asks Vortex, before she frowns a bit at hte nonresponsiveness. There's a sharp whistle of admiration and encouragement in Bandit's direction, before she stands and rumbles softly. "Yes. Time for me to recharge. Despite my interest in how this will turn out."
Brawl gets hit in mid-air by Bandit's eye-lasers, the force of the blow causing him to falter. Snarling, he lands, turns and fires his electron gun at Bandit.
Brawl misses Bandit with its electricity attack.
Outside, Vortex jumps awake, as Fusillade speaks to him. "Huh? Wah. Did I miss something?" he looks down. "Ok. I'll tell you how it turns out." he sounds very distracted.
Blitzwing realizes that letting the Sweep shoot him would be a bad, bad idea. So he does what any sane flier would do and drops below the range of Sunder's gun, and tries to dig in with his sword while he's going down.
You strike Sweepcraft with Electron Scimitar - Glancing Blow.
Outside, Fusillade rocks slightly on her feet. "No worries. I had asked if you had gotten repairs. That was some time ago." She begins to trudge up the stairway, not using her antigravs this time.
Bandit flies upwards and out of the range of the blast. He takes a moment to look over at Blitzwing and Sunder. He dares not risk a shot that way lest he hits Sunder in the process, so attention returns to the rugged Brawl. As he flies in a circle, he reaches out a hand that begins to glow, clenching his fist as a pulse of invisible waves flow in the combaticons direction.
Bandit strikes Brawl with Magnetic Pulse.
Outside, Fusillade departs on a steel-web bridge to the southeast, trading the stands of the NCC Arena for the spikes of the NCC Spinal Pathway.
Outside, Fusillade has left.
Sweepcraft snarls in rage. He couldn't do much more in this mode, considering Blitzwing was in robot form. Well, it was time to remedy that.
Sunder shifts into his fearsome-looking robot mode.
You evade Sunder's rocket attack.
Bandit receives a radio transmission.
Bandit transmits a message via radio.
Bandit receives a radio transmission.
Brawl screams in fury and in pain as he's hit by Bandit's Magnetic Pulse. "THAT'S IT!" he bellows, dropping back down to tank mode with a groan and firing his gauss cannons at the flyboy!
Brawl drops down to his tank form.
Brawl misses Bandit with its gauss attack.
"Hah!" Blitzwing dodges to the side of the rocket and quickly sheathes his sword and pulls out his rifle. "You wanna play like that, Sweepy? Then let's play!"
You strike Sunder with Electroshock Rifle.
+ooc Clearly, we need to get you a cheerleader to lay. Vortex!
Sunder growls in pain, holding his shoulder where the blast hit. He leaps forward, claws bared.
Bandit dives down low and handsprings out of the way of the gauss cannonfire. His movements are light and like a gymnast in the olympics. When the seeker stops he raises his right arm, the larger of the two weapon mounts glowing. He steadies it for a moment and then fires, skidding backwards a bit from the recoil.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with Fusion Beam.
"No more games, Triple Changer!" Sunder snarls, as he leaps at Blitzwing.
You evade Sunder's slash attack.
M-14 Sherman Tank is rocked by the impact of Bandit's fusion beam. The force of the blast flips him, leaving him teetering on one side and temporarily unable to continue...at least not until the damn tweeting birds go away!
Blitzwing chuckles darkly as he sidesteps out of the way of Sunder's lunge, then turns and brings his rifle up. The Sweep's very close still, and this is just for fun... So he switches his grip on his rifle and aims to bring it crashing down on the back of Sunder's head.
You strike Sunder with Rifle Butt to the Head!.
Bandit sees Brawl get flipped and then looks on as his 'partner' is getting manhandled. He leaps into the air and transforms into that ever sleek looking tricked out version of a Berkut. Kicking in his vectored thrust the jets launches upwards in a spiral and then performs a verticle-S lining up its sights on Blitzwing for a straffing run.
With a leap canards and wings begin to fold out and rotate into place. Arms retract and legs change into powerful engines. Out of what seems a flurry of motion streaks a sleek and powerful jet fighter.
Black S-37 XF strikes you with 20mm Cannon(full auto) for 13 points of damage.
Sunder realizes that if he was going to get anywhere, he was going to have to start attacking Brawl. He pulls out his weapon, ready to blast the tank to smithereens
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with laser.
Sunder's attack allows Brawl that extra bit of momentum he needed to rock back onto his treads. "YOU TOO, HUH?!" he bellows, bringing his cannons around to fire his sonics at Sunder.
Brawl misses Sunder with its Sonics attack.
Blitzwing just got shot by the other guy again. He's got to do stop ignoring the other fighters in the arena. And, hey, the Sweep's ignoring him! How... insulting. Blitzwing snarls and pulls out his sword again.
You strike Sunder with Electron Scimitar - Heavy Strike.
Black S-37 XF watches as the group gathers together around the Sweep. He frowns a bit as he circles like the bird of prey that he is. As he begins to pick up speed, his ebony fuselage begins to glow. Small arcs of energy begin to cascade accross his frame until finally a storm of energy is directed at everyone in the immediate vicinity.
Bandit unleashes his Maelstrom Barrage attack on #-1 NO SUCH OBJECT VISIBLE, striking #-1 NO SUCH OBJECT VISIBLE.
For some reason only known to Primus, his attack is thwarted and not allowed. He frowns and then reverts to the next best thing. His targetting computers come online and he triangulates Blitzwing's position. His weapon's bay doors open and out streaks a large flying object.
You evade Black S-37 XF's Apocalypse Missile attack.
Sunder notices that Bandit is having problems with Blitzwing as well. However, once Brawl was down, not much mattered anymore. It was time to finish the job. Sunder aims his weapon at the tank again, intending to take it out.
