First Aid
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Post by First Aid on Oct 11, 2007 20:33:49 GMT -5
A... somewhat more bird shaped bird shaped bot? He hadn't really thought it through, but that's how it works with Laserbeak!
"Well, your systems have a lot of integration between organic and mechanical structure - I've never seen that done so throughly before."
First Aid raises the hand away from her to wave to Wedge and Firebolt. "I see them, too."
"Hello!" he calls.
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Oct 11, 2007 20:55:15 GMT -5
"No, I don't mean it like that it's just, you know? We're Autobots," Wedge says like it's the most obvious thing in the world. He's still in entirely unfamiliar territories though when not explaining the 'Autobot way'. But to the Pits if he won't give it his best shot anyways! His confidence in his abilities fail though when Firebolt flings her arms open to him. Um, what's he supposed to do? "They're not going to anything like that. Really, you heard them!" Wedge goes to give her a pat on the shoulder when he hears First Aid's call.
The approaching bot is given an eager wave. Wedge's attention is shifted towards the large bird flying besides First Aid. "Whoa, big bird! Looks just like some of the birds I saw back on Earth," he gives First Aid a quizzical look. "Where you find it?" Wedge looks around. "So, where's this Airazor?"
Sure, Wedge might be used to animal-alt shapes because of the Predacons. But, he's not used to them actually looking like the animals they're supposed to be. Hey, who has ever heard of an actual giant sky-blue flying squirrel? Wedge sure hasn't.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 12, 2007 13:26:42 GMT -5
There goes the chance for a hug. That TV show Friends didn't teach anybody anything, sometimes. Firebolt slumped her arms down, sighing and then falling completely silent, not even raising her head to look at the new arrivals. Emoooo...
All right, so she does glance a bit at First Aid and then looks confused. What, those are Earther colors for medical units. How odd. Did he live on Earth too?
Oh right, right, different universes. She makes careful note of this in her head as she stands behind Wedge, observing more than anything else.
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Airazor
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"Airazor, you have to let go," Tigatron said with a slight smirk.
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Post by Airazor on Oct 12, 2007 14:01:43 GMT -5
Airazor gives Wedge a look. Well, as much as she can in beast mode. She may not normally be prone to anger, but she's not normally mistaken for an actual bird, either. Especially when she's not acting like one.
"I am Airazor. Maximize!" Airazor transforms, hovering just above First Aid's shoulder. "You're Wedge, right?" She nods to Firebolt. "And you're Firebolt?"
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First Aid
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Post by First Aid on Oct 12, 2007 14:26:02 GMT -5
“It’s more like she found me,” First Aid tells Wedge, a certain undertone of laughter in his voice. “I only saw her when she said something.”
He nods to Firebolt, as kindly as he can – which, unfortunately, is still sort of ambiguous. Sometimes he just wishes he had separate eyes. Something. Anything. It would help with people who don’t know him well. “Are you feeling better, Firebolt? Hostage situations are always horrible – I’m not surprised you got upset.”
First Aid prefers not to talk much over open radio bands – he’s had it thoroughly drilled into him that these are for business, and not to be cluttered – but he wants to check in with Firebolt, and with Holi, and with Perceptor, and with Kup and with – well, everyone. They’re his responsibility now. He wants to do his best to take care of their emotional well being as well as their physical well being.
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Oct 12, 2007 18:02:39 GMT -5
So okay, perhaps he made a mistake. He did make a mistake. This rather large bird isn't really a large bird. Wedge can't help but marvel though, at such an organic nature and appearance. He really didn't mean her any offense!
"Yeah, yeah I'm Wedge. You're...you're pretty small for a bot," he murmurs before thinking.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 12, 2007 18:21:52 GMT -5
"Mmm-hmm. I'm Firebolt," She says softly as she peeks out from the side of Wedge to look over. "She's tiny, but Earther birds are smaller than that." She explains softly to Wedge before looking at First Aid. This one too, doesn't seem that threatening at all. Maybe doctors were all like that, despite their portrayal in movies and TV.
"M'feeling a little better, venting it out helped, if you uh... Heard. Sorry bout that... I won't slip like that again..." She whispers, her tone clearly blaming herself. Her ponytails fall a little bit as she goes back to slightly hiding, and staring at the ground.
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Airazor
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"Airazor, you have to let go," Tigatron said with a slight smirk.
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Post by Airazor on Oct 12, 2007 18:41:43 GMT -5
Airazor gives Wedge a smile. "I'm actually close to average for a Maximal. If Rattrap were to show up, you'd see someone really small."
