Ironhide (
heavyweaponsbot) wrote2011-09-19 05:36 pm
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8th Transmission
[Things have died down. And now there's nothing going on but pounding, pouring rain.]
[While the old timer should probably have gone to refuel, he opts instead to go out in the wet. Why? He can't really say. Maybe he's disappointed he let his charges down -- after checking everywhere, it's become obvious Zuko is no longer among the Keep's guests. Maybe he feels he failed them some other way -- he should have been the one to put an end to Riku, not Xanth.]
[... He should still be on the Shore.]
[Try as he might these few weeks, he can't shake that feeling. There's something missing. And it's painful. Like he's missing a vital internal component.]
[Ironhide winds up near the lake, in the middle of the downpour, just staring out at the water. The water pings off his armor. He never thought he'd admit it, but the sound and motion of the waves is... well.]
[It's familiar.]
[And therefore, it's comforting.]
[While the old timer should probably have gone to refuel, he opts instead to go out in the wet. Why? He can't really say. Maybe he's disappointed he let his charges down -- after checking everywhere, it's become obvious Zuko is no longer among the Keep's guests. Maybe he feels he failed them some other way -- he should have been the one to put an end to Riku, not Xanth.]
[... He should still be on the Shore.]
[Try as he might these few weeks, he can't shake that feeling. There's something missing. And it's painful. Like he's missing a vital internal component.]
[Ironhide winds up near the lake, in the middle of the downpour, just staring out at the water. The water pings off his armor. He never thought he'd admit it, but the sound and motion of the waves is... well.]
[It's familiar.]
[And therefore, it's comforting.]
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She can't help it. She loves the rain. She doesn't care if it still might be dangerous outside the barracks or that she might run into Tony again or something horrible might happen. It's rain. She can go as she pleases.
So she walks. She doesn't even care that she's sopping wet now.
Her walking brings her near the lake, and she sees a looming figure up ahead. Which turns out to be Ironhide.
The giant robots don't frighten her anymore.
So she makes her way over silently and just kind of stands nearby.]
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[He hears the woman approach, but, for the moment, doesn't say anything. The sound of the rain is almost deafening, coming off his armor.]
[Finally, he looks down at her, for a moment.]
It is foolish to miss the ship.
[There's an unspoken question there. He mostly wants... confirmation. Someone to say, 'no Ironhide, it's not'.]
[... But the person he always turned to isn't here.]
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Which is mostly what she knows him for. Yelling a lot.
But Mimmi turns her head so she can see him better. Don't worry, she'll answer that question for you.]
I miss it, too.
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[He looks down at her. Part of him is relieved to hear that answer. While another part is ashamed he'd been so eager to hear it.]
... At least we knew what to expect, there.
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[Which does, in a way, make it harder to expect certain things to happen.]
We have all been through much there. It is my home.
[Her original home no longer exists to her. She never wants to go back.]
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[Which may be a good thing. If there's no captain, there's bound to be less insanity, right?]
Was not as if we had anywhere else to go.
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Who is to say our new keeper is not like the captain?
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[Because their new captor hasn't said a word. Just written.]
Who is to say he is even really here?
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I suppose that is something we will have to figure out in due time.
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[He's sick of doing nothing. Of standing around, waiting for some sign they can get back to the others.]
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[There's an uncharacteristic amount of bitterness in her voice.]
Things of that nature worked so well back on the ship.
[Memories of the mutiny float around her head.]
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[He sort of smirks. Yes, he remembers the mutiny. How could he forget?]
[But there's a fundamental difference here.]
We are not on the ship.
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So he's ventured out in the rain. To get out of the barracks. To get some fresh air. To collect his thoughts. So if Ironhide's looking for company, Logan's not too far away from him. He's just not the best of company.]
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[Ironhide doesn't know the human standing nearby, but he doesn't seem to be much of a threat, either. So he regards the stranger with a long, quiet stare.]
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What you staring at, bub?
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You.
[And only then does he look away.]
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Just a suggestion.
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[Because Ironhide's real hobbies are a lot more dangerous than sizing up mutants.]
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I hope Magneto pins you to a wall.Yeah well, so does Logan.Still, he's not going to reply to Ironhide's comment. So long as the 'bot doesn't keep staring, Logan's got nothing else to say.]
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mutanthuman.][If Logan has nothing further to say, neither does Ironhide.]
[... Strong silent type, these two.]
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[Okay. This is just sad.]
What're you supposed to be anyway?
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What are you supposed to be?
[It's a rhetorical question, honestly.]
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