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Post by Taggon on Jan 25, 2015 6:45:49 GMT
Chaff kept his arms folded, patiently hearing what Starscream had to say. It was amazing, how the smooth-talker worked. As a mechanic and an engineer, Chaff often looked into other people's gears, or any gears really. He watched, he learned, and then he saved it for the future. It was amazing, how a Cybertronian was created, or what cybertronian could create, verbally or physically. Chaff found himself often at home in his workshop, messing around with mechanisms...As Starscreams silver tongue struggled to come into play, Chaff just stood his ground,
"I come from the shadows because it's my job to. I am an experimental stealth unit, designed to think outside the box. So far, my programmings working a bit better then usual, and maybe a bit better then yours." Chaff said simply, still standing up, even though Starscream was a bit taller then he was. Just by a tad though. Chaff kept his cool as he proceeded, his tone still collected.
"Am I a loyalist? In all honesty that's a very good question Starscream my boy, because it all depends on what mood I'm thrown into. Right now, I'm sliding downwards into a negative attitude, but at least I'm being honest." Chaff pointed out, pointing his chin at Starscream briefly, "Now Starscream my boy, you dodged my question. What's in this for you exactly? I really doubt from your file you're doing this to sweep Black Sun off her feet. Records say you are a coward, and you like to climb your way to high places, whether your stepping stones are plans or people. How I know this?" Chaff's mood made hims unconsciously switch voices,
"I'm a vehicon brotha'. I've watched many people go into high places, and I've served under many commanders. Maybe not you, but vehicons only speak to each other when it comes to feelings, and I received a lot of negative feedback about you. I have some recordings on that too, if you'd like to hear them." Chaff said surprisingly softly, as his visor locked on Starscream. Vehicons, at least the first generations, spoke with one another when it came to commanders. Some were good, some were bad. Every vehicon knew he or she was cannon fodder, but that didn't mean they couldn't have an opinion. Chaff wasn't one for having a gift of gab, but when he had a theory, like all scientist, he stood up for it.
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Post by Starscream on Jan 26, 2015 2:06:01 GMT
Starscream rolled his optics at him, obviously not really wanting to hear anymore of his nonsense. If actually was going to try and tell Shockwave, he had a simple solution, he was lying and he thought Black Sun should at least side with him as he was sure the both of them wouldn't want to feel his wrath. His talk about his vehicon brethren hardly interested him. Starscream had no sympathy for any of them, they were servants, born only to serve their superiors, he doubted anyone else cared about their feelings. The fact one was able to climb this high up a rank surprised him a lot. It also kind of irritated him when he started acting like an idiot by saying phrases like my boy or brotha, it didn't make any sense.
What's the matter, you want me to pity you and your brethren? Stop with your baffling, you're a Decepticon and here you stand whining about how you do not get any satisfaction from your commanders. Nobody cares and I can care less what you think of me, coward's survive, you should know. Staying here to hide and make repairs to the ship while the likes of me are to go to the front lines of the battlefield to fight the Autobots. Growing tired of listening to his ignorance, he turned around to the other direction, walking away from Chaff. First generations, huh? He was shocked to even think any of those survived to this day.
Just because I don't like Shockwave doesn't mean you can immediately come to a conclusion I have my own intentions brought on. Now if you're done with your lectures, let us return to our duties.
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Post by Black Sun on Jan 26, 2015 3:29:16 GMT
Black Sun studied Starscream's actions and responses to Chaff, such as his optic roll. She could tell that Starscream was hiding something.. He suddenly changed from seriousness to cockiness. It reminds me of how he acted in the medbay when I first arrived... Something's up.. Black Sun by now was giving Starscream a studied look, which would have given anyone the chills. She slid her servo silently behind her back, so that she could draw her katana at any moment.
I might try finding his file in the archives... I should probably avoid talking to him as well.. she thought. Wait, if there's a possibility that he's lying to me.. Is it possible Shockwave wasn't? Black Sun began to form a headache, which all the conspiracy theories hurt her helm. I honestly don't know who to trust. Should I trust nobody?
Taking a turn, Black Sun locked her gaze on the archive doors. Again, she grasped the door handle and swung it open, which she disappeared inside..
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Post by Taggon on Jan 26, 2015 12:36:06 GMT
Chaff just shrugged back at Starscream, as if he had in turn brushed off his comments. Chaff was liking his footing in this verbal battle, though he knew it was coming to an end. Starscream in his eyes, was backing down, and Black Sun was seeing the light, so to speak.