Sunder misses M-14 Sherman Tank with his rocket attack.
M-14 Sherman Tank isn't down. He was disabled temporarily, but he's far from out yet. "Nice try!" he snarls as he evades Sunder's rocket attack. "Eat this!" He fires his compressed air cannons at Sunder's position.
Brawl strikes Sunder with Compressed_air.
Blitzwing's a lot of things, but he's not stupid enough to NOT dodge a missile being flung at him. That's just silly. "Now /there's/ an idea." So saying, he transforms to jet-mode and brings his main guns to bear on Sunder. The triple-changer's unusually focussed today.
Blitzwing transforms into jet-mode, his turret going Primus-knows-where.
Sunder evades your ballistic attack.
Black S-37 XF watches as Blitzwing passes by his 9 o'clock and he arcs around for a quick strafing run on Brawl. His cannon fires a quick burst.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with 20mm Cannon(snap shot).
Outside, Vortex pauses. The sweep looks easy enough, but Bandit. He's quite the combatant. He watches for any weaknesses, rather intently.
Furious beyond all rationality, and barely lucky to dodge Blitzwing's latest assault, Sunder leaps on Brawl with a terrible roar, fangs bared.
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with bite.
M-14 Sherman Tank transforms back to robot mode, reaching out to try and grab Sunder by the neck with one hand and pulls back one massive fist. 'KEEP YOUR DAMN MOUTH OFF ME!" he roars as he attempts to punch.
Brawl rises up into his lumbering robot form.
Brawl strikes Sunder with punch.
Sunder falls to the ground unconscious.
Sunder falls to the ground with a groan, forced to release his grip on the tank. He silently hoped that Bandit would be able to finish the job.
MiG-25 Foxbat flicks his running lights as the Sweep goes down. Different target now, and that other flyboy had some nasty tricks up his sleeve. He turns and opens fire on Bandit.
You strike Bandit, who is shaken momentarily.
Black S-37 XF takes fire as his concentration is on Brawl. He sighs inwardly as the Sweep hits the floor with a thud and transforms. As the black colored seeker spins around, his optics open fire at Brawl.
The nose bends forward as the wings flip and rotate backwards. The engines spilt and extend, as arms, fists and feet are revealed. A head flips upward and locks into place with a purple shimmer of the optics.
Bandit strikes Brawl with Optic Beams.
Brawl falls to the ground unconscious.
Brawl was surprised his attack actually worked, surprised enough that he gets optic blasted. Owwwie! Still, at least he wasn't first out...
And there goes Brawl. Oh, well, looks like it was him and the Bandit. Fun times. Let's see how long it takes to end this one way or another. One of his
Bandit evades your missile attack.
Bandit hits his foot-thrusters and soards upwards in a corkscrew, confusing the missile and sending it careening into the side of the arena. He smirks a bit, and then reaches up with a glowing hand death grip.
You evade Bandit's Magnetic Pulse attack.
MiG-25 Foxbat rolls and drops towards the floor, dodging Bandit's open hand. He transforms with a chuckle, pulls his sword out, and swings at the jet.
Blitzwing shifts into his robot-mode, turret helpfully pointed so he can shoot down the ceiling.
You are running critically low on energon! (7%)
Bandit evades your Electron Scimitar - Glancing Blow attack.
Bandit shifts his body to the side, using his arm to block the strike wide. He leans on Blitzwing's back using it to catapault him around back as he opens fire...literally.
You evade Bandit's Napalm Burst attack.
Blitzwing drops towards the floor, letting the fire wash by overhead, almost close enough to scorch his paint. Then he rockets upward again and tries to body-slam Bandit. Because he's that macho. Or something.
You are running critically low on energon! (-2%)
Bandit evades your blow attack.
Bandit leaps over Blitzwing jedi-style and lands on the other side. He spins on his heels and fires some disruptor bolts.
Bandit strikes you with Disruption Beam for 9 points of damage.
Brawl leans back against one of the walls and watches the tailend of the fight, tiredly.
Not only has Blitzwing just been shot, but his systems have siezed up from lack of energon! His thrusters die and he falls, hitting the ground with a groan. He waves tiredly at Bandit. "You win."
Sunder curls up against one of the far walls, watching Bandit square off against the two-faced loudmouth. He purrs in satisfaction at seeing the Triple Changer go down.
Brawl grunts, nodding. "Yeah, you won," he says, to Bandit, nodding also to Sunder. "Remind me not t'slag you off, Bandit, you hit so hard I think Bruticus felt it."
Bandit extends a hand to help Blitzwing up. "What a glorious exercise....no?" he pulls the other up to his feet and instructs the computer to reset the damage. "This simulation was great.....many lessons to be gleaned from it. I am looking forward to another bout such as this in the future...." he chuckles as he helps the others up, hearing Brawl's comment.
Blitzwing takes Bandit's hand and pulls himself up, mostly just using the jet as a stable point. He cracks his neck as the computer resets his damage and energon levels. "Yeah. Gotta explain to you boys about sharking, though. You kill your target faster if you can manage to keep on it instead of dividing fire between two different ones."
Sunder sighs. "How about some 1v1 now?" 2v2 wasn't as much of an advantage as he had hoped, and he prefered to "gank"--multiple allies attacking solo or few targets. If there was one thing Sunder didn't appreciate, it was being outnumbered.
Sunder groans at the Combaticon's ignorance. "It's short for 'versus'" he explains.
Blitzwing has challenged all six of the Constructicons by himself. It's questionable if he even really understands the concept of being outnumbered. "You can if you want. I gotta go make sure Astrotrain hasn't gotten bored again." Well, bored without him, because then he'll miss the mayhem.
