[ 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

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[lifepersists]

I really don't think it's something I'm going to be able to avoid, no. Since it's happened already.

[ In other words, he's suggesting it's something they'll likely have to get used to. ]

Oh. Sweet. Monsters from another dimension.

[ He shrugs. ]

I'm beginning to regret any feelings I've ever had about 'gee, my life is really dull'.

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

Unless you'd want to ignore each and every person who appears here that you recognize, due to the risk that they aren't someone you know, yes.

[Getting used to it will probably be easier than dealing with it, really.]

I think I saw a holovid like that once.

[She manages to keep her expression straight... for a few moments, until the smile breaks through.]

At least you seem to be dealing rather well? Others would already have broken, if only momentarily.

[Not that it's necessarily any consolation.]

[Video]

[lifepersists]

I think I'd just be better off taking things in stride.

[ That gets a small laugh out of him. ]

I think I've seen one similar to this too.

[ That's a compliment, right? First Aid just looks down. ]

It's a bit much to deal with, but breaking down doesn't help the circumstances. Nor does it make me very useful.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

Seems like bit of a trope, doesn't it?

[It's not quite as amusing being stuck with it happening in reality, but at least they had powerful help that had taken on the most dangerous of the creatures... at least as far as they knew.

Nonetheless, First Aid's laughter - however brief - is infectious, even though she sobers up soon enough.]

You know, for someone who claims they've had a dull life, you've got your processor in the right place... [And yes, it had been a compliment.] But then, I suppose that's what war does, if you've dealt with it even peripherally... [She tilts her helm, partly curious, partly serious.]

Or is it a medic thing?

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[lifepersists]

A trope I think I'll be less likely to enjoy when this is all over.

[ First Aid's a little bit more relaxed, but definitely sobered. He makes a small thoughtful hum, then shrugs again. ]

They say some of the best medics are those who can keep it together in an emergency situation but. I'm just a nurse. So I don't know.

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[invisiblepinkboat]

You and the rest of us, probably...

[At that, Elita's optics narrow slightly, and then she shakes her helm.]

And while I'm unsure about the finer points and differentiations there, you're still a medic and thus a member of the medical staff... [Her helm tilts.] And in some cases, if a nurse means you're support to the medic doing the other jobs, I'd say that it's just as important the support is calm and collected as the other.

[What's this silly thing about "just", First Aid? Not that... "nurses" exist in her reality, so to her that doesn't really mean anything and she has to extrapolate and listen to the variation and modification of the word "medic" that gets used.]