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Feb 08, 2007 22:05

Blackstar pays little mind to which direction he's pointed when he lifts away from the ocean's surface above the Decepticon base. He just wants to fly, and direction doesn't matter to him any more. Whatever sensors or radars or satellites these humans have, none of them would be able to pick him up now anyway, except for possibly as a blurry image ( Read more... )

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Back to the control room... 0ut_of_sight February 15 2007, 03:42:03 UTC

((Continued from here.))

The Control Center's door slides open and Echoshift steps in. At one side of the room, taking up most of the entire wall, the main computer is still humming and active. The other consoles are also online, and thanks to the repair work that had been done earlier, all the hardware actually functions now and there are no more open panels with bits of wiring and circuit boards hanging untidily out of them. Looking around the room, it seems to Echoshift that that whole room appears generally rather less run-down than it did before.

Strata had done a good job.

Leaving the door unlocked, Echoshift heads over to the main computer while he waits for Steadfast to arrive and glances over the work he's done so far, pausing after a while to dig through the small pile of assorted Stuff that has managed to start accumulating on a nearby worktop. Somewhere around here he was sure he'd left a datapad with a list on it...

Re: Back to the control room... stupidityinblue February 15 2007, 03:52:35 UTC

Duskwing hands Echoshift the datapad he's looking for and asks, "Hey! Shifter! Where you puttin' Mama and Wing? You're not gonna put 'em in C-135, are you?"

He looks suspiciously at Echoshift.

Re: Back to the control room... 0ut_of_sight February 15 2007, 04:06:54 UTC

Echoshift takes the datapad on reflex, then stops on realizing that someone who wasn't there a moment ago had just handed it to him.

"Hey Dusky," he greets the ghost, then gives him a confused look. "..er, who?"

Re: Back to the control room... stupidityinblue February 15 2007, 04:15:04 UTC

Duskwing turns rather more solid-looking than usual and says, "That purple officer jet who's wanderin' around talkin' 'bout fixin' the place up. You know--her," he says, pointing at Steadfast, who has just wandered in, accompanied by Wingblade.

Duskwing also finally noticed Blackstar.

// What's up? You worried about who he might stick in your room, too? //

Re: Back to the control room... midnightspook February 15 2007, 04:20:21 UTC

Blackstar shakes his head.

// Nah... Just gettin' a feel for this place. You were stationed here before; I wasn't. An' I don't feel like gettin' into any stupid arguments with anyone, so I'm stayin' outta sight. He can stick anyone he wants to in my room. They won't stay long. // Blackstar gives Duskwing a wicked little grin.

Re: Back to the control room... lavender_wings February 15 2007, 04:31:12 UTC

"Yes, me. What - " Steadfast does a double-take at the sight of the blue-and-purple Seeker. "You're Stupidity," it escapes her. "You look like Stupidity in Blue. Slog's artwork."

Re: Back to the control room... prankster_femme February 15 2007, 04:37:42 UTC

*Wingblade blinks at Duskwing, then Steadfast* Huh? He's a ghost. I've seen him around here...

Re: Back to the control room... 0ut_of_sight February 15 2007, 04:48:44 UTC

Echoshift glances at Steadfast when Duskwing points her out.

"Huh? That's Steadfast. And why would I put her in C-135? That's your room. And she's already got a different room here anyway."

He greets both Steadfast and Wingblade with a grin and a nod of acknowledgement at their arrival, and is about to do the introductions when Steadfast blurts out something about Slogist artwork.

'Stupidity in Blue'. That sculpture. The one from the photograph in the magazine article -- Echoshift had seen it on the computer screen in C-135. He knew who it was now, but Steadfast evidently didn't.

Oops. Forgot to tell her that part...

Echoshift looks from Duskwing to Steadfast and back again, waiting for one to react to the other.

Re: Back to the control room... stupidityinblue February 15 2007, 04:58:19 UTC

The lights... dim. The dark blue and purple Seeker turns slowly toward Steadfast, and in the dim light, for a few moments, he looks exactly like Stupidity in Blue--only the wounds are fresh, still dripping energon, and his dying optics are lit with a last, desperate appeal never seen in that dead statue. The same death agony twists his face--

The lights brighten again, and there is only a dark blue and purple Seeker, whole and apparently healthy, scowling at Steadfast.

"My name," he growls, "is Duskwing!"

Re: Back to the control room... lavender_wings February 15 2007, 06:24:31 UTC

Steadfast feels like something is twisting her innards, and she tenses, and her optics widen as she feels a curl of sickness inside like someone who has ingested bad fuel. A corner of her mind registers that the room's temperature has suddenly dropped by several degrees.

Then the next moment, the Seeker is just a Seeker - one that isn't too friendly disposed towards her. Slag, I'm making a habit out of making bad first impressions...

Forcing herself to look the ghost straight in the optics, she says, "My apologies, respected Duskwing."

Re: Back to the control room... prankster_femme February 15 2007, 06:41:21 UTC

*At the drop in tempurature and sight of Duskwing as he died, Wingblade's fields blanch in shock. Her grip on Steadfast tightens and she presses close, but tries to stay silent. The lights and Duskwing's image return to normal, but Wingblade still clings to Steadfast, and a very quiet whimper slips past her vocalizer... Just loud enough for Steadfast to hear.*

Re: Back to the control room... lavender_wings February 15 2007, 18:41:04 UTC

"...but I must request you don't surprise Wingblade like that again. It's not her fault I had to run my vocaliser," Steadfast adds, protectively keeping Wingblade close with one hand.

Re: Back to the control room... midnightspook February 16 2007, 01:04:31 UTC

As the lights come back up, there is another mech suddenly solidly there, and his dark scowl matches his black coloration. The ebon Seeker's optics flash angrily as he looms there with his arms crossed belligerantly over his chest.

"And if it isn't 'Rudeness in Lavender'," Blackstar growls.

Re: Back to the control room... 0ut_of_sight February 16 2007, 02:33:25 UTC

Echoshift stares at Duskwing, stunned. He mumbles something which sounds a lot like "Didn't know you could do that..." before his optics glance back towards Steadfast. She seemed to have developed something of a knack for getting off on the wrong foot with people lately, which puzzled him. She wasn't normally that bad.

His attention snaps back the other way as Blackstar suddenly appears from nowhere.

Okay, well, at least now we know where both our resident ghosts are. He hoped Steadfast wasn't about to make things any worse by angering either of them further. The amount of tension in the room had just cranked up a level, and the last thing anyone needed right now was another potential trainwreck. Shame that kind of stuff couldn't be left back at the Medbay in Autobot City...

Note to self: Dusky doesn't seem to like having the sculpture mentioned around him. Therefore, refrain from mentioning it.

Re: Back to the control room... stupidityinblue February 16 2007, 02:44:42 UTC

Duskwing stares blankly at Steadfast for a moment, then looks at Wingblade, who is still cowering against Steadfast.

He looks surprised, then a bit downcast. "Oh. Sorry. Didn't mean to frighten her."

Re: Back to the control room... lavender_wings February 16 2007, 04:22:16 UTC

So you did want to frighten me? Point slagging taken.For all Steadfast can tell, she has somehow brought up Blackstar against her as well, though she can't figure how, unless it's a matter of solidarity-on-principle among ghosts, in which case it's a good thing that Starscream isn't around - or Galvatron, coming to think of it ( ... )

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