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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 6:10:27 GMT
"Sure, and hey Dodge! Been a while since I last saw ya. How have ya been doing? Besides the fact ya got burnt." Gunstorm walked over to where Dodge was.
"I've been doing good, just protecting this young lady," Dodge smiled at Gunstorm. "JML, this is my friend Gunny I told you about."
"Hi! Dodge has told me quite a bit about you. It's nice to meet you." I waved at Gunstorm.
"It's nice to meet you as well." Gunstorm smiled back.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 6:25:40 GMT
Chiro smiled and let them greet each other for a bit, but then spoke up. "It's nice that you all know each other, but I have a job to do and I don't believe that Dodge wants to remain in distress for much longer. There's plenty of time for pleasantries later."
Chiro inputted a small list of armor pieces with different sizes, shapes, and thicknesses on a data pad and handed it to Gunny. "In the Repair Room, there's a storage area that has various sheets of metal there. Most everything is labeled so go grab everything on this list while I get started on repairing Dodge's motor relays. You don't have to get everything in one trip."
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 6:37:55 GMT
Gunstorm took the list from Chiro, read through it, and left the room to retrieve the first set of items.
Dodge watched the medic as she went to work, a fluttering feeling going though his spark whenever she was near him. He then realized that he had been openly staring at Chiro for some time, and averted his optics. Feeling rather embarrassed, he hoped that she hadn't noticed him staring. He had to admit to himself, she was a pretty one to look at.
I had noticed Dodge staring at Chiro, and I knew that he had feelings for her despite not having known her for very long.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 6:58:48 GMT
Chiro made her way over to Dodge's right side, her visor still down, she moved to where she had detected the problem in the upper area of his tibulen, or 'thigh'. Chiro decided that since they were working with humans more, she should practice mapping Cybertronian medical terms to Human medical terms. She then realized how helpful the time she spent with the EMTs was in obtaining information about human biology.
Chiro removed the armor panels covering Dodge's tibulen in order to gain access to his motor relays. She found the severed cables in question and carefully removed the damaged cables. Next she cut and a set of replacement cables from the supply she had put on her cart. One by one she welded each new cable in place, making sure the welds were clean and secure. "One side down, one more to go." Since the armor on his tibulen just needed to be buffed, she placed the original pieces back and secured them with clean welds.
Chiro then moved her supply cart and herself to Dodge's other side. She expected Gunny to return soon with at least some of the replacement armor pieces.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 7:12:23 GMT
Dodge looked at the newly welded plates and was impressed by her work. It wasn't often that he met a femme that could weld as well as he could. He wanted to say something, but his processor spazzed out on him right when he tried to say something. Giving up on that path, he relaxed slightly. Chiro's hand just happened to be next to Dodge's, and without really thinking about what he was doing or what would happen, he rested his hand on top of hers.
Gunstorm had found a cart large enough to hold all the parts, and was about to enter the room with the required parts.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 7:45:29 GMT
Chiro was about to start working on his tibluen on this side when she noticed Dodge relax and his servo moved to rest on hers in the process. She was fine with the relaxing, it helped to ease the process of repairs. But his hand was perfectly fine right were it was. "Do you want me to finish your repairs or no? I need my servo to continue working." She frowned and quickly slipped her servo out from underneath his. "Unless you'd like to stay crispy, in which case, just go back out there and get grilled some more when I'm done fixing your motor relays." Chiro half snapped, half sarcastically encouraged.
She then removed the panels on his tibulen and repeated the process as the other side. Despite her harsh words, her servos were still gentle and precise. She didn't need to make more work for herself by letting her emotions taint the quality of her repairs.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 8:01:50 GMT
Dodge's optics widened in shock. He should had been paying better attention to what he was doing, and because he hadn't been paying attention he had gotten yelled at.
"I apologize...I was out of line. I-I'll let you finish your work..." Dodge replied softly, his voice shaking near the end. He looked away so she wouldn't see that his optics were starting to moisten.
He felt stupid, and let out a shaky vent, trying to forget the harsh words.
Gunstorm had heard everything, and decided to wait a moment or two before entering.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 8:16:20 GMT
Chiro finished putting the panels back in place and exvented. "Apology accepted. Now where is Gunny with that metal?" Chiro commented as she put the tools that were no longer needed away and pulled out a different set of tools for the armor replacement.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 8:22:53 GMT
"Right here," Gunstorm replied coolly as she walked in. She had an unreadable expression on her faceplates. "and I was able to get all of the pieces in one trip."
She pushed the cart over to Chiro. It was a little bit unusual for the maroon femme to be very quiet and stoic.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 8:34:54 GMT
"Good, good..." She picked up a choice piece of metal and traced a pattern on it before starting to cut it into the proper shape and size to fit onto Dodge's charred shoulder. "You see how I'm cutting it at a slight angle? This will fit a bit better with how Dodge's armor is designed."
