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[flashdrive]

[Whoa, Rewind, you look like you've seen better days. The feed cuts to the library, with a flash drive huddled up on one of the many seats littered about it. Ambus, his acolyte seems to hover over him, books held in its hand. There's soft coughing coming from the flash drive, attempting to sit up and look at the screen.]

เ ђคשє ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ เ ђคשє t๏ รคא...

[Cough cough. Wow, Rewind, you sound all modulated and awful. Ambus seems to notice, leaning over further as if to mother hen. Rewind, stick to typing.]

[So he will. Fingers reach out to the keys of the link, typing things up as best he can.]


If anyone has a problem with the A.I. members of our community, you're going to answer to me.

I've noticed their treatment over the Link.

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[Video]

[flashdrive]

[There's a couple of coughs, although he waves his hand dismissively before going back to the typing.]

Just coming down with something. It's nothing big.

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

You didn't by chance run into any funny color energon, did you?

[Video]

[flashdrive]

I haven't noticed.

Things have been pretty busy in the library...

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

Just... be careful okay? There's lots of people bein' affected by weird colored energon. If you see any brown around apparently that can make you sick so that might be what's affectin' you.

I assume it's weird colored I'm not real clear on what color it's actually supposed to be.

And... I've been hearin' that AIs here have issues with others sometimes. Haven't really had trouble myself so far but... thanks. For stickin' up for us I mean.

[Video]

[flashdrive]

No problem. Let's just hope it stays that way.

[You've got his attention now, Spine. Weird coloured energon, huh? He's already making a new folder to document this information in his brain.]

Care to tell me more? How many different kinds are there? Any known cure?

What colour does what?

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

Can't say for sure. The brown stuff makes you sick- lucky I'm focusing so well right now. Overheating, vertigo, exhaustion and unexpected stasis are what I'm getting hit with. There's a human in the medbay too, from what I can understand he's got the same kind of illness.

One of the humans Axel, I think it was? Asked about the different colors earlier. Few people replied, so you'd probably get a good idea starting there.

[Video]

[flashdrive]

Oh good! There's information on the Link then, if this Axel person asked about it. I'll have to take a look.


Sorry to hear about your condition too, though. It's some nasty stuff. You pay a visit to the medbay?

[Big bro Rewind is worried despite how he should probably go there himself.]

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

Still there, actually. The medic Knockout was the one that found me. Figured it'd be a smart idea for me to stay here until this illness blows over.

[Video]

[flashdrive]

Definitely a smart idea.

I should probably head over myself. Once I get a ride, that is.

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

Well I'll keep an eye out for you. Meeting folk over video like this is kinda odd still. Call me old-fashioned, but I really do like meeting people in person still.

[Video]

[flashdrive]

[There's a deep, rattly sound.

That's an attempted laugh.]

I hear you, bud. Nothing beats face to face.

[Video]

[eyestothesky]

Granted there's somethin' to be said about not even comin' up to other folk's knees anymore, that's an entirely new perspective. Video saves some of that crick I'm betting I'm gonna develop sooner or later.

Well maybe not entirely, Beebop and Delilah are pretty big robots in their own rights, when Beebop has a body that is...

And then there's the cat...