Ratchet glances up curiously when the lights in the Medbay seem to dim suddenly. Hmm. Either Metroplex has an undiagnosed power fluxuation problem, or... Or they may have a bit of an unseen visitor popping in again
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x// Local idiom, // Ratchet agrees, noting the 'listening' pose with a flicker of curiosity. // And that's just about the gist of it, too. I'll talk to Frostbite. You talk to Jetstorm. //
And Ratchet is surprised. Starscream is no fool; he, of anyone, would be able to tell if he was being humored and led along. If Red Alert and Frostbite are actually working with Starscream...
//Blackstar, well done! I'm going to be heavily involved with Jetstorm here for a while--it's a critical point in the rebuild and I can't just run off, not even to blow Castle Destro and Dr. Mindbender to dripping slag! Meet me in Skyfire's quarters in about eight hours for debriefing on the stuff you're not sharing with Frostbite? As for what you are sharing with Frostbite, I'll give her a head's up that you finished your recon and didn't find Spike there. Starscream opens another encrypted channel, this one to Frostbite. // Frostbite... Blackstar completed his reconnaissance of Castle Destro. Negative on Spike; he didn't find your missing Ambassador
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"She's been around," Ratchet observes as Starscream wanders off to talk to Jetstorm. "I'll track her down."
Of course, that depends entirely on if the priestess happens to be here, rather than in the Nexus, or back at her sanctuary. If she doesn't answer a comm call, Ratchet's going to have to send one of the twins out looking. Hopefully, with as close as the transfer has been looming, she isn't that far.
// Auspex, your presence would be appreciated in the Medbay. Looks like we're getting ready to start on the transfers Real Soon Now. //
*Auspex's reply is immediate. Her voice conveys supressed excitement* //Ah, good! I'll be there right away. Thank you, Ratchet.//
*And, sure enough, she is there in only a few minutes, having extricated herself from a conversation with a random mech (actually, vice versa, and she knows it, but it comes with the job sometimes...). Her optics are very bright, and she is almost fidgety, compared to her usual quiet demeanor. She nods in greeting, somewhat less placidly than normal.*
"Good affternoon, Auspex. Starscream's off grilling Jetstorm," Ratchet greets her, nodding towards Jetstorm's room. It ceased being a "cell" in Ratchet's CPU some time ago, in favor of just being the chaos-jet's "room".
"Not sure if you want to go listen in on that. Probably make more sense to you than me, anyway."
Starscream saunters back out of Jetstorm's cell. He considers it a hermit's cell, rather than a prison cell, for that matter. Jetstorm certainly is a hermit.
"Fireflight will be the first. Jetstorm should be bringing him out presently," Starscream tells Ratchet.
And Ratchet is surprised. Starscream is no fool; he, of anyone, would be able to tell if he was being humored and led along. If Red Alert and Frostbite are actually working with Starscream...
Things are quite serious, indeed.
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//Blackstar, well done! I'm going to be heavily involved with Jetstorm here for a while--it's a critical point in the rebuild and I can't just run off, not even to blow Castle Destro and Dr. Mindbender to dripping slag! Meet me in Skyfire's quarters in about eight hours for debriefing on the stuff you're not sharing with Frostbite? As for what you are sharing with Frostbite, I'll give her a head's up that you finished your recon and didn't find Spike there. Starscream opens another encrypted channel, this one to Frostbite. // Frostbite... Blackstar completed his reconnaissance of Castle Destro. Negative on Spike; he didn't find your missing Ambassador ( ... )
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Now all he has to do is report in to Frostbite.
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Of course, that depends entirely on if the priestess happens to be here, rather than in the Nexus, or back at her sanctuary. If she doesn't answer a comm call, Ratchet's going to have to send one of the twins out looking. Hopefully, with as close as the transfer has been looming, she isn't that far.
// Auspex, your presence would be appreciated in the Medbay. Looks like we're getting ready to start on the transfers Real Soon Now. //
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*And, sure enough, she is there in only a few minutes, having extricated herself from a conversation with a random mech (actually, vice versa, and she knows it, but it comes with the job sometimes...). Her optics are very bright, and she is almost fidgety, compared to her usual quiet demeanor. She nods in greeting, somewhat less placidly than normal.*
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"Not sure if you want to go listen in on that. Probably make more sense to you than me, anyway."
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Starscream saunters back out of Jetstorm's cell. He considers it a hermit's cell, rather than a prison cell, for that matter. Jetstorm certainly is a hermit.
"Fireflight will be the first. Jetstorm should be bringing him out presently," Starscream tells Ratchet.
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"We're ready."
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