[audio, airborne]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

 [You know what Whirl doesn't like?  Okay, everything. You got him there, smarty bolts. But more topically, Whirl is not fond of waking up in strange places and being fed ridiculous stories about blah blah the First Forged blah. And the fraggin' Acolyte would not shut up. 

[At least, until Whirl had punched him in the face.  Just a little friendly feedback to stop being so damn boring.  So he's doing some information gathering, the old fashioned way--flying around looking for trouble. ]

So. Stupid mech was telling me something about a fresh start. 

I dunno. Maybe it wasn't 'fresh start.'. Maybe he meant like, fresh tar or  freeze tarts or something. Kinda hard to enunciate after some editorial knuckles. 

[Which are Whirl's favorite flavor of knuckles.]

Thing is ['scuse him while he shoots something.  Because...uh...reasons. It needed shooting. Damn piece of scrap metal ]   I've heard that before. And let me tell you:  there's always a price. 

Anyone figure out what it is yet?  

And don't give me any boo hoo slag about never going home again.

Comments

[organ_pharming]

[Whoa there, nobody calls Pharma stupid. Because he is so far from stupid he's on another planet.]

Some of us, perhaps.

[And there go the images of Tarn's foot pressing down on his helm.] ...Not as new as you'd expect.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Nah you're maybe smart about medical stuff, but let's face it, you were kinda dumb when you made that deal with the DJD. Seriously. Even Whirl knows that 'deal' and 'DJD' don't go in the same sentence, unless there's 'unspeakable violence' in there, too.]

Yep. [He's going to land just for this. Be honored. Yes. This. So he can STARE.]

If you actually think they're done messing with us, still pretty new.

[organ_pharming]

[He was young and he needed the money. ...Wait.]

[Frown] I don't expect their generosity to come without a price.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Story of Whirl's life....wait.]

[Wow. This is awkward: having something in common with Pharmalarmadingdong.]

[Shake it off, Whirl. Shake it off.]

Couple of options to that, really. You can play along and get shafted. You can not play along, or you can...you know, screw them with their own pneumatic drill.

[Whirl would like to imagine that last option literally.]

[organ_pharming]

[They have plenty in common- considering they are both autobots who are terrible at being autobots.]

I prefer the subtle approach. I do keep a pneumatic drill around though, just in case.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[What are you talking about Whirl is the BESTEST Autobot.]

Yeah keep that fetishy stuff to yourself.

[organ_pharming]

As you wish. [Shrug]

Call me if you need actual professional medical work done. The other medics here are hacks.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Who isn't a hack here, anyway?



I suppose you mean like...face replacement, not just tune ups.

[organ_pharming]

[He's going to ignore that first comment.]

You'd have to have a face for me to replace it. Unless you'd like a bit of plastic surgery?

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Whirl will file that away. To throw at you again later. Because recycling's cool.]

Yeah, yeah. Ask me, faces are fraggin' overrated. [PSH! Binocular vision. Mouths. NOSES? Who needs that slag?]

Least I have hands.

[Did he just go there? Yes. Yes he did.]

[organ_pharming]

Is that what those are? Because they look like pincers to me. You're a fan of minimalism, I'm guessing?

[whirlybird_of_prey]

I like getting the job done.

[Hey, mech, these claws made fantastic clocks in their day.]

Thought medics were supposed to be, you know, above frame insults.

I'm not even going to ask how you make clocks with claws

[organ_pharming]

Really? What medics have you been going to?

I have wondered that myself but apparently he can?

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Actually good damn question.

Last few I was kinda unconscious when they brought me in.

[He intends it to sound like he's so badass that nothing less than TERMINAL DEATH OF DYING would bring him to a Medibay. YMMV.]

I still think he's lieing

[organ_pharming]

Well then, I will have to make your first conscious visit a memorable one.

WHIRL? LIE?!?! Perish the thought.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

...yeah. See? This is like I was telling Ambulamb or whatever he is. Medic. Sadist. Same same.