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[microbots]

Samuel and Seamus: *in the mess, howling with laughter as Skylar stares with shock and Sean giggles uncontrollably*

CatScan: *trying to figure out what's funny* o.0

Rachel: *despite her concern for the bots who were hurt during the rescue of the babies from Ansuz, she is fighting hard now not to laugh at the expression on Patrick's face*

Patrick: *completely and utterly befuddled as he hugs Carta and listens to the song* Who made this?

Sean: *waves his arm descriptively, then squeezes the hand of the new Locust sister who just took his*

Willa: *clicks softly, and then nuzzles the Ember that's riding on her back*

Ember: *happy skreek, loves you Sissy!*

Fire: *lifts his eyebrows at Sean, and then looks at Patrick* I didn't understand that reply.

Patrick: I'll ask when things are a bit calmer. *still looks a bit worn down, though most of that is likely worry for Sabrina*

Seamus: *in between gasps of breath* We need to make this into a video!

Rachel: *disapproving frown is go* Scary's too sick to help.

Seamus: *blink blink* I didn't say right now, Rachel.

Rachel: *pauses. Thinks. Then sighs and rubs her face as she sways on her feet. Someone small and scared clicks softly from the carrier on her back* Right.

Maeve: *sits on Mama's foot to anchor her*

Missy: *thumbs up to Maeve*

Torque: *sees foot sitting, will scamper over from where the nice orange lady was teaching him more finger game stuffs* *parks skid on Rachel's unoccupied foot*

Rachel: o.0? *looks down* Oh. Thanks, Torque.

Torque: *grin*

Maeve: *leans over and gives Torque a kiss on the cheek*

Missy: *grins. Seeing Maeve Sissy like somebody other than Greg Bubby is weird*

Torque: *snuggle*

Rachel: *shoulders drooping with exhaustion despite herself. Misses twice when she reaches back to pat Ambulon's butt*

Torque: *perk* *finger game!* [Nap?]

Missy: *realizes Mama didn't see that* Nap, Mama.

Rachel: I can't, Baby. If you want a nap you need to find Daddy, okay?

Missy: *huffs at Mama so stupid sleepy that she misunderstands things*

Torque: *headtilty*

Fae: *comes scooting in on the new feet that she wished for, her eyes wide and her wings flared* Mama! Baby!

Rachel: I know, sweetheart. The tank's not even cracked yet.

Patrick: *looks over there* Who's in labor?

Rachel: *brow quirk* Honestly, Chief. Who's pregnant?

Fae: Mama! *yes, she's telling you, Patrick! She's telling you who!* *and since this Mama obviously isn't, it must be the other one!*

Patrick: *boggles* *quick glance down at Carta as though to make sure he really heard that. No, really, he's not tired*

Fae: *has noticed people sitting on Mama's feet, is coaxing them to stop sitting on the feet*

Rachel: Yeah. She's already chased Russ, Wake, and Jim out of the infirmary. She'll get Glit as soon as she sees him lurking on the seat of my chair.

Patrick: ... How'd she manage to chase James out of the infirmary?

Rachel: *sighs* She hit him where it hurt. Told him she was going to stomp on that little beany critter he carries in his lab coat pocket.

Patrick: *winces*

Rachel: She chased Raj out too, but he snuck back in and is sitting at Russ's desk in stealth mode. *weebles as her feet are left free of weights*

Patrick: I'm not surprised. *moving to offer support* When's the last time you rested?

Rachel: The night before the mission to Ansuz. *three nights ago*

Patrick: Is Bea on duty?

Rachel: Bea had to be sedated due to flashbacks after Nebby attacked her.

Patrick: *frowns* *will get into a slight discussion with Russell and find out that Sora nearly beaned him with a stapler earlier* *tells the medic to wait for Glit to either make a hasty retreat from the infirmary or for the older medic to ask for someone to move Mirage* *to Rachel* You need to rest.

Rachel: I can't. Besides... *eyes narrow* I know the last time you slept, too.

Patrick: ... Why can't you? And I'll sleep when I'm tired.

Rachel: Do you honestly think Sora would be as calm as she is if she and I didn't have an open comm going? *then meeps and looks toward the door as someone runs in*

Bess: I found him. Pat. Blades stopped at the house just now!

Patrick: *startles and looks over. Has been having a few of the less intimidating bots go to the Nexus to try and meet Sabrina's husband, when he hasn't gone himself, to let Blades know how the Aerialbot is doing* What did he say?

Bess: *shaky breath* He was looking for us to let us know that Sabrina is with him, and they have a son.

