OOC:
Guess it was just kinda assumed since, Maximal mentality is to avoid needless battles and already proven pred aggression.......
But Dinobot doesn't think like that. He's not of Maximal origin. His first instinct would be to fight. Unless Optimus says back down, he'll just go with his Predacon instincts.
For some reason I assumed he knew why he was going to give back-up.
Well
I knew why he was going to give back up, but everyone seems to get upset when you act on knowledge that the player knows and not that the character knows.
It's always something that gets people in a tizzy!
That's not entirely true OOP. I did mention retreating on the Maximal radio on the 9th, but it's easy to overlook things, specially in the hectic holiday season. Anyway, needless to say, Dinobot knows to retreat. They will be retreating, and Aerostriker can then rust in peace.*LOL*
But Dinobot was off fighting Terrorsaur. He wasn't near Aerostriker and the preds Aerostriker was fighting. I thought Aerostriker was talking to the characters that were near him who needed the cover fire. Dinobot didn't need the cover fire.....he was providing the cover fire. I think he's even the only one still functional enough to do that!
As for me, well, I've been waiting a week now from my last post for Mystrea to make some kind response with Ironclaw (who could actually help push Optimus out of the way of Inferno's flamethrower if he wanted to, assuming OP's and Rattrap's shots don't stop Inferno beforehand). Thus leading up to another one I've been waiting for which is Blackrose with Inferno. Since we're long past the three-day waiting period, I'll just post tomorrow and move on because I will be busy Tuesday and Wednesday, and I go back to work Thursday. ))
Aside from holiday obligations and WorpeX's bday, I was also waiting to see what Mystrea would do since he's right where Inferno is firing his flamethrowers. But I guess I'll just post. Oh and....when I tried to post this earlier....I got a general error message again.
I always wondered what bolt would have done if Megs had ever recruited more female warriors, I doubt his chivalrous ways would have worked on all of them lol.
True....he would be pretty unproductive....and kind of obsolete in battle. He'd be a pretty easy foe to defeat for the Preds...if they ever see Silverbolt doing something they want him to stop doing, all Megs would have to do is send all the femme bots. Easy victory!
BIC:
"I don't think I can beat you, throwback, I KNOW I CAN BEAT YOU! RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWK!"
With his next taunting breath, Terrorsaur lunged towards Dinobot with his twin blades. Dinobot raised his spiral sword to parry the impending the attack just as the mist wafted over the rest of the battlefield. Dinobot couldn't see where his foe went, he could only take a quick stab in the mist where he thought the Predacon might have ended up. He could hear Terrorsaur's confused voice muttering curses and slowly getting further and further away. Where was that featherless freak?
Dinobot glanced around at the rest of the mist seeing only the blurred shadows of the terrain and hearing Predacon voices from outside of the mist. Dinobot decided the best thing he could do was forget about Terrorsaur and keep moving. He shuffled forward slowly searching for the end of the fog or at least something to provide cover until the fog lifted. Suddenly, he heard Cheetor's voice calling to him.
Hey Dinobot, come on! We need to make tracks fast!
He activated his comm link.
"Keep moving, feline! I'm right behind you!" he growled quietly into his comm link. But was he right behind him? Dinobot wasn't really sure.
(OOC: I was going to reference that time when Dinobot, Rhinox, and Cheetor were temporarily blind.....but I wasn't sure if you guys RP'ed that episode or not....)
It wasn't long before the Predacons momentary ceasefire ended. They had stopped firing in their confusion when the mist first covered the battle field, but he heard Megatron give the order to continue. They began firing blindly into the mist hoping to catch one of the Maximals unawares using each other's weapon's fire so the others could see where to aim. Dinobot couldn't hesitate anymore! He had to run! Stray bullets and lasers pierced his armor as he stumbled through the mist in the direction of Cheetor's voice.
Dinobot realized that if he reacted to the sound of the weapons' fire, he'd be reacting too slowly. He had to react to the light. He also realized that if he returned fire, the Predacons would know where to shoot. Right now, they were just guessing. But perhaps he could fool them into thinking he was somewhere he wasn't.
