[Video -> Text] [Transmission Originating From: Outside Haven]

[wakizashi_straight]

[The video comes on for a brief moment, showing a static-laden image of a helmet that looks rather similar to a shogun warrior’s, in purple with yellow accents and bright yellow optics. His chin tilts down slightly, the sound of pistons whirring off-screen. Eventually the image cuts off in favor of text.]

I hope this message gets through. I am Noisy Boy. I do not know how many of you might recall me, or how long it might have been, and I have some inquiries to make. First, I am looking for a bot named Midas. He is eight-foot-two inches, with gold plating and a red fiberoptic Mohawk. He is extremely abrasive and uses text like I do, so he will likely be easy to pick out.

My second inquiry is a request to speak to anyone with experience in either programming or upgrading. I will require alterations if I am to survive on this planet.

My final inquiry is for pick-up. I am uncertain as to where I am at the moment.

Comments

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[wakizashi_straight]

That is unfortunate. I hope he is still functional.

[Not. That Noisy Boy misses him or anything.]

Miko offered to have Bulkhead pick me up. Drift, it is good to see you, but have you been injured?

[Because he remembers the medibay very well.]

[sword_redemption]

....sure. Maybe he is.

[Drift knows better. You spend enough time in the badlands, you know what happens out there. But that's not a great thought to share. See? He's learning tact!]

Oh, good. [Oh frag. Means Drift's stuck here with no good excuse to sneak out. ]

I, uh, yeah. There was a little incident. But everything's good now. You know. All good.

[Look at how good he is!]

[wakizashi_straight]

We both vanished into the Badlands, correct?

[He sends the text burst without preamble. Yeah, he knows what the Badlands mean. That doesn't mean he's going to give up on the other boxing bot. Even if Midas is an arrogant jerk to him.]

If he is occupied, should I let you know?

[... Drift :|]

How 'little' was this incident you mention?

[sword_redemption]

I think so. I don't really know for sure. I mean, if we knew someone was heading out there--like that--we'd try to stop him.

[Well, Drift would try to stop them, at any rate.]

Yes. I'll come get you if you need it.

Just....don't tell Wing.

[SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. It is a secret.]

Uh. [Shifty eyes.]

Little enough that I'm okay now?

[wakizashi_straight]

Sometimes you cannot stop things. No matter how much you would wish to. Given that he and I both vanished and I have reappeared...

[It seems like an easy conclusion to draw, to him.]

Drift. Would Wing be upset if you picked me up? That does not seem like something he would do if you were not injured right now.

[Noisy Boy is not that naive. He totally sees through you, brobot.]

[sword_redemption]

I know. Believe me.

[He's tired of failing to stop bad things from happening, honestly.] Maybe we should keep an optic out for Midas.

[One way or the other, right?]

[....drat.] I'm not that injured. It's just, well, Wing worries about nothing a lot.

I mean, he was trying to put me in stasis cuffs out there.

[HAHAH it's funny now. Kind of. A little bit.]

[wakizashi_straight]

It is a difficult thing to accept, even if you know.

[He just didn't have much choice in learning to accept it.] It would not hurt to do so.

Why was he attempting to put you in stasis cuffs? What happened while I was absent?

[What have you people been doing without him here D:?]

[sword_redemption]

Yes. Exactly.

[He wishes he could stab it. It would help. Maybe.]

Right. As soon as I can, I'll start looking out. Just in case.

[Cough cough ahem. ]

Uh. He thought I was going to freak out and wander off and not come back. Some stuff happened. Mechs without glyphs came out of the badlands.

...they weren't themselves.

[wakizashi_straight]

It would seem I have missed a great deal, then. [More importantly, a great deal that Drift seems to not want to tell him, which means it's probably bad.] That is unfortunate.

However, it was my understanding that the majority of what comes out of the Badlands are monsters.

[Which tends to be what bots without glyphs are, really.]

[sword_redemption]

[Yeah there's probably something nice and suave and consoling to say right about now. But this is Drift so he has no idea what that might be. ]

....good to have you back, though.

[Close? Maybe?]

There have been some here with glyphs who are also monsters.

[Tarn he is thinking of you so hard.]

[wakizashi_straight]

I do not remember leaving, but I am glad to be back. Thank you, Drift.

[Very close. Noisy Boy is just glad to hear from people he calls friends, really. It means not everything has changed.]

Do I need to be concerned about them?

[Is something horrible going to happen?]