"I wasn't saying that you should pity us vehicons...I was saying that I have witnesses to your poor actions of both strategy and treatment. Maybe even morale. The point is Screamsy, is that you're good for nothing coward, and survive you might, but--" Chaf trailed off, he was not much of a guru, so he was going to have to improvise somewhat, without sounding like a sparkling. He stood his ground though, as he continued: "Never mind. I don't think you'll listen...because that's what you do. Just keep in mind that I can pull my triggers whenever I like. So keep stepping, because the air deck is down that aisle, to the left." Chaff gestured at the passageway behind Starscream.
He didn't need to say that he was going to keep an eye on Starscream, and that the air commander just earned himself a few kicks up the aft. Chaf was seriously considering just pulling up his gun, and shooting the guy in-between the legs. Oh, he really wanted to do it. Chaff did know that it would be uncalled for, and he wouldn't be making a good impression in front of the Second in Command. Then again, after he gave her seasons after he pulled his trigger, maybe she would believe---
Chaff sighed, turning to her. "Look. I know you are probably confused out of your processor by now. Just find a place to do some research on everyone." Chaff then handed her the GPS he had made before she had gone of with Starscream. "As promised." He said, taking a step back. Starscream would most likely do something snarky.
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Post by Black Sun on Jan 26, 2015 13:42:47 GMT
By the way Chaff was acting and addressing Starscream, she thought tell that the vehicon didn't like him. Something told her that the the coward parts were true. Then she had been approached by the vehicon, which she accepted the GPS. She inspected the device, which laid in the palm of her servo. She looked back up, which she silently nodded. It was her way of saying 'thank you'.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 26, 2015 13:48:45 GMT
((*waits for Starscreams reply*))
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Post by Raiza on Jan 26, 2015 14:45:39 GMT
Raiza didn't truly leave the hallways as she continued to watch Chaff. She was really waiting for Chaff to finish his conversation. She needed someone to talk to at least on this ship.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 0:25:14 GMT
((Okay, Starscream, sorry for now making an additional post for you to read over, but me and Raiza haven't rped in a while.))
Chaff, not really enthusiastic about listening to the snarky comment or seeing a snooty action, kept backing off, though he was not keen to let Starscream have the sat words. Then again, Black Sun didn't look like she was about to listen to him without sorting through his words. As long as Black Sun was no longer Starscream's puppet, Chaff was cool. The vehicon chanced upon noticing the femme he had seen earlier, who had a red paint job. Her faceplate display told him she was pretty bored. Chaff did have to admit, she was a spitting image of knockout himself, she was just--femminized. Her red paint job and very well done finish caught the light quite well, and her red optics glowed brightly.
Chaff was not enchanted by looks, the only thing that really enchanted him so far in his life was machinery, and how it worked, but he did decide he could perhaps try to make himself useful again.
"So, you followed me here. I would ask why, but you look pretty bored, so that's explanation enough. Anything you need fixed?" Chaff offered, wondering if the femme was just going to brush him away in the first case. Sure, he was head of engineering, but he didn't really announce it, or expect people to know it. Also, it wasn't like people held their breath as ranks were decided. Or Chaff didn't.
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Post by Starscream on Jan 27, 2015 0:34:20 GMT
Now he had done it, the seeker's own dentas started to grit against one another as he straightened up and turned around, walking back towards him at a fast pace. Did he honesty think he was scared of him? A vehicon, never. This mech was now seriously pissing him off.
Starscream pulled a serious expression, just to show the fact of how he wasn't intimidated by him, also the fact he was tempted on shooting him now. He was pretty confident he could just terminate his spark at this very moment, but he'd certainly be held for treason for killing one of the Head commanders. Although, if Chaff had made the first move, he couldn't be held accountable, after all, he could just easily claim he was self defending himself from the fool. Just for any case, he had his Null-ray's prepared to blast him, just for any case if he'd actually try to strike him. The problem is that you think I should be intimidated by you. I do apologize, but nothing you'll ever do will scare me, do you want to know why? You're just a little pathetic vehicon drone that believes he's special just because he became head engineer. If I was useless, why was I once appointed head bodyguard of a Prime? How did I assist Megatron in his ambitions against the Autobots? To this day, I serve as a proud Decepticon, I could kill you at any moment as I wish, but I'm not a fool, so by all means, do something stupid. Prove just how much of an idiot you really are.
