Phoenix wrote: Nemesis could barely hold back a taunting laugh as the self-proclaimed baron of the skies boasted about his new abilities, finding his blatant egocentric bragging extremely aggravating.. at best. She attempted to ignore the smugness, hoping the situation would simply resolve itself without the need to stir up a confrontation, so she merely looked to Megatron while waiting for him to dismiss this nonsense.
Yet the tyrant remained silent, as if actually considering the red flyer's proposal.
"Although I somehow doubt your performance will be able to live up to your pompous tongue, I am not opposed to giving you the chance to form a team to recover our new comrades. Make your selection, Terrorsaur, and be on your way."
Terrorsaur continued to smirk and forced himself to salute Megatron and replied "
Thank you Megatron, I shall endeavor to surpass your expectations."
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Waspinator, Nemesis, Manterror! Front and center! Congratulations, consider yourselves drafted to Team Terrorsaur! RAWK!" Terrorsaur crowed impressively, thrusting his right fist into the air in triumph, his left held behind him in officer's fashion.
He'd chosen Nemesis and Waspinator since they, like him, had been upgraded by the Transwarp Wave, and thus while not as glorious as himself, were worthy enough to be seen flying under his command. Besides, Waspinator was perhaps the one predacon he trusted most, and with his new transmetal form he may prove more effective in battle than his original, accident prone self. As for Manterror...He was canon fodder, plain and simple, inferior to him & the others in design but easily manipulated due to his crazed & feeble mind. He was tempted to choose Venetrix instead but she could be more difficult to control than the others given her size, not that size mattered when perfection such as his was involved.
NaitoKage wrote: Umbra gave a silent nod, then turned away walking towards Terrorsaur, the eye on his other leg seeming to watch Megatron. Umbra raised his arm to his chest and bowed politely towards Terrorsaur Your speed is certainly impressive. I would be honored to provide assistance towards your group's recovery of this stasispod. While I can not fly or move as fast as someone as great as yourself, my phsyical prowless should make it far easier to your group in the matter of manual labor,like carrying the Stasispods back to base. I can also provide a shell program to reprogram the Maximal protoform inside into a Predacon, if you so desire.
Terrorsaur usually relished those rare occasions when another predacon recognized him for the brilliant and capable leader he truly was, but he'd been a back-stabber long enough, & been back-stabbed enough over the course of this war, to know he couldn't trust anyone at face value. It was strange, he felt more...Self-aware somehow, he was still himself, but for some reason he was more alert and not as quickly taken in by compliments as he used to be...Could his recent upgrade have made him stronger, faster, AND smarter? It was a delightful thought to say the least, that he could be even more ingenious than he'd ever been before, but for now there were more pressing matters to attend to...Namely what to do with the smooth talking merc Megatron had been whispering "sweet nothings" to a moment ago. If he blew Umbra off outright Megatron would probably insist on him being part of the team, or take away Terrorsaur's rank as Team Leader.
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Heh, good to know at least one of you recruits knows how to show respect to a veteran officer" Terrorsaur replied, adding "
It would be a pleasure to have you tag along Umbra, but alas, a ground pounder like you wouldn't be able to keep up with us on foot, & even before his upgrade Waspinator alone was strong enough to carry a single stasis pod airborne. Though I suppose Manterror could give you a lift, he's certainly strong enough to carry you and a talented flyer in his own right...Or you could simply contribute your Shell Program for us to install ourselves?"
Terrorsaur avoided smirking as best he could, trusting that Umbra would be forced to choose between his sense of self-preservation, seeing as how psychotic & unreliable Manterror was & how he couldn't simply ask for another lift without challenging Terrorsaur's authority, or his meager loyalty to Megatron, bought & bargained though it was.
Una wrote: The feeling of his fangs digging in her body shoot a pain around her form.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Her screams echoed as she was swallowed inside. Juices surged inbetween the cracks. Her body breaking from the inside out, pouring out her mechfluids.
