Welcome To The South [Vortex/Open]

[Twister]

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11:00 PM Central Standard Time, Decepticon base, late night arrival
Date: August 8, 2027

Twister landed hard on the "active" runway at the Decepticon base. "Slag, it's bloody hot here." Twister transformed mid hover from her newly acquired alternate mode (the sleek black EC135) and walked casually off the runway. "Gonna have to get used to the weather."

The helicopter femme was irritable. Echos of memories of Autobots were fogging her processor for some reason, and the humidity added to it. She didn't care about having to get used to these flying conditions, as that wouldn't stop her, but it soiled her mood. "I wanna punch something." Twister growled. <"Hey Vortex, guess who's here? Where you at? I need something to punch!">

[Vortex]

Vortex had been busy inspecting and checking over all the tools in his kit, more busy work than anything else. Without an Autobot prisoner, or and unfortunate Decepticon, to keep him occupied, he had to find other things so that he wouldn't get into trouble. He didn't necessarily care about getting into trouble, he just wasn't in the mood at the moment. A familiar comm caught his attention, and he swept his tools into their container. <"Twisty! You finally made it!"> His voice was chipper, despite his slight irritation at the boredom. <"And sorry, we're fresh out of Autobots right now."> He began making his way to entrance to great Twister, a slight skip in his step.

[Twister]

<"Well that's a bummer. Some unlucky Bot is gonna get it good when I do see one."> Twister replied with a grin as she made her way towards the entrance, noticing that he made himself visible there. Twister ran at Vortex as she got his bigger figure in sight, trying to use full forward motion with her rotors to give him a surprised metal-to-metal body slam/tackle. She was always a little rough around the flying Decepticons, and those she liked were usually less surprised by her actions. Those Twister liked took it as a form of affection. Of course she could be gentle, but she was only gentle when she felt she had a reason to be. She was a Decepticon after all - gentle didn't entirely suit her well.

"Hi! - Officially!" the black femme chirped rather enthusiastically as she "flew" full throttle at him.

[Vortex]

Vortex had about enough time to form an "Oh crap" in his head before Twister slammed into him. Despite being taller that Twister, he was lighter, so the force of the tackle pushed him backwards. Unfortunately for Vortex, this also meant that he would fall on his back, which was exactly where his rotor assembly was located. He let out a yelp, followed by a hiss of pain. "Twister...Rotors..."

[Twister]

Twister's red optics blinked, somewhat stoked she had succeeded in the tackle. She had been expecting him.to either withstand it or avoid it like he sometimes had before in the past. Oops...that definitely hadn't been a smart move considering that they both had rotors and she ought to know better! Well, recklessness got the best of her. "Whoops, sorry. I half expected you to evade or withstand the tackle."

She chuckled and offered her hand to help Vortex up, and debated about letting Backfire say hello. She also made a note to herself to not try another tackle again...today.

"So what do you think of this place so far? I have yet to explore much beyond where I landed on the coast earlier today."

(Will fix coding later, posted from ze phone)

[Vortex]

Vortex chuckled as he grabbed Twister's hand and pulled himself up. Once his weight was off the rotor assembly, the pain faded some to a more enjoyable level. "Caught me a bit by surprise, Twisty. You've done it before. Just doesn't happen often." He ruffled his rotors a bit, grinning behind his mask. "And this planet isn't half-bad. Nothing like Cybertron, but it's got it's perks."

[Twister]

Twister helped up the larger helicopter with little effort, it was all in the stance after all. Well for the most part. Anything bigger than Vortex was a challenge for her, as she didn't want to risk ripping off an appendage or damaging her fuselage carrying too big a Cybertronian in flight. All though she could be of help that way, she couldn't go too far beyond her own body mass without hurting herself. Such was the downside of being one of the smaller fliers. "Yeah, the weather patterns sure are weird. Hey, wanna spar? I got a lotta steam to let off, got thoughts to organize. Sometimes it's good to communicate with fists." she shifts into a fighting stance playfully, batting the air with her fists a little. "C'mon whadd'ya say?"

[Vortex]

Vortex chuckled as he stood, his rotors ruffling and twitching. "So long as it's not a Brawl-style spar, why not? I've got nothing better to do." He replied, reaching behind him to grab one of his rotors. The clamps holding it in place in the rotor assembly released, allowing him to safely detach the blade and use it like a sword. He didn't normally do hand-to-hand, even close-range was not very far up his alley.

[Twister]

Twister decided to go light for now, drawing one of her two pole arms that were locked in place near her legs. The pole shifted and extended thin energon-layered blades on the top end of it, which glowed a soft glow. Shifting into a neutral stance, she rose up the pole arm a bit to cover herself more fully with them. She was not one to use her rotors as weapons unless everything else was lost/destroyed/etc. The better in shape they were for flying, the greater chance of survival she had for her size. "I'm a bit too small to fight quite like Brawl. On guard." she replied with a smirk, swiping low in a swift swing towards Vortex's nearest knee. She often targeted low against bigger Decepticons, and Vortex was one of them since he had a rather larger alternate mode than she did.

[Vortex]

Vortex jumped when Twister swung at him, remembering her favored tactics against bots of his size. He grinned, the expression hidden behind his mask and visor. "Come on, Twisty! Don't you have some newer tricks up your sleeve?" He taunted, charging at Twister while slashing out at her.

[Twister]

"Of course!" Twister replied back with a somewhat cocky tone, leaping high into the air and flipping over Vortex to land behind him. "I'm just getting warmed up! Don't make me get out the Battle Axe." she slashed at his back, above the hub, careful avoid it so as to not piss him off, but still let him know that she was indeed taking this seriously and was as maneuverable as ever...

[Vortex]

Vortex felt the brush of the pole against his hub, making him purr. "Heh, yeah. I like to be the one doing the dismantling, not getting dismantled." He chuckled, pivoting as he brought the rotor around to slash at Twister. "I am so calling first dibs on the first AutobotI can get my hands on. Won't kill them, of course. I'll just have a bit of fun, patch them up, then present them to Megatron. You don't think he'll be upset if his meal is a bit...tenderized at first, do you?"