Rachel: *gobsmack*

Patrick: *boggling* What? How?

Bess: I don't know. But Sabrina and the baby are human.

Rachel: *somebody catch her. Relief just hit hard!*

Maeve: *going to try and do that!*

Fae: *cries out with fright as Mama goes limp*

Missy: *wait, what?*

Patrick: Whoops! *moving to keep Rachel from falling*

Torque: *chirps!*

Ambulon: *crying in silent terror at the sudden excitement and the falling feeling*

Bess: *blinks* What happened to Rachel?

Patrick: *quietly, as he moves to try and comfort Ambulon and keep a hold of Rachel* She hasn't slept since we left for the Ansuz mission.

Bess: *concerned* I thought we had enough medical units to keep that from happening. Wait... *eyes go unfocused* Alphonse, when did you sleep last?

Alphonse: *sheepishly admits that it's been a few days*

Patrick: Her daughter is also in labor.

Bess: Oh dear.

Rachel: *drags herself back to wakefulness* //Sora?//

Sora: *cycling air in short pants* //H-Hurts...//

Rachel: //Baby, please, let one of the medics help. They can give you a pain override. I'm...// *static of the sort that only happens from falling asleep on the comm*

Sora: *putting out a call for a medic, sounds just a bit shaky*

Fixer: //I'm right here. I've been here all along. And I'm a medic!//

Rachel: *eyes pop open with surprise*

Patrick: Rachel?

Rachel: *quiet laughter that sounds a bit weepy* There was one more medic hiding in the infirmary.

Patrick: ... Who? *thought he knew all the medics on Earth*

Rachel: *small, proud smile* Fixer.


Infirmary


Sora: *curled up on the floor, is trembling as the labor pains get more intense*

Fixer: *clicking softly as she finds the painkiller and sedation gun and then comes over to show it to Sora* See? This much will make the pain stop.

Glit: *has come out of hiding and is sitting nearby, his eyes bright, watchful, and approving*

Sora: *barely lifts her head to look, then she's wincing and transforming as her alt mode feels too constrictive*

Fixer: *applies the pain killer, and a very mild sedation to help Sora be calm* Do you want something to hold onto?

Sharpshot: *small nod* *softly* 'Raj....

Fixer: He's over there. *points right to the invisible bot*

Glit: *snerk of surprise and amusement*

Mirage: *will drop his stealth and move to get up*

Sharpshot: *squeaks as oil begins to leak from between her abdominal armor plates*

Fixer: *looks up at Mirage* Take her down there to the room that's empty. *knows Rachel kept one room because she knew that Sora's time was near*

Mirage: *nods and moves to gently lift his mate. He'll get clung to with near desperation*

Sharpshot: *trying not to flash back*

Fixer: *follows them down the hall, and then puts Glit next to Sora on the plastic covered bed* Sing.

Glit: *amused old catbot will purr*

Sharpshot: *clinging to Mirage's arm, even as her abdominal plating retracts, revealing the sparklet tank, which is cracked and has Joan hitting it either with hands or feet*

Joan: *wants out to see the world!

Glit: Oh this won't take long.

Fixer: *studies and scans, then relaxes and starts up a wordless youngling humming of contentment* Nope. *goes and grabs the things she'll need for Joan once the sparklet is out*


Trach family home


Blizzard: *sitting on the couch and making happy paws as she purrs*

Amanda: *patient face of long suffering as Nebulung uses her for a pillow*

Ginny: *holding her toes and waiting for Mama to sit down on the couch*

Will: *buried in a kidpile after Calypso and Downrush decided that noms were nice, but snuggles were better. Got joined by Rose and Miranda Fern*

Dion: *sitting on the couch next to Ginny, will snuggle Sissy*

Kenny: *sitting on the floor all by herself. Proudly independent*

Phoenix: Oh. Tsit tsit, Grammy?

Hattie 'Alf a minute, 'on. Gotta 'elp Denver git stuff cleaned up first. *working on dishes*

Phoenix: *scootches closer to Dion, Ginny, and Blizzard, then gets up and looks over the back of the couch* Me helps?

Denver: We's jes' 'bout done... *really doesn't want more dishes broken by the dish flipping master*

Calypso: *clickerfest! Can see you up there, other winged person! Wants to rumble!*

Will: *trying to discourage rumbling!*

Phoenix: Otay! *turns and leaps off the couch, aimed at the kid pile!*

Ginny: *squeals with surprise*

Blizzard: *startled by the squeal!*

Amanda: Murrrr!

