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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 2:46:43 GMT
"Thank-you, Commander," Kick-Start tells him. She answers the unasked question, "I am to blame for this... debacle. Thank-you for... for not trying to convince me otherwise."
She draws herself up to her full height of 14 feet, a grim expression on her face as she looks through Soundwave.
"We learn through our mistakes - but only if we admit to them," she comms four of her Vee-Twos, "Boys, stand guard outside the former Lord Shockwave's laboratory. Nobody goes in, nothing comes out until orders to the otherwise from myself. Attempts otherwise will be met with a single warning regarding those orders, then any force deemed necessary."
She pulls out a thick, plastic bag and uses it to doubly surround the box the tiny Scraplet eggs are in. Then she looks around at the sparsely decorated room.
"So, this is your room, Soundwave," she comments, "My room has a bio-chemical safe in it."
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 2:49:23 GMT
"A work terminal and recharge slabs are all I, and my cassetticons require in our personal quarters."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 3:16:52 GMT
"Hmmmm... I had more decoration in my Deck," Kick-Start replies. She knows she isn't any good at covering anything up. It's hard to decide, knowing Soundwave as she does, whether this counts as showing who you really are, or being really good at covering things up.
"So what do you do in your time-" she stops, flushing deeply. In her personal experience, the best way to counter an awkward conversation is with an infinitely more awkward conversation, "So can you really read minds?"
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 3:39:55 GMT
"The inhibitor chip filters out all but the most important inputs from external mental sources."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 11:20:13 GMT
"Hmmm. Right," Kick-Start considers it. Everybody has private thoughts they don't want anybody to know. But the closest she's ever gotten to treachery is in taking unannounced preventative measures against it. Quite a lot of preventative measures.
But still, she thinks out loud too much to throw away her life on an attempt at treachery.
Besides, what kind of naive moron would you have to be, to want to be responsible for everybody else? Admittedly she can think of a few among the higher ranks. But it's tough enough managing the Medical wing efficiently.
"Anyway," she rewinds that conversation a little, "Well frag, I can hardly believe this. This planet has Scraplet eggs on it. And I brought some into the ship. I'll take that," she takes out one of her sub-space boxes - it's made of thick plastic - and puts the eggs into it, then a lid on it. They're very small. They would be about the size of screws only... well, more like soft larvae, all stuck together.
Probably kinder not to tell Bladecut about this just yet. He'd oil himself.
"Can't believe I left you in the same room as these little fraggers..." she mutters.
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 17:29:08 GMT
"Inconsequential."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 17:43:13 GMT
"No! It's not!" Kick-Start ventilates deeply to calm herself, "It's not okay. If you get eaten by Scraplets, then I'll be completely surrounded by idiots, lunatics and jerks."
Her hands are opening and closing awkwardly, and her cable plait is still twitching a little. She rubs her forehead slightly.
"So it's not okay to..." she flushes hotly again, this time grinding to a halt.
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 17:55:02 GMT
Soundwave spun the chair at his work station around to face her. "Sit down before you short out your neural net."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 18:06:13 GMT
Kick-Start sits down quietly, "Maybe one of these days I should have my own Emotional Inhibitor Chip applied," she suggests to Soundwave, "At least that way I wouldn't humiliate myself like a youngling every time we have a blasted conversation."
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 18:08:46 GMT
"Unsuitable for your work as a medic. My chip enhances my focus, allowing me to sort through large volumes of data more effectively."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 18:26:15 GMT
"That's true too..."
Kick-Start crosses one leg over the other and finishes her sentence fast.
"It's not okay to put a friend in danger through your own incompetance."
She keeps her optics on her heels as she says that, aware that her cheeks are still overheated. Still, at least it's out. She always has far more trouble when she tries to keep from saying what she's thinking.
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 18:30:55 GMT
"Friend...Commander. You are aware I cannot return such sentiments in my current state, correct?"
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 18:36:13 GMT
"Yes, I am completely aware," Kick-Start looks up again, "That's why you see me embarrassed here."
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 18:38:30 GMT
I apologize for any unnecessary stress caused by my presence."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 18:47:27 GMT
"No, it's fine. I mean, I wouldn't be Commander of Medical Studies if it weren't for the fact that..." Kick-Start half-laughs to herself, "Despite saying what I think day in-day out for the last few million years, I still haven't had my head blown off by my (ever decreasing) superior officers."
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 18:48:51 GMT
"You are still stressed."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 18:58:20 GMT
"Hmmm... You think?"
Kick-Start is grinding one of her heels into the floor a little.
"What do you suggest then?"
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 19:04:58 GMT
"Advise a form of self indulgent. An activity enjoyable and calming to you regardless of efficiency."
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Post by Kick-Start on Jul 5, 2015 19:17:27 GMT
"That would involve some limbering exercises in the Training Deck," Kick-Start replies, although privately she suspects she'll be calmer just as soon as she's left Soundwave's room.
She stands up again and heads for the door.
"I do know how an Emotional Inhibitor Chip works, by the way. They were a required study in Crystal City U."
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Post by Soundwave on Jul 5, 2015 19:19:00 GMT
"Acknowledged."{
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