IHQ Training Room

This large, heavily armored chamber lies between the Troop Hall and the Officers Hall. Large double doors lead to either hall, so that the high command might enter at their leisure to watch the training bouts. Two small stairways lead to armored observation areas, one above each of the entryways. A standard training drone waits next to the troop entrance until activated. The walls, while heavily armored and shielded, also contain holo-projectors, weapons mounts, shield generators, and cameras, allowing for any opponent or environment to be simulated, while also allowing those present within the armored observation area to watch and record what goes on beneath them.

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Training Drone

Obvious exits:

South <S> leads to IHQ Troop Hall.

East <E> leads to IHQ Officers Hall.

Scrapper arrives from the IHQ Troop Hall to the south.

Scrapper has arrived.

Long Haul is taking a break from carrying various things from various point As to various point Bs, because he's had just about all he can stand of that for the moment, so instead he's taking out his irritation with his job, his brothers, his life, the Empire, the universe, and so on, and so on, and so forth, on a helpless drone. Well, not exactly a helpless drone, as it has weapons. The Constructicon swings a fist at the drone, right at the center of the thing.

You strike Training Drone with Fists of Black.

Training Drone emits, "7 points of damage done."

You evade Training Drone's cannon attack.

Scrapper is the bringer of bad news! Hey, he's the Constructicon foreman, and someone has to wander around every now and then and remind the Constructicons that they actually have jobs to do. Nevermind that in telling the others to go work he's not actually getting any work done. He doesn't actually pay any attention to what Long Haul's doing and starts right off, "We're low on potentiometers again..."

Long Haul turns around to glo- to fro- uh... to think unpleasant thoughts in Scrapper's direction, the action of turning, by complete accident, moving him out of the way of the drone's cannon. "What?!?" he exclaims. "Already? I just transported a load of those in five cycles ago! Whaddyaguys doing with the things, /eatin'/ 'em?"

But they're so tasty with jam! Not that Long Haul would ever be able to catch Scrapper eating potentiometers, as he doesn't have a mouth. Scrapper narrows his optic band and needles, "You obviously didn't bring in a big enough load, then.

"Last time I brought in a box that big, it lasted five astromonths!" grumbled the other. Finally he waves a hand. "It can wait another hour or two. We're low, not out." With that he turns around and rabbit punches the drone.

You strike Training Drone with Double Fisted Rabbit Punch.

Training Drone emits, "13 points of damage done."

You evade Training Drone's special attack.

Scrapper looks at Long Haul disdainfully and postulates, "And what if the high command rolls in all busted up and needing new potentiometers? Do you want to be the one to tell them that we don't have enough potentiometers for all of them?"

Long Haul turns around again, once more accidentally avoiding an attack. Boy, he'll be in trouble if he ever actually pays attention to the thing. "Whut, all at once? If they were doin' something like that, we'd have already heard about it. And you wouldn't be here pesterin' me, anyways. Besides, y'gotta be exaggerating. I checked on the potentmo- petontmo- those things just a couple days ago. We had plenty!"

Scrapper waggles a finger disapprovingly and snaps, in a schoolmaster's tone, "If you can't even say what they are, how do you know what we have enough of them? For all I know, you've got them mixed up with petrol-derived products."

Because he can read the labels on the boxes, even if he can't say 'em out loud. After all, a supply officer doesn't need to know what something does to keep it in stock! Long Haul grunts. "Well, if you're /that/ worried about me gettin' 'em mixed up with somethin' else, than why don't you get them yerself?" With that the dump truck former spins gracelessly back around and backhands the drone, this time imagining it to be Scrapper.

You strike Training Drone with Backhand.

Training Drone emits, "7 points of damage done."

You evade Training Drone's plasma attack.

Scrapper looks shocked. Him go get something himself? If Scrapper could go get things on his own, his brother wouldn't have a job! Devastator wouldn't be able to sit down without Long Haul, so they can't have that. Scrapper scowls and shakes his head, "Don't be such a pain about this. It's not as if you're doing anything important."

Rather than turning back around completely Long Haul just turns his head to look back at his brother, the movement once more causing the drone to miss. "I'm takin' a break! I been haulin' stuff all day!" As the plasma blast goes past the Construction tilts his head and radiates puzzlement for a moment, bringing his arm up to scratch the back of his domed cranium. He jerks his thumb at the drone. "Hey, y'think this thing's glitched or somethin'? I ain' even been tryin' to dodge and it hasn't hit me yet."

Scrapper finally pays a bit of attention to what Long Haul's doing and peers at the training drone. He shudders slightly and shakes his head. Scrapper explains, "Long Haul, we don't question these things. The moment you start asking why is the moment the drone starts hitting you."