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Post by Black Sun on Jan 27, 2015 0:48:38 GMT
There, he's occupied. Just silently slip away.. she thought, then silently began to back away. The hallway intersection was just to her left, and she could easily find her way, now that she had the GPS. She backed up silently, her peds not making a sound along the ground as she backed away. Her digits then left the wall, which signalled that the hallway was to her left. In one single motion, Black Sun vanished down the hallway, then began to walk in a fast pace. Get to the archives. she thought. Anywhere away from that cheating scumbag...
While walking away, Black Sun started to question her allies and enemies. Could she really not trust anyone?
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 0:58:26 GMT
"Sayeth what?" Chaff put a servo to where his audio receptor was, now using Breakdown's voice again, "I didn't catch that. Your monolog was trying to get across the broad scape of your ego, and it didn't make it. It was a hopeless journey anyways since sound can only travel so long over a vast distance, before it's lost. But hey, I love you too Red-white-and-smiley." Chaff pointed his pointer finger at him, and cocked his helm as Chaff winked at Starscream.
"Meanwhile, you need to stop polishing that halo of yours Screamsy, because the radiance of how awesome you say you are is really paling my paint job." Chaff said, but gave a quick and cheesy thumbs up, "but hey, at least you look good with white!" Chaff said cheerfully, he couldn't help but say these things to get his own points across by implication. Chaff was grinning broadly behind his battle mask, waiting for the priceless reaction.
Within the calm and careless mech who was making the come-backs, Chaff waited for Starscream's next move. So far, it was score two for Chaff, and zero for Starscream. The mech would probably be trying to kill him now, but that was alright. The saying 'yolo' applied here, one hundred percent.
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Post by Starscream on Jan 27, 2015 1:12:33 GMT
The reaction Chaff was expecting for did not came, Starscream still kept an unamused and serious look on his faceplate. Nothing he said made a glitch of a sense to him, all of it was just cheap desperate sounding words to try and make the seeker angry, it didn't work, if anything, he put up a grin, crossing both his arms in front of his chestplate, chuckling. Engineer? Clearly, he had as much processor function as Bruticus. It was truly a miracle he was granted an engineer rank. Oh, yes you did. It really isn't my fault you struggle on comprehending the simplest of matters. He he, your stupidity actually amuses me. What's wrong? Can't come up with anymore phrases? You just said you were busy on your engineering duties, yet you quit to wander out of nowhere to grab attention from others. I do feel sorry for you, vehicon, nobody thinks you're special. In fact, why are you still standing here? You thought you were better then me, stop acting like a mindless fraghelm and do your job.
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Post by Raiza on Jan 27, 2015 1:28:11 GMT
Maybe he would be doing his job nicely if you weren't being a grumpy seeker the femme replied in her British accent as she defended Chaff from the same mech who tried to scare her off before. To be honest, she wasn't afraid of the seeker nor was she weak against him. Her hand was on her hip while she said this to him.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 1:35:43 GMT
Chaff really didn't turn cold either, instead he just shrugged back at Starscream, Chaff knew he had seen some good things from Screamsy already, so asking for more would take more then that kind of sarcasm. Honestly, the seeker was using Chaff's actions against him. It was quite amusing to the vehicon, how the mech changed his strategies, though they were all similar. Chaff's grin did tone down some behind his mask, but since he had never made wanting to be noticed his life goal, he wasn't too offended at all.
"Well, I'm standing here because I'm waiting for you to leave, fly boy. I'm surprised you aren't making a good example of yourself, and going off first. You did bring up the subject of going to duties you know, and actually, in that stead, I'd be ahead of you. You see, before all this started, I was actually doing work, not flirting around with the Second in Command." Chaff said smoothly, not mentioning what had truly happened. Another femme was here, so that meant if she got word, she could report to Shockwave.
"I'd say you're one to talk about being special Screamsy. I may not be special, but that doesn't mean I won't recognize when someone else isn't either." Chaff said passively, his visor fixed on Starscream for a moment. Yeah, Chaff was admitting he wasn't special, even though in some instances, Chaff did know he had some uniqueness. But hey, anything to keep this guy talking at his own game. It had been funny, how Starscream had thought he had no comebacks to that liner. Sometimes mechs just a had an ego too big to catch a good come-back, even if it bit them right in the aft.