Bandit nods his head and thinks on Blitzwing's suggestion. "Da that sounds like a theory that I must put to the test......but for now comrades...I must retire. It was a pleasure.....nicer than the snow capped hills of mother Russia..." he jokes. "Another time Sunder.......another time...." he waves to them all and then bows respectfully before exiting the arena.
Brawl grunts. "I'm game, but I wanna get somethin' t'eat first," he says. "An' I think Vortex needs me t'make sure he eats something."
Outside, Vortex crosses his arms over his battered chest. "I'm fine."
Bandit has disconnected.
QUIT
Blitzwing says, "Brawl's game is not on tonight, I see."
Brawl hangs head. "Coach, I'm sorry..."
Blitzwing says, "Clearly, we need to get you a cheerleader to lay. Vortex!"
Brawl hands 'Tex a set of pompoms!
Outside, Vortex shakes his bootay
Blitzwing facepalms. "Brawl, baby... Would Vortex do better than this?"
Outside, Vortex says, "hey I dont stink that bad!"
Outside, Vortex says, "nothing!"
Brawl says, "SHUT UP!"
Brawl runs off crying! *SOBS*
Outside, Vortex comforts Brawl with helilove.
Blitzwing throws his hands up in the air. "Ditzy dames!"
Brawl growls. "What did you call me, boy?"
Sunder says, "wishes for Vampiric Aura..."
Outside, Vortex casts magic missile.
Bandit says, "heh"
Brawl says, "you're alone! Why are you casting magic missile!?"
Sunder picks Venchful Spirit and Nether Swaps Brawl.
Outside, Vortex says, "I'm attacking the darkness!"
Brawl has no idea what Nether Swap is but...'kay!
Outside, Vortex says, "is he swapping nether regions with you?"
This circular arena evokes either a whirlpool, in the sloping spiral of the seating, or a toothy maw, in the pointed backs of the seats. Layered blues and subtle violets give a water-colored feel to the arena, a pointed contrast to the bright life-fluids spilled on the floor here. It's almost mocking, the lulling false sense of security. Rising on shining spires, box seats perch high above the 'whirlpool', sculpted like crystalline compound eyes, mirrored and unknowable on the outside and comfortable within, with an excellent view of the arena. Floodlight globes like pearls are strung from the high ceiling, and on full power, they can fill the arena with more light than high noon.
Room Contents:
Sunder
Tantrum
Brawl
Vortex
Catechism
Bandit
Holo Arena
Hall of Heroes
Obvious exits:
North leads to NCC Dungeon.
Southeast leads to NCC Spinal Pathway.
East leads to NCC Medical Ward.
Bandit moves out from behind the stands and takes a seat. He nods in salutation to the decepticons gathered.
Sunder mutters something about Vortex not needing a Terrorcon for that...
Blitzwing stalks back into the Arena, sword sheathed this time. He grumbes about Astrotrain, booze, and how combining the two with a run to Mars was probably not the smartest thing they ever did.
Catechism shrugs and opines, "Well, Vortex seems to be going out of his way to torque you off, Brawl. Maybe it'd do some good not to give him what he wants. I don't know." Then, she points out to Vortex, "Brawl could always run and hide, Vortex. Fight and failure are not the only options." She waves cheerily to Bandit and Blitzwing. Catechism mumbles, trying to put coherent words to her speculations, "What was your desired reaction? Something that breaks the tedium, I guess. Also, an obvious example."
Brawl snorts. "I ain't gonna run from him," he says, jerking a thumb in Vortex's direction. "He don't scare me. Never has, never will."
Vortex continues to beat at Brawl mercilessly, probably ineffectively against the tank, probably hurting his hands more then his 'detainee'. He looks up at Sunder. "What? You want some of this?" he seems a bit out of it tonight. "And I don't do that! No matter what the cameras tell you...self interrogation. Bah. That's for amatures." he pauses. "I was trying to make Brawl hit me. Maybe feel something." he pauses. "The hitting worked, btu that's another story."
Fusillade arrives from the NCC Spinal Pathway via a winding steel-cable webbed bridge to the southeast.
Fusillade has arrived.
Bandit looks about for a moment apathetically. His attention barely on the war of words between Vortex and Brawl, though he is glad to see Vortex fighting with weapons that he is most adept at. He leans back in his chair and looks at the arena floor for a moment and its sad emptiness.
Homunculus arrives from the NCC Spinal Pathway via a winding steel-cable webbed bridge to the southeast.
Homunculus has arrived.
Sunder vocalizes a nonverbal greeting to Homunculus.
Brawl grunts, looking down at Vortex. "Will you quit hittin' me already?!" he snaps. "You're makin' us look bad again! GEEZE!"
Homunculus inclines his head at the sweep. For a change, the majority of the tape's arrogance seems to have evaporated. He seems to be in generally decent spirits and refrains from glowering at anyone as he arrives.
Catechism repeats and rephrases, "If he doesn't scare you, why do you try to hurt Vortex, Brawl? You know that hurting him won't make him lay off. He likes it." She seems both amused and perplexed by the Combaticons. If she had seen more of the Constructicons, she might recognize some of the behaviour, but curiously, she never seems to be in the same room as Scrapper. Catechism inquires, "So what, you're trying to get him angry so he'll slip and make mistakes?"
Vortex hits at Brawl repeatedly until he either dents the tank's armor or runs out of power. We all know the later will come first. He starts to slow down. "Ok.. ok. I'm done."
Clearly, nothing has changed in the time Blitzwing took to make that Mars run. He shakes his head, grinning a bit.
The sunset settles on the training arena. Not too much longer after the tape's arrival, Fusillade banks overhead in her alt mode, having finished a visit to impromptu proving grounds. Transforming, she drops downward on the periphery of the training area, gaze intent on the argument with Vortex and Brawl, mediated by Catechism. "Huh," she remarks thoughtfully.
