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Post by Slingshot on Mar 9, 2008 22:00:21 GMT -5
"Good riddance," Slingshot mutters. His tone may not be low enough for Mirage to avoid hearing. But there's always the question: does he care?
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Post by First Aid on Mar 10, 2008 15:24:34 GMT -5
First Aid firmly pretends not to hear Slingshot.
“Thank you again, Mirage. I really appreciate the offer. I think we’re fine.”
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Post by Mirage on Mar 10, 2008 21:45:24 GMT -5
Oh, Mirage hears that not-so-quiet comment, but Mirage mask of politeness slips not one bit.
Immature whelp. That arrogance could get him killed, or worse, get someone else killed.
With a nod to First Aid, he says, "Till later then. Slingshot." Mirage heads off, away from the duo.
Mirage is out of thread.
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 10, 2008 22:07:50 GMT -5
Someday, Slingshot may look back on this day and think, 'Wow, I was an obnoxious butthead.'
Probabilities are low, but he might.
"Oh, that's just fragging Prime," Slingshot growls when he's sure Mirage is out of hearing. "Never mind I had to requisition the slagging pistol in the first place because the weapon they built me with turns buildings into rubble on a low burst. No, 'it could save my life someday'. Yeah, and so could having Starscream's null-rays. Toff."
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Post by First Aid on Mar 10, 2008 23:12:30 GMT -5
First Aid waves after Mirage.
And then he listens to Slingshot’s tirade quietly, all attention. “You knew you’d made a mistake leaving it,” he says, after a moment’s thought. “That’s why you went to get it back. It’s really frustrating to listen to someone assume you don’t know what you know.”
Mirroring, First Aid decides, not for the first time, is totally the dorkiest conversational technique ever.
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 11, 2008 17:33:52 GMT -5
First Aid gets it. And in getting it, he makes Slingshot's anger mostly useless.
"... Yeah."
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Post by First Aid on Mar 12, 2008 14:48:21 GMT -5
Dorky, but effective.
“Yeah,” First Aid says, and isn’t sure what else to say on the subject. He can see what just happened, especially now that he’s no longer in the middle of it, but laying it out probably won’t help too much. Slingshot can surely see it for himself, anyway. “Well, you’ve got your gun back.”
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 14, 2008 0:03:28 GMT -5
If Slingshot could see for himself how this situation turned out the way it did, Slingshot would not be the mech he is today. Curse that "have them grow in knowledge and wisdom" clause...
"Yeah." He's got his gun back. Nothing else in his life is going right right now, except maybe finding someone else who is gestalt. But he's got his gun back. "I'm going to-" He waves his hand. "My room."
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Post by First Aid on Mar 15, 2008 21:45:21 GMT -5
First Aid still has a lot to learn about what other people see and don’t. He has, at least, gotten the ‘when people ask for medical help, than they can’t tell what’s wrong, and you should explain’ message, but in all other situations, he’s been known to make mistakes. Lots of mistakes. Mistakes that frequently end in someone saying, 'Why didn't you mention this earlier?'
“Mind if I walk with you?”
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 15, 2008 22:01:01 GMT -5
"If you want." Slingshot holsters the gun in subspace and heads off down the halls to the jets' room.
It's not a long walk, but there aren't any long walks in Autobase. It's a rather quiet one, though. Slingshot appears to have caught monosyllabia.
When they get to the door of his room, he does toss First Aid a grin before opening the door and stepping inside.
It's like stepping directly from Autobase to 20,000 feet straight up. There are clouds on the floor, beautifully rendered and fluffy night-pale. If one looks up at the ceiling, it is covered in a meticulously correct model of the spring stars of the night-sky for this section of the world.1
And everything else in the room is painted to fit the night sky. Even the berths.
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1. I.E. For the stars of this time of year.
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Post by First Aid on Mar 16, 2008 22:00:40 GMT -5
“Oh!” First Aid says, staring.
He steps in slowly, carefully, as if he’s not entirely sure of the where the floor is, or possibly is shy of damaging it. “This is…”
Language is being inadequate again. First Aid slowly turns around to see better while he looks for the right word. “This is amazing.” Not the right word, but it's the one that he can think of.
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 17, 2008 22:44:50 GMT -5
"Isn't it great?" Slingshot grins. "Skyblast did most of the work. 'Course this is just what it's like when the lights are out..."
Slingshot was allowed to do things like base coats - the boring stuff that had to be uniform and everywhere. Oh, and carry things.
The jet claps his hands together. "Illuminate."
The lights come on. The stars go out, and the night-pale clouds below are now bright and fluffy under the false sunlight created by the room.
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Post by First Aid on Mar 18, 2008 20:52:34 GMT -5
First Aid laughs in delight. “That’s clever,” he says, “Makes the room look ten times bigger!”
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Post by Slingshot on Mar 20, 2008 8:41:15 GMT -5
First Aid's delight is infectious, and Slingshot looks around his room again. This is beautiful, and it sings a song that reaches straight into any jet.
Well, okay, Silverbolt would probably have the screaming meemies. Guy could fly real well when he didn't think, but when he thought about it, the heights drove him nuts.
Just as quickly as that flash of delight comes, it's drowned by reminder of the gestalt he hasn't seen for months. Slingshot's grin fades, and he turns his gaze away from the Protectobot in the doorway.
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Post by First Aid on Mar 21, 2008 23:23:57 GMT -5
First Aid loves optical illusions, and so many of the ones on Earth aren’t easily seen if you’re taller than all the people who put them together. Being too tall ruins the angle, and for a lot of the best ones, the angle’s important. It’s so cool to be standing in one!
But not so cool that he misses Slingshot’s shift in mood. “Am I intruding? I can go.”
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