video || perceptor's lab

[sciencetank]

[... the lab is a disaster. It's almost hard to tell that is is Perceptor's lab. It looks as if a wrecking ball went through the room. There's nothing left undamaged in some way. Even his chair is all but flattened.]

[The scientist himself stands in the middle of the room, sorting broken bits of something into crates.]

... as you can see, any projects I was currently working on are... on hold, to say the least. I don't have a working computer, let alone proper lab facilities, at the moment.

[He tosses the piece he's holding into a crate, dragging his hand down his face.]

And... if there happens to be any bored parties capable of heavy lifting who find themselves with nothing to do... clearly I've need of assistance.

Comments

[headgames]

Heavy lifting?

[He might just be bored enough to help.]

[sciencetank]

Yes. Isn't it obvious?

[headgames]

Pretty clear you made a mess of your place, and want the rest of us to help you clean it up.

[sciencetank]

I didn't do a damned thing.

All I did was talk Grimlock down.

[headgames]

... Shouldn't have had him in there to begin with.

[sciencetank]

I didn't "have him in there". He came of his own accord. If you haven't noticed, Grimlock is rather impossible to coerce into anything, let alone a lab.

[headgames]

Then maybe you should work on not setting him off before fixing up that mess.

[sciencetank]

I did no such thing! I walked in, and he was already there, in that state!

We have our differences, but I have no desire to aggravate Grimlock by any means. He is an Autobot, a... comrade. Why would I want to "set him off"?

[headgames]

Must of done something to him.

[sciencetank]

Why must I? Why do you automatically assume I was the one to provoke him?

[headgames]

He was in your lab.

[sciencetank]

He has access codes.

We come from the same world. He knows me.

Something occurred, and I can only surmise he came looking for me there. I was occupied elsewhere at the time, and thus I can't tell you exactly what transpired.

... He smashed my security console as well.

[headgames]

Well it sounds like your fault.

[sciencetank]

Despite repeated evidence to the contrary?

Why are you so eager to blame me? Ask Grimlock if you like. But I had no part in this.

[headgames]

Right.