[VIDEO] [TRANSMISSION ORIGINATING FROM: SOLIAN TEMPLE] - SECOND OFFENSE

[namesnotprowl]

[For once, Barricade's video is on. Look at that full-color spikey cop car, backing up from the camera slightly. He's in his quarters, which are looking more finished than they had. Still not entirely complete, of course, but the washrack is done! FINALLY.

But today, Barricade is all-business. Or all-scientist, rather.]

This is Barricade, of TransTech-designated timestream Tyran 707.04 Delta, with test 01 of Unauthorized Upgrade 03.

I woke up yesterday and performed my usual post-recharge scan and found new equipment in my legs. Someone must have gotten hold of my designs for an upgrade to my legs that I never implimented while rebuilding them.

They have proven nonresponsive to normal activation methods but. I believe I have it figured out now.

Attempt One.

[He exvents, the sound chuffing out from the underside of his grill and... he speaks.]

Seagulls at Kmart
Are they keen bargain shoppers
or lost in the flock

[A set of thrusters rotate out of his calves, activating. He hovers about three feet above the ground for a bit... until the thrusters open up completely and he shoots straight out of shot.]

OH FRAG ME!

Thatseagullhaiku
wasflippin'hilarious
restoredorigins!

[There's a sound like thrusters shutting off... and a scream before he plummets back into shot, landing in a heap. Barricade groans.]

Conclusion: If I was meant to fly, I would have been originally formatted with wings.

Comments

[namesnotprowl]

[He can at least see the humor in it. After all, he had to recite poetry in the first place to get them to even work.]

Heh. Afraid the closest I have to wings are these - [And he waggles the 'wings' on his back that are made of the glass windows of his two car mode doors.] - which I don't think qualify me t'fly.

I never thought I'd actually have thrusters installed, anyway. I... ain't a big fan of in-atmosphere flight.

[Read: it makes him shriek like a small child.]

Just thought I'd give these a test-run since they randomly appeared.

[invisiblepinkboat]

Yeah, those don't look like they'd cut it, I don't think.

[But the waggling was admittedly cute.]

Seems something strange's going around, the last few days... I suddenly got a set of hover mechanism on me. While still being a boat.

[Elita shook her helm, baffled, even if it'd been a great relief and fun to be able to use her altmode on land to get around again.]

And well, at least you didn't try them outside then. They seemed rather powerful, so who knows for far they'd have managed to take you before you turned them off.

[Which also meant Barricade would have fallen a lot further.]

[namesnotprowl]

Hover mechanisms? Well, doesn't sound like a bad thing for a boat, really. And they didn't end with wacky hijinks?

[Now that is weird. The rest of the mobility upgrades he's seen - including his - seemed to lead to wacky hijinks.]

Don't know that I would've liked going head-first into the ceiling, though. Managed t'deactivate them before that happened, at least. Might ought to put down cushions if I want to try this again.

[invisiblepinkboat]

No, nothing weird at all, though they don't seem strong enough to give me all the maneuverability I'd want or need, which means even a relatively small obstacle leads to... issues.

[As she'd noticed the first time, driving into the rock formation sticking up instead of having the power to go above it, and went careening off the side. After that, however, she'd been more careful.]

Well... [She trails off, and while she doesn't laugh, she raises a hand to her face to hide her smile. Even though her optics flash briefly and that's harder to hide.] It was your head, or your behind.

I'd be impressed if you found enough cushions to cover the floor area we have in these rooms.

[Since they were obviously made for mechs around fifty feet tall, which gave a lot of extra room for anyone who wasn't.]