Brawl grunts. "'Cause he makes me mad an' when he makes me mad I gotta hit him," he says, as if this is the most logical and sensible thing in the world. "He's hittin' me 'cause he's a wimp an' a freak an' he don't know any better."
Sunder sniffs airily as he notices the Triple Changer, then goes back to digging in the box of Autobot fingers and snacking on them like popcorn.
Homunculus looks around for a moment before selecting an unoccupied viewing box. Rising from the floor, he drifts upwards and takes a seat. Propping his foot on the edge, he produces his ever present datapad and begins reviewing the information contained within.
Vortex pulls away from Brawl. "At least Fleet isn't here to record this." he grumbles, actually retreating from the larger tank. "I'm heading back to the dungeon." the battered chopper grunts. If he's not there he's at the arena recently.
Bandit looks at Sunder "Ech...that is disgusting....how do you live with yourself after doing that?" he asks honsetly before turning his head to Fusillade. "Ahhh it is good to see you .....what have you been up to lately?"
Sunder blinks at Bandit. "After doing what?" he asks pointedly, as if what he was doing was the most natural thing in the world.
Blitzwing is being sniffed at by Sweeps! Clearly, he should be gravely insulted. Except he didn't notice because Sweeps don't talk to him the majority of the time, so he treats them like furniture when they're around. He watches Vortex try to leave, grins a bit. "Got your fight, I see."
Catechism waves to Fusillade. She snorts at Brawl's explanation. Okay, so Catechism has a lot of work to do here, she sees. She waves to Vortex and says, "See ya around, Vortex. Wait... what's the deal with Captain Fleet? He's a good guy." Perhaps Vortex has Fleet confused with Comcast?
Vortex rubs his neck a bit, his hand going to his battered chest. "Yeah, I did." he responds to Blitzwing. He turns to Catechism a moment. "Perhaps this isn't the place.."
Brawl grunts. "I thumped him 'cause he blooped me," he says, crossing his arms over his chest as he watches Vortex try to leave, concern flickering in his optics. "Stupid whirlybird. Go by th' medbay an' refuel first, dummy!"
Fusillade tosses off an entirely too cheerful wave at Catechism before she hops up and then skims over to the Berkut. "Just got back from some... forsaken wilderness to make sure I wouldn't blow myself up when trying to use my alt mode's weaponry while in my robot mode. I'm back, so it's a success!" She flashes a grin, before it melts into nothingness. "CAPTAIN?!" She plunks down on the bench beside Bandit, expression stunned.
Sunder shakes his head at the gathering crowd and continues to munch on Autobot fingers.
Bandit looks at the sweep and just shakes his head. He leans back in his seat and motions to Fusillade. "That is good to hear....it is always good practice to test your weapons out ahead of time no?" he grins. "Where did you do your testing at?" he then pauses, "Captain?"
Sunder mutters something about Seekers being too squeamish.
Vortex pauses in his walk out, to answer Brawl. "I'm not going to the medbay. Maybe later." his feet continue to walk him to the dungeon.
Catechism tilts her head to one side and comments to Vortex, "What, Nightsiege? Isn't that a bit far? And Brawl's right. Go to the medical ward, you silly." However, Catechism has repressed all know of why, exactly, Fleet is a Captain. So to Fusillade's outburst, she can only reply, "Yuh. Captain Fleet."
Should anyone ever bring it to his attention while drunk, someday Blitzwing will lecture about how you're supposed to just suck the juices out of enemies and drain their generators rather than eat them. A Decepticon getting the proper additives in his fuel didn't need the extra metals for his self-repair systems, and the little shards do bad things to your internals anyway. Evidently, Blitzwing would be speaking from experience. And vastly, vastly drunk.
However, he's not such at the time. And Vortex is leaving. Woe. He grunts and surveys the other Decepticons. "Anyone else around here use blades? 'Sides Fusillade, I mean."
Vortex murmurs something abotu too many audials. He turns and leaves without another word, walking away from the medbay, towards the dungeon.
"Huh. He's slackin' off," Fusillade remarks about Fleet. "I thought it went against his ethic. Unless he was being threatened by a punching squad." The lilt in her voice suggests that she's not bothered, and in fact, possibly amused, at the turn of events. At Bandit's commentary, she murmurs, "Some of the more remote areas in the Australian desert, aye." She then straightens up at the mention of her name, and then heys softly at Blitzwing. "What's THAT supposed to mean?"
Bandit places an ear by his audio receptors, "Ach what was that Sunder....were you talking to yourself again comrade?" he asks. He wows at the notion of Captain Fleet. "Wow....delusions of grandeur are abounding arent they heh hehe." he chuckles. "Well good for him.....is this a formal promotion we are talking about or something else?" He pauses to think, "Austrailia.....hrm....I have only flow by there...and have not really spent quality time."
You say, "It means I already know you use blades." Jets are ever so silly. "What else would it mean?"
Vortex is let into the NCC Dungeon to the north, as triangular doors, evoking the kraken's beak, open wide and clamp shut tightly, making almost a chomping sound.
Vortex has left.
"I didn't say anything," Sunder mumbles crossly.
"Maybe he was," Catehcism mutters. She doesn't know how Fleet got the rank! She doesn't want to know! It would only hurt her head, anyway. She also points out, "Sorry, Blitzwing. All I have is a tin-foil knife." She watches Vortex go and looks over to Brawl. Catechism supposes that she could follow Vortex and try to wheedle more information on interrogation out of him.
"It's just... weird, Bandit," Fusillade says in some consternation. "Just like that, huh? Hmmph. That aside, you and Fulcurm should team up. Call yourselves 'Hammer and Sickle'. I already ran it by him. But I don't know if he was paying that much attention, since he was up to his elbows in my chest at the time." She smooths the wingblades backward. "It... seemed like you didn't want to... Oh bah." She rolls her shoulders a bit.
