maskormenacelogs | heropa battles the annoying robots, part only

WHO: open!
WHERE: A junkyard on Wednesday, the Porter building on Thursday
WHEN: the evening of Wednesday June 25th and the morning/early afternoon of Thursday June 26th.
WHAT: Step one, investigate an explosion. Step two, PUNCH ROBOTS IN THE FACE.
WARNINGS: Violence, in the form of punching robots, exploding robots, shooting robots, and decapitating robots.

Wednesday evening
On Wednesday evening, an explosion rocks the local Heropa junkyard. The firefighters eventually get it under control, but any sort of help would be appreciated! Examining the rubble of the explosion finds that it originated from a disused storage building...which totally shows signs of being used for mad scientisting (discarded electronics, tools 'liberated' from hardware stores and the junkyard itself, etc. etc.)

Starscream, on the other hand? Totally m.i.a.

Thursday morning
Starscream soon found out that the problem with using fragments of the ~~plot device~~ All-Spark stuck in his noggin to bring to life his Cybertronian army was that the Cybertronian army (all two of them) tended to act like him. Which meant that Starscream spent the wee hours of the morning arguing with his new robot underlings and lamenting the fact that this place was so backwards and the technology so primitive that he could hardly get what he wanted. And even then, these robots were a poor excuse for actual Decepticons.

After Starscream makes his...quite frankly a bit over the top post, it's go time. Floating in front of the Porter building, Starscream smirked, obviously proud of himself and obviously confident that his plan would succeed. "Decepticons!" he yells, floating in midair, looking down at what passes for his Decepticon army. "Transform and rise--" Oh. Wait. One of them couldn't fly, how exactly could he rise up? There was a pause, while Starscream frantically tried to save face. "--ah, transform and attack!"

Not exactly the best battle cry, but it would do in a pinch. Transforming into his harrier jet alt mode, Starscream flew towards the Porter complex, firing his purple laser weapons at the building itself, hoping to send out a trail of destruction as he made his way to the Porter. The other two robots soon followed suit.

[ ooc: feel free to godmod the bootleg Decepticons in threads! they're pretty much focused on attacking the porter building but they will fight back against people attacking them. for reference, one can fly and the other can't--both are about seven feet tall and EXCEEDINGLY punchable. I'll soon toss up Starscream's evil gloating network post as well as a thread where people can beat him up specifically. ]

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Still firing at the buildings, Starscream pays little to no attention to Sanageyama...until the other man jumps off a rooftop and kicks him in the face. It's surprisingly effective, and Starscream's attention is diverted perfectly to Sanageyama, letting out a yelp and a scowl.

"Oh, you human will come to regret that." Flying backwards, Starscream attempted to shoot a few laser blasts in Sanageyama's general direction.

Without any stable footing to land on, Sanageyama begins his descent towards the street below him. As Starscream fires his first few shots, he ends up having to rely on his blade to deflect the shots, the first and then the second-- but then the third hits him directly and his landing becoming far less graceful than he'd wanted it to be, due to the force of the shot blasting him into the ground.

But although it hurt like hell, he's up and ready to keep attacking in no time. He just charges straight towards Starscream, blade in hand.

Mako had maintained her usual cheery, upbeat attitude all through work, until her manager finally let her leave for the day, completely on edge without really understanding why. And Mako had asked a few people for directions, and then promptly made a beeline for Starscream. Her pulse pounded in time with her footsteps, building faster and faster as she closed the distance.

Mako was angry. Mako was sad. As she kicked out at the first 'small' bot and crumpled its 'knee' backwards, Mako wished she had her Goku Uniform back; the spiked geta would really come in handy at the moment. And her personalized brass knuckles. And her hat. God, did she miss that hat. But she had lived her life making due with less than she wanted and sometimes needed, so she grit her teeth and continued to plow and dodge through, a one-girl wrecking ball in a pink camisole and plaid shorts.

She only had eyes for Starscream right now, but Honnouji had ingrained itself on her so deeply that a "'scuse me, Senpai!" slipped out reflexively as she bore down on Sanageyama, using his stance and uniform as a ramp and springboard. She braced herself as she cut through the air, bringing her knees in loose before slamming her feet into her misguided friend's face. He was lucky that she didn't have the geta, but paired with superstrength and momentum, even cute ballet flats could do the trick.

