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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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[botopsy]

[DESPITE THE FACT he should be on break:] Do you think it is worth trying to refine holoform activity to treat those smaller mechs quicker with the human sized tools or am I over complicating things for myself again?

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[tenthtimeisthecharm]

I think that is a fabulous idea and we are absolutely definitely going to look into that because I've had thoughts about that, too! But! You are on BREAK, Rhapsodic Ratchet. I will walk all the way from my desk to your desk! Think about fun things! Turbofoxes! Candy! Radioactive staplers!

[botopsy]

I'm allowed to use my brain on my break, Velocity with the thesaurus.
I just wanted an outside opinion to know if I was wasting time trying to refine holoform skills for it.

What have your thoughts been? I can't imagine all of us will just conveniently have a holoform or one at the necessary size or skill to use one in surgery.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

It's a wonderful idea, and no, you aren't.

And I've been thinking mainly of (FIRST) learning collaborative to help bring everybody up to similar knowledge bases, maybe (SECOND) initiating regular workshops? Not led by you, though, or at least not mainly, or you would just camp out at your desk every night. I've seen you sneaking back into the medbay after I leave!

[botopsy]

I wasn't going to volunteer. People generally have to be competent at what they're teaching before they impart knowledge to anyone else.

Gathering data on them isn't a bad idea though. I'm happy to work with you on that. Love to write academic papers.
You should see the ones I'm working on for quantum psychological treatment. They're completely insufferable.

I'm offended at the idea I sneak.
I'm an adult, I go in with no shame or attempts at subterfuge whatsoever.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

Listen though, Revolving Ratchet, you can be obnoxious AND sneaky, I believe in you.

But yes, please, let's trade! Do you want to read my terrible papers about how matrixes will react to experiences had by cojunx and amica endura, I manage to make a really interesting topic boring as drying paint. It is the worst thing ever created by my hands and I've accidentally blown up energon before. Before school! This was before!

[botopsy]

Yes.
I don't even need to think about that.
Moreso that as far as I'm aware what I understand conjunx and amica endura bonds to be are not a thing in my reality.
So if they do actually affect the spark then I should know that.
Less so about Matrices. What the hell even with any of that mystical nonsense.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

Oh, you'll hate it! I need to get out my bullet point drawings, but the gist is that because the sparks resonate with each other, the health of one has cascading effects on the other or others even on the microcosm! It's fascinating stuff! Like how that one other study days says your energon contains certain chemicals based upon your mood? Same thing, only worse! Or better, if your health is good, I guess...

[botopsy]

I wouldn't hate any of your work.

Fortunately there are a very limited amount of Matrix bearers around. Just the usual suspects.
I'd be interested to see if someone is here without their amica or conjunx how that would affect them.
There's being apart the way people have their own lives to life and then being apart through a whole universe or two.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

I- Oh. You wouldn't? Are you sure? It's super boring and goes on and on and on about recreating experiences in laboratory conditions versus out of the facilities versus anecdotal evidence, and... You're sure, you're sure?

I could forward what I have to you? I had it saved on my own personal datapad from school, but I didn't have it with me so I'll basically be recreating it from memory, but it's- you're really super and positively sure?

[botopsy]

It's valuable data collated by a respected peer. Why wouldn't I?

Send it whenever you're ready.
Don't let me interrupt your work too much.

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[areaman]

Going to do something very stupid in a few weeks, I would care to book in your attendance in advance to nip any unnecessary complications in the bud.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

Really? You really want me to come along? I mean, stupid sounds exciting! Count me in 1000% except actually 100% because you can't go over that! I'm looking forward to it very much!

[areaman]

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.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

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!

[areaman]

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.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

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.

[areaman]

[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.]

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

[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...

[areaman]

[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.

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[madgoddess]

[ In the aftermath of the incident with the Slavers at the volcano, Velocity is definitely one of the most worse for wear of them. She had taken critical amounts of damage, both from the direct injuries to the lava, to being injected with the virulent poison.

On the trip back to the R2, Velocity would wake to find her head resting in Quintessa's lap as the Prime danced fingers along her extremities, coaxing the poison out from each system. Every tube and line, every circuit where it had burned within, carefully and methodically being restored. It's slow work, but good magic takes time, and her domain of Creation cannot be rushed.

Once the poison is brought to heel, she begins to work on the frame damages. First she begins underneath with Velocity's protoform, carefully weaving delicate strands of the precious metal taken from her own body to act as guides where Velocity's natural healing would follow. As she works, she hums something quietly and wordlessly, but it seems a tune she knows well. ]

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

Velocity came back to herself slowly and reluctantly. Everything hurt. Relentless, merciless pain that made her twitch and moan and call out names she wouldn't remember later. She barely registered where she was or what was going on, and sank gratefully back into unconsciousness.

The second time she awoke, there was still pain, but far less than she'd expected, and fading still further as the seconds ticked away. For what couldn't have been a long time or only moments, she hovered between consciousness and unconsciousness. She clung to the sound of someone humming, to light fingers moving gently over her and the relief from the pain she felt as they did.

This was the second song she had heard today that compelled her and pulled her along, but this one was gentle, and of her own volition.

Her optics were barely online before Velocity had reached out almost blindly to clutch at Quintessa. "I'm sorry," she rasped, "I'm so so sorry. I ruined everything."

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[botopsy]

Let me know when you're up and about, Velocity.

[madgoddess]

Quintessa smiles serenely, not pulling away from Velocity's grip. "You did not," she reassured. "All is well now, Velocity. Everyone is safe."

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

[Its hours later before Velocity answers from where she is curled up in her hab suite, fingers pressed to her mouth before she lowers them enough to dictate to her datapad]

I'm up. I'm here. Are you, or are you still in the medbay?