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heavyweaponsbot) wrote2010-03-23 09:25 pm
heavyweaponsbot) wrote2010-03-23 09:25 pm
28th Transmission
I wish to know what occurred on the upper decks. Between a certain turtle and an unknown person.
And I wish to know now. This is not a request. Speak up! Be quick about it!
And I wish to know now. This is not a request. Speak up! Be quick about it!
[Locked // 98% Unhackable]
[Don pauses, too.]
I did. He ended up with a fracture along his metacarpals. Er, those are the bones in the back of his hands. For an impact-created break, it...it could have a lot worse. I didn't detect any splintering, at least.
[longer pause, because he knows that wasn't what Ironhide was askign about]
He ended up in a confrontation with another passenger, who provoked him into throwing the first punch. Things degenerated from there, though Mikey's hand was the only extensive damage done.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[He is so glad there's a more layman explanation for things. Medic-speak still goes over his head.]
His hand is broken? Can you repair it?
[There's a silence, punctuated by quiet growling. This does not sit well with him.]
Give me their name. I will show them fractured... eh... whatever it was.
[Locked // 98% Unhackable]
But, as long as he doesn't do anything to misalign the bones or cause a rebreak, or mess with his splint and manage all of the above...as long as he lets it heal, he should be fine.
[there's another minor hesitation]
I...don't know his name. Mikey didn't get it.
[that's a lie.]
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[The growl gets a little louder. He's not buying it.]
Did he see him?
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[Don, in times of duress, immediately plunges into "tldr" mode]
He did, but all he can tell me about him is the word "purple". It's possible he's experiencing some form of interference in the hippocampus, a mental block, brought on by minor trauma, and he'll recall in better detail at a later date, but at this point in time he doesn't know.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[His optic sort of glazes over for a second, before he makes himself focus.]
Purple.
... Good enough for me. It is a place to start.
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[Don doesn't like that last bit, but purple can only get a person so far.]
Just...please remember that we don't know who it is for sure.
If you'd like, I can keep you updated on Mike's condition.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[He growls again, and metal creaks as he gets to his feet - pacing.]
We do not know yet. Yet. Whoever responsible will not hide for long. I will not allow it.
... yeah. Do that.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[what amusement had entered Don's voice is gone in the next bit of words]
I will, then. The person who did this...
[Don leaves that there, unsure where he'd been going with it.]
Thank you.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[His tone sobers as well, into something a little more dangerous than usual.]
The one who did this will be turned back into the scraps they were made from.
You do not need to thank me. Only tell me how he managed to be the one injured... while he was the one doing the hitting.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
There's a reason the untrained are warned against hitting anyone with a closed fist - the bones in our hands aren't meant for it. Even though Mikey has training, that doesn't cancel out the possibility of him hitting someone just right and doing damage. Which is what I suspect happened.
[because saying, oh, yeah, Mikey hit a metal person sort of narrows things down to an uncomfortable level for Don. It's not strictly a lie, anyway. Don likes Ironhide. He doesn't like lying to him.]
[Locked // 85% Unhackable]
[He's skeptical. Organics aren't all that strong, but they should be able to hit each other without breaking. Something's wrong with a species that can't do that.]
The chances of that seem slim. Maybe I should confirm them with my medic.
[... he's not sure if Ratchet actually knows or not, but no one has to know that.]
[Locked // 85% Unhackable] XD Ironhide.
If hit anywhere particularly...Hrm. If you strike someone in the face, for instance, you're liable to hurt yourself because the area is hard asnd doesn't give. You won't hurt yourself every time, which is why people still do it, but the chances are there.
...It probably would be best to ask your medic, actually.
[there's nothing to uncover, either. Because it's true, people do hurt themselves punching out other people. Don just might be exaggerating that a little.]
[Locked // 85% Unhackable] He's not good at this. |D
[Well that failed. Spectacularly. He's silent for a minute, glowering down at the comm as if it has personally offended him. There's a reason he doesn't interrogate verbally...]
... I will still find out who did this.
[Locked // 85% Unhackable] *loves him*
[that isn't a lie]
[Locked // 85% Unhackable] *loves back!*