"STUPID STARSCREAM-CHAN!"

Edited 2014-06-26 13:11 (UTC)

Starscream moves to swerve out of the way, trying to fly away from Sanageyama. However, while he succeeded at avoiding the man, he didn't succeed at avoiding Mako, and so the brown-haired teenage terror with superstrength plowed straight into his face.

That hurt more than he was expecting, knocking Starscream for a loop. It took him a moment to realize just what exactly happened before he connected the dots and realized wait a moment, that was Mako who slammed into his face? "Get off of me!" he shrieked, trying to swat at Mako.

At first he just has no idea what's going on here. The feeling of being used as a springboard halts him momentarily, but then he hears her voice and it all makes far more sense. As she leaps off of him he stumbles back a step or two, watching as Mako collides with Starscream in...surprise, honestly.

She'd told him she got super strength, but damn. Doing this kind of thing without a uniform...

"Oi!! Don't just butt in without warning like that, Mankanshoku!"

Though he hangs back for now. He's ready to jump in at any time considering if she gets injured he'll probably get blamed and yelled at for it by Ryuko, Gamagori and maybe Satsuki, but on the other hand she can probably handle this herself from the looks of things.

So cautious sidelined senpai mode is go.

"No!" Mako barks, though to which of them is anybody's guess. She manages to keep from tumbling down by wrapping her legs around Starscream's neck, though not tightly to do more than dent his armor slightly. There is an audible pout behind the anger in her high voice. "I've gotta bring Starscream-chan to his senses!"

And part of doing so, it appears, is catching one of his middle-fingers mid-swipe and releasing her grip on his neck, using her own body as leverage to bend it backwards, as though he's simply Mataro being a twerp and trying to steal the last croquette off Mako's plate. "Don't...be...MEAN...!"

Starscream continues to flail, trying to swat Mako off of him. It's obviously not working. And, as she grabs his finger and bends it backwards, he lets out a yelp of pain. What was wrong with this girl?! He's not paying any attention to what she's saying, instead he's continuing to flail, flapping his hand back and forth in an attempt to try and toss Mako off.

"Get it off of me!!!"

This is what he gets for trying to take this in any way seriously, isn't it?

Then again, as far as confrontations go, they're perfect for each other. He was going to do something far more fatal to solve this mess, but if Mako can just wrestle him into submission like this maybe that'd be for the best.

"Great." He's mostly mumbling to himself over here, pay no mind. "I came all this way to watch a biggest idiot contest."

"Bad Starscream-chan!"

Mako slammed her foot back into his face again when a shake brought her in range, using the momentum to cartwheel back towards the ground. She stumbles a little on the landing, dizzy, before straightening and glaring up at the giant robot, fists akimbo.

"I am not an it! I am your FRIEND!"

Starscream stumbles backwards, frown on his face as Mako lands on the ground. This was utterly ridiculous. Here he was, getting his servos handled to him by a tiny little human who thought she was his friend.

"If you are my friend then get out of my way!" he screeched, glaring at Mako.

Alright, he can't put up with this any longer. If Mankanshoku has her way, these two are going to have a yelling match all night and he doesn't have the time to watch it all. He takes a few steps closer and puts a hand to Mako's shoulder, trying to urge her out of the way.

"He isn't your friend. This guy doesn't have any friends." He swings his sword once, holding it out to the side. "Now step out of the way, Mankanshoku. I'm going to end this in one blow."

"No!" Mako stomps her foot petulantly. If it still counted as 'petulant' when it shattered concrete. "When you see your friend making a mistake, you don't let them keep making it! Even if they yell at you! Even if they say mean things! Even if they try to hurt you, you still stand your ground and do whatever you can to bring them to their senses!"

It was really rather obvious that she was taking her only other experience with friendship as gospel and a rote example.

Edited 2014-07-08 02:55 (UTC)

heropa battles the annoying robots, part only

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Assuming the Dynamic Entry is still okay?

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I am the latest sorry