audio | location: ... SOMEWHERE AWKWARDLY CLOSE TO THE BAD LANDS

[thxforthememories]

[There's nothing much to the message. Just another plea for help from a robot -- those have gotten pretty common lately, haven't they? Especially from this one.]

I need someone's help -- out on the edges of the badlands... I --

I found Perceptor out here.

[Not exactly who he was looking for, but. A friend is a friend.]

He's damaged. Buried in rocks. I don't know what happened... I can't get him back safely by myself.

[The sound of rock shifting can be heard. Despite what he says, he's trying to get the Autobot out of trouble. Without much success.]

He needs help, please!

Comments

[voice]

[sword_redemption]

I'm on my way.

[Right. You've been reading those first aid manuals, Drift. Something!]

Is he responsive?

[voice]

[thxforthememories]

He's... buried.

I don't know yet.

[voice--> action?]

[sword_redemption]

Buried. [There may be a muffled cursing, the old language from the gutters.]

Right. I'll be there soon.

[voice--> action?]

[thxforthememories]

Yes. Rocks fell... I'm trying to move them now.

All right.

[ action?]

[sword_redemption]

Be careful--it won't do any good for more rocks to fall on you, too.

[Not that that's ever happened to Drift. Nope. Nosirree.]

[The roar of his engines might be audible as Drift's racing toward the coordinates. But the signal was always a little fuzzy out here: he slows, looking around.]

[ action ]

[thxforthememories]

They won't.

[But he'll keep digging, regardless. He might not be as big as most Cybertronians here, but he's determined.]

[This is his friend. He won't leave him.]

[He'll keep it up until he's stopped.]

[ action ]

[sword_redemption]

Just be safe. Both of you.

[Kagerou is a friend, at least distantly. And a friend of Perceptor's. And this place has taken too many good people already.]

[He scours the area, finally spotting a movement among the shadows, transforming as he pulls up.]

How did you find him?

[ action ]

[thxforthememories]

[He jumps, at first, going to draw his blade, but pausing as recognition dawns. Then it's back to digging.]

Spy circuits. I only have the prototype version... but they're more advanced than the other BPs.

I picked him up on my sensors.

[ action ]

[sword_redemption]

[Drift moves closer, warily, lest he step on where Perceptor's buried.]

I'm glad you have them. [Otherwise maybe nobody would have found him.]

Do you have a medic on the way?

[ action ]

[thxforthememories]

... So am I.

[He shakes his head, but doesn't so much as slow down in moving the rocks.]

None of them responded. No one I want to come here.