ROCK'EM SOCK'EM ROBOTS [BIG OPEN FIGHT LOG]

[sufferist]

Who: Signless, Robots, and YOU
Where: City Hall, and all over downtown LA.
When: April 14th
What: Signless bates the Cybetronians into having a big fight in downtown LA while attempting to get a valuable artifact. Earth civilians and superheroes are SUPER WELCOME to notice the fuss and try to stop the fighting/safe people from collateral damage.
Warnings: SUDDENLY ROBOT ULTRAVIOLENCE

Signless leaves himself, and the hammer, visible at first. He wants them to see him, to know that the battle is imminent - and with any luck, a conflict will start. He'll do his best to disappear and keep them hunting for him as as long as possible after he's initially been spotted. Maximum collateral damage is his goal.

It also helps that he's an empath. He'll be taking whatever opportunities he can to agitate people's emotions, whether it be anger, panic, or fear, in the attempt to make ever more chaos.

This is a party style log, meaning you can make you own threads and scenarios. Signless will be around with the hammer. LET'S MAKE THIS AS BIG OF A CLUSTERFUCK AS POSSIBLE, GUYS.

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[starscheme]

"If that's meant to be some kind of jab, it's not a very good one. And I take that to mean that you are together then. Which means we are now officially done talking," he ends with a snarl. He gets right down to it and fires off two energon blasts in her direction, one directly at her and one towards the fire escape that she's perched on.

[scribes]

Just what the hell had Signless done to piss off this guy so much? Certainly anyone would be angry about the way he was baiting them with the Forge but goodness this seemed extreme. Unless there was some Cybertronian code she wasn't understanding.

It didn't really matter. His attention was on her now which meant she needed to concentrate on keeping him distracted long enough without actually. Well. Dying. That would be preferable. At least this point in time. She had the advantage of maneuverability here in the city but he was still much bigger and stronger, one false move and she was done.

Di jumped for the roof when Starscream let out those energon blasts, decimating the fire escape, sending shrapnel everywhere. Ok. That was ok. She'd nearly just gotten fried but that was ok. She was alive and now knew this Cybertronian had reach. It was also fair to assume he be a good aim considering those were literally his arms he was shooting from, so keeping close was the best option.

Or at least better than being far where he could easily shoot at her at his leisure. Di dropped back down into the alley, once more making aid of the walls of the surrounding buildings for her descent, intending to dart between his legs.

[starscheme]

Starscream's a good shot, but her speed is unexpected; there's a trial of blaster fire hot on her trail, but he can't seem to hit her. He twists, trying to follow her progress, and winds up getting so caught up in trying to shoot her down that he twists on himself as she shoots through his legs, growling and struggling to regain balance.

[scribes]

Di can feel the heat of those blasts at her back and can tell that some of her hair is being singed off. She's got to change tactics, running isn't going to work forever.

Sticking too close would mean risking getting squashed, going to far would mean risking getting blasted or him tiring of this cat and mouse game and going after Signless instead. When Starscream momentarily lost his balance an idea came to her and she grabbed onto his leg, swiftly making her way up his back.

[starscheme]

Okay so he definitely was not expecting that. Goddamn trolls are always full of unpleasant surprises though, and reflecting on this later he will probably curse himself for not seeing this coming.

"Insolent--" Starscream shrieks and thrashes, spinning in circles while trying to reach his back, but his arms aren't exactly meant to bend that way so it's a futile effort. He gives his wings a good shake up and down a few times too, just for good measure.

[scribes]

Whoa--whoa. Di clings on for all she is worth, ducking and shifting every time Starscream reaches for her before she realizes that he can't actually get to her.

That's one less thing to worry about but with him thrashing about she can't exactly make much progress, up or down lest she fall. It's not too terrible a height but with all the debris littering the ground she worries about landing on them.

So.

So now what? She couldn't very well knock out Starscream. Even if she could, Di's not sure she'd want to since she pretty much taunted him to attack her to protect Signless--and quite frankly she could easily see his vendetta against Signless being justified if the other troll's actions today are any indication.

"Just what did he do to you that has you so rankled?" She asked, more as a means of continued distraction than anything else and hoping that'd buy her time to figure out where to go from here.

[starscheme]

Starscream doesn't really want to give her a specific answer, but that's mostly because he doesn't really have a good one. "Oh I'm sorry, is egging on a battle between two warring factions that have been trying to remain out of the notice of the local lifeforms not enough of a reason--" he body checks his shoulder/back into the walls around them to try and dislodge her-- "for me to be rankled?"

[scribes]

Di thought the answer he had given was more than fair enough, but that didn't mean she was going to end it there. She was a little calmer now that she didn't have guns pointed at her, and now that she had a better idea of what Starscream's reach was. She just had to keep alert. Speaking of which, feeling the air moving against her alerted Di of Starscream's motions and she let go, haphazardly falling down only to grab onto one of his hips.

"Oh no, it does but this seems much more personal."

[starscheme]

Starscream snarls again as he basically just checks himself into the wall, missing Di entirely. "Oh yes, we've had our fair share of run ins prior to this, I'll give you that much." He can feel her hanging off his side, and he punches past his hip with the corresponding arm in the hopes of catching her without sustaining any further damage to himself.

[scribes]

Prior run ins, huh. It really makes her wonder just what the Empress is trying to achieve by sending Signless after some Cybertronians. Di feels like she would have heard of something if a troll were attacking any of the Autobots prior to this but it hasn't come up. Were the Decepticons the only ones being targeted? What is this whole charade really about?

Di's swinging from side to side in hopes of launching herself to an easier to climb spot when Starscream's fist comes her way. She lets out a hiss and quickly tries to throw herself out of harm's way. Unfortunately she doesn't have quiet enough momentum to reach her goal and she falls, landing awkwardly on uneven ground. She rolls and ankle an gets more than a few scrapes as she tries to steady herself and Di figures that now is the time to head out. They are minor injuries but she's already pushing her luck, even at her best.

"Well. I'll be sure to report your dissatisfaction." Hopefully Signless had been smart and gotten out of the city. With or without the forge.

[starscheme]

Starscream doesn't know how to do words at the moment. He just does his best Megatron impression and roars incomprehensibly, letting off as much blaster fire as he can muster in her direction.

[scribes]

Shit, shit, shit. Apparently she had gone too far with the taunting. How the hell was she supposed to know where the line was? Disciple wasn't a taunter! Who the hell would taunt a giant robot? Only stupid people, which apparently she was.

With her injured foot she wasn't quite as speedy as she had been before and the blast of one of his shots came close enough to erupt the ground beneath her. She was sent flying and fell against one of the buildings, banging her head in the process. Knowing that to remain still meant death, Di dizzily forced herself up back to her feet, throwing herself through one of the building's windows that had long since been broken.