"So now that we've established there's work to be done, how about you be the superior gentlebot and head off to your work. What I'm seeing here is that you can't stand it for me to have the last words...so speak up. Just know that I have better things to do then listen to you chatting all day. Engineers got less free time you know?" Chaff said, and then returned to the femme, and then grinned back at her from behind his helmet for the support. Starscream would probably say something about him retreating now, or getting help from a femme, or something slanderous, but Chaff appreciated the support. Chaff gave a nod at her,
"Now what did you need fixed?"
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Post by Raiza on Jan 27, 2015 1:46:40 GMT
Maybe he would be doing his job nicely if you weren't being a grumpy seeker the femme replied in her British accent as she defended Chaff from the same mech who tried to scare her off before. To be honest, she wasn't afraid of the seeker nor was she weak against him. Her hand was on her hip while she said this to him.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 2:16:53 GMT
((Edited, last paragraph for you, Raiza.))
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Post by Raiza on Jan 27, 2015 2:30:52 GMT
"I don't really need help repairing anything, thank you. You new on this ship?", she asked him with her Queens accent as she tilted her head and her high long waist-lengthed pigtails followed her movement gracefully with her hand still on her hip.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 10:30:05 GMT
Chaff shrugged, as he walked with her. She was a graceful figure to set optics on, but Chaff did not recall seeing her around the Nemesis before. Sure, there were new recruits, but this one was strange somehow. it was as if she was a different specimen all together, how she was able to smoothly walk around. Chaff noticed the difference with how she was able to maneuver, and cocked his helm. This femme was a bit interesting, but with the knowledge that many mechs and femmes received amazing upgrades in Crystal City, Chaff just brushed the observation aside for the moment.
"Well, I'm Chaff if you didn't already hear. I'm a mechanic, engineer, blacksmith, tinkerer--basically anything that has to do with machinery I'm very familiar with. You are?" Chaff still had Breakdown's voice, as he asked the question. He was curious, and what also was beginning to dawn on him was that she had taken the effort to follow him. Why him? Chaff knew that maybe he could learn what was going on in a moment, if he just listened. Meanwhile, he had to keep a close eye on Starscream from now on. Chaff mentally put it on his to-do list to get into the compurter systems, and make a few modifications so that he could keep an eye on the mech. Maybe he could even persuade the Head of Medicine to insert a tracking device in him...since she was a hardcore loyalist, Chaff believed he could bet his wrench he could arrange that to happen. Meanwhile though, he would enjoy engaging in some good conversation.
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Post by Raiza on Jan 27, 2015 12:17:45 GMT
"I'm Raiza. Also a mechanic, medical assistant, and Knockout's 'twin sister', well used to be", she introduced herself to him with a small bow in respect. She had a dissapointed tone in her voice when she mentioned Knockout. "Might I ask if you are Breakdown under that mask? Or is it really a prank? I hate when that truck likes to play around with me", she asked him with a little teasing smirk and a chuckle as she recalled Breakdown's name. She and the big truck were old time buddies back then when she worked with Knockout. Except he always the bait on Raiza's seducing. But they were really sure not to get carried away. Of course he worshipped her paint job just like Knockout. Everybody should accept and at least care for their paint.
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Post by Taggon on Jan 27, 2015 12:31:03 GMT
Chaff cocked his helm as he listened to her, glad to see she wasn't the closed off type. A mechanic and a medical unit? He could live with that. He shrugged at the comment about how he had Breakdown's voice, he was clearly smaller then the big mech, and infact smaller then most vehicons since he was a prototype for a new kind of vehicon stealth unit.
"Well, you see Raiza, I'm an experimental vehicon that has stealth capabilities. Unfortunately, in order for the tech and my abilities to work, they had to take away my voice. I have no voice of my own, but I can use anyone's that I hear. I can use yours, Starscreams, Shockwave's, Megatron's---you get the point." Chaff said. He was quite intrigued with the thought that Knockout had used to have Raiza as a twin sister. The guy rarely showed his face, but whatever he did Chaff didn't keep his eye on the mech. He actually respected him, because in some ways Knockout reminded him of his brother, Graph.
"You and Breakdown old buddies? Well, in that case, I can switch voices if you like." Chaff offered, as he walked along side her. Where they were going? He had no idea. But he really didn't care.
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