Brawl scowls as Vortex leaves for the dungeon. "Stupid," he mutters. "...I ain't gonna follow him, but...ma'am, if you wanna go keep an eye on him, I can watch out here for you."
Homunculus has disconnected.
The ways jets think continues to elude Blitzwing. He just looks blankly at her, then glances at Brawl. The tank wouldn't be leaving? Perhaps the tank was up to a fight or three? ... Not like Blitzwing has anything better to do until they have a chain of command again.
Bandit raises an optic ridge "Arms deep in your chest.....that can be looked at in a good way or bad heh....yes I have fought alongside Fulcrum on occasion and have done quite well. I am telling you, that we can be quite a formidable tandem...." he looks to Sunder and states, "Ahhhh ok....I was thinking I heard something...but I must need to get my audio receptors checked. Perhaps it is being the acoustics in here." he motions with his hands. He returns to Fusi "Didn't want to what?"
Brawl glares at Blitzwing. "What?" he asks, angrily. "What're you lookin' at me like that for?!"
Fusillade bristles a bit at the stare from Blitzwing. "What?" She then glances askance at Brawl as the tank asks the exact same thing. However, she rocks back in her seat, and smirks at the response. "I could see it," she encourages Bandit, before adding, "The thing with Blitzwing. It's not imporant. Just seemed like the way he said it made it sound like he wanted something or someone, ANYONE, other than me when it came to dealing with stabby things."
Catechism says softly, staring at the dungeon door, "I just might." She did rather squash Vortex's fun, and while deep down, she doesn't really care, she does have to put on the pretense. She's pretty sure that the Combaticons won't give a slag unless they think that she gives a slag, too. Then, Catechism does take her leave, waving out to the others.
Catechism is let into the NCC Dungeon to the north, as triangular doors, evoking the kraken's beak, open wide and clamp shut tightly, making almost a chomping sound.
Catechism has left.
You're in front of me. No, wait, wrong answer. Blitzwing grins friendly-like, crosses his arms over his chest. "Wanna fight?" Oh, hey, Fusillade just explained something. ... Something that either shows that she's in a touchy mood and thus he shouldn't talk to her, or that he's not communicating clearly and thus shouldn't talk to her. Blitzwing's always been a bit odd with words, though.
Sunder is thoroughly bored. He gets up. "If anyone wants to fight, I'll be in the arena," he mumbles in a somewhat disinterested tone.
Sunder has left.
Sunder enters the Holo Arena.
"I think that Sunder wants to," Fusillade chirps as she points down to the Holo Arena. "In fact... why not a three way? You and Sunder and..." that grin grows ever wider as she turns to her side, "Bandit?" She bats optics once in the Seeker's direction.
Brawl grunts. "Gimme a chance t'get myself refueled an' I'm game for a tag-team match!" he says, optics brightening.
Bandit grins wryly. "Affirmative.....training is always welcome." he makes his way down to the arena.
Bandit has left.
Bandit enters the Holo Arena.
Blitzwing grins. Today is his day! He risks life and limb to clap Brawl cheerfully on the back. "Go, get fueled. An' you and me vs. the fliers or somethin' else?"
Inside, Sunder eyes the Seeker as he enters the room. "Have you come to challenge me, then?" he asks, an almost anticipatory tone to his voice.
Inside, Bandit walks into the Arena and stretches his arms out casually. "A cycle of exercises is good for the soul...."
Brawl grunts. "Sounds good, let's show 'em who th' real fighters are in this army," he says. "I'll be back ASAP!"
Brawl is admitted to the NCC Medical Ward to the east as the polished doors swish open for it.
Brawl has left.
Brawl arrives from the NCC Medical Ward to the east with a swish of polished doors behind it.
Brawl has arrived.
You enter the Holo Arena.
Holo Arena
Inside the Holo Arena are black, rubber-coated walls to protect the steel and also to reduce the noise, as these sparring matches can get very violent. A central control room is suspended from the ceiling, heavily reinforced to protect the advanced computer that controls the holo-imaging and stores thousands of simulation scenariors. If a desired scenario isn't already available, then the computer allows for additional programming.
Thing Contents:
Bandit
Sunder
Training Drone - NCC
Brawl comes into the Holo Arena.
Outside, Fusillade crosses her legs, and hums thoughtfully at the building scenario below. "Huh. Looks like it will be fun." She doesn't budge from her spot, stretching luxuriously and then draping herself in a lazy recline along the seats.
Bandit looks around the arena, "Ech.....so what is on tap for tonight....I was planning on 1 v 1 combat....."
Sunder says, "So was I."
Blitzwing cracks his knuckles, still grinning. "Bandit and Sunder vs. the groundpounders. Transforms allowed, or no?" One on one? How droll, but no. Blitzer's in the mood to crack heads.
Brawl grunts. "Well, if you guys are scared t'take us on, I guess you can fight each other," he says. "I mean, me an' Blitz wouldn't wanna *hurt* you or nothing..."
Bandit says, "Groundpounders.....I always thought you went both ways comrade Blitzwing?"
You say, "Depends on who you're talking to."
Sunder grins widely. "Two on two, eh? Sounds interesting. It's not usually my preference to fight alone anyways."
Blitzwing repeats himself. "Transforms allowed or not?"
Bandit says, "Da.....transforms allowed...."
Outside, Vortex is disgorged from the kraken-door that leads to the NCC Dungeon to the north.
Outside, Vortex has arrived.
Blitzwing glances at Brawl, grins. "Ready, flyboys?"
Sunder says, "I'm always ready.""
