56th Transmission - [Audio/Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

You humans have the strangest things in your belongings...

[The video cuts in briefly to show Ironhide on the luggage deck.  He's holding what appears to be a piggy bank in his hands, examining it closely.  It jingles.

In his other hand is what looks like a can of compressed air... and a bottle of Old Spice body wash.]

At least some of it is useful.

[He sets the piggy bank aside and selects the can next.  The video cuts out then, but, shortly thereafter, there is a loud POP.  Ironhide is silent.  When he speaks again, he sounds disgruntled.]

...

Who would keep air in a can!

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[tanvirus.livejournal.com]

[AHAHAHA OH. Okay.

Oh fuck.

Hang on, he's just gotta

stop

stop laughing.

That was funny.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

Stop that! What--this is not amusing!

[tanvirus.livejournal.com]

No, no that was--

--That--

[Okay, he's good.]

Compressed air. It's used to clean computers.

What'd you do, try to open it?

[heavyweaponsbot]

That seems pointless.

[A grunt.] The can is metal. We... use metal. Self-repair, ammunition resupply... Frames require it to function efficiently.

[He chewed on it.]

[tanvirus.livejournal.com]

You use cans for ammunition?

[Audio: Japanese]

[flipspuzzle.livejournal.com]

[... Oh my god it's a giant mecha. An actual giant mecha.

Yugi's just about to open his mouth and speak when the loud POP makes him jump and nearly drop that comm he's holding. The explanation afterward doesn't quite make sense to him, so he'll just ignore it and attempt communication with this awesome giant mecha.]

Hello?

[Audio: Japanese]

[heavyweaponsbot]

What?

[It's been a while since he's had to use this language function.]

[Audio: Japanese]

[flipspuzzle.livejournal.com]

[IT SPEAKS HIS LANGUAGE. THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC GIANT MECHA, MAN.

Yugi is at a loss of words for a few seconds before he shakes his head.]

Ah, uh... [It'd be rude to just go "ARE YOU A GIANT MECHA" so.] What was that you were... holding again?

[Audio: Japanese]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Japanese, English, Mandarin... everything, man.]

A can of air. Your audio receptors working?

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[ntjstapwn]

Its usually used to clean dust out of computers and similar things in my world.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

... Why not use a vacuum? Those do exist in your world, hmn?

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[ntjstapwn]

They do, and I'm not sure. I think the air is supposed to be 'safer' for the electronics.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

That is a lie. This is not safer.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[brb giggling]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Growls.]

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[She can't help it, it's hilarious]

[heavyweaponsbot]

This is not funny.

[hadalotofsugar.livejournal.com]

Sadistic human bastards out to trick you?

I'm kidding.

It's for cleaning things, made for people who are too lazy to use rags.

[heavyweaponsbot]

That would not surprise me.

Hmnf! There should be a warning...

[There was. You just bit down on that part.]

[hadalotofsugar.livejournal.com]

There usually is. Something along the lines of "do not puncture, do not put near an open flame."

They make great grenades in a pinch if you have a fire.

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Silence, while he turns the can around in hand.]

... There is a hole over that part.

[Another pause.]

You speak from experience?

[Audio]

[soldierbee.livejournal.com]

[Audio]

[heavyweaponsbot]

... That was not funny.

[text]

[soldierbee.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, it was hilarious.

How'd you pop it?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[A long, awkward silence.]

... You are aware ingesting scrap metals helps heal damage, yeah?

[HINT. HINT.]