Like gremlins? Only a non-tech like Long Haul wouldn't know about the thing. "Well, let's test it, then." He brings up one of his heavy feet to kick the drone, shouting, "Why?!" at the thing.

Training Drone evades your Dump Truck Foot attack.

You are temporarily incapacitated by Training Drone's special attack.

Long Haul is momentarily dazed by the drone's attack, causing him to stumble back and grumble incoherently.

Scrapper covers his face with his hands. Did Long Haul listen to a word that he said? Of course not. Then he places his hands on his hips, glares at Long Haul, and says rather loudly, "Didn't I just tell you not to do that? And look, didn't it do just what I said it would?"

Scrapper strikes you with thwap! Never ask "Why?" for 6 points of damage.

Long Haul raises his arm in a useless attempt to ward off the attack. "Hey! Wuzzat... why'd you do that?" the dump truck growls, taking a couple of steps back and shaking his head vigorously in an attempt to clear it. "Why, I oughtta..." of course, he's in no condition to attack just yet, but between the clenching of his fists and his general stance, he's probably about to once he recovers.

"Because you didn't listen to me!" Scrapper shouts, tossing his arms in the air. He feels like shaking Long Haul. He's been a Constructicon this long and he doesn't know not to invoke Murphytron's law? That's beyond stupid. That's mind-boggling. So Scrapper does indeed lunge forward and try to shake some sense into him.

Scrapper succeeds in grasping Long Haul, throwing him off-balance.

"Hey! Cutitout!" Long Haul shouts as he's grabbed and shaken back and forth. Rattle-rattle-rattle! "I said, CUT IT OUT!" he repeats himself, bringing his arms up and pushing out at Scrapper, trying to both get his brother to let him go and knock him away rather forcefully at the same time.

You strike Scrapper with Back Off, Bro!.

Scrapper staggers back. He stares at Long Haul incredulously and sputters, "I give you some good advice, you ignore it, and then you get surly on me? Well!" He swings a leg at Long Haul, the ingrate.

Scrapper strikes you with Kicking the enemy to Scrap for 3 points of damage.

Long Haul is always surly! This hardly started when Scrapper arrived! He doesn't stumble back at the kick because, well... it's a pretty damned weak kick. "What was /that/ s'posed to be? Y'trying to insult me or something? And besides, you HIT ME FIRST!" And with that Long Haul tries to emphasize his point in an attempt to backhand Scrapper, just like he had done to the drone not too long ago.

Scrapper evades your Wuss! attack.

Scrapper ducks out of the way of his brother's backhand and glowers. He hisses, fairly biting out the words despite not having any teeth, "I hit you first because you are wilfully ignorant and deserve a smack!" Besides, this is all in a training room, so not only does Scrapper not have to worry about getting reprimanded for infighting, but he doesn't have to fix Long Haul when this is over. Joy! He lunges forward again, looking to box Long Haul on the...audio sensors? Something like that.

Scrapper strikes you with Looking to Scavenge some Autoparts for 10 points of damage.

Long Haul stumbles back this time, his non-ears ringing. That DID hurt! "Hey! Wuzza... ooooo! You'll pay for that!" snarls the other, despite not having a mouth. 'You'll pay for that'. Be careful, folks, we're going into wit overload here! Long Haul continues back for several paces and then transforms before rolling right for his brother and leader.

Long Haul folds in on himself and transforms into a dump truck.

You strike Scrapper with Oooo, You’ll Pay For That.

Scrapper recoils as a big ol' dump truck smacks right into him. Oh, that hurt. Virtual chunks of lime green armour chip off and are inadvertently crunched under foot. Getting a bit of a running start, he tries to bash into the front cabin of the dump truck. If verbal advice doesn't work, then maybe a physical schoolin' will. Although more likely Scrapper will just get himself beat silly.

Scrapper strikes you with Bonecrushing Smash for 12 points of damage.

Dump Truck <Long Haul> gets his cabin virtually knocked in by Scrapper! That hurt, too! Maybe he shouldn't have made fun of his kick... not that that'll keep him from doing so again in the future. Rather than answering he transforms and tries to make a grab for Scrapper, intent on holding him down and pounding some... some... some 'stop breaking up Long Haul's traning sessions over stoopid ponten- peton- things!'-edness into him.

The dump truck stretches out and unfolds into Long Haul.

Long Haul succeeds in grasping Scrapper, throwing it off-balance.

