[ VIDEO ][ ORIGIN: Megatronus Prime's Temple ]

[lifepersists]

[ For being a masked mech, he's radiating his confusion pretty well. His optics are wide, shoulders tense, and by his hesitant stance it's clear he's approaching the Link with the same amount of caution as someone would a dud bomb. ]

...Hello?

[ He pauses. Nothing happens. Some of the tension melts out of his posture. ]

Oh, good. I'm First Aid and I'm a nurse. I'm not supposed to be here. I'll try and help out where I can, but I'm not sure how I can help the... situation at least.

[ He fidgets his hands. ]

I'm looking for two medics by the name of Ambulon and Pharma. They're my bosses. They're about this tall--
[ He raises his hand to two different heights. He's not the biggest of mechs, so he's making it obvious they're taller than him. ]
-- and both are painted, ah, well they both have red and white. Pharma has quite a bit of blue.

[ He rubs the back of his helm where it connects to his neck, pressing hard into tense servos. ]

Comments

[video]

[sword_redemption]

[Drift remembers you! He wishes the circumstances had been less, well, terrible, though.]

Pharma is here. But. Something happened to him.

[ Way to be vague, Drift. He tries again. ]

He's a little self-conscious. Because. Uh. He lost his hands.

['Lost'. That's a good euphemism, right?]

[video]

[lifepersists]

Drift?

[ Someone he didn't expect! And you look-- not melty. That's good.

Give him a moment while he tries to process this information. 'Pharma' and 'self-conscious' and 'lost his hands' is just... something he didn't think he'd hear. But this seems to be that kind of day. ]

How... How did that happen?

: [video]

[sword_redemption]

[Not melty is Very Good. In Drift's non-medical opinion ]

I dont know much. He, uh, he doesn't seem to want to talk about it.

[Drift sighs. He's certainly tried to be a friend to Pharma. ]

I think he blames me. Because I think my swords were used.

[video]

[lifepersists]

[ A medic's hands is a pretty sensitive topic. He can understand that. ]

Oh, okay.

[ The whole blame thing is another story. First Aid tilts his head a little to the side. ]

That's unusual. How did anyone get your swords? Are you sure?

[Audio]

[vandalization]

You're a friggin nurse?

[Well there's the medic, Ratchet. So why not a nurse, I guess.]

[Audio]

[lifepersists]

Er. That's what I said. I'm a nurse.

[ Used to be a doctor, so on and so forth. Some random respondent didn't need to know his life story. ]

Is that surprising?

[Audio]

[vandalization]

... You know. I've seen so much shit this past day or so, no.

No a robot nurse is just.

Great.

[Someone is probably running a high fever over here.]

Sorry, don't know where your friends are, pal.

[Video]

[docbot]

[ A snort from the possibly rather familiar-looking bot on the channel. ]

Most medical mechs are red and white. You might want to be a bit more descriptive than that.

That said, I'm fairly sure Pharma's doing research in Liege Maximo's temple... [ His eyes dim for a moment, because ffff Pharma, he doesn't quite like you, even though he will admit that you're brilliant. ]

He's got himself help already, though, so if you're looking to cut the boredom by treating real patients, you might find yourself better occupied with me at the medbay in the Solian sector.

[Video]

[lifepersists]

[ There may be a resemblance, but that's about it. ]

I know, it was just some place to start.

[ Since most non-medical mechs aren't painted red and white. ]

You mean he doesn't need me? [ Oh, ouch. Fired already and he wasn't even aware of it. ]

Who are you, again?

[Video]

[docbot]

Hn... [ Oh god, his grumpiness has hurt this new bot's feelings. Ratchet is possibly a bit regretful of this. ]

Well, he might. I don't know him well enough to judge.

And I'm Ratchet. [ A beat, then he adds. ] Sorry for the curtness. I'm prepping for a major surgery on a non-Cybertronian being. Don't have much processor power to devote to eloquence.

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

Well, while none of us belong here, you've got medical knowledge; that's always of practical use.

[Elita shrugs, but wonders a bit over from where this mech is broadcasting. Not to judge, but most of the ones with Megatronus' glyph... Well, he didn't exactly seemed like he... fit.]

[Video]

[lifepersists]

[ Oh! What an odd frame type. ]

See, that's what I thought. But I'm still not sure if there's much I can do. Is the population mainly cybertronian?

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

[And yet there's mechs with bigger... racks... than she has around, though none of them might be present currently. And who knows what the actual differences are...]

Yes. There's four mechanoids from Earth, at least seven organics and two of unknown makeup. The rest of us are cybertronian.

[She shrugs, peering at First Aid thoughfully.]

So, besides any one of us, especially if we in any way lose any other medic, there's others around that might been help.

[organ_pharming]

[...The fact that so far neither Drift nor First Aid seem to remember what had gone down on Delphi is both strange and incredibly lucky. Someone out there has given him a second chance, it seems.]

Ah, now this is fortunate. I was just thinking to myself how much faster I could be doing these tests with an assistant with actual medical training. And here you are. [Grin.]

Welcome back to Cybertron, First Aid.

[lifepersists]

Pharma!

[ There you are. ]

I heard about what happened to... your... [ He's not going to finish that. It might be a sensitive topic. ]

What happened?

[organ_pharming]

...Of course you have. [Pharma would be pinching the bridge of his nose if he could. Becoming known as 'that medic with no hands' is really not how he wanted his second chance to start off.]

No one seems to know. The last thing I remember is a maniac with a sword appearing from out of nowhere and slicing straight through my wrists.

[Which was not exactly a lie.]

[video] a completely useless response

[aerospacecommander]

Ahahaha ha ... nurse.

[video] what a troll

[lifepersists]

[ OH. Well. You are certainly a Starscream. No doubt about that. War's over. Calm down. ]

Erg--! Ah, yep. A nurse.

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

[It's okay. He can't shoot you over the network anyway.]

So, do you stand around and look pretty while the real doctors work or what?

[Video]

[raceme]

[Have a blue mech that talks really fast, First Aid.]

I never meet Ambulon but sir Pharma can be find in Liege's temple. [Blurr sends FA the coordinates, he tries to be helpful.]

Areyounewsir?

[Video]

[lifepersists]

[ What the slag. Hold on while he takes a moment to digest that. ]

...Sir? [ Wow, never been called 'sir' before. ]

I'm new.

Re: [Video]

[raceme]

[All the time you need, hes' used to wait for peopel to catch up on him.]

Oh sorry that's not the proper designation? Miss then.

Thought so. I suppose the Acolytes informed you already about the situation already and the FirstForged, correct? Might I ask WHICH one of them are you linked to? The Glyph?

[Perma-Audio]

[my_own_trope]

Let me guess: another Autobot?

[lifepersists]

[ Judging from your phrasing, you're obviously a Decepticon. ]

Yep. Do you feel threatened?

[my_own_trope]

Wrong on both counts. Try again.