Blitzwing reaches back over his shoulder and pulls his sword out of its subspace sheath in his turret. It sits innocuously in his hand for a moment, then energy flares along the blade. Soon it's dancing with miniature lightning.
Outside, Fusillade, returned from an off-island weapons test, has reclined on her side to watch the quartet below. She's got her head propped up with one hand, and idly taps fingertalons on the bench.
Brawl's optics brighten in what passes for a grin for him. "Let's slag 'em," he says, dropping down to tank mode and revving his engines in preparation for some charging of his own. Smash the flyboys!
Brawl drops down to his tank form.
The familiar sound of talons unsheathing is greatly magnified in the arena, echoing a bit. Sunder grins, murder in his optics. This was going to be fun.
Bandit stands where he is, arms akimbo, optics flaring. "Excellent....this should be a worthwhile evern for sure..." His systems flicker to life.
You transmit a message to Brawl: Pile on the Sweep or play it one-on-one?
Transmission from Brawl: one on one for now, then we slag th' Sweep *good*.
Brawl transmits a message via radio.
Outside, Fusillade lazily raises one wingblade up to shield her optics from the glare of the stadium lights. "Just GO already!" she barks down.
Outside, Vortex seems to be heading towards the medical bay. He pauses to watch the fight, heading by Fusillade's side. "So who'se winning?"
Bandit laughs at the comments from the peanut gallery and nods his head. "That is all I needed to hear....." he hovers a bit off the ground and raises his left arm, firing projectiles towards the tank, AKA Brawl.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with Napalm Burst.
Outside, Smirking upwards faintly, Fusillade removes the fanblade visor, and flicks optics back open. "Ah, Vortex. Hey there. They just got started. I'm thinking of grabbing a hot oil bath and calling it a night though. Managed to not blow myself up testing some weapons earlier in the day. Have you gotten fixed yet?"
Sunder , seeing the seeker targeted Brawl, figures why not pile on. He decides to transform in order to better evade the attacks that he was certain would all be directed at him.
Leaping into the air, Sunder transforms into a Sweepcraft.
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with disruptor.
Outside, Fusillade then sits up from her reclining position, and looks over to Vortex.
M-14 Sherman Tank is on fire! He doesn't like being on fire...he likes being on fire and being hit with disruptors even less. Enraged, he focuses his fire on the last person to draw his attention: Sunder.
Brawl misses Sweepcraft with its Sonics attack.
Blitzwing leaps into the air, anti-gravs taking him high above the other fighters for a moment, then attempts to drop feet-first onto Sunder. He's still grinning like a mad thing.
You strike Sweepcraft with blow.
Bandit watches as Blitzwing charges forward. He continues to hover and moves himself around in an arc. He raises an arm and fires some shots at Blitzwing.
Bandit strikes you with Disruption Beam for 8 points of damage.
Sweepcraft growls as the heavy triple-changer lands on him. He rolls, shaking him off, and hits his thrusters, coming around for a strafing run.
Sweepcraft strikes you with ballistic for 11 points of damage.
M-14 Sherman Tank is still not happy about the whole being set on fire thing. Taking a page from Blitzwing's book, he reverts to robot mode and charges forward, leaping into the air and letting his anti-gravs keep him airborne long enough to try and slug Bandit right in the nosecone.
Brawl rises up into his lumbering robot form.
Brawl misses Bandit with its punch attack.
Blitzwing grunts as he's dropped into the air, kicks on his thrusters, and swings his sword hard at Sunder. Getting struck with missiles doesn't bother the triple-changer so much, but he knows he's a tough bastard.
You strike Sweepcraft with Electron Scimitar - Heavy Strike.
Bandit zips to the side as Brawl comes forward with an attack. He soars backwards arms crossed and optics glowing brighter and brighter. Finally, twin
Bandit strikes Brawl with Optic Beams.
Sweepcraft growls as the sword bites into his hull. He brings his main weapon to bear on the Triple-changer
You evade Sweepcraft 's plasma attack.
Outside, "That riveting, huh?" Fusillade asks Vortex, before she frowns a bit at hte nonresponsiveness. There's a sharp whistle of admiration and encouragement in Bandit's direction, before she stands and rumbles softly. "Yes. Time for me to recharge. Despite my interest in how this will turn out."
Brawl gets hit in mid-air by Bandit's eye-lasers, the force of the blow causing him to falter. Snarling, he lands, turns and fires his electron gun at Bandit.
Brawl misses Bandit with its electricity attack.
Outside, Vortex jumps awake, as Fusillade speaks to him. "Huh? Wah. Did I miss something?" he looks down. "Ok. I'll tell you how it turns out." he sounds very distracted.
Blitzwing realizes that letting the Sweep shoot him would be a bad, bad idea. So he does what any sane flier would do and drops below the range of Sunder's gun, and tries to dig in with his sword while he's going down.
You strike Sweepcraft with Electron Scimitar - Glancing Blow.
Outside, Fusillade rocks slightly on her feet. "No worries. I had asked if you had gotten repairs. That was some time ago." She begins to trudge up the stairway, not using her antigravs this time.
Bandit flies upwards and out of the range of the blast. He takes a moment to look over at Blitzwing and Sunder. He dares not risk a shot that way lest he hits Sunder in the process, so attention returns to the rugged Brawl. As he flies in a circle, he reaches out a hand that begins to glow, clenching his fist as a pulse of invisible waves flow in the combaticons direction.
Bandit strikes Brawl with Magnetic Pulse.
Outside, Fusillade departs on a steel-web bridge to the southeast, trading the stands of the NCC Arena for the spikes of the NCC Spinal Pathway.
Outside, Fusillade has left.
Sweepcraft snarls in rage. He couldn't do much more in this mode, considering Blitzwing was in robot form. Well, it was time to remedy that.