Denver: *startles and looks over as Calypso gives a bitty war cry and escapes Will's grip* Oh, scrap!

Downrush: *squeaks and points! Sissy's being bad!*

Nebulung: *growls and gets to his feet, then meeps as Amanda slaps him in the face with one big, unarmed paw*

Will: *trying to get the bitties to let him up, since he's the biggest flier in the room currently*

other bitties: *see a battle in progress, will try and join in!*

Phoenix: *squeals as he's overwhelmed by bigger bitties. Transforms and uses teeth and claws*

Kenny: *calmly walks over with Will's plastic wiffle bat and starts hitting the squirming heap*

Amanda: *over there wapping faces as she spots them and making what Raoul calls her siren sound, which is a low sort of warning drone*

Rose: *gonna charge into battle with a loud squeal!*

Denver: *facepalm, moves to try and break up the bitty battle royale*

Ginny: *just watching and clinging to Dion and Blizzard. Can't understand what's going on*

Dion: *snugga Sissy*

Blizzard: *issa scarded!*

Raoul: *comes running down the hall from his bathroom* Whoa now!

Calypso: *chewing on someone's leg, issa MAAAD*

Amanda: *baps Calypso in the face* Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Calypso: *lets go of the leg, gonna cry*

Raoul: Major Mac, what the scrap happened? *over to the fight and pulling Kenny away*

Denver: Caly stahted 't. *gonna try and break up the bitty battle a bit more. Has Calypso and another Quadriate bitty by their scruffs*

Will: *back to root mode, will get hold of a couple of the Quadriate sparklets*

Raoul: *picks up Miranda Fern and checks her for dents or scrapes*

Miranda: *annoyed huff! She was helping, Bubby!*

Raoul: Shhh. We gotta finish this thing. *looks toward the door as it opens. Perks* Gran'paw!

Trevor: What happened? Miranda Fern pinged me.

Raoul: Kids actin' like hoodlums. *sets his little aunty down on her feet and reaches into the pile, though he knows the Quadriate babies won't let him touch them yet*

Quadriate sparklets: *scooting away from the squishy! Will all hide behind the orange and black big!*

Calypso: *squealing and wiggling*

Trevor: *walks over to an open place on the floor, transforms to root mode, and then lays down*

Raoul: *soft snerk as dead and very interested silence falls in the room*

Nebulung: *he wants to get some of that! Drops Amanda, spits out fur, and then lopes over on all four to lay down by the black big*

Calypso: *bibbling now. Wants snuggles! Wait... her leg hurts. CRY*

Downrush: *squeal!*

Phoenix: Oh! Oh! No cry! *offers loves and kissies*

blue Quadriate baby: *wibbles, and then starts to cry too*

Ginny: *tears and wibbles, but no crying yet*

Blizzard: *crying quietly*

Denver: *soothing clicks, will move to sit down so she can look at Calypso's leg*

Raoul: *herding little bots toward Trailbreaker* You havin' second thoughts yet, Major Mac?

Denver: Scrap, no. *will ping Russell's comm and ask him to come help tend to bitty battle casualties*

Raoul: *as his adopted grandpa gets mobbed* How 'bout you, Abuela?

Hattie: 'T's nahce t' 'ave a buseh 'ome 'gain.

Raoul: *throws a o.0; over his shoulder at her*

Hattie: *moving to get blankets for bitties*

Russell: *arriving a few minutes later*

Tracks: *arrives in the hallway, and then strides out quickly with Dixie and Matt behind him* Look, I brought two more laps! *dryly, as he scoops up the fussing Ginny and acquires a baby Quadriate on his back* Think we have enough now?

Dion: *looks around thoughtfully* Mmmnope.

WakeJumper: *quick glance around, even as he tries to keep his balance* ... Maybe?

Trailbreaker: Oof! Matt, come lay down here, I've got too many layers on my cake.

Tracks: *facepalms and snerks*

Raoul: *flops down on the floor and covers his face with a blanket* Why'd we adopt so many again?

