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Post by Sinn on Feb 21, 2015 4:43:26 GMT
Durban is famous for being one of the busiest ports in all of Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. The municipality, which includes neighbouring towns, has a population of almost 3.5 million, making the combined municipality the biggest city on the Indian Ocean coast of the African continent.
It is here that a metal collossus comes ashore. 50 feet of metal and alloy emerges from the waves, a hulking figure with the visage of a knight, all iron-grey and tarnished gold.
Scarlet light twinkles from the figure's helm as seawater runs down the featureless contours of its face. Grimlock has arrived. Tourists and citizens go from intrigued to alarmed to panicked as the towering Dinobot emerges from the surf....
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 21, 2015 5:54:48 GMT
With the familiar sound of a Groundbridge opening, a blood red spy plane and a serpentine creature fly out and transform. They land with a thud.
"So that's Grimlock," the brown Predacon named Chronovore comments.
"We'll have to bring him back?" Vampyricon asks. "That'd be a challenge."
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Post by Sinn on Feb 21, 2015 6:03:48 GMT
Either oblivious to the two new arrivals, or simply ignoring them, Grimlock keeps moving, frame pooring seawater as he crosses the yellow-grey expanse of one of Durban's several beaches. The excited murmurs and exclamations of the humans turn to shouts of fear and disbelief as Grimlock tramples a beachside snackbar and walks straight through a crowd that doesn't get out of the way quite fast enough.
The Dinobot's pace is deceptively fast; at fifty feet, even short strides eat up meters and meters of ground, and he is faster on land than he was in the water.
Already, the shrill of multiple sirens can be heard from within the city....
Having reached the edge of the beach, Grimlock surmounts the 20ft jetty of rock and concrete that serves as its border in a single step, stones crunching and clattering under his massove weight. Behind him, footprints as big as small cars, and several feet deep.
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 21, 2015 6:48:42 GMT
"Grimlock!" Vampyricon shouts, hovering in front of him "What are you doing here?"
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Post by Sinn on Feb 21, 2015 19:15:01 GMT
Grimlock's head swung stiffly towards the two, the weight of his scarlet gaze settling on them. He didn't stop moving, so the two would have to back up as they spoke, lest Grimlock simply mow them over.
"Tracking."
Grimlock replied haltingly, voice like stones grinding against ragged metal. The dinobot's feet were now crushing concrete and cobblestones as he strode into the city proper, panicking citizens fleeing from his path. Police cars screeched to a halt in front of him, then spun their wheels frantically and pulled away again.
The beat of a helicopter's roterage assembly could be heard, as it appeared over the skyline, a spotlight focusing on the dinobot.....
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 22, 2015 0:58:16 GMT
As Grimlock continues to walk without acknowledging the existence of anything, Vampyricon and Chronovore hurriedly help the stragglers get out of Grimlock's way, picking them up and putting them down if they had to.
"Tracking what?"Vampyricon asks, even though he doesn't expect an answer. "Your team?"
"They aren't here," Chronovore shouted. "At least, not that we know of."
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Post by Sinn on Feb 22, 2015 1:41:20 GMT
Grimlock offered no reply beyond a low growl, visor flaring as he pulled himself over a low overpass and crashed through a tangle of power-lines.
By now, two more helicopters had arrived. In addition, an armored van had parked several blocks away, a score of men covered in dark-blue armor, packing assault-rifles climbing free and racing into a nearby building. Police-cars had cordoned off the whole area, and were doing their best to set up blockades.....
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 23, 2015 1:21:44 GMT
After responding to Feenix's message, Vampyricon sees the humans start to aim guns at Grimlock.
"Hey, people!" he shouts. What comes out of his mouth is their own language to whoever heard it, due to a translation circuit. "Don't shoot! He's way more powerful than you, so shooting him would be suicide. Just get the civilians out of his way, okay?"
