Ep 1 - Chinese Whispers - Open
Aug 25, 2012 10:53:43 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 10:53:43 GMT -5
<< It's a game within a game! Ok, this is how this works - anyone who is NOT a Decepticon officer rank is welcome to jump in. If you don't have a con character, that's fine, just jump in with any randomly named or serial number Eradicon.
Your job is to take whatever rumor was in the last tag and pass it along with embellishments/misunderstandings/twists, whatever you can think of. It has to bear some resemblance to whatever the last version was, but feel free to get crazy and build on it. This is the Decepticon rank and file rumor mill at its best! This is the gossip that travels the Nemesis hallways and lurks in the mess hall and barracks! If this doesn't grow into something worthy of a G1 plotline with purple gryphons and people catching rides on Starscream by the end of it then we aren't doing it right. XD
So, to recap:
1) No 'Con officers, sorry!
2) Everyone feel free to join in with random NPC 'Cons
3) You must embellish and change whatever rumor came from the last tag but since this is about everyone's favorite infiltrator please keep it Barricade-centric.
4) The next person to tag does NOT have to tag as whoever was listening to the last rumor - you can have heard it from that listener and are passing it on to someone else.
5) There is no posting order, we're not doing this in repeating rounds. You can come back for another turn as a different 'Con, but let's keep the rumor mill spreading.
6) The game/thread will eventually end with Downforce, who will pass it to Breakdown, who will pass it to Knock Out. So until it's reached epic levels of ridiculous and DF jumps in as himself (I won't use this account again until then), feel free to keep coming up with crazier stuff! ^_^ >>
"...no, I'm completely serious!" The exclamation was already low volume but the speaker was immediately hushed by his fellows and for a few kliks after there was nothing but industrious hands at work in the blasted and blown out section of corridor that the group of Eradicons were busy patching. Multiple crimson visors darted wary glances up and down the length of the hall but there was no one else paying attention to the little work party and after a bit the original speaker hissed a low burst of static before starting again, just barely loud enough to be heard over the spark and crackle of a welding torch.
"I'm serious. I heard it from Friederich..."
"Friederich makes scrap up," one of the others interjected sharply.
"Maybe, but he was in medbay when it happened!" the first Eradicon insisted. "And I asked Ivan, who was there too, and he confirmed it. Lieutenant Barricade just shows up out of nowhere, right in the middle of those fragging 'Bots, and nobody knows where he's been or what he's been doing. Then Commander Starscream confronts him in medbay, right in front of everyone, accuses him of being with the 'Bots all this time and arrests the Lieutenant for treason!"
"You are so full of slag," one of the others hissed. "The Lieutenant is loyal to Lord Megatron, everyone knows that. He would never..."
"So you're calling Commander Starscream a liar?" a third interrupted. The rest of the group shushed him, glancing around again, the little knot of workers huddling closer as they lowered their voices. "The Lieutenant has been missing," the third noted ominously.
"He's always off on missions, no surprise there," the second countered.
"But he did show up right when the 'Bots bridged in," the third pointed out. "And how did those slag sucking fraggers find the Nemesis anyways? Maybe the Commander's right, maybe Barricade came in with them..."
"Hey," the first said, hands raised, "I'm just telling you what I heard..."
Your job is to take whatever rumor was in the last tag and pass it along with embellishments/misunderstandings/twists, whatever you can think of. It has to bear some resemblance to whatever the last version was, but feel free to get crazy and build on it. This is the Decepticon rank and file rumor mill at its best! This is the gossip that travels the Nemesis hallways and lurks in the mess hall and barracks! If this doesn't grow into something worthy of a G1 plotline with purple gryphons and people catching rides on Starscream by the end of it then we aren't doing it right. XD
So, to recap:
1) No 'Con officers, sorry!
2) Everyone feel free to join in with random NPC 'Cons
3) You must embellish and change whatever rumor came from the last tag but since this is about everyone's favorite infiltrator please keep it Barricade-centric.
4) The next person to tag does NOT have to tag as whoever was listening to the last rumor - you can have heard it from that listener and are passing it on to someone else.
5) There is no posting order, we're not doing this in repeating rounds. You can come back for another turn as a different 'Con, but let's keep the rumor mill spreading.
6) The game/thread will eventually end with Downforce, who will pass it to Breakdown, who will pass it to Knock Out. So until it's reached epic levels of ridiculous and DF jumps in as himself (I won't use this account again until then), feel free to keep coming up with crazier stuff! ^_^ >>
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"...no, I'm completely serious!" The exclamation was already low volume but the speaker was immediately hushed by his fellows and for a few kliks after there was nothing but industrious hands at work in the blasted and blown out section of corridor that the group of Eradicons were busy patching. Multiple crimson visors darted wary glances up and down the length of the hall but there was no one else paying attention to the little work party and after a bit the original speaker hissed a low burst of static before starting again, just barely loud enough to be heard over the spark and crackle of a welding torch.
"I'm serious. I heard it from Friederich..."
"Friederich makes scrap up," one of the others interjected sharply.
"Maybe, but he was in medbay when it happened!" the first Eradicon insisted. "And I asked Ivan, who was there too, and he confirmed it. Lieutenant Barricade just shows up out of nowhere, right in the middle of those fragging 'Bots, and nobody knows where he's been or what he's been doing. Then Commander Starscream confronts him in medbay, right in front of everyone, accuses him of being with the 'Bots all this time and arrests the Lieutenant for treason!"
"You are so full of slag," one of the others hissed. "The Lieutenant is loyal to Lord Megatron, everyone knows that. He would never..."
"So you're calling Commander Starscream a liar?" a third interrupted. The rest of the group shushed him, glancing around again, the little knot of workers huddling closer as they lowered their voices. "The Lieutenant has been missing," the third noted ominously.
"He's always off on missions, no surprise there," the second countered.
"But he did show up right when the 'Bots bridged in," the third pointed out. "And how did those slag sucking fraggers find the Nemesis anyways? Maybe the Commander's right, maybe Barricade came in with them..."
"Hey," the first said, hands raised, "I'm just telling you what I heard..."