dragondancer515 (dragondancer515) wrote,
@ 2014-05-12 08:18:00

Maru: *shakes his head, stowing the rod in an empty weapon compartment* No, I think this will be fine for now. I think I'd like to give him another...joor maybe, then I'll go after him. He needs to calm down first. *frowns* He really has been through a lot, just in the time I've known him. Far more than he deserves.

Wing: I can tell he has. I'm sorry either of you have been hurt.

Maru: *shrugs* I'll live. But thank you.

Wing: *nods and will motion for Maru and Pips to come with him. He'll lead them to a good sized room with a couple berths.* This will be your room until we can either get you home or you find somewhere else you'd rather stay.

Maru: Thank you, Wing-san. *to Pips* How are you feeling? Tired at all?

Wing: You're very welcome.

Pips: *shakes her head and /clings/ like she's afraid he'll leave her if she admits she's tired.*

Maru: *crouches to her level* Pips-chan, I won't leave without telling you. I won't abandon you, I promise.

Pips: *meets his gaze, trembling softly.* ............Why did you take me out of there too? Why give me the choice? *she just wants to know his reason, why risk his freedom by helping her?*

Maru: *small grin* Because no one deserves to live in such a hell. I can't help everyone, but I could help one. It's what I was built to do.

Pips: *studies him a moment, then steps up to HUG him.* Thank you.

Maru: *wraps his arms around her, hugging back* My pleasure, little one. I'm glad we could help. And that we seem to have found you a good home.

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	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Pips: twitters, and as much as she doesn't want him to leave her... I hope you find your way home soon. she'll reluctantly let go I...I think I will lie down for a while. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: grin turns wry Me too. nods and will lie down for a bit too, he's…pretty exhausted (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 01:55 pm UTC (link)
	Pips: will curl up by him then. Maru's probably gotten use to that. Once he and TC figured out they could trust each other they likely started berthing together so they could watch each other's backs...and have the comfort of someone they trusted close whole they slept. Wing: Would you like me to wake you in a joor or two, Shadowmaru? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: had been trying to set a sort of internal alarm but at that, he nods gratefully Yes, Wing-san. Thank you. A joor should be fine. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	Wing: nods Rest well. he'll leave Maru to sleep. He'll come back a joor later to gently wake him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: with his spy systems back to full strength and utility, he senses Wing before the mech reaches him, waking before Wing gets near enough to touch him – he'll shift to gently wake the little femme curled between his arm and chest Pips…Pips… (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Pips: /trills/ and starts to struggle, oh Primus she's been caught! But then she registers the face over her and goes still. Sh-Shadowmaru... soft apology in her tone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragondancer515
2014-05-12 02:31 pm UTC (link)

Maru: *holds onto her but only /just/ enough to keep her from knocking herself off the berth and falling* Shhhh, easy, easy, Pips-chan. *gives her a grin when she finally recognizes him* You're fine, little one. *slips off the berth, turning to Wing* Do you have any weapons I can borrow? Just in case I run into any issues before I get back. *his cannon and the rifles of his jetform are back online, but if he's caught in robot mode, he'll need something he can get into his hands easily*

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	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	Wing: nods and will pull two small knives from under his wing panels. They're energy blades. he'll show Maru how they work. They can be short knives to long swords and anything in between. Be careful out there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: plays with them a little bit, getting a feel for them – it's obvious that he's comfortable with these or similar weapons . . . nods with a confident grin, suddenly looking very much in his element Always. I shouldn't be long. Keep the energon warm for me, mn? with that, he'll head out (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 03:20 pm UTC (link)

Wing: *grins and nods* Of course. Ping me if you need help. *will ping Maru with his personal comm.*
*TC has had a hell of a time. He found a place to hide, but it seems master was very quick to send bounty hunters after his prize toys. He's taken completely by surprise. By the time Maru finds him he hogtied with a big mech sitting on his shoulders to keep him from moving*

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dragondancer515
2014-05-12 05:13 pm UTC (link)

TC: *put up a FIGHT, but…was overtaken, even he couldn't take on fifteen mechs, not in his condition and with no weapons – the good news is . . . these mechs don't know about Wing's place, they "luckily" happened on him while traveling from wherever they came from to go meet with Master, the bad news is . . . they've left a trap for Maru – five are obvious, ten hiding, and five of those have stealth systems much like Maru's…if he doesn't know or doesn't think to take the extra care to look for the extra-hidden ones, he'll be captured! – TC is /praying/ the mech is smart and doesn't come after him…but he knows the mech /will/…and he can't even warn him, muzzled as he is…DAMMIT, MARU!*
Maru: *scouts the whole area, looking for any hidden mechs, will take them out quickly and silently before he'll move to face the others*

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socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 05:34 pm UTC (link)

*Maru found and took out the five normally hidden mechs, the five in the open are up and ready to fight as soon as he comes into view. He'll down three more of them before three mechs Maru hadn't picked up on scanners ambush him. He down one of those, another taking his place, and then is just...overwhelmed. The six remaining mechs get him bound and gagged like TC, a collar locked back around his neck, and will load them up to take back to their master, Oilslick.*

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dragondancer515
2014-05-12 05:45 pm UTC (link)

Maru: *fights /expertly/, his incredible speed and agility /far/ better than any of them, but one will get a lucky shot on him that stuns and slowly him just enough for the six to finally take him down . . . he'll PING! Wing before the collar's locked on his throat, still STRUGGLING as they get him bound*
TC: ………….. *doesn't fight, not anymore – this was going to be his final attempt . . . he'd prefer to die free but…he's taking his life one way or another, he just…he /can't/ do this anymore, he /won't/ . . . he's /completely/ shut down, pulled into himself, as he and Maru are loaded up*