Then-
Blackarachnia shot up from her nightmare. No, it was too real to be a nightmare. She could still feel the stench of that lunatic's drool all over her. But now, she was back online and exposed outside the hallway of the Axalon. As she forced herself up, she noticed that someone was some where else.
"Wh-what hit me?"
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A transwarp wave, no doubt resulting from the aftermath of the alien weapon's destruction! There, now that your curiosity has been satisfied, hurry up and aid Arachnitron in retrieving my body, the maximals are likely recovering as you have as we speak. Unless you wish to experience what it means to be the fly to my spider every day for the rest of OUR lives, hhhmm?" Tarantulas threatened, eager to return to his own body inspite of the pleasure he was deriving from Blackarachnia's suffering.
Blackrose wrote: Feeling much less shaky, Arachnitron stood and looked around the room. The quantum surge had knocked out the others in the room as well. She noticed Blackarachnia still on the floor un-moving. She turned her attention to Tarantulas' cell.
She walked over to the cell and gasped in surprise. Tarantulas had been pretty charred before the surge, but she distinctly remembered his coloring to be purple and green. His exo structure was still purple in some parts, but now it was also black and navy blue. Not only was his coloring completely different, but his exostructure was much less organic looking than it had been. His beast mode parts were actual spider legs before the surge, but now they were metallic and shiny. And did he have wheels?
Arachnitron was in awe of Tarantulas' new body. He looked so much more....dare she say....attractive now, but it could have been the fact that his metallic, shiny parts made him look so much more powerful than before. Yes, that must have been it. The power. She was of Predacon design, after all, so she was inherently attracted to power. His new body seemed to be seething with it. Of course, who knew if it really was or not....she'd have to wait to see him in action to see what other changes he possessed.
This new change in her comrade brought with it some new hope for Arachnitron. If the surge had changed him on the outside, then perhaps it had some other changes as well.....some changes on the inside. Perhaps this opened up some new doors for the pair where dealing with Arachnitron's personality disorder was concerned. Perhaps if he were stronger physically, perhaps the surge made him smarter as well and he'd be able to come up with some new ideas for how to help her. The Hybrid couldn't help, but be almost giddy with anticipation.
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Arachnitron, report! What is the extend of the damage done to my shell?" Tarantulas ordered, curious to know how his body was fairing, especially in light of the transwarp wave's passing...And he could have sworn he saw his body beginning to undergo some manner of metamorphosis before he and BA had gone offline.
OOC: Sorry for the delay on my post everyone, let me know if I goofed anywhere in regards to Terrorsaur's recruitment drive, i.e. if someone would rather not join him on this mission or someone else would rather come along, etc.
P.S. would Venetrix be a better choice than Nemesis or was I correct in assuming the ex-decepticon would be even more difficult for Terry to put up with than Nemmy? XD, sorry, I don't know either character very well yet so I don't know how they feel towards Terry, i.e. if they're loyal to Megatron or would be willing go along with one of his schemes etc?
It's not supposed to be a party, though. I was assuming it was only going to be OP having the honor or privilege of meeting Whitegrazer's master (not every other "lost" spark or dead bot) and learning something from him. Heh. Since it was implied in the show that Optimus was on "the other side of the Matrix" where Rhinox was still able to grab his spark, I thought I could go somewhere where I haven't before in an RPG. But I was going to take it a lot more serious and dramatic than the mood it has already developed. I also didn't have Rattrap dish out any orders for Aurora because I wanted her to have a little more time to grieve if she so choosed, and Whitegrazer could comfort her in the meantime. I'm very glad she's holding onto Primal's swords, though. 
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But it has been five days so here is my post for TC and Blackarachnia. Sorry for making you guys wait, I just like to put all my characters posts in one. But sometimes, it can't be helped. 
Hopefully I can get this figured out soon, but could just be my connection not being the best at the moment.))