5th Transmission - Audio

[heavyweaponsbot]

... Need a pair of hands. And cleaning equipment.

Got... organic bits stuck in my foot.

[He's just going to be pretending not to see all that carnage on his way back. Because repression is so very healthy.]

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[thenotmagician]

Organic bits?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. That chicken.

[thenotmagician]

Y'mean the cockatrice? Did ya stomp on it or somethin'?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah.

Several times.

[thenotmagician]

Sweet!

[Ironhide you are officially the coolest person ever]

[heavyweaponsbot]

... What?

[thenotmagician]

Y'killed it!

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. I know I did.

[thepuppyhero.livejournal.com]

You got it?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. Several times over.

[thepuppyhero.livejournal.com]

Good.

[Sorry Ironhide, someone's a little pissed right now. Pissed and upset.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. Good.

[thepuppyhero.livejournal.com]

[For once Zack's says nothing and just turns off his com. There's too much tension in his body. He has to go out and do something.]

[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

I'll help!

[He's missed most of said carnage. Whups.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

... Fine. Get something to clean it with.

Be waiting at my quarters.

[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

[...How would one go about cleaning something like Ironhide, anyways? Ventus grabs anything that might prove handy - towels, a bucket, a bar of soap - and piles it all together. There's just one problem.]

... And where... are your quarters exactly?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Same place you first saw me.

[Where he was out drinking.]

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, right! I'll just grab some stuff, and--

[There's the telltale noise of Teenaged Boy Grabbing Things. Somehow, he doubts a mop would be helpful, but he grabs one anyways, as well as some rags, and a scouring pad before piling the whole of it into a bucket.]

- be on my way!

[It's the first time he's been in his pod for a while. The last few days of conflict have seen him completely isolated. He'd been out in the jungle, looking for a suitable tree from which to carve a keyblade. It wouldn't serve as a weapon but... maybe he'd give it to Terra when he was done. That seemed right somehow.

Anyways. Off he goes! In his perpetually hyperactive state, it doesn't take long for him to get to Ironhide's pod, and he knocks.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[The old 'Bot is not, in fact, inside. He hasn't gone inside, as he doesn't quite believe he could possibly fit. Hearing the knock, however, he pokes his head around the side of the pod, identifying the visitor before announcing his presence.]

Back here.

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

[Ventus peeks around the side of the pod and then comes fully into view. Look, Ironhide, he is armed.]

Hi!

[Cheery, one-handed wave.]

So, uh, what did you step on exactly?

[It's plants, right? That's organic.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[Wow. The kid came prepared. Ironhide shrugs, and then flops down on the ground, lifting is foot to try and examine it himself.]

Hmn...

[He's only mildly successful.]

The chicken. The evil one.

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

[What did you expect, seriously? Ventus throws himself wholeheartedly (lolpun) into everything he does! JUST WATCH HIM SLING ICE CREAM OKAY. He looks around for something to drag to prop up that offending foot. Log! Yes, excellent plan. Drag, drag.]

... There was an evil chicken?

[Wat has he missed.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He never knows what to expect with you kids. He watches the dragging without comment, except to quirk an optic ridge. All right. Whatever works.]

Yeah. Turned people to stone.

[Ventus gets a level look.]

Where have you been, the past week?

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

[Turned people to stone? That sounds awful!]

I was -- I've been looking for something, for a friend of mine? Zuko? I didn't really... pay attention to what was going on.

[Oh you can bet he won't be doing that again. MISERY. Someone revoke his hero license.]

Is everybody all right?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Looking for what?

[He has a fairly good idea, though. Ironhide shifts his weight, resting his arms across his knees to study Ventus for a moment.]

... Be fine. No need to worry.

[It's not quite a lie. But it's not quite the truth, either.]

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

Zuko thinks that if we find these crystals, he can get his abilities back. It's... hard, being without a part of us that makes us who we are, [he touches his hand to his chest. yeah, he gets it.] so I've been trying to help.

[DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH FAITH HE HAS IN YOU RN IRONHIDE, DO YOU?]

I'm glad, then! I guess, uh, 'evil chickens' are no match for you, huh?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. So he told me. Sort of.

[It was more like gloating, but hey, no need to bring that up directly.]

Find anything yet? Any sign of these... crystals?

[He shrugs.]

It was a chicken. I am many times its size. There was no contest.

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I'm not even sure where to begin looking. This would be easier if we had some dwarves.

[Who are the coolest thing ever, by the way, and apparently very good at finding shiny rocks?

Also, brobot, that's kind of gross.]

Well.

[He eyes Ironhide's foot with some dubiousness. Is that a bit of feather?]

There's that, I guess.

[Small evil chicken is better than house-sized evil chicken, in his opinion. Especially when he is still sans keyblade.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Had... some what?

[No really. What? Short people? You're speaking gibberish, child.]

Yeah. There is that.

[It's bits of feather, bone, flesh... and just general goo from stomping all over the cockatrice.]

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

[This is quite possibly the grossest thing he's done in a while, but welp, here he goes! You're not ticklish, are you Ironhide? Scrub, scrub.]

I met some dwarves - seven of them, to be exact! - and they were really good at finding things like that. Rocks, crystals, jewels, you name it! They soooooort of thought I was a thief, though.

[HIS FIRST TIME MEETING PEOPLE ON ANOTHER WORLD and they tried to run away from him baw.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He's not at all ticklish, at least on his feet, thankfully. He watches the cleaning idly for a moment.]

What are they?

[A pause.]

Did you steal from them, boy?

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[wayfoundwind.livejournal.com]

Oh, the dwarves? Miners, I guess!

[way to miss the question, Ventus.]

No way! I would never steal from anyone!

[WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT oh man sadfacing so hard right now :C]