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Post by Sinn on Feb 23, 2015 1:31:43 GMT
The men startled as one of the smaller (comparatively) robots spoke. Surprise gave way to consideration after a moment..... Something that had walked out of the ocean from god knows how far away, stepped through a cluster of power-lines...... Perhaps it was better to let the creature's two escorts deal with the matter.
The team's commander raised a megaphone, and, after a hiss of static, replied.
"We will hold fire for now, Cybertronian. But your friend is causing massive property damage, terrifying our citizens and tourists, and has already caused seventeen severe injuries, some pf which may be fatal."
Behind his goggles and helmet, the man grits his teeth.
"Get him out of here now, or we will be FORCED to fire."
The megaphone deactivated with a rasp and a click. By now, Grimlock had progressed another four blocks. People cursed and flicjed as the Dinobot slashed an elevated tramway in half, flinging the wreckage out of his way like tissue-paper.
"NOW!"
The man cried, a touch of fear in his voice.
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 23, 2015 12:02:19 GMT
"What do you think we were doing? Fooling around? And if you are really gonna fire, well, you would've done a great job saving people's lives," Vampyricon retorts. "We need this whole area evacuated. By the way, NEST?"
"Grimlock, what are you looking for? We'll help you find it," Chronovore says, floating in front of Grimlock's face.
[This is turning into Dora the Explorer]
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Post by Sinn on Feb 23, 2015 23:25:15 GMT
Not used to being insulted by a robot that obviously had no idea how being a SWAT officer worked, the man merely remained tight-lipped and silent until the robot reached the part about evacuation. Yes. Of course... They already had people on that, but if they couldn't fight the robot, they could at least devote everything they had to getting people out of its way.
Turning about, the captain began relaying orders to his team.
.................................
Grimlock looked up, body tensing at Chronovore's proximity, as if he was mightily tempted to swat her out of the air like a gnat.
"Vermin,"
The Dinobot replied. After a moment, he continued.
"....In the north."
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 24, 2015 1:14:45 GMT
[Everyone here's a him!]
"How north? I can Groundbridge you there if you want," Vampyricon tells him. Meanwhile, Chronovore flies just slightly out of Grimlock's reach, in case a fight starts.
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Post by Sinn on Feb 26, 2015 2:18:24 GMT
"Don't know...."
Grimlock growled, moving through the streets, toppling lights and knocking aside cars. Many of the citizens had enough warning to evacuate, and the streets were fairly empty.... Not too far away, the voices of men giving orders and giving directions came, bouncing through the concrete maze of city. As he walked Grimlock thought, trying to put the right words together.
"Somewhere like Sea of Rust.... Wasteland... Sand-dunes."
That was Grimlock's best guess on where his venemous prey might have nested...
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 26, 2015 3:24:43 GMT
Vampyricon raises his fist in front of Grimlock. A spherical Groundbridge portal opened up in front of the three Autobots.
"The Sahara Desert," Vampyricon said. "Not sure if it's exactly the place you want, but it's pretty sandy. And north of here."
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Post by Sinn on Feb 27, 2015 1:58:39 GMT
Grimlock growled in irritation. It was clear the indigenous species did not want him here, and for some reasom, these two Autobots actually CARED about that. Grimlock snorted, then stepped towards the groundbridge.......
The Sahara Desert. Grimlock hadn't a clue what "Sahara" meant. But a desert sounded like just the place the abomination he was hunting might hole up and lurk....
The Dinobot stepped into the groundbridge....
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Post by Vampyricon on Feb 28, 2015 2:50:04 GMT
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Jul 6, 2016 20:22:02 GMT
A tall Autobot flies around in the form of a VTOL craft from a science fiction game. His name was Rangefinder and he was busy flying around, trying to comm the Autobot base. He had been sitting here for what feels like a day now and hadn't done much of anything besides get himself a vehicle form. So now he flies around, contacting the base.
Hey, are there any other 'bots on this line? I need to get to the base, someone, anyone get me out of this place!
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