[Video] Arms Race

[dirge]

[Dirge seems to be holding the drone like a selfie cam, even though its perfectly capable of floating at any angle on its own. He seems to be too excited to remember that.]

Today is a very good day. I knew following the light colors would lead me to something shiny.

[He turns the drone to the left revealing what looks like an honest to goodness pot o' gold.]

Yes, it is gold. And yes, its all mine. I've heard humans place high value on this particular ore. I can understand why- not only is it very pretty, but it tastes great. [Yup, he's been eating it. Maybe that's why his tongue is all sparkly?]

The gold isn't the only thing I found though... [Dirge's grin grows wide as he finally lets go of the drone, allowing it to float back a bit.]

There was also a strange little organic. Smaller than adult humans. Spoke funny. I was going to keep him but he offered me something if I let him go.

[Dirge lifts his arms in a shrugging motion and two more unfold from behind his back. He seems incredibly pleased with them.]

A wish! I've always thought having more arms would make everything easier- grab twice the stuff, put things away twice as fast, hold two times more things at once. Not to mention, two times the claws.

[He flexes them all to demonstrate-- twenty wicked teal knives are nothing to sneer at.]

Time to try these out in the warehouse~

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[but son of a bitch]

[diagnosispuberty]

-- did you seriously just eat that.

[Video]

[dirge]

Earlier, yes. I'm still debating on how much more to eat before I sell or keep the rest.

Interested?

Re: [Video]

[diagnosispuberty]

How...that...digestion? Is that a thing? For you?

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[dirge]

Oh, yes. It would be difficult if everything I ate just...hung around in there.

[He'd probably end up using it for storage.]

First the Sam Witch assumes I do not have the ability to taste, and now you wonder if I can digest my food?

Why do humans think they are the only ones who eat? [Granted, his diet is....a little different from other cybertronians.]

[Video]

[diagnosispuberty]

Well, you are made of metal, dude--

[Waaaait, back up and freeze.] Did you say there's a witch here?

[the_other_green_seeker]

[This post right here? These kind of things are why Jadewing thinks you're an idiot, Dirge.]

You do realize that you can't transform with those extra arms, right? And did you seriously just eat chunks of gold?

[Not that Cybertronians can't process gold, but it's usually only consumed in very small amounts as part of expensive confections, rarely seen since the war started. It's too scarce and too useful otherwise to be reduced to a common snack.]

[dirge]

[Dirge is...not the brightest.]

I can. They just sort of... hang out. But their benefits outweigh any negatives as far as I can see.

[The clone grins and hefts a piece of gold.] It's delicious. Really rich. You can't have any.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Which is probably going to totally frag up your flight balance...

[Sigh]

Fine by me; I don't want to consume it, at least not in solid chunks like that. How much of it have you eaten, anyway?

[dirge]

....I didn't think about that. [Whoops. Oh well. He'll have to figure that out when the time comes.]

Good, 'cause its mine. [Dirge glances at the pot.] About half. Why?

[the_other_green_seeker]

Yeah, I didn't figure you had.

[Winglets. Oi.]

...And if you've eaten that much gold, you'd best not eat any more. Takes a long time to process gold, since it's so heavy, and you want to leave room for actual fuel in your tank too. And speaking of which, if you don't have a strong fuel tank you're probably gonna be pretty uncomfortable later once all that gold settles.

[notyourblueangel]

Dirge . . . you . . . what . . . ?

[Wow, congrats, sparkling. He can't even words now.]

[Video]

[dirge]

Count them. Four arms. I'm so happy. [He waves them all at the camera for TC.]

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

[flat]

I can see that.

I'm almost afraid to ask, but what exactly do you intend to do with extra appendages like that?

Also, if you'd REALLY wanted such a thing, I'm sure you could have talked to some of the medics at the hospital. Or maybe that Head Engineer or whatever the frag he's calling himself these days.

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[dirge]

What couldn't I do with them? I can grab /and/ hold twice the stuff now!

And why bother going through the pain and waiting of surgery when I could just wish them into existence?

Besides I.... Well, it was the first thing I kinda blurted out. [Being faced with the prospect of being able to wish for anything had given his processor a very hard time. There were too many things he wanted.]

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

[Just . . . this face. Because he can think of infinitely more useful things to wish for.]

[Video | Shhhhh, I’m not late. What’chu talkin’ about?]

[mercury_gaze]

[She’s reluctant to talk to him...after he’d...taken her....and all...but she finally decides to anyway.]

Won’t the extra arms get in the way?

Re: [Video | Shhhhh, I’m not late. What’chu talkin’ about?]

[dirge]

Hello my treasure~ [You're still his by the way.]

Get in the way of what?

[video]

[mercury_gaze]

[OMG BLUSH! Dirge, you make her feel so...weird. You’re weird....but at least she knows he won’t hurt her?]

U-um...hello.

Well of...anything. Can you even change with them now?

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[dirge]

[This humanoid sure turns red a lot. Wonder what that means.]

Oh. Yes, I can. They just kind of...dangle in jet mode though. [It looks really silly. He hasn't tried flying with them yet either.]

But watch this! [He grabs a few chunks of gold in each hand and performs a rather impressive four armed juggling act.]

Neat, huh?

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[mercury_gaze]

[W-well...you keep saying things like that about her, she doesn’t know what to make of them!]

[She makes a face.] They don’t get in the way?

[Oooo, but the juggling makes her perk.] Oooo, okay, that was really neat.

[Video]

[knight_light]

Well...that’s certainly something new.

[What the scrap, Dirge?]

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[dirge]

It is, isn't it? [He's practically beaming.]

Oh Wing, I need to ask you to do something for me. I can't do it myself even with these extra arms.

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[knight_light]

[And...now he’s a little wary.]

And what would that be?

Re: [Video]

[dirge]

[Dirge turns around and shows his back, reaching over his shoulder as best he can and pointing at one of his long yellow wings.]

I need a repaint. I got some gold stuff from Jadewing and he said I should find a friend to do it for me.