[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~

Comments

[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.

[dirge]

[Huh, so that's why he was feeling fuller than usual on what, to him, was a pitiful amount of food. Not that feeling full has ever stopped him from consuming whatever he can.]

My fuel tank can handle it. [He snorts, banging on his torso with one fist and tossing another chunk of gold into his mouth with the other hand.]

But I wouldn't mind grabbing some energon too. [Dirge taps at his chin with the claws of yet another hand.]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Shrugs]

Suit yourself. Don't say I didn't warn you, though.

[You're gonna regret this later winglet and he's going to have zero sympathy for you when you do.]