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[tenthtimeisthecharm]

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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[tenthtimeisthecharm]

It wasn't a bad guess. [She's already looking over the screen with thoughtfully dimmed optics, but hadn't moved to sit yet. He hadn't said she can] A lot of people were really surprised I didn't go into entertainment like racing instead of medical school, even outside of my frame. So it's not something I haven't heard before?

[She finally picks up one of the controllers, a bit clumsily. She's played sims before of course, but they'd all been training ones in school on concepts such as how to use the laser guided tools for surgery, not anything fun like this. She hovers her selection box over a character that has a green color scheme not terribly unlike her own, and looks back at Riptide uncertainly]

How about this one? Is this one good? Are there downsides? Or, um, do you get points docked if you pick the wrong one?

[knaval]

Yeah, I get you. Being a hydrobot kind of limits what I can do too, but it's not about the altmode and all that nonsense! Don't let people do a functionism on you, that's bad.

[he moves away to grab some of the pillows off his berth, not offering a seat as he doesn't Realise. riptide glances over from where he's fluffing some of the flatter ones up, and sweeping some crumbs off the berth.]

They all have strengths and weaknesses, that one goes really fast but can't take corners well! Not really possible to pick the wrong one, so don't worry about that.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

[Velocity squints at the roster of available characters, which she notices does not come with any sort of list of statistics such as what he described. She looks at him again, bewildered]

How do you know? It doesn't say. And there has to be, doesn't there? A choice that's best. But I don't know which one you'll pick or which one will compensate for the advantages I also don't don't know about the one you'll pick.

[She frowns uncertainly, but based on aesthetics alone she is already leaning away from the green racer and towards a heavier built one rendered in shades of grey that reminds her of Megatron, but what if that is the wrong choice? What if Riptide is wrong?]

There's a lot of characters and potential combinations, too. I don't think there will be enough time to run through all the possibilities...

[She wavers still further, then very hesitantly presses the button, selecting the grey racer]

This one?

[knaval]

Is this the overthinking olympics? I don't remember signing up. [he says with a snort.] You kind of find out as you play, though I guess it also applies to what the cars can do in real life?

[he points at one that's bright pink.] See how that looks like Rodimus a bit? He's quick because he's a bit smaller, but the bigger ones are slower cause they have more weight.

[instead of answering, he just leans across and taps her controller to lock the choice in and start the game, though he does vaguely wonder if she actually even wants to play or is just uncomfortably indulging him. she knows she can just say if she doesn't want to play, right?]

Yes! Ooooh, they put you near the start line! I never understood why they were staggered like that, but that means you get a good chance to stay up front!