31st Transmission

[heavyweaponsbot]

Stupid to ask if anyone is hearing things. I want to know instead what we intend to do about it.

... Anyone remember those... tanks? Belowdecks?


[He doesn't say anything more on that subject, figuring if anyone saw them, they'll know what he's talking about. Plus, this... brings back severely unhappy memories of that venture down below.]

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[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

[The sight of the frog perched on his helm would have been enough to draw a smile from him, if not for the expression on Ironhide's face. He certainly did not look to be in the mood for humour - not that he blamed him, considering the recent odd voices.

He looked down at the object in his hands, turning it over to examine it.]

I am not sure, to be quite honest. I found it on another deck, and hoped to find out what its purpose is.

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He tilts his head, setting the comm aside for now. The less he listens to it, the better. The less he has to think about... it.]

Maybe it is a... eh... on your head. Hat or something.

[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

[He frowns, looking at the larger opening at the bottom, before planting the entire object on his head. It did seem to work that way.]

Hmm... You may be right.

Anyway - Are you alright?

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He just... stares, for a moment, trying very hard not to burst out laughing. Maybe it wasn't a hat after all.

But he sobers rather quickly, folding his arms.]

... I have been better.

[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

[Ratchet doesn't leave the shade there very long, as it slides down over his optics - He would figure it out later. Removing it and setting it on the nearest teetering stack of books, he frowns.]

Understandable.

If the voices are, in fact, coming from those in the tubes... We may have to find a way to reach the lower decks again.

... I doubt there is any point in asking this, but... are you prepared to return there, if that is the case?

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He'll tease him about it later. But he's not in the mood right now. His mood is more of a sulky... 'why me' sort of mood anyway.]

You know I would return. Bring them all out with me if I... could. It would not make up for what I did... but...

I will try.

[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

... You do not need to 'make up' for anything. You did what you could for her.

[heavyweaponsbot]

I could not save her. She wanted--she begged.

And now... I hear it again.

[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

We will find the source.

[heavyweaponsbot]

... Yeah. We have to.