[Video | Alpha Trion's Quadrant]

[shutupndrive]

[Talk of zombies and stuff has Smokescreen on edge. Not because the Firstforged aren't telling them things.

No.

Because he's scared he'll see the hits he's lost here. Optimus. Ratchet. Ultra Magnus. There's a part of him that's bitter at the thought of them bein trapped here as ghosts or zombies, to think that there is really no going home.

Another part of him doesn't want to believe any of it. He wants to think like Perceptor and not be skeptical.

Still...]

Anyone want to go ghost hunting and find some answers? Since apparent ghosts are a thing here now.

Comments

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[sciencetank]

Hunting implies... Primus.

[HE'S WORRIED OKAY. Worried and really had at showing it.]

Fine. Yes, very well. Keep in contact or something sensible like that.

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

[PERCY YOU SHOULD JUST SAY THAT THEN.]

I wouldn't not keep in contact, sir. I know you think I'm an idiot but I'm not that much of one.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

[NO. THAT'S NOT BRITISH ENOUGH.]

I never said you--

[If it's possible for an Autobot to develop a migraine, he's certainly feeling one.]

Fine.

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[shutupndrive]

[DRAMA QUEEN.]

You don't have to say it, sir.

[Have a lopsided grin and a shrug.]

It's what everyone thinks.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Smokescreen, if I thought something, don't you think I'd say so?

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

Probably.

Or you could just be that fed up with me that you don't even know what to say.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

I assure you, should I become that "fed up" with someone, I am hardly the type to remain silent on the matter.

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

I'll keep that in mind, Notdad~

[There's a pause before his expression turns serious again.]

I promise I'm going to be smart about this. I know you think going to check things out is pretty dumb but..we need to see if we can figure this out.

I'll have Bulkhead with me, if nothing else. We'll be okay.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Fine. Do as you please.

... I suppose he'll be suitable.

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

...You could come if you want?

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

I have entirely too much to do in my lab without gallivanting about looking for nonexistent creatures.

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[shutupndrive]

Alright, alright..I figured I'd just ask.

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[shutupndrive]

Alright, alright..I figured I'd just ask.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

I'll make certain there are medical supplies awaiting your return.

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[shutupndrive]

...Thanks for that vote of confidence, da--sir.

[Yeah, way to almost slip up here and use a real human term.]

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

You're most welcome.

[That was confidence. If he wasn't, he'd have said he'd prep the morgue.]

[Isn't your guardian charming, Smokescreen?]

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

..Don't blow up your lab while I'm gone.

[Yeah, totally charming.

But it's endearing in a way.]M/small>

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Not to worry. This energon batch appears far more stable than the last... I'm still scraping dried crystals off the ceiling.

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[shutupndrive]

That's...not all that comforting but I'm going to hope for the best because I really don't want to lose someone else I care about.

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Oh psh.

A simple synthetic energon detonation is hardly enough to rattle my circuits. Not in this frame.

[Video | Private]

[shutupndrive]

[Smokescreen can't help but grin, shaking his head again.]

Yeah well, still try and be careful okay?

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Of course. Every safety precaution has been met.

You'll have to test some, when it's finished.

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[shutupndrive]

Test some--The synthetic energon?

[Video | Private]

[sciencetank]

Yes. The project I've been working on for months now.

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[shutupndrive]

...Alright. I'm in.