Sunder shifts into his fearsome-looking robot mode.
You evade Sunder's rocket attack.
Bandit receives a radio transmission.
Bandit transmits a message via radio.
Bandit receives a radio transmission.
Brawl screams in fury and in pain as he's hit by Bandit's Magnetic Pulse. "THAT'S IT!" he bellows, dropping back down to tank mode with a groan and firing his gauss cannons at the flyboy!
Brawl drops down to his tank form.
Brawl misses Bandit with its gauss attack.
"Hah!" Blitzwing dodges to the side of the rocket and quickly sheathes his sword and pulls out his rifle. "You wanna play like that, Sweepy? Then let's play!"
You strike Sunder with Electroshock Rifle.
+ooc Clearly, we need to get you a cheerleader to lay. Vortex!
Sunder growls in pain, holding his shoulder where the blast hit. He leaps forward, claws bared.
Bandit dives down low and handsprings out of the way of the gauss cannonfire. His movements are light and like a gymnast in the olympics. When the seeker stops he raises his right arm, the larger of the two weapon mounts glowing. He steadies it for a moment and then fires, skidding backwards a bit from the recoil.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with Fusion Beam.
"No more games, Triple Changer!" Sunder snarls, as he leaps at Blitzwing.
You evade Sunder's slash attack.
M-14 Sherman Tank is rocked by the impact of Bandit's fusion beam. The force of the blast flips him, leaving him teetering on one side and temporarily unable to continue...at least not until the damn tweeting birds go away!
Blitzwing chuckles darkly as he sidesteps out of the way of Sunder's lunge, then turns and brings his rifle up. The Sweep's very close still, and this is just for fun... So he switches his grip on his rifle and aims to bring it crashing down on the back of Sunder's head.
You strike Sunder with Rifle Butt to the Head!.
Bandit sees Brawl get flipped and then looks on as his 'partner' is getting manhandled. He leaps into the air and transforms into that ever sleek looking tricked out version of a Berkut. Kicking in his vectored thrust the jets launches upwards in a spiral and then performs a verticle-S lining up its sights on Blitzwing for a straffing run.
With a leap canards and wings begin to fold out and rotate into place. Arms retract and legs change into powerful engines. Out of what seems a flurry of motion streaks a sleek and powerful jet fighter.
Black S-37 XF strikes you with 20mm Cannon(full auto) for 13 points of damage.
Sunder realizes that if he was going to get anywhere, he was going to have to start attacking Brawl. He pulls out his weapon, ready to blast the tank to smithereens
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with laser.
Sunder's attack allows Brawl that extra bit of momentum he needed to rock back onto his treads. "YOU TOO, HUH?!" he bellows, bringing his cannons around to fire his sonics at Sunder.
Brawl misses Sunder with its Sonics attack.
Blitzwing just got shot by the other guy again. He's got to do stop ignoring the other fighters in the arena. And, hey, the Sweep's ignoring him! How... insulting. Blitzwing snarls and pulls out his sword again.
You strike Sunder with Electron Scimitar - Heavy Strike.
Black S-37 XF watches as the group gathers together around the Sweep. He frowns a bit as he circles like the bird of prey that he is. As he begins to pick up speed, his ebony fuselage begins to glow. Small arcs of energy begin to cascade accross his frame until finally a storm of energy is directed at everyone in the immediate vicinity.
Bandit unleashes his Maelstrom Barrage attack on #-1 NO SUCH OBJECT VISIBLE, striking #-1 NO SUCH OBJECT VISIBLE.
For some reason only known to Primus, his attack is thwarted and not allowed. He frowns and then reverts to the next best thing. His targetting computers come online and he triangulates Blitzwing's position. His weapon's bay doors open and out streaks a large flying object.
You evade Black S-37 XF's Apocalypse Missile attack.
Sunder notices that Bandit is having problems with Blitzwing as well. However, once Brawl was down, not much mattered anymore. It was time to finish the job. Sunder aims his weapon at the tank again, intending to take it out.
Sunder misses M-14 Sherman Tank with his rocket attack.
M-14 Sherman Tank isn't down. He was disabled temporarily, but he's far from out yet. "Nice try!" he snarls as he evades Sunder's rocket attack. "Eat this!" He fires his compressed air cannons at Sunder's position.
Brawl strikes Sunder with Compressed_air.
Blitzwing's a lot of things, but he's not stupid enough to NOT dodge a missile being flung at him. That's just silly. "Now /there's/ an idea." So saying, he transforms to jet-mode and brings his main guns to bear on Sunder. The triple-changer's unusually focussed today.
Blitzwing transforms into jet-mode, his turret going Primus-knows-where.
Sunder evades your ballistic attack.
Black S-37 XF watches as Blitzwing passes by his 9 o'clock and he arcs around for a quick strafing run on Brawl. His cannon fires a quick burst.
Bandit strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with 20mm Cannon(snap shot).
Outside, Vortex pauses. The sweep looks easy enough, but Bandit. He's quite the combatant. He watches for any weaknesses, rather intently.
Furious beyond all rationality, and barely lucky to dodge Blitzwing's latest assault, Sunder leaps on Brawl with a terrible roar, fangs bared.
Sunder strikes M-14 Sherman Tank with bite.
M-14 Sherman Tank transforms back to robot mode, reaching out to try and grab Sunder by the neck with one hand and pulls back one massive fist. 'KEEP YOUR DAMN MOUTH OFF ME!" he roars as he attempts to punch.
Brawl rises up into his lumbering robot form.
Brawl strikes Sunder with punch.
Sunder falls to the ground unconscious.
Sunder falls to the ground with a groan, forced to release his grip on the tank. He silently hoped that Bandit would be able to finish the job.
