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There is a brief pause filled with audible clicks and thuds, followed by the slightly echoey acoustics that come from someone recording audio in a large room. "Hello hello! You've reached Dr. Velocity! Feel free to leave a message or a video or whatever here, and I'll do my very best to respond promptly! And if it this is about the stickers, Ratchet, I didn't do it! Love and love and love!"

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Bring it down to a 75% maximum, Velocity, I don't want to regret this. We have need to attend a party in disguise to recover a Matrix from the host. Do not inform anyone else of this.

75%! You got it! I can do that, absolutely, here I go! But... getting back a matrix? That really is serious. Wow, that's, wow. You can count on me, I wouldn't endanger something like that. Promise! But um, what kind of disguise, though? Can it be anything? I've always wanted to have my hard light avatar be something really cute!

This is 75%? Make it 20%.

[she can probably hear his old man grumbling at this in her soul, but he wouldn't have asked her if he didn't think she was capable.]

Message Kisinâtin about one. She will explain how they work. Do not tell her why you want one. Or anyone else about this. The last thing we need is anyone else realising what it is that idiot turtle has around his neck.

Can do! But um. 'Around his neck'? You mean someone is just wearing it? Like jewelry? That's seems a little, uh... I don't know what the proper word would be here... irreverent? Disrespectful? In bad taste anyway, you'd think they'd have all sorts of mock ups of them, even if everyone ever in this universe hates us and the ground we walk on.

[he pings her over the invite to see in all it's nonsense.]

You can see it there. I do not know if anyone else with Cybertronian knowledge would have the same idea as me. Hopefully not. It'd be a terrible waste of time to have to bother with sinking that entire boat.

[which is actually what he would've done before without a second thought, and he's annoyed that he had to go through enough stupid character development for it to not be the first idea to come into his head, or the one that he stubbornly sticks with.]

[Lottie watched the invitation in horrified fascination, then again. As it played a third time in a screen within a screen, she typed up her response]

Primus' thumbs, that was awful. I need to watch it again. But more importantly: Sinking the entire boat? That has a party on it? I mean, everybody thinks we're dead and hates our guts, right? So maybe nobody will know what it is, like he doesn't?

[A pause, as she considers this, and how their luck seems to have gone lately]

Okay, maybe checking on the number of lifeboats and stuff just in case? Might be a good idea? I'm not saying we SHOULD sink the boat, but for plan Z...

[he snorts, despite himself.]

I've watched it 147 times. Just to be certain. To wit: Velocity, I am not being serious. I do not intend to bring damage to that horrible ship or anyone on it who does not get in our way of retrieving this thing. If things truly go to pot, I can fly in my alt mode and only Cal would struggle with being in the ocean.

[That gets a laugh of her own, and she grins down at her datapad]

Oh, good! Imagine how annoying it would be, having to sift through the bottom of a whole alien ocean for one small thingamajig. Very very! But hey, Cal could always sit on somebody's head, maybe. It's a good thing that we won't have to worry about that, it would be a headache!

[his eye roll is palpable!!! they're not even in the same room but it's PALPABLE.]

Funny. Do what preparation you need. We can discuss this closer to the time. I have a few others in mind to speak with.

[She may in fact be giggling down at her datapad]

All right! I look forward to seeing everything come together, and to being able to do exciting things with you! Let me know if you need any help ahead of time~

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