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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 17, 2011 23:26:06 GMT -5
Kapone cursed as she walked in the door of her neighbor's apartment. Throwing her satchel against the couch, she decided she wasn't done wrecking stuff. Cursing a second time she knocked over a terminal. She cursed again when the outlet whipped her across the face. no blood but it hurt.
Things had not gone well. She and Scarabus found out that the security report indicated the warehouse that had exploded was nearly empty save for a few expected items on the inventory. With no sign of him Jetstorm had been chalked up to the wild imaginations of children. Bun's death was seen as an accident, nothing more.
Knowing all this Kapone urged Scarabus to check out his father's warehouses over at Deva Corps. Maybe their records would show something missing, if they could just check the logs. They never got the chance. Scarabus' pass code had been denied, and when Kapone had tried to sneak them in, they'd been caught. She had to be forcefully carried from the premises under one guard's arm. It was not her finest hour.
Cursing again, she flopped down on the couch.
"I need a drink."
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 18, 2011 7:21:20 GMT -5
As Scarabus followed Kapone into the room, he couldn't help but feel the same, despite never having been drunk before. Weeks going by of paranoia was starting to take it's toll on the poor lad, dark black rings of fatigue and sleeplessness surrounding his usually innocent looking eyes. They were not safe, no one was. Especially after his grandfather's condition... Walking into the kitchen and pouring two glasses of Slingshot's own private reserve of energon, he walked back over to his partner in 'crime'. It was nothing illegal... at least nothing found to be illegal yet, as Slingshot had been experimenting in a mixture of elements similar to what the humans called energy drinks. But it did have a kick. He offered one to Kapone as he continued to fume inside about the matter. How could they be so non-challant about all of this? His grandfather was as good as dead if anything else happened to him... "It's just going to get worse. 's too bad they wore off." He commented to himself, thinking back to the brief time when they had all been adults again. At least they would have tried to treat him an adult then.
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 18, 2011 9:26:36 GMT -5
"This is insane." she downed it in one gulp. "We know what we're talking about. Just because we look like children is no reason to treat us like idiots. I mean, who do you think told them about Jetstorm? A lot of good that did..."
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 20, 2011 6:53:32 GMT -5
Scarabus responds in a frustrated tone. "Adults are a cowardly and superstitious lot. They've grown so used to the peace that they don't even want to consider further threats to it. It's just like millenia ago, no one learning anything." He crumbles against the couch, crossing his arms. "They won't believe anything until he's blowing things up in public. We need to prepare."
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 20, 2011 23:23:03 GMT -5
"Just so long as it isn't our place he's blowing up." She looked at him. "This is our place now, isn't it?"
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 22, 2011 16:46:46 GMT -5
"If it isn't, it should be." Scarabus responds with a frown. "I'd need a lawyer to do anything-" He pauses for a moment, blinking. A thought seemed be scurrying it's way through his head as he slowly turned towards Kapone with an evil grin. "Oh Kapone... you've given me such a great idea." He responds with a smirk before kissing her on the cheek. "Though we will owe the 'old bird' if we do this. Grandpa had her licensed as his lawyer before the slag hit the fan." It soon grew apparent that his plan involved Wingbrand... her former leader before Slingshot get involved in criminal rehabilitation. ooc: PMed bio over to you TM2, will hit other tags after plasma today.
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 22, 2011 22:57:27 GMT -5
"I never liked her. Slingshot should have finished what was started and put her down." Kapone ruffled her feathers. Maybe it was a bird thing, or a mob thing, or an enhancer thing. "Still... We do need help. it's not like I can call in the Goons for something like this..."
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 22, 2011 23:52:26 GMT -5
"Yeah.... we need an adult who's willing to listen. And she owes my family anyways, otherwise she'd be all old and useless now. Right?" He responds, looking at her for a moment. "Grandpa gave her purpose again. Isn't there a mob thing about repairing one's favors?" He adds before pushing himself up to a standing position. He thinks for a moment before blinking and looking at her. "Though, now that I think about it... you used to be older too and a girl for a few cycles at least Kapone. Why'd you give that up?"
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 23, 2011 0:37:19 GMT -5
Standing, she sauntered up to him, still a few inches taller. "Someone's gotta take care of you." she rubbed his head. "Sure, hire the old bird. Like you said, we need her and there's a debt to be paid. I just find it ironic that the only 'adult' that will listen to us has got one foot in the Well of Allsparks. And no, before you ask, re-aging me will not help. This situation has gone beyond that."
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 25, 2011 7:21:37 GMT -5
Scarabus blushes for a moment as he looks towards the ground, a brief moment where the young boy he had been before all this slag happened showed his face. "I... would not want you to be older. It would make this so much harder if you were." He responded solftly before nodding. He's practically huggable at this point. XD "I agree. Grandpa was starting to look into this when he was... injured. Too convenient. I don't even know who he was looking into it with, just that there was someone else involved. No one knows."
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 25, 2011 11:44:01 GMT -5
"You're a good kid. Don't ever loose that." Kapone hugged him, pulling his close. "We should start checking records. See what the boss was looking at last. maybe he got to close to something. No one will notice a couple of kids snooping around. That's the one good thing about not getting any respect right now."
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Post by smokedtoast on Feb 26, 2011 7:20:46 GMT -5
Scarabus blushes a bit and nods. "Alright, you're right. There's practically no one here with Grandmother taking grandpa's place in the council too. The most we'd have to deal with is the lower ranks." He explains, taking a moment to bask in the hug before breaking free and taking her hand. He starts to head for the door before commenting lightly. "You're a good person too at heart Kapone. Even when you're bad... it's for a good reason. Don't let yourself forget that." There's a brief pause before he amusingly asks. "Is this... still weird for you? Us I mean?"
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Feb 27, 2011 23:14:42 GMT -5
She shrugged. "I don't know so many things right now. Nothing is what it once was. We were robots. We knew who our enemies were. I had an entirely different life. Now I have to worry, not just about keeping you safe from Primus only knows who, but about potentially leaking oil once a month. Everything is weird, and it's not like I can just flip a switch." she paused. "But I know you're my best friend, and jack or port, that's all that matters. So yeah, weird but normal. A good weird. Why? Do you want to talk about what happened at the warehouse?"
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Post by smokedtoast on Mar 1, 2011 0:32:13 GMT -5
Slingshot nods lightly, looking up at her. "You're my best friend too Kapone... you're the first person I think of when I'm in trouble. If I need to do something on my own. It was... confusing... what happened. But it felt good. Right. Except... " He blushes for a moment, embarrassed. "I don't think I want to be a girl again. ever." He pauses for a moment, suddenly looking ashamed. "I'm sorry, I didn't... I wasn't trying to say it was a bad thing!" He grew silent again, feeling like he had hurt his friend unintentionally.
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Post by TM2 Dinobot on Mar 1, 2011 9:00:15 GMT -5
OOC: wrong character, dude.
bic: "It's okay. We were both cold and along and I took advantage of you. Honestly, were you expecting anything else? But just so you don't think I love the enhancers and not you..." Kapone kissed him lightly on the mouth. "Now, call that kooky aunt of yours."
Kapone transformed into her falcon mode and flew onto a defunct coat rack that Scarabus kept for just such a reason.
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