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[arnhaid]

So uh... hate t'be a bother and everythin', but...

[He holds up a fist, and, quite literally, proceeds to bash it against a wall. Hard. And, given it's Ironhide, something should be damaged. Granted, it's his fist versus a wall, but...]

[Not so much as a single scrape or even a chip appears on Ironhide's hand. He might as well be mashing it into a bucket of water for all the effect it has on him. He doesn't even flinch, either.]

[After a good minute or two of repeatedly punching the wall with what appears to be all his strength, the big soldier subsides.]

I know I'm tough, but... Primus, even for me, this ain't right. I can't transform either. Not even a little bit.

[What is a "little bit" of a transformation, Ironhide.]

Anybody else suddenly got somethin' weird going on?

Comments

[arnhaid]

Y'do?

How old're you bots anyway?

[badboybikerbot]

Been in service around a year, give or take a few months.

[arnhaid]

... are you serious? That's it?

[badboybikerbot]

Probably goin' on two, come to think of it.

Why?

[arnhaid]

... The other guys from your planet. They the same way?

'Cause you don't really seem like it. Seem like a lotta bots with more years behind 'em, if you ask me.

[badboybikerbot]

Uh huh.

We weren't built to stand around and look pretty, y'know. We had work to do. Getting shot at builds character.

Or something.

[arnhaid]

Huh.

Just always had you figured for older. Don't think there's a whole lotta Cybertronians your age runnin' around...

Even when there were, they weren't gettin' shot at.

[So kudos to you, kids.]

[badboybikerbot]

It's cool, Power Joe acts immature enough to make up for the rest of us.

[No Gunmax really has no room to talk but shhh]

Are young Cybertronians just not a thing or... what.

[arnhaid]

I just kinda pictured you all a little... older.

[Even as immature as PJ is.]

Last time I checked, the entire planet was dead. So... no. Not really.

[badboybikerbot]

How much older is a little older?

Well i get that, but you can't just build more or something?

[arnhaid]

Maybe a couple thousand or so, I guess.

Nah. It's more complicated than that... you need a spark and... stuff.

[Gunmax he doesn't know how to answer these things ok.]

[badboybikerbot]

I guess to a dinosaur like you, a couple thousand would seem like a little older.

[you are the worst teacher ever irondad]

Yeah, real informative there. I take it these sparks aren't something you can just make, right?

[arnhaid]

I guess so, yep. No problem though, yeah?

[This is why he directs people to Ratchet.]

You got it. Kinda like uh... how'd I hear it...? Souls I guess?

[badboybikerbot]

Don't see why there'd be one.

Ah! Right, that does make sense.

[arnhaid]

That's cause there ain't. Not with any of you, far as I'm concerned.

[Yeah he's seen some of the crap flying around lately.]

Good, glad I got somethin' clear.

[badboybikerbot]

Yeah? Good to hear.

[Gunmax hadn't really given a shit about that stuff BUT HEY he appreciates people being cool]

How'd you guys manage to not go extinct if you can't really reproduce? Or are there just that many of you.

[arnhaid]

I don't think it was a problem for a while. Like... it worked out okay until the planet died.

But I'm the wrong bot to ask. My memory's... it ain't what it used to be.

[badboybikerbot]

Well no shit, you're like a billion years old. How do your brains even work? Probably can't just back memory up on a hard drive somewhere, huh.

[arnhaid]

Not a billion.

More complicated than just a malfunction... it's... ugh, Primus, I need a lot more high grade in me before I wanna touch that story...

It's kind of a thing.

[badboybikerbot]

Close enough.

A thing, huh. I'm torn between doing the decent thing and keeping out of your business, and loading you up with high grade because deep down I'm a complete jerk.

Eh. I think I can be nice this time.

[arnhaid]

Hey, I might take you up on that after all this mess gets sorted.

[badboybikerbot]

Oh yeah? Sounds like a plan, big guy.

[arnhaid]

Deal.

Soon as we get this figured out, we'll hit up the bar, kid. That's a promise.

[badboybikerbot]

Awesome. I'll make sure to set aside some time for it.

[and by that he totally means he'll skip work like a responsible adult]

[arnhaid]

Sure thing, kid. I'll be ready.

[Yeah good job kiddo you're lucky he likes your bad attitude.]