Chiro then handed Gunny the cutting tool she was just using and a similar piece of metal that Chiro quickly traced a pattern on. "Go ahead and give it a try." Chiro smiled reassuringly at the young femme. Chiro then continued on the piece she was working on.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 8:42:58 GMT
Gunstorm nodded, giving a slight smile as she took the cutting tool and metal. She had taken metal shop class as a human, and she made short work of the metal, cutting it precisely as Chiro had shown her.
"After we finish with the armor, can we go somewhere private and talk?" Gunstorm asked Chiro quietly so no one else but Chiro heard her.
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Post by AgileWind on Jan 6, 2015 8:54:46 GMT
Aerojet, with Scaag on his shoulder, walked to where Chiro and Gunstorm was.
Just before he entered the room, he knocked at the door first. He thought it would be rude if he just barged in the room without notifying.
He just wanted to see if he could help anything.
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Post by Skyspray (Aquahaze) on Jan 6, 2015 12:32:58 GMT
Scaag continued to sit on Aero's shoulder as they walked into the room. He had'nt been there before but it looked like an interesting place to be at. One thing that he noticed was the awkward feeling in the room. Like if something just had happened before they came in. He began thinking about what it could have been..
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 20:57:07 GMT
Chiro raised an optic ridge at Gunny's question but then simply nodded before going back to work. Seeing the young femme's metalwork, Chiro went and traced all the pieces needed on the spare metal to allow Gunny to continue working without having to ask for another piece.
Chiro then heard the knock and looked over to see Areojet with Scaag on his shoulder. "Ah, hello Aero and Scaag." She acknowledged the two mechs before continuing her work. "If you want, you can join us in cutting out the new armor pieces."
Between them, the new armor was cut rather quickly and was now ready to take the place of Dodge's warped and burn armor. "Ok, now we need to carefully take off his old armor to prevent from damaging any internals just underneath." Chiro then showed Gunny the way she normally took care of armor, working a piece on Dodge's shoulder from one edge and slowly detaching and lifting it off. "Take note of where it's attached to his internal structure and the pieces around it. This allows you to quickly line the new piece up and attach it without disrupting his ability to move or transform." Chiro then placed the new piece where she had just taken the old one off, again working from one side to the other to weld it in place.
"Now, you try with the piece you have there, Gunny." Chiro put a reassuring smile on, well aware of the tense atmosphere.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 21:18:27 GMT
Gunstorm nodded towards the two mechs who had come in, and continued to work, taking the armor off carefully. She put the new armor precisely where the old piece had been, taking care to not damage anything in the process. After she finished, she took a deep vent.
She had been thinking about how to best explain to Chiro that Dodge had a rough time growing up, and had PTSD as a result. Knowing that Chiro wasn't one to really mince words, she decided that it was best to just tell her straight-up. Of course, she wasn't going to bring up the subject in front of Dodge - she knew that would trigger an attack.
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Post by Skyspray (Aquahaze) on Jan 6, 2015 21:23:59 GMT
Can I paint the medbay? Please?
Scaag asked with a happy tone as he watched the two femmes. His red optics scanned the area and he vented. The room looked so boring.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 21:39:38 GMT
Chiro looked over Gunny's work and smiled. "Good work! Let's get Dodge looking good as new." She picked up another piece before she heard the little mech speak up.
Chiro then turned to Scaag in hearing his question. "Paint?" She blinked her optics at the peculiar request. "And what exactly would you paint?" Chiro was not a fan of the idea. Paint was messy and could contaminate equipment, making her job more difficult.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 21:43:05 GMT
Gunstorm heard the question Scaag asked, and raised an optic ridge at that. Upon hearing Chiro's question, she had an idea.
"Perhaps he could paint a piece of scrap metal? It would keep him occupied." she suggested.
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Post by dragaura on Jan 6, 2015 22:05:02 GMT
Chiro gave some thought to Gunny's suggestion and then smiled. "I know, how about you paint on some of the scrap pieces here, Scaag, and then we'll hang them up on the wall when they're dry. That way, we can decorate the medbay with your pictures without getting paint all over the equipment. How does that sound?" Chiro smiled at the small mech. She didn't mind the decorations, she just didn't want paint all over the place. "And if you paint more pictures than we can hang in this room, we'll start decorating the other Wards as well."
As she let the idea sink into the young artist's processor, Chiro continued repairing Dodge. Working with a clearly well practiced method, she started from his shoulders and worked on down to his legs. Chiro allowed herself to be absorbed in her work, getting it done more quickly than if she kept track of what was going on around her.
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Post by JML Ranch on Jan 6, 2015 22:17:14 GMT
Gunstorm smiled at the little mech, and turned her attention back to what Chiro was doing. She would hand her pieces of armor she had cut out, and continued to do so until all the pieces were replaced. She was starting to figure out that Chiro preferred to just work and get stuff done, and that was something she had fond memories of from her human past.
The tension was still there, but it wasn't as thick as it had been earlier.
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