Another fine mess...

[autobot_ratchet]

[Early Saturday morning]

*After arguing with Silverbolt, Ratchet had stormed out of the medbay.  Thankfully, with the early hour, there were few mechs around.  And the few that were around didn't argue with Ratchet once they saw the look on his face.  He headed straight for the entrance to the Ark, pausing once he stepped outside*

Fragging idiot.  *

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[rotellapresa]

*After getting Silverbolt settled Wheeljack had gone looking for Ratchet to update him on the parts list with no luck. Figuring Ratchet had gone back to their quarters to recharge he made his way over and keyed in the passcode.*

Hey Ratch' *sounding sheepish* Sorry ta wake you but I can't remember the new passcode for our quarters, can ya let me in?

*knocking gently on the door for good measure*

((OOC: Sorry for the mass of edits!))

[autobot_ratchet]

Huh? *at Wheeljack's comm, Ratchet lifted his head, drawn out of his musings* Passcode's 45d632s, but I'm not there. *he paused, debating about telling Wheeljack where he was, but didn't*

[rotellapresa]

*keying in the code*

Thanks Ra... *pauses as the door opens processing the rest of Ratchet's reply* We have another attack?

*Having spent most of the night deep in the bowels of the volcano rummaging through storage crates it was entirely possible he'd missed an alarm*

[autobot_ratchet]

Attack? Not that I know of. *it was short and terse, but Ratchet was still emotionally drained after his fight with Silverbolt*

[rotellapresa]

*In all honesty as far as Wheeljack was concerned things had worked out as well as they could have under the circumstances. They'd lost Alpha Trion, but they'd gained an enormous amount in return. Maybe he wasn't entirely comfortable with what happened directly after the Aerials were created, but they'd done their best and the new 'bots had made their own choices.*

He's young, scared and lashing out... *Leaning into the contact* ...suppose we shouldn't be surprised. *Rubbing Ratchet's back* But no one forced them Ratch' - Silverbolt, Slingshot, all of 'em chose ta stick with us once we got back ta Earth, and Silverbolt's the one who chose ta ignore us in favor a Optimus. *snorts* Not that I can blame 'em.

*Tone softens as he nudges Ratchet's helm gently*
Blaming yourself won't fix it anymore than Sling's blaming himself for Trailbreaker and Inferno.

((OOC: Unsmoosh I tells ya!))

[autobot_ratchet]

He's blaming himself? Why would he do that? He wasn't to blame for anything. *It wasn't that Ratchet was ignoring what Wheeljack said, just that everything was too close to the truth, realising that he was as much to blame as Silverbolt*

[rotellapresa]

*Trying to think - it'd been a long night.*

Seems ta think he should a gotten there quicker and stopped the 'cons before the others got grabbed. Not sure how he could a managed it but... *gestures, venting a huff of air*

[autobot_ratchet]

He couldn't have done anything if he had gotten there. Aside from give Scrapper another frame to work with.

*takes a long sip from his cube*

Thanks 'Jack.