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Post by Dr. James Hook on Sept 26, 2011 17:33:48 GMT -5
Hook's optical band narrows, and he observes, "If your pain sensors were on, I would hit you."
Long Haul may have intended it as a compliment, but Hook is annoyed anyway.
But the supports are in, which means he can work on segmenting Long Haul's paneling to allow it to split into new, unusual, and hilarious positions.
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Post by Long Haul on Sept 28, 2011 18:43:39 GMT -5
Hook's always annoyed. That's nothing special.
"What?" Long Haul asks, optics flickering in surprise as he looks at Hook. "What? It was a compliment!"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Sept 28, 2011 19:32:19 GMT -5
Hook can be charming, sometimes, when he wants to be. Unfortunately, that is usually 'never'.
"You know what you did," Hook sulks.
Sensors! All of the sensors! This would be the time for a cackling mad science moment, if Hook was still allowed to do those, which he isn't.
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Post by Long Haul on Sept 29, 2011 19:59:13 GMT -5
"I didn't do anything!" Long Haul protests. He honestly doesn't think he did. He's not really got the sharpest of social skills.
He probably wouldn't be particularly thrown off by any cackling, though. Some of the Autobot engineers and sciences could get pretty weird, after all (I'm looking at you, Mayday).
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Oct 1, 2011 9:44:40 GMT -5
Hook's shell program frowns on cackling. Hook's shell program is no fun at all.
"Now, you should be sufficiently instrumented to try test patterns on the primary drive motors..."
And perhaps there is a time skip, because Hook is going to go into exhaustive nitty-gritty detail about making certain everything is moving within proper tolerances.
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Post by Long Haul on Oct 1, 2011 21:07:16 GMT -5
Long Haul's optics kind of glaze as Hook goes into all of these extreme details. He decides he's just going to run the general diagnostics program that came installed in the driver package and be done with it. After all, Hook wrote that diagnostics program, right?
Once it's all wrapped up, though, Long Haul asks the obvious. "So I won't really be able to see if this actually works until we get some other folks to get the upgrade, right?"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Oct 3, 2011 19:10:17 GMT -5
Hook wrote that diagnostics program so hard.
Hook sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. He admits, "Yes, that is accurate. Though the mental aspects should not be overly problematic as long as care is taken in the selection process to weed out those who are merge-unstable. Devastator-class mental merges have been around for millions of years. Solid, functional technology with a great deal of testing behind it."
Hook is not having a Defensor-class mental merge. That would be creepy.
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Post by Long Haul on Oct 5, 2011 17:26:17 GMT -5
Long Haul sits up and checks his shoulder. Well, still feels like a shoulder... Then he hops off the table and starts a more methodical check of all his joints and limbs, though probably not nearly methodical enough for Hook's taste.
"So how d'you know who's merge-unstable before you actually get to merging, anyway?"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Oct 8, 2011 19:54:58 GMT -5
Hook starts to answer. Then he stops, and he stares off at something that is apparently terrifying. He reaches out and tries to grab Long Haul's arm, hard, as if to be absolutely certain that Long Haul is, in fact, there.
At length, Hook explains, though his voice doesn't sound entirely 'here', "I am cognizant of the Decepticon methods of determining merge stability. I must inquire if Botanica, Perceptor, or any of the others are aware of alternatives."
Hook worked on this problem from the physical standpoint, safe in the knowledge that mental side was already handled. He never actually looked at his memory of how the mental side of the problem is handled.
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Post by Long Haul on Oct 8, 2011 22:56:49 GMT -5
Long Haul is here, and he doesn't step away, so his arm is grabbed, and grabbed hard. His optic band flashes brightly at Hook's reaction, and he reaches over to try and support Hook as much as he can. There might even be the slightest hint of hug clinging to the edges of that supportive gesture.
He nods, optic band still widened a bit more than normal. "Er... yeah. Sounds like we'd probably better. I mean, the 'Bots had Combiners, too, so they musta figured something out." He pauses. "I guess in the meantime, we can prolly start with the folks we know are merge stable 'cos they're already part of merge teams?"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Oct 9, 2011 21:38:32 GMT -5
Hook accepts Long Haul's support without complaint. He has the thought that he has missed this, the simple act of being in physical contact with Long Haul, but he's not sure the thought is his own.
He admits, "Mmm. Yes. That would be prudent."
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Post by Long Haul on Oct 10, 2011 21:21:00 GMT -5
Long Haul's in no real hurry to remove the arm that's acting as 'support', either. He nods.
"So, you want to grab a drink, or you got duty?"
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Post by Dr. James Hook on Oct 11, 2011 20:47:03 GMT -5
"I have some downtime after your install," Hook replies immediately, like the memory is right there at the top of his data stack. "Yes, I would like to go for a drink."
What just happened right now, meanwhile, is being refiled as a low-priority memory. Hook won't access that memory again unless he really, really has to.
OOC: Fade?
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Post by Long Haul on Oct 12, 2011 20:15:49 GMT -5
"Great!" Long Haul says brightly. He's already in the process of installing now, so it's only a few more seconds. He jerks his head towards the door. "I would offer to buy, but we ain't paying for this, anyway."
OOC: Fade.
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