[Video] Hey, it's a Giant...um, no, /BLUE/ Griffon! 8D

[notyourblueangel]

[Have a . . . very strange creature glaring at the camera.  When it speaks though, the deep baritone gives it - him - away, if the coloration didn't.]

All right, I won't ask the obvious.  I can guess well enough what's happened - the widespread metamorphoses finally caught up with me.  I do have one question, though.

[He lifts a four-digit paw, studying the long, curving, ultra-sharp talons - a thick, muscular tail thumping in irritation on the ground behind him - before he turns back to the camera.]

Can someone tell me what in the smelting fires of the Pit this body is supposed to be?  It seems confused between an bird and a . . . I think a cat of some sort.  [grumbles]  And I want my wings back.  My wings, not these...filament-covered...appendages.  [Said "appendages" ruffle and flutter in reaction.]

First-forged, with all due respect, I hope an answer to all this nonsense is coming.  Soon.

[He reaches to turn off his comm, but . . . long talons are ill-equiped to press buttons without either slipping off to either side between keys or scratching and trying to poke through the target key.  Finally, though, he manages.]



((ooc: LOL believe it or not, no, I had NOT been thinking about this when I requested TC's shift.  XD;;;  A friend pointed it out this afternoon when I showed them the drawing.  I died.  XD))

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[warp]

[Eyeing the surrounding landscape, Skywarp grinned.]

If ya can't do it, and I don't catch you in time, there'll be a soft landing at least.

[The portal, this time opened up right in front of Thundercracker. And Skywarp was... somewhat aware that for organic things, landing in water at speed wasn't "soft" at all, but it didn't matter. It wasn't as if he'd actually let Thundercracker hit the surface of the lake if he really couldn't make use of his wings.

Enjoy appearing a full few miles above the lake if you dare to step through the portal, TC?]

[notyourblueangel]

[Thundercracker didn't know for sure, but he'd heard that hitting a water surface at any kind of speed was . . . well, a really bad thing. But what could he do? Besides, when push came to shove - as foolish as some might to tell say it was - he did trust Skywarp and knew the mech could catch him.]

[He looked around out and up above him, trying to spot the other end of the warp anomaly, but he couldn't find it. Oh, well . . . here went nothing! With a resolute grunt, he jumped through the portal - ]

[ - into instant freefall! He'd guessed there'd be no ground under him on the other side. What he hadn't counted on was the fact that, with nothing to put his front feet on, he'd not remain "upright" but wind up DIVING headfirst! Frantic, he twisted and flipped his body, wings flapping madly, till he got himself more or less leveled off and could properly spread his wings at the same time. The wind caught under them and . . . gliding! He was GLIDING! Maybe this would work after all!]

[warp]

[A bit of a miscalculation, that - maybe, anyway, since as soon as he saw what had happened, Skywarp laughed even as he dived to catch up, and then passed Thundercracker before the not-Seeker had managed to get some sort of control over what he was doing.

Aiming upwards again, Skywarp ended up flying on his back underneath Thundercracker, smirking.]

Not so bad, was it?

[notyourblueangel]

[Thundercracker craned his head down a bit, careful not to upset his precarious balance.]

This is serviceable. It'd be better if I knew I could steer, though-AH!

[A wrong twitch of muscles and his wings folded on him. He dropped onto Skywarp, massive claws and talons unintentionally digging into seams and joints for purchase as he scrabbled on reflex to keep from falling off his wingmate. With a squawk of frustrated determination, he launched himself once more, powerful back legs shoving off from Skywarp's canopy as the not-Seeker stretched his wings out once more, legs tucked up underneath him. Flapping a few times, he managed to stay aloft. Then he experimented, tilting the angle of his wings just a little, squawking again in victory as he banked around to one side.]