He continued to race forward, but instead of raising his shield when he heard the laser fire, he raised his shield when he saw the light. He successfully shielded his aching body from any more damage. He also, hopefully, would confuse the Predacons. The sound of the laser fire and other ammunition hitting his shield was distinct enough to hopefully convince the Predacons that he had given away his location and draw their fire to the sound! But by the time they would hear the sound of the lasers on his shield, he would be several feet away. Dinobot hoped the Predacons would fall for the trick long enough to buy him some time to get away.
(OOC: I have no idea if that would even work.... :-/)
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Inferno gleefully allowed his flamethrower to continue firing at the Maximals long after it was necessary. He couldn't help it. He just loved the sound of the flames spitting out towards his enemy and he loved the smell of the burning grass beneath his feet.
"This is for you, my Queen!" He thought to himself proudly as the Maximals responded to his fire.
Optimus skidded away and Rattrap panicked! How much more perfect could things be?
Just then, Optimus raised his blaster, aimed, and fired two shots at Inferno. The first shot met its mark and knocked Inferno off his feet. The second one flew over Inferno's head as he cradled his injured shoulder. But it wasn't over yet!
"Optimus!" "Ain't nobody havin' an ape BBQ tonight!"
Inferno could hear Rattrap's voice over the sound of the other Predacons returning fire. He turned towards the vermin just in time to see him raise his weapon and aim at the ant's flamethrower. Inferno tried to shimmy out of the way, but he was too slow. The blast hit his flamethrower and, as a result, thick, black smoke rose up out of the weapon's igniter.
Inferno looked down at his weapon in horror.
"What.....what HAVE YOU DONE?!!!!" Inferno shouted angrily. Fuming, the ant struggled to his feet intending to run headlong into the fray. Having no more functioning weapons, Inferno would have to resort to hand to hand combat. Whatever needed to be done to make the Maximals pay for destroying his weapon!
But before Inferno could even make it to his feet, Optimus readied himself to send off the next round. He brought out a set of personal miniature autoguns that came up over his head and sat on his shoulders. He began with Nemesis and started firing non stop at the Predacons. Though many of his shots missed, perhaps intentionally, the blast waves launched dirt and debris, and even Inferno himself, backward with incredible force!
Inferno landed a few hundred feet from Optimus with a damaged shoulder, no working weapons, malfunctioning audio sensors, and countless internal damage. He noticed the new recruit already leaving and figured the others would be following close behind. He initiated his comm link.
"Inferno to all Predacons in the area. We must retreat and return to the colony immediately! Do you read? RETREAT!"
Inferno clicked off his comm link and, not waiting for confirmation from the other Predacons, transformed to beast mode and headed back to the Darksyde.
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Arachnitron was quite surprised when Tarantulas spun around to face her so quickly. She hadn't expected to startle the tarantula who, apparently, had thought he was alone with his thoughts. But she was glad at how relieved he looked when he saw it was her behind him and not Blackarachnia or Quickstrike.
Tarantulas placed one of his claws on her shoulder. Her breath caught in her throat at his touch.
(OOC: Sorry that was horribly cheesy.....and so creepy!)
"Very good my dear, tell me, how much of that did you overhear?"
How much of it did she hear? What kind of question was that? She had been standing near enough to him to hear the entire conversation between himself and Blackarachnia. She had heard everything the two of them had said. But should she admit to hearing everything? What if she wasn't supposed to hear any of it? What if that changes how he acts around her? She didn't want anything to change between them. But she knew how costly it could be to keep things from him. He always seemed to know when she was hiding something.
"Something about a fortress...." she mumbled which wasn't completely a lie. She hoped it was enough of the truth to please him, but not enough to make her a liability to continue to have around. She watched him nervously and waited for him to answer.
Before he could answer, Blackarachnia, who had left momentarily to seduce the fuzor, had returned and waltzed back up to Tarantulas and Arachnitron.
"What are you planning inside that devious brain of yours, Tarantulas? You are not trying to usurp Megatron, are you?" She let out a short laugh.
Arachnitron was glad for the momentary distraction, but annoyed at the same time. Did that devious spider always have to show up and interrupt her moments alone with Tarantulas?
, just not ancient earth 
Random fun. ))