[Accidental Video] [Backdated to the 22nd]

[kungfugeek]

 [So...that date didn't go as planned, and it's just sinking in now that it was even a date at all. The fact that he'd worked hard to get up the courage to ask, let alone show up...that was enough for his A.I. to handle. But this planet...much like back home, found a way to make that a false hope. Something he'd never really get.  It's a bit of a downer, really.

Enough to make him pout at the junkpile. Why the junkpile? So he could toss things around in his power shovel form if he needed to release his anger externally. This way...no one got hurt. As for right now, though, he's curled up, sitting among a bunch of odds and ends, starting into the distance.]

...

[It'd hurt less if he hadn't arrived her moments after Lua.]


Hate this place.

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[Video]

[thankyou4myheart]

Power Joe, are yo-

[No, obviously not. Next question.]

What happened?

audio;

[arnhaid]

What happened, kid?

[Because none of this is like the bouncy, exuberant Power Joe he's gotten to know.]

[Video]

[kungfugeek]

[His head turns, seeing the video on and recording. At...least it's Deckard.]

...

This whole week, Deckard. I'm just...


I'm done.

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[kungfugeek]

...

[How does he tell Ironhide? It's hard admitting your father figure is right, even when you know you messed up.]

That pillar.

[whatbedsidemanners]

[Oh dear he seems distressed.

This clearly can only mean one thing.]

Do you require assistance?

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[arnhaid]

... I'm comin' out there, kid.

Sit tight, you hear me?

[kungfugeek]

...

[He barely even reacts to the feed being on. It just hardly registers.]

I'll be fine. I'm not broken or anything.


Just...it's stupid.

audio;

[kungfugeek]

Huh? You're--well, I'm not going anywhere but...


You don't have to..

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[arnhaid]

Tough scrap. Put it in park, kid, I'm coming.

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

[She hasn't ever talked to this mech, who she's pretty sure is one of the ones from Earth, but he seems so very down, and despite that this is definitely accidental...]

I think we've all felt the same at some point. What happened? The effects of the pillar made you do something... or someone else was affected and you got trapped in the middle?

[whatbedsidemanners]

I see.

[Well, this obviously goes behind her level of expertise.]

I would like to know what the problem is, if you don't mind.

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[kungfugeek]

[He knows that there's no sense in trying to out-argue Ironhide. So instead, there's just a sigh as he curls himself in more, like a giant ball of Power Shovel.]

Fine fine...


Don't take to long, old man.

[kungfugeek]

...

[His head tilts up, resting on his knees. Even though he's not technically considered 'alive' by medical standards, the way his eyes look...

they're almost lifeless]

My date didn't go well.

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[kungfugeek]

[His eyes lift up, almost having to do a double take. The voice was different, sure, but the appearance had him fooled for just a moment.]

...The second one.

Two people got affected.

[whatbedsidemanners]

That's it?

[Now she seems sort of annoyed. That's one bit of worry she seems to have wasted.]

A bad date is not the end of the world.

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[fugitrix]

[ Wow, she sure does not know how to respond to this. ]

You know, I really don't get you.

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[arnhaid]

Don't tell your elders what to do, kid.

[But he's going to hurry along anyway.]

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[kungfugeek]

[And he actually doesn't move! He'll be that little curled up ball when you arrive, Ironhide, maybe having half his face buried into his arms.]


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[kungfugeek]

...!

[Now there's a voice he feels like he hasn't heard in awhile. His head turns, seeing the feed on.

But seeing Arcee is...especially that she's back to normal.]

Whatcha' mean?



...this is an A.I. jab, isn't it.

[kungfugeek]

Tch.

[His head lowers, focusing on some random piece of junk in the distance.]

You wouldn't know. You're alive.

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[arnhaid]

[He rolls up, transforming when he's a few feet away, and walking the rest of the way up to the huddled ball of power shovel.]

[Ironhide plunks down next to him without ceremony. Just waiting.]

[Video]

[thankyou4myheart]

[There are a LOT of people who are "just done" after this past week. But Power Joe? Damn... This is so unlike him. Now he really wants to know what happened to his teammate.]

You seem like you could use some company. Give me your coordinates?

[Since the Junkpile's a pretty big place. He'll search it if he has to, but he'd rather Power Joe /want/ to be found.]

[whatbedsidemanners]

I'm...?

[She blinks.]

Who told you that you weren't alive?

[kungfugeek]

[His hands grip the junk beneath him, eyes cast down.]

Half the people here. I'm made by humans...I wasn't exactly 'born' like you guys were.

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[kungfugeek]

[It takes awhile for PJ to notice. Or if he did, he didn't say anything. But like how it is with all parental figures...

He can't keep the act up long.]

My date didn't go so well.