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Post by First Aid on Oct 12, 2007 19:07:45 GMT -5
‘Threatening’ is a description First Aid puts a great deal of effort into not fitting! He is very much not a Gregory House. Nor even a Colonel Potter. (That would be Ratchet).
“What’s done is done,” he says to Firebolt, warmly, “No sense kicking yourself over a false start. Best thing to do is let it be and race, am I right?”
He straightens up attentively when Airazor mentions being average sized – maybe she’ll say more? If not he’ll just have to quiz her later, when they’re not supposed to be checking for bombs. Ah, duty.
“So!” he says to Wedge and Firebolt, “Where have you covered?”
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Oct 12, 2007 22:49:52 GMT -5
"I know earth birds are smaller, but hey, we're on a different planet, right?" Wedge shrugs with a sheepish grin.
"Whoa, you all must be pretty energy efficient," Wedge casts an interested optic over Airazor's form and smiles. "All the better for you guys then." Hmm, that's interesting. Friendly mechs with organic alts? That's the exact opposite of what Wedge is used to back home.
This First Aid seems to be a really nice guy. Wedge gestures back a little ways in the area that he and Firebolt checked. "We covered most of this area here, there shouldn't be too much left if you want to be heading to base soon."
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 13, 2007 1:09:12 GMT -5
"You said race," Firebolt sticks her head out from behind Wedge, almost looking interested and happy. "I like racing. One of my previous owners had a NOS1 system installed into my engine, lets me go really fast, faster than my normal top speed, for a little while. I... I like racing." She steps to Wedge's side, rather than hiding behind him, and stares at First Aid, tilting her head to the side.
"N'd we checked mostly everywhere... Nuffin showed up, not even from the disturbing we did of the rocks n' stuff," Firebolt shifted, looking back, one of her ponytails fanning out again and sonar-scanning the area from their distance. "Nuffin."
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Airazor
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"Airazor, you have to let go," Tigatron said with a slight smirk.
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Post by Airazor on Oct 13, 2007 15:17:29 GMT -5
Airazor tilts her head as she considers Firebolt's reaction to First Aid's mention of racing, a bit baffled by the jump in the other female's thinking. That's worse than Cheetor could get!
"If we all search the remaining parts of this area, it will go much faster."
And suddenly, Airazor cocks her head as Rattrap's voice shows up on the broadband. Her optics brighten slightly. Someone she knows!
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First Aid
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Post by First Aid on Oct 13, 2007 15:41:06 GMT -5
First Aid looks over the area with interest. “Looks like you’re making good time!” he says, “At least it being abandoned makes looking for tampering easier.”
…’Owners’? Oh dear. First Aid’s run into trafficking in sapient beings before, it’s a sadly common problem in places on Earth, which isn’t even counting situations where people are technically receiving wages, but aren’t free to leave. And of course the Quintessons built Cybertonians as objects to own, and would be very happy if they could return the descendents of their original designs to that state of bondage, but.
Should he pursue it, or let it go until Firebolt’s more comfortable? He wishes Streetwise were here to tell him. She’s not in danger of returning to that situation at the moment, and she seems a little skittish, so...
“Really? That must be fun. I’m not much of a racer, I’m not built for it,” he says, “My alt mode’s an ambulance, so I can get up some speed, but nothing to match a real high performance engine. Fun to watch, though!”
He nods to Airazor. “Seven optics make faster work than four,” he says, and adds, humor in his voice, “Mention him and he appears – maybe we should watch who we talk about.”
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Oct 13, 2007 23:09:27 GMT -5
Wedge likes First Aid's idea, even if it might be more of a quip than anything. Mention and appear...
"It'd be nice if my team showed up," he says to no one in general. No, he's not really thinking about the problem that they might have if the whole team did show up, then they'd all be stuck. But it's better to be stuck together right? At least in Wedge's homesick mind. His hopeful expression fades though when no strikingly familiar tones grace the radio waves. Ah well, he didn't expect it to work anyways...really.
"Yeah, splitting up the area sounds like a plan. The faster the better."
Because fast work is about the only fast that Wedge can do.
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Firebolt
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 14, 2007 12:28:13 GMT -5
Splitting up. Oh that means alone again. Firebolt goes to tap Wedge on the shoulder, but then stops, and then shuffles over and moves to stand next to First Aid. Something about the medic makes her feel... Feel comfortable!
"M'not gonna split up, I don't like bein' alone," She whispers to him. "'Sides... You're nice, n' stuff."
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