[Open][Shot like a Micheal Bay movie]

[skidaddle]

[While Skids might never admit openly that he likes showing off...he likes showing off. He likes the way gravity works, he likes the way you can calculate trajectories using different forces to turn unconventional weapons--such as, say, the dead body of a half-transformed comrade--into deadly flying time-bombs waiting to explode. He likes target practice, and he likes aerial maneuvers. He likes flower arranging, and he likes haberdashery. He likes skills he hasn't learned yet.]

...

[Right now, he likes ramps. While he is positive that this chunk of motor-vehicular-catastrophe fell through the lambda from some sadistic circus, he is not going to look a gift-cart under the axles. It is not his fault that a wicked half-pike with a 360 degree loop now exists on the edge of the junk pile, but it would be sinful not to at least try it once. He has even outfitted the end of the ramp with a pile of logs--though why he has done this will remain a mystery unless you see the video through to its end.]

Just in case this does not go as I expect it to, I have a few announcements to make.

First--I seem to be cured. Most of you know this, but I'm making it official. Pharma got rid of the problematic 'devouring the energon of the living' thing.

[Even if he still had the mandibles. Win some, lose some. He'd win more if he got to torment Prowl with them later.]

Second--since we've had a number of new folks...Hi. I'm Skids. Ex-Diplomat, Autobot, and in charge of the Zoning Commitee. I've seen a number of you talking about feeling marginalized, so I invite you to contact Black Arachnia and join one of our Special Committees.

Making a difference starts here.

[The application is attached.]

Third--Nexus is possibly the best Firstforged, and...

Fourth--I leave my possessions to the Road Crew, Dead End, Chromedome, and Perceptor. Here goes.

[At which point he transforms, and rolls sloooowly to the edge of the concrete jungle with the loop-de-loop at the end. For the rest--]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[For the rest there is the sound of tires on pavement, an engine roaring, glass breaking, and...just after the sky turns into the ground and the ground turns into the sky, there is an explosion which comes from underneath the logs.

You can see them in the video, flying in the path of Skid's just-launched descent like a game of deadly frogger gone horribly awry. Logs. Everywhere. Falling.

Then, there is the sound of transformation. Just once.

The sea of logs parts, and is followed by a cloud of splinters...and what lands on the ground just beyond is either an attrocity--or the coolest thing ever.]



I did mention that Nexus was the best First-forged, didn't I?

[Meet Skid's second alt-mode--a wood shredder. Also, he may have broken more than one strut trying this, but he is not going to ruin the moment now.]

Comments

[needlefingers]

[That earns a standing ovation.]

Bravo! I give it a 10 on style but a 9 on everything else.

Needs more explosions. Just sayin'.

[skidaddle]

I did briefly consider applying a flammable polymer to the surface of the track so that the friction of my tires would light my skid-marks on fire...

but I couldn't find a polymer.

[Truly there is no god. Or, well, no god except Primus and Unicron and the 13 or so Firstforged.]

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[gtfostalker]

[brb, much applause]

I agree, Nexus is the best FirstForged. And it is good to hear that you have been cured! Robotic Bloodsuckers do not seem much better than normal Bloodsuckers... even if they are good company for non-robots.

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[skidaddle]

It is nice to be me again!

And if binding myself to this place comes with these sorts of consequences, I'll be making more under-the-table deals soon.

Okay, not that soon.

Ow.

[Excuse him, he's having trouble figuring out how to transform back.]

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

Heh . . . if I find out a medic's digging splinters out of your unmentionables for the next week after this, Skids, I will laugh. Hard.

[This is Thundercracker being friendly, albeit enjoying some humor at your expense.]

[Video]

[skidaddle]

I remember hearing something about sawdust in engines...

Looks like I'll be putting it to the test.

[He might be coughing, a little, as said dust settles.]

Is this what it's like to fly?

[Video]

[thankyou4myheart]

That's . . . ah . . . impressive.

[He can think of a few other adjectives too, but he'll be diplomatic here. Skids doesn't appear hurt, and he /does/ appear to be enjoying himself, so...]

[Video]

[skidaddle]

If I didn't try it, someone else would.

...

That probably isn't the best reason to try soemthing, is it.

[video]

[badboybikerbot]

Wow, okay. Sure. If I ever need any trees cleared, I'll know who to call.

[Yeah Gunmax finds nothing cool about this wow. WOW.]

[video]

[skidaddle]

I know a forest of couches that have swallowed many a wayward traveller.

[Liar.]

If we shred them, we can make a runaway truck ramp.

[Are you up for some fun?]

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[redshirtrobot]

Woah, that's pretty cool! And those treads are probably pretty handy, too. Hope you didn't break anything though, that looked dangerous... and unpracticable.

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[skidaddle]

I think I broke everything.

[Ouch.]

It was worth it.

We need a road that comes straight here.

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[sciencetank]

You leave your what--!

[Before he can finish that strangled yelp, the transformation happens. There's a few strangled sounds of protest, but it's all happening before he can finish a single one.]

[And then...]

[Well.]

[That's. That sure is a thing.]

What are you -- what was that? What is that!

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[skidaddle]

My collection of small, porcelain horned equines...!!

[It's a new battle-cry, but it's still better than his personal motto.]

...

I am Skids. I am still alive, that was a full 360 degree concrete loop built by a mad genius who I will never be fortunate enough to meet, and THIS...

I...

I think it is supposed to shred rigid organic material like wood.

Also, I'm keeping the unicorns.

[young_upstart]

What in Cybertron was th-

...

....was that a track with a loop?

[skidaddle]

It might be.

[It totally is. Isn't it awesome?]

Something to not try if you ever get your ice wheels back. However, seeing as those are flames on your chest...

Care to give it a go?

[neverputincharge]

Whoa, good job Skids. [He applauds.] Not sure what that is you turned into, though. But, uh...you okay after doin' tat?

[skidaddle]

You know, I wasn't sure at first either. Nexus gave me the device, and then it sort of happened.

It has blades, and it shreds. I think we can find a use for it on the road crew, right?

[video]

[originaldragoon]

It seems like seeking insane thrills is a constant across species...

[video]

[skidaddle]

One I hope you've participated in?

[im_wavin]

Ooooo That totes looked like fun!!!

[skidaddle]

It was!

And just as soon as I pop a few struts back into place, you and I can try it. Together.

Unless you've got your own wheels?

[dinnerdate]

...

You're going to kill yourself.

[skidaddle]

I have a greater than 50 percent chance of returning from the dead!

Maybe without extra tentacles this time.

[deadlydoctor]

I give you an 8 if only because you didn't break your neck join. [A+, would watch again.]


How did Pharma cure you? [He's half relieved half jelly he couldn't figure out himself.]

[skidaddle]

If I had, then you'd never get to know what item I was planning on leaving you.

[It is a secret, shhh.]

Pharma performed a full energon transplant. It removed all of the taint, though it...didn't get rid of some of the other changes.

[Namely, the mandibles.]

[glass_secret]

Going to start selling tickets for that ride?

[skidaddle]

The first one is free. Care for a go?

[Anyone who enjoys a bit of adventure is fine by him.]

[littlecrowgirl]

...




Where have you been all my life.

[skidaddle]

I have been...uh.

..

You know, let me get back on that one to you.

Does Kagerou know you're calling?

[He's seen the network--he knows who your guardian is...and he knows that what he is about to propose is not something Kagerou should get wind of.]

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

That is a worse alt-mode than Rewind's.

[video]

[skidaddle]

Care to put your hand in and say that again?