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socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 06:06 pm UTC (link)

*When they're gotten home they're taken to Oil...and TC will have a surprise waiting there for him. It seems Oil has found and purchased TC's trine leader it seems.*
Stars: *wasn't going to blame TC for trying to kill himself, wasn't going to try talking him out of it again, but when he sees TC dragged in he lets out a mental screech at TC that he fragging better NOT leave him alone with this fragger!! He's been...bolted to the wall, body vibrating with pain, fear, and rage.*
Oil: *sitting and staring at Stars when TC and Maru are brought in.* ...I was going to surprise you, Thundercracker. You'd been so well behaved lately I'd gone looking for your trine. I finally found one of them as you see...and then you go do this. *sounds disappointed*

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dragondancer515
2014-05-12 06:31 pm UTC (link)

TC: *had sensed through the trinebond that Stars had been sold…hadn't bothered to ask him about it, it didn’t really matter…but he FLINCHES, head snapping up, at the sudden SCREECH across the trinebond, completely taken off-guard, he's just glad his glitched fragger of a master wasn't looking at him to see it . . . he schools himself down into a flat stare for when Master /does/ turn to look at him, not bothering to grace that with an answer even though his and Maru's muzzles were removed before they were brought in*
Maru: *looks between the two…figures he gets what's going on . . . give Master a lopsided grin completely devoid of humor* My, my, you're even more delusional than I took you for.

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	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	Oil: You've been a bad influence on him, drone. That will be fixed. I now have another to take your place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Maru: frowns And that means /what/, exactly? TC: pulls back into himself, refusing to speak, refusing to take part, refusing to be baited into yet another of Master's sick games (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 07:00 pm UTC (link)

Master: *snaps his fingers and a bot drops dramatically from the ceiling to land in a crouch beside Oil's seat. He looks /exactly/ like Maru except different colors here and there....and /no/ personality in his green optics.* Your replacement. *looks at TC.* Resigned are you? Very well, you want free of me so badly then you will be. You, your trine leader, and the Earth drone will go to market together. Whoever buys you will have to take you as a package. If no one buys you, all three of you will be smelted. I know you don't seem to care if you live or die, but the other two might. You'll have to take things up with them. *waves a hand.* Get them ready.
Stars: *he /is/ muzzled, so only TC will hear him curse at Oil.* //Don't you dare clam up on me, Thundercracker. I'm not dying in some pit-spawned smelter, and neither are you. ...we're together again, we'll get away from the next fragger to own us.//

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dragondancer515
2014-05-12 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Maru: *optics /brighten/, but then he recovers, though he's…not as certain as he's trying to sound* Do you /really/ think a mindless copy could truly replace someone able to think and react to situations? As I said, you're more delusional than I thought.
TC: *finally looks up, pinning a glare on Stars full of more emotions in turmoil than the other Seeker will even be able to work out* Will you? I /will/ hold you to that, Starscream. You know I will.
Maru: ……………?? *looking at him – hold him to /what/?*

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socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 07:21 pm UTC (link)

Oil: I now have an efficient, obedient, advanced drone. Better yet, he's built here and not by some squishy organics. */frowns/ at TC...and then glances at Stars.*
Starts: *startles...and then optics narrow at TC.* //.....Don't be a fool. And don't you dare clam up on me, Thundercracker. I'm not dying in some pit-spawned smelter, and neither are you. ...we're together again, we'll get away from the next fragger to own us.//

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	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	TC: just stares back….finally //I'll help /you/ get away from the next fragger. // that's as much of a compromise as he's willing to make right now Maru: looking between the two…knows better than to try to ask anything in front of another (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 07:39 pm UTC (link)

Stars: *will accept that for now*
*Mechs will come take them away, none too gentle about getting Stars down from the wall. They're not repaired, In fact they're stripped to bare essentials as far as armor goes, the rest packaged in a subspace box. They'll be shoved in a room and taken to the markets come morning. Stars is still muzzled, and Maru is too, so it's up to TC to try to convince someone to but two worthless scraps and a drone...*

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	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	By the time the group is dumped in the room for the night, TC has shut down again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	socrowdedinhere 2014-05-12 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Stars: once he's sure it's just the three of them he'll eye Maru....and then shift to TC's side, shoulder to shoulder. His high voice unusually low. Don't give up on me, Thundercracker... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	TC: ……………..I'm /done/, Starscream. I'll help you and Shadowmaru, but for myself, I'm /done/. Maru: wants to say something…figures his own trinemate will have more effect than he could (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

socrowdedinhere
2014-05-12 08:29 pm UTC (link)

Stars: .....Skywarp is still out there. *there's and expectancy that TC will help Stars find their third.* ...I don't want to feel you die, Thundercracker. I had a trine before you and Skywarp; feeling a wingmate die is as bad as a forced meld. *he's never shared that before. They'd heard that master that forced them to trine talk about Stars' "other trine" or "other wingmates", but Stars has always refused to talk about them.*

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	dragondancer515 2014-05-12 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	TC: …………. looks at him, studying him – it's hard to tell what he's thinking or feeling even with the trinebond…he's just…numb…- deep within, hearing that /does/ mean a lot, it's just…he doesn't /want/ it to, he doesn't want to hear it, he doesn't want to be talked out of things… (Reply to this)(Parent)

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