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[winged_knight]

[ Here's a face that's been gone from the network for over a month. Wing looks a touch weary, his pinions lax, even though physically he seems in good health]

Hello Haven. I'm back now. I apologize for my absence, it was not intentional.

Sorry to ask this but, would anyone care to update me on recent events? Particularly from the Law Committee? I would appreciate it greatly.

[ He knows about Vandal, and a few of the others that have gone missing, which likely accounts for his glum mood.]

Also, committee members, I think we should put serious consideration into mapping not just the Haven but the surrounds. And clearly mark hazardous areas.

To everyone else... Please, if you're considering going exploring alone, regardless of skill level, do reconsider. Everyday we discover new hazards that persist on this world.

[ Wing might have taken down six reanimated mech frames on his own, maybe. But with the energy drain? There was no chance. ]

And well, I have a bunch of books, mostly human ones, that I don't need anymore. [ More specifically he needs to make room in his...room for someone else's stuff. ] Would anyone like them? I don't want them thrown away.


[Private to Barricade]

You're the one that told me about--what did you call them?--zombies?

Yeah. I have experience in that area now that I do not wish to repeat. [ o_o;; ]



[Private to Perceptor and Captain Marvelous]

Thank you, both of you, for coming to my aid.

I'm sorry to have put you in danger in the process of my rescue. If there's anything I can do to return the boon, please do tell me. I am in your debt.

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[winged_knight]

No worries, if delaying your response benefited the forward progress of the progress then it's all good.

I would say a day's travel for a ground vehicle is a decent place to start? The cave Drift and I found is half a day out.

[Maybe Tarn should be moved to Zoning, that way he has less command/influence over people.]

[skidaddle]

[He's impressed how formal you manage to sound while still being personable.]

Thanks. I don't think I realized how much work it was going to be, but I've got a good team of construction workers so...it'll happen.

It might just be a while.

[A long while.]

I'll focus on the roads in Haven for now, but once those are plotted then I can head out. Maybe we could make a week of nailing down some important landmarks?

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[winged_knight]

[Word choice paired with inflection, good friend. Anyone can do it. The gold optics do help though.]

Well if you need help doing the overseeing please speak up. We don't want anyone run ragged.

[He nods.]

That's a good idea. I have aerial data. And I know Captain Marvelous was going to try mapping the wastelands around Haven.

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[skidaddle]

Will do. And here I thought that this would be the easy job.

[It was only an entire planet he was supposed to divvy up.]

Aerial data would be perfect. With your wings and my intellect and our combined good looks, we'll have this done in no time.

[winged_knight]

[He chuckles.]

So much of life is like that, isn't it?

[At least there's only a small portion that's currently relevant?]

Let me know when and where I can deliver it. [He winks. Stop being so distractingly handsome Skids, seriously. Mechs here trying to function.]

[skidaddle]

Tell me about it. As if I need more reasons to question my decisions, right? It's not like being trapped on an infant Cybertron isn't weird enough, but now I have to worry about making survey flags.

[Hey, it could be worse!]

Should I be telling you 'the Hub' or should I be sending you to my personal quarters?

[Was that a wink? If it wasn't, his joke was going to be very ill-timed.]

[winged_knight]

There are stranger chores. [His mouth quirks.] Or the people you work with could feel like one.

[He might trade you jobs Skids, if he knew anything about roads.]

Skids! [He laughs heartily.] Stop tempting me! I have enough romantic complications. [Because sir, he would hit that so hard given space on his dance card.]

[skidaddle]

I've done them.

The stranger chores, not the people.

[He laughs, since he can't say he doesn't like flirting at this moment. It feels normal.]

Wait, don't tell me you're taken already? So who's the lucky conjunx?

[winged_knight]

I would presume the chores more preferable. [They don't complain if you don't call back the next day.]

[Anything that makes this place feel normal is welcome. And Wing loves flirting, especially the kind that just shamelessly delivers compliments with no expectations or motives. He likes seeing people happy.]

I'm going to take that as a sign that we've managed to be, hmm, discreet enough to not draw attention at the bar. [His smirk tells the rest of the story, a slightly naughty one.] I've been with Drift for quite a number of months now. Though there's nothing formal. Yet. [SOOOOON.]

[He grins.] What about you? Dashing mech like yourself must have more admirers than just me.

[skidaddle]

With Drift? Really?

Well, I guess the two of you do make a matching set...

[They had similar tastes in colors, and in swords.]

If I have 'admirers,' they're being quiet about it. Well. Some of them.

[Knockout hadn't been quiet, but it was hard to tell with a Decepticon.]

I don't think I'm looking for anything permanent, besides. I still feel like I'm leaping from one star system to the next.

[winged_knight]

[He laughs.] Why so surprised!?

A matched set? You could say that. Technically that's my sword he's carrying too.

[He's going to glow a little over the fact that they seem to go together even to someone on the outside.]

Some people are shy like that. Ha-ha, and some are definitely not.

[How to know you're hot? Knock Out flirts with you. Decepticon or not he's got real taste.]

I wouldn't be either, given permission, if I sought anything outside my relationship with Drift. It would be hard...to equal that. [And he doesn't want to try to equaling it really, it's too big for that. Drift meets all his needs, the only possible exception being variety.]