MiG-25 Foxbat flicks his running lights as the Sweep goes down. Different target now, and that other flyboy had some nasty tricks up his sleeve. He turns and opens fire on Bandit.
You strike Bandit, who is shaken momentarily.
Black S-37 XF takes fire as his concentration is on Brawl. He sighs inwardly as the Sweep hits the floor with a thud and transforms. As the black colored seeker spins around, his optics open fire at Brawl.
The nose bends forward as the wings flip and rotate backwards. The engines spilt and extend, as arms, fists and feet are revealed. A head flips upward and locks into place with a purple shimmer of the optics.
Bandit strikes Brawl with Optic Beams.
Brawl falls to the ground unconscious.
Brawl was surprised his attack actually worked, surprised enough that he gets optic blasted. Owwwie! Still, at least he wasn't first out...
And there goes Brawl. Oh, well, looks like it was him and the Bandit. Fun times. Let's see how long it takes to end this one way or another. One of his
Bandit evades your missile attack.
Bandit hits his foot-thrusters and soards upwards in a corkscrew, confusing the missile and sending it careening into the side of the arena. He smirks a bit, and then reaches up with a glowing hand death grip.
You evade Bandit's Magnetic Pulse attack.
MiG-25 Foxbat rolls and drops towards the floor, dodging Bandit's open hand. He transforms with a chuckle, pulls his sword out, and swings at the jet.
Blitzwing shifts into his robot-mode, turret helpfully pointed so he can shoot down the ceiling.
You are running critically low on energon! (7%)
Bandit evades your Electron Scimitar - Glancing Blow attack.
Bandit shifts his body to the side, using his arm to block the strike wide. He leans on Blitzwing's back using it to catapault him around back as he opens fire...literally.
You evade Bandit's Napalm Burst attack.
Blitzwing drops towards the floor, letting the fire wash by overhead, almost close enough to scorch his paint. Then he rockets upward again and tries to body-slam Bandit. Because he's that macho. Or something.
You are running critically low on energon! (-2%)
Bandit evades your blow attack.
Bandit leaps over Blitzwing jedi-style and lands on the other side. He spins on his heels and fires some disruptor bolts.
Bandit strikes you with Disruption Beam for 9 points of damage.
Brawl leans back against one of the walls and watches the tailend of the fight, tiredly.
Not only has Blitzwing just been shot, but his systems have siezed up from lack of energon! His thrusters die and he falls, hitting the ground with a groan. He waves tiredly at Bandit. "You win."
Sunder curls up against one of the far walls, watching Bandit square off against the two-faced loudmouth. He purrs in satisfaction at seeing the Triple Changer go down.
Brawl grunts, nodding. "Yeah, you won," he says, to Bandit, nodding also to Sunder. "Remind me not t'slag you off, Bandit, you hit so hard I think Bruticus felt it."
Bandit extends a hand to help Blitzwing up. "What a glorious exercise....no?" he pulls the other up to his feet and instructs the computer to reset the damage. "This simulation was great.....many lessons to be gleaned from it. I am looking forward to another bout such as this in the future...." he chuckles as he helps the others up, hearing Brawl's comment.
Blitzwing takes Bandit's hand and pulls himself up, mostly just using the jet as a stable point. He cracks his neck as the computer resets his damage and energon levels. "Yeah. Gotta explain to you boys about sharking, though. You kill your target faster if you can manage to keep on it instead of dividing fire between two different ones."
Sunder sighs. "How about some 1v1 now?" 2v2 wasn't as much of an advantage as he had hoped, and he prefered to "gank"--multiple allies attacking solo or few targets. If there was one thing Sunder didn't appreciate, it was being outnumbered.
Sunder groans at the Combaticon's ignorance. "It's short for 'versus'" he explains.
Blitzwing has challenged all six of the Constructicons by himself. It's questionable if he even really understands the concept of being outnumbered. "You can if you want. I gotta go make sure Astrotrain hasn't gotten bored again." Well, bored without him, because then he'll miss the mayhem.
Bandit nods his head and thinks on Blitzwing's suggestion. "Da that sounds like a theory that I must put to the test......but for now comrades...I must retire. It was a pleasure.....nicer than the snow capped hills of mother Russia..." he jokes. "Another time Sunder.......another time...." he waves to them all and then bows respectfully before exiting the arena.
Brawl grunts. "I'm game, but I wanna get somethin' t'eat first," he says. "An' I think Vortex needs me t'make sure he eats something."
Outside, Vortex crosses his arms over his battered chest. "I'm fine."
Bandit has disconnected.
QUIT
Blitzwing says, "Brawl's game is not on tonight, I see."
Brawl hangs head. "Coach, I'm sorry..."
Blitzwing says, "Clearly, we need to get you a cheerleader to lay. Vortex!"
Brawl hands 'Tex a set of pompoms!
Outside, Vortex shakes his bootay
Blitzwing facepalms. "Brawl, baby... Would Vortex do better than this?"
Outside, Vortex says, "hey I dont stink that bad!"
Outside, Vortex says, "nothing!"
Brawl says, "SHUT UP!"
Brawl runs off crying! *SOBS*
Outside, Vortex comforts Brawl with helilove.
Blitzwing throws his hands up in the air. "Ditzy dames!"
Brawl growls. "What did you call me, boy?"
Sunder says, "wishes for Vampiric Aura..."
Outside, Vortex casts magic missile.
Bandit says, "heh"
Brawl says, "you're alone! Why are you casting magic missile!?"
Sunder picks Venchful Spirit and Nether Swaps Brawl.
Outside, Vortex says, "I'm attacking the darkness!"
Brawl has no idea what Nether Swap is but...'kay!
Outside, Vortex says, "is he swapping nether regions with you?"