Ironically, it's not like Scrapper's arrival really caused a long stop in Long Haul's 'beating on stuff'-ness; it just shifted the target. Now grabbed by his brother, the structural engineer tries to wriggle out of the other Constructicon's grip. To that end, he transforms, trying to bring down his shovel on Long Haul as he does.

In a simple, utilitarian transformation, Scrapper becomes a payloader. His lower legs fold over his thighs. His arms tuck along his sides. His head retracts into his body, and his shovel folds down into place.

You evade Scrapper's slap attack.

Long Haul catches Scrapper's shovel and grunts, keeping it from slamming down on him. Slowly, ever so slowly, he stands up, grunting as he does so. With one final push he forces Scrapper's shovel away and tries to overturn him hard enough to do a good bit of damage... a failure here more than likely means that he didn't put quite enough force into the push or some such, and his brother was able to avoid serious damage. His player will let Scrapper's player figure it out.

You strike Scrapper with Wall And Floor.

Scrapper is flipped over and hits the floor hard, his canopy buckling. Argh, he could be back in the med bay, enjoying having a full stash of potentiometers, but noo... He transforms again and, spinning on the floor, tries to kick Long Haul's feet out from under him to send him crashing to the floor.

The payloader unfolds into robotic form. His lower legs rotate away, revealing his upper legs. His arms come out from his side. His shovel flips onto his back. Finally, his head emerges from his torso, completing the transformation.

Scrapper strikes you with Kicking the enemy to Scrap for 4 points of damage.

Long Haul's leg is kicked, but it's not enough to unbalance him. "What is that? Y'call that a kick? This is a kick!" With that the supply officer raises his own right foot and attempts to bring it down on his brother, intending to educate his senior officer on what a PROPER kick should feel like.

You have set the custom name for attack kick in mode 1 to "This Is A Kick."

Scrapper evades your This Is A Kick attack.

Scrapper scrapes himself off the floor, shovel drooping with the pain of accumulated damage. He's up just in time to avoid Long Haul's lesson in the fine art of kicking. He rasps tauntingly, "It'd be a better kick if it connected!" Then Scrapper gets out his energon-sword. It may be admitting defeat to resort to weapons and it may only encourage Long Haul to use stronger attack, but hey, Scrapper's not known for tactics. He swings the sword up high and brings it down for an over-head smash.

Scrapper strikes you with Instrument of Construction for 11 points of damage.

But Long Haul doesn't have any weapons! He just has a pathetic little laser! And... wait a minute... The sword come down, biting into the left cheek-guard of his non-face. He brings his hand up and makes a hissing noise. "Why, you... you... CHEAT! I'll show you!" With that he transforms once more, rolls back a bit, and.... oh, goodness. Guess what he's aiming in his brother's direction?

Long Haul folds in on himself and transforms into a dump truck.

Scrapper evades your Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter! attack.

Scrapper throws himself out of the way just as soon as he sees that Long Haul's transforming. He doesn't want to get run over again, no sirree. This is handy, because it means the rockets miss him. He parries back, "I don't seem to recall us ever declaring any rules!" As if to confirm that statement, he gets out his own ranged weapon and points it in the direction of his truckly brethren.

You evade Scrapper's Devastating blast attack.

When his attack misses Scrapper, Long Haul backs up again and turns to follow his running brother, intending to do exactly what Scrapper had been worried he was going to do to begin with. It is this motion that allows him to evade Scrappers attack. What? Surely you don't expect he dodged as a dump truck, do you? With that he shifts gears and roars forward, trying to slam his brother against the wall. "Oh... just shuttup!"

You strike Scrapper with Brotherly Love.

Scrapper smacks into the wall, with the sound of pressurized parts being forcefully depressurized against their will. Dazed and hurting, the Constructicon decides that he has had enough of being run over by surly green dump trucks for today. He decides to leave now, while he can still walk out, rather than a) running out in terror or b) needing to be carried out. Scrapper stands slowly, joints creaking, and, fancies that he at least has a shred or two of dignity intact. He points at the drone and yells, "Fine! Ask it 'Why?' and see if I care when you get cannoned!" Then, he makes to storm out of the training room.

Dump Truck <Long Haul> gloats as Scrapper leaves, despite having no obvious gloating mechanisms. Sure, as soon as he's done he'll be heading out to pick out those potentiometers, but in the meanwhile, he might as well enjoy his momentary victory. As the other heads to the door he backs up and turns towards the drone, somehow seeming to eye it curiously despite being truck at the moment. Finally he runs forward at it, shouting "Why?!" as he does. Just to see...

You strike Training Drone with Why?.

Training Drone emits, "17 points of damage done."

You evade Training Drone's cannon attack.