[Video - Transmission from: Solian Medbay] 3rd Flight

[prettyfly4adinobot]

[When the video cuts on, Swoop seems to still be in the medbay. Horrible cannon wounds to the stomach and all. More importantly, he is peering at what looks to be a small bolt parading its way up his arm. He chirps at it a couple times before remembering that yes, he did turn on the video for a reason.]

Where bot named Cliffjumper? Me found bottle full of little walking bolts and screws, has his name and picture on it.

Also uhm. Me, Swoop sorry. Couple of them escape.

[Swoop you liar, you opened it on purpose and ten of them got out. Aside from the one on his arm they are all marching in the direction of his gut.]

Them kind of tickle a bit.

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[Video]

[neverputincharge]

[Bulkhead peers at them through the feed.]

What are they?

[Video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

Me no know. Kind of cute, though.

[Swoop puts his hand in the way of the one on his arm, letting it crawl up his fingers.]

Wonder why them kept in a bottle.

[Video]

[neverputincharge]

Yeah...they are.

[Strangely cute, he hasn't seen anything like them before.]

Uh, maybe it was just so they don't get lost till Cliffjumper gets them?

[Video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

Maybe. Me ask when him come get them. Maybe him know.

[Someone has to, so why not the guy that they're addressed to. Swoop pauses briefly, looking down.]

Huh. That different.

[headgames]

Scraplets?!

Get them the frag off you before you kill everyone!

[prettyfly4adinobot]

What scraplets?

Them not actually doing anything...

[headgames]

Just get them off, Swoop!

[Look, he's even using your name. Just do it before he has to come in there and set you on fire.]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

[He's more shocked by being called by name than anything else, really. Even so, he sadly isn't one to be swayed by someone that's typically the world's biggest jerk to him. He huffs.]

Why should me when them not doing anything?

[Actually his belly kind of itches but he's hardly going to mention that to Slag.]

[video] 1/3

[cliffjumper]

[!!?]

[video] 2/3

[cliffjumper]

GET RID OF THEM!

[Wait Swoop has some on him---]

Better yet get 'em off ya, they're---

[Wait.]

[video] 3/3

[cliffjumper]

[Those aren't just milling about and chowing down immediately, like they should be.]

They're--- Gghh. Those aren't normal scraplets...

[Welcome to being up and level with the program, Cliffjumper. He can't help but rub his arms subconciously though, while now staring a lot more confused than shocked.

Why is this familiar?]

... They were in a bottle?

[video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

[Swoop starts slightly, churring at Cliffjumper. Well you look like the picture, but why so shouty?]

Everyone keep saying 'scraplets' but that like me just shouting 'inner tube'.

[In other words, he's starting to wonder if you and Slag aren't completely crazy.]

Uh-huh. Came in bottle.

[Which he now holds up! It's still got a bunch of the little critters in it.]

[Video]

[im_wavin]

Ooo Those look like Scraplets! [And unlike the others, he's actually glad to see them.]

[Video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

Oh! You know what them are! [And you sound a lot less freaked out then everyone else.]

What them do? Besides look cute?

[Video]

[im_wavin]

[Kitty grin! He like being helpful.]

They're bitty fixer bots! They eat dead metal and fix living metal.

[Video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

[Swoop chirps and grins a little himself. This bot is so nice!]

That really helpful. Everybody else freak out like them going to eat me or something. Bitty fixer bots is much better explanation.

[He's so gonna have to tell Bulkhead about this, it's so cool.]

[Video]

[glitteratimedic]

[If Glit had been anywhere near the Solian medbay before, he certainly isn't in there now. In fact, he probably ran away with his tail between his legs before he got a hold of himself.]

Scraplets! You can't possibly be serious!?

[He seems to be staring at the screen in horrified fascination, in between rooting around in his cabinets for something.

It's like watching a train wreck. If the train wreck involved the train being eaten alive by the passengers.]

[Video]

[prettyfly4adinobot]

[Swoop look incredibly unimpressed. More people shouting that word, grah.] Doily! [He shrugs. How do you like people shouting random things at you.]

Them inverse scraplets. Other white kitty said. They fix instead of eating.

[Video]

[glitteratimedic]

...Doily.

[Wat.]

Is this... some weird Dinobot thing?

[Glit shakes his head, and goes back to digging in the cabinet. He pulls out a bottle of water - the label pasted over the brand name reads 'Prescription Scraplet Remover' - before nearly dropping the hard-won bottle with a startled jerk.]

...Inverse. Scraplets? That heal?

[Pressing up against the vidscreen, Swoop gets subjected to an intent, supremely disbelieving cat-stare, even as Glit clutches at the (apparently unnecessary) bottle of water hard enough to dent the plastic.]

[raceme]

What are those...?

[prettyfly4adinobot]

Everyone keep yelling 'scraplets' at me. [He snorts.] Like me heard of those before. Him Cliffjumper say these different from normal ones. Fix bots instead of eating bots.

Is really cool.

[raceme]

Scraplets are really bad news, Swoop, they eat living metal. But Cliff told me about the negative polarity ones too. [Blurr still wouldn't let them near him.]

It's really good that you got those instead of the others.

[action] Let me know if this is okay or you want me to change it

[deadlydoctor]

Don't let those pests run free around my medbay, it's probably not sanitary.

[Datapad in hand, Knock Out frowns at swoop as he walks by. That was all he was going to say, thinking those things are Swoop's pets (his own firelizard is perched in his shoulder after all) until he heard the word 'scraplets' coming from the dinobot communicator. He took a step away from the other mech and looked panicked.]

WHAT are those?

[action] Looks perfect!

[prettyfly4adinobot]

Is not like them have wings. Them okay.

[Swoop is busy observing the little things at work, chowing down on his gut-wound and replacing the metal with new. It's really kind of horrible to see but the Dinobot can't help but be fascinated. He's never seen anything like it before. He looks up at Knock Out, chirping in confusion at his panic.]

Them inverse scraplets. Fix metal. See?

[He points down, pleased. This is much better than sitting around and waiting for the cannon injury to heal itself.]

[action] ty 83

[deadlydoctor]

They can still run around and make a mess of things.

[Knock Out's optics widen and he's about to hit one of those things away when he notices that yes, they are fixing Swoop rather than eating him alive. His firelizard hiss and flies next to one of the bolts, picking it up.]

I've never heard of any creature like this one before. [The medic takes the bolt away from the firelizard's paws to give it a good look while the creature squirms in his hand.]