How to Be More Heroic

[Dai-Janku]

"Only if you let it dry naturally!" There's a glimmer in the Junkion's optics, for he gets a chance to totally show off more Junkion traits. Hopefully, the reaction to this will go better than the time his arm fell off...

He reaches behind his back, grabbing onto one of his jump-boosters, and makes a face as he manages to wrench it out of socket, and proceeds to cracking it open to start fiddling with the output settings.

[Firebolt]

Firebolt tilts her head to the side, raising a finger as she starts to say something, but shuts her mouth and instead watches.

"Wh... What?" she says in confusion, leaning in a bit and looking at what he's doing. "Are you..." she starts to put one and one together, "Are you going to try to blow it dry?"

[Dai-Janku]

Dai-Janku grins, tweaking a few things and yanking a hose out of subspace and plugging it into his back where the thruster used to be. "Yeah, nothin' a lil' jury-riggin' can't fix!" The other end of the hose plugs into the vernier, and he attempts to fire it up...and nothing happens.

The Junkion's optics flicker in a blink, and he peers into the end of the thruster, and smacks it a few times. "Piece of scrap, I command you to WORK!"

And it does, firing up and blasting him in the face with a good amount of thrust, scorching his face. The other one on his back...well, the firing mechanism is linked, and so it goes off as well, knocking Dai-Janku off-balance, into one of the berths, and over it, landing with a crash, parts scattering everywhere.

"...needs more power," he says, then groaning and dipping his voice's pitch - "I don't think so, Tim."

[Firebolt]

"AWW JEEZE!!" Firebolt yells as she watches Dai-Janku get a face full of booster.

"Oh! Dai-Janku!!" She says and hops up and runs over, standing next to the pile of Junkion. She holds out her hands, offering them to him, a very worried look on her face. "Did you get hurt? I know you yanked off your arm earlier but... Well jeeze, man, getting blasted in the face!?"

[Dai-Janku]

Dai-Janku sits up, flexing a bit at the waist and moving his arms a bit.

"Okay, not missing anything vital," he mumbles to himself, wiping some soot from his optics. "I'm okay, just a little scorched. I'll just look like Mr. Popo until I can go get washed." With that, the Junkion stands, waving off Firebolt's offer of help. "Appreciate it, but I'd probably wind up pulling you down." Piles of scrap are heavy! (Which would be cute-awkward, but best saved for another time.)

Once he's up, Dai-Janku walks back over, remembering to disable the linked firing this time, and turn down the power on the thruster, then setting to blow-drying the white paint.

[Firebolt]

"Well, that's what friends, do, they worry about each other when somethin' happens to the other. We're friends, right?" she says as she plops back down next to the tarp and starts mixing up the red paint.

She starts humming happily, some vague song that she's heard on Earth as she works.

[Dai-Janku]

"Of course!" Dai-Janku grins as he replies, setting forth to continuing the drying, then the application of the red paint once that's done.

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Once the red paint has been applied, and dried, Dai-Janku stands, hands on his hips in a rather proud pose. His voice dips low, and takes on a bit of a Russian accent for a moment, grinning at Firebolt. "We make good team!"

[Firebolt]

"Haha, so would that make me your medic? Because I cannot fix much!" she says a bit jokingly and then looks over the cape. She makes a once around him to look it all over and then gives him a thumbs up. "It looks great!"

She rocks back and forth on her heels, looking up at him, "Can I try it on? I mean... I.. I helped make it and... I... Uhm! I like hanging with you better than anyone else so... So I think you might not mind as much, I hope, cos.." she trails off, being a bit shy. She scuffs at the ground with one of her feet, looking down and staring at the ground before looking back up at Dai-Janku, rather hopefully. "I really do like being with ya better than anyone else, that's sure."

[Dai-Janku]

Dai-Janku shrugs a bit, but grins. "And I don't have Sasha around here. More of a sword guy, m'self!"

He picks the cape off of the table, but before he can put it on, Firebolt speaks, and his arms drop slightly, looking over at her with a slightly confused look. "Wha, me?" His jaw works for a moment, then he offers a grin. "Eheh... Thanks," he says, turning towards her. "And yeah, just a bit, to give me an idea how it looks..."

[Firebolt]

The smile on Firebolt's face couldn't get any wider. She hops up and down a few times before rushing over and then standing next to Dai-Janku, turning herself a bit so he can put the cape on her back.

She's getting fuzzy feelings again, and can't quite figure out why. But she doesn't show any confusion, that big goofy grin still on her face as she waits.

[Dai-Janku]

After Firebolt turns around, Dai-Janku places the cape on her shoulders, making sure to work the chain around her ponytails. He steps back a bit, hands on his hips for a moment, then gives a thumbs-up.

"You look ready to storm the Decepticons' home base and show 'em just how we Autobots do things to evil!"

Dai-Janku doesn't have warm fuzzies, but he does feel a bit of peace, as it is nice to be around someone that doesn't look at him funny that isn't a Junkion.

[Firebolt]

Her time in Japan kicks in hard once the cape is on. The cape is obviously a bit too big for her, and it trails on the ground but she spins around, striking a bit of a sailor senshi move, poising on one leg, throwing one hand up in the victory symbol and holding the other across her chest.

"Yatta!" she simply says before getting a fit of the giggles. She hops from foot to foot before calming down and then beaming up at Dai-Janku while she carefully works off the chain. "I can put it back on you! Oh but you're so tall..." She frowns a bit, looking up at him and then thinking.

[Dai-Janku]

Dai-Janku grins at her glee and pose. "All set to punish evil in the name of Seibertron!" He adds a second thumbs-up to the first one.

His grin turns to a ponderous expression at her wanting to put the cape back on him, then he has an idea. Carefully, he stoops down on one knee, resting an arm on the other knee. "This should work a bit better."

[Firebolt]

Firebolt can't help but feel even happier at the fact that he approves of the pose. She smiles even more, and then carefully brushes her hand along the top of the cape.

"That helps..." she says, and then swings the cape around him and then looking a bit nervous as she fumbles with the chains that connect around his neck to keep it in place. She looks to be blushing? No, that can't be right. She lays her hand on his shoulder for a moment before skipping back and giggling. "You look even better in it, Mr. Hero!"

[Dai-Janku]

A light grin, albeit a doofy one crosses Dai-Janku's face as Firebolt compliments his look in the cape. Upon that, he stands, engaging his boosters just a tiny tiny bit to make it flap slightly. (The previously removed one was totally replaced during the timeskip.)

"Why thank you, Miss Firebolt. Now, I shall strike fear into the hearts of my enemies, and inspire courage within my comrades upon the battlefield!" As he declares this, he dramatically points to the ceiling.