Fanfic -- Place Your Bets Now
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dunmurderinTitle: Place Your Bets Now
Originally Posted: February 2, 2007
Word Count: approximately 472 words
Characters: Swindle, Vortex, Starscream, Skywarp
Rating: G/gen
Author's Note: written for Silly Combaticons.
Place Your Bets Now
The music would have been ear-splittingly loud to a human being -- and as it was, it was verging on uncomfortable for nearby Cybertronians, particularly with the sound of four sets of stomping feet keeping time with the music.
Inside, the battle was joined. Swindle and Vortex versus Skywarp and Starscream. A viewscreen at the front of the lounge displayed a pair of digital human images, with arrows scrolling quickly up the screen indicating which directions the dancers' feet were to move: left, right, front, back, and combinations of all of the above.
The players' moves were recorded by sensors in a pair of dance pads and then translated into scores displayed in the upper corners of the screen. A quick glance showed that the two Combaticons were well ahead of the Seekers.
"Place your bets now, you may, you may, hey," sang Vortex as he rocked back and forth, stomping the left and right sensors on his dance pad.
"Wrong lyrics." Swindle sounded chipper, almost conversational as he mimicked Vortex's movements.. "It's 'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei.'"
"Wrong song!" Starscream snarled. "How can you sing a song entirely different from the one you're dancing to!"
"We're just that good," Swindle said as he and Vortex spun, tapping their left-hand arrows twice in quick succession as the song ended and the game tallied their scores.
"A new record!" yelled the game, as the side of the screen displaying Swindle and Vortex's score burst into electronic fireworks.
"We won!" Vortex hopped up and down in a small circle. "We won! We won! YES!"
Swindle grinned, showing all of his dentals as Starscream stomped over to scowl down at him.
"You cheated! I don't know how you did, but you did!" Starscream said.
"Yeah, good luck finding anybody to sympathize that you got taken," Swindle said. "I mean, if anybody should know what I'm like, it should be you, Screamer. Besides, it's not like I'm asking for anything much. You and Warpo just have to dress up like a couple Skyhammer characters for a couple shifts."
"I am NOT dressing up like Skyhammer!" Starscream's face was a mask of fury. "I've had to live with that -- that mockery for too long!"
"Who said anything about you dressing up like Skyhammer?" Swindle made a face. "'Tex? Did you tell Screamer he had to dress up like Skyhammer?"
"Ew, no!" Vortex was still in mid-victory dance. "Who likes Skyhammer?"
"Okay, good, just wanted to make sure," Swindle said. "See, no, Screamer, you guys are gonna be Convoy and Road Rage."
"We will not!"
"Okay, fine...Velocity and Mudball. Unless you want the whole base to know you got your afts handed to you in a dexterity contest by a couple ground-pounders?"
Skywarp looked from Starscream to Swindle. "Dibs on Velocity," he said.
Originally Posted: February 2, 2007
Word Count: approximately 472 words
Characters: Swindle, Vortex, Starscream, Skywarp
Rating: G/gen
Author's Note: written for Silly Combaticons.
The music would have been ear-splittingly loud to a human being -- and as it was, it was verging on uncomfortable for nearby Cybertronians, particularly with the sound of four sets of stomping feet keeping time with the music.
Inside, the battle was joined. Swindle and Vortex versus Skywarp and Starscream. A viewscreen at the front of the lounge displayed a pair of digital human images, with arrows scrolling quickly up the screen indicating which directions the dancers' feet were to move: left, right, front, back, and combinations of all of the above.
The players' moves were recorded by sensors in a pair of dance pads and then translated into scores displayed in the upper corners of the screen. A quick glance showed that the two Combaticons were well ahead of the Seekers.
"Place your bets now, you may, you may, hey," sang Vortex as he rocked back and forth, stomping the left and right sensors on his dance pad.
"Wrong lyrics." Swindle sounded chipper, almost conversational as he mimicked Vortex's movements.. "It's 'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei.'"
"Wrong song!" Starscream snarled. "How can you sing a song entirely different from the one you're dancing to!"
"We're just that good," Swindle said as he and Vortex spun, tapping their left-hand arrows twice in quick succession as the song ended and the game tallied their scores.
"A new record!" yelled the game, as the side of the screen displaying Swindle and Vortex's score burst into electronic fireworks.
"We won!" Vortex hopped up and down in a small circle. "We won! We won! YES!"
Swindle grinned, showing all of his dentals as Starscream stomped over to scowl down at him.
"You cheated! I don't know how you did, but you did!" Starscream said.
"Yeah, good luck finding anybody to sympathize that you got taken," Swindle said. "I mean, if anybody should know what I'm like, it should be you, Screamer. Besides, it's not like I'm asking for anything much. You and Warpo just have to dress up like a couple Skyhammer characters for a couple shifts."
"I am NOT dressing up like Skyhammer!" Starscream's face was a mask of fury. "I've had to live with that -- that mockery for too long!"
"Who said anything about you dressing up like Skyhammer?" Swindle made a face. "'Tex? Did you tell Screamer he had to dress up like Skyhammer?"
"Ew, no!" Vortex was still in mid-victory dance. "Who likes Skyhammer?"
"Okay, good, just wanted to make sure," Swindle said. "See, no, Screamer, you guys are gonna be Convoy and Road Rage."
"We will not!"
"Okay, fine...Velocity and Mudball. Unless you want the whole base to know you got your afts handed to you in a dexterity contest by a couple ground-pounders?"
Skywarp looked from Starscream to Swindle. "Dibs on Velocity," he said.