Tracks: *rolls eyes and goes to help with blanket distribution* We didn't. They adopted us.

grey bitty: Thrrpt! *already recognizes sarcasm!*

Calypso: *is a big wibble as her leg gets bandaged*

Russell: *soothing clicks for the bitty flier*

Denver: *making sure none of the other bitties who were in the tussle are hurt*

Tracks: *comes to kneel next to Calypso and Russell* *quietly* How is she? *offers a hand slowly to Calypso*

Ginny: *babbles softly to new big Sissy*

Russell: Her leg will be fine by the end of the day. *switches to comms* //I'm not sure about that crack in her processor, however. She's too young to safely repair it, and if we wait too long, it will affect her personality if we even attempt to repair it./

Tracks: *gently smooths the burgundy and orange sparklet's helm* //Have you considered using a wish?//

Russell: //... I had not.//

Tracks: *glances up to smile at his wife as she touches his hair in passing, then turns back and gives Russell a serious look* //I know it may seem like an easy out, but if the Createst Creator will give us that out, wouldn't it be better to use it?//

Russell: //I'll see if I can't get a wish from the Nexus. Also, you're an uncle again.//

Tracks: *lifts his brows, and then gasps softly* Joan's come out?

Raoul: *lifts his head and looks over with frowning interest*

Russell: //About ten minutes ago. Sora is resting, and Mirage is getting his hand repaired.//

Tracks: *face palms* //I thought he'd know better than to let her hold it during that.//

Russell: *shoulders shake* //He did, because Fixer wouldn't let him hold Sora's hand. That's why he needed repairs.//

Tracks: o.o //Fixer broke his hand???//

Raoul: *lowers his head back to the floor, his own shoulders shaking as he sniggers at Tracks' expression*

Russell: //It kept Mirage from holding Sora's hand.//

Tracks: *shares this over the bond with Denver* *to Russell* //Why was that little harridan in the delivery room?//

Russell: *as Denver is overcome by a snickerfit* //She was lurking, and she and Glit were the only medics Sora hadn't run out of the infirmary.//

Tracks: My word. You're telling me that she delivered Sora and Raj's sparklet?

Russell: From my understanding, yes.

Tracks: *sighs deeply, but then meeps and falls sideways as Dion tells Blizzard to go to him and the big kitten rubs against him in just such a way as to overbalance him. The sparklet on his back takes this as meaning that it's time to snuggle, and does so* Ooof...

grey sparklet: *soft little clicks to Calypso. Come lay down with this big and this little squishy who clicks*

Ginny: *clicking and hugging Blizzard, who is purring mightily*

Raoul: *issa snickerfitdie*

Calypso: *scrabbles over as well as she can with a bandaged leg*

Russell: ... Do you want some help, Tracks?

Tracks: *slightly muffled* I think I'll survive. Watch your back.

Raoul: He don't gotta. *chuckle* We finally got enough laps.

Tracks: Hrrm? *lifts his head and looks around to see every baby and child in the apartment with someone to cuddle* Ahhh. Good.

Dion: *kissying new siblings and getting squeaked at by some of them*

Miranda: *cuddling Downrush, who has fallen asleep*

Kurt: *crawls out of the toy box as calm falls, then grins up at Dixie, his big eyes dancing*

Dixie: *chuckles and pats her lap, which has a Quadriate sparklet occupying it currently* Room f'r 'un more.

Kurt: *soft squee and climbs aboard, then talks quietly and wordlessly to the other child*

Russell: *glances over there, and then stands* Well, I'd better be going.

Raoul: *since Tracks is too busy* Sure. Don't let the door hit your aft.

Dixie: *reproving look for Raoul*

Russell: I'll be back soon. *PINpoints out*

Calypso: *bwees*

Raoul: *to Dixie* Jake's sleepin'. The kids kept 'im up last night. *glances toward his mother and grandmother then as Tracks pats Calypso and clicks to her*

Dixie: *small nod of understanding*

Matt: *can has babbies!*

Calypso: *snuggabig*

Trailbreaker: *sighs as he gets a few babies less* Hattie, you nearly done with that? *yes, that's his tone of voice that means that he wants to snuggle*

Tracks: *snerks, but then checks for where his lady is and what she's doing*

Hattie: Jes' puttin' th' dish towel back. *will move to settle beside Trailbreaker*

Denver: *moves to try and gank sparklets and snuggle her husband*

Tracks: *only has two sparklets, and they're being rather clingy, but he'll share a Ginny and a kitten!* *and a kiss*

Blizzard: *issa purrin'*

Denver: *pleased sound at the kiss, and at getting Ginny and Blizzard*

Ginny: *snuggles Mama and chats softly, then buries her little fingers in Blizzard's plush coat*

Tracks: We're stuck this way till suppertime, aren't we?

Rose: Mmmmyup.

WakeJumper: *can't answer, got hit by sleeping baby magic*

Trailbreaker: *quiet chuckle* Thought you didn't ask silly questions, Tracks.

Tracks: *bit of a smirk as he lays his head back down* You think you have the monopoly, Gran'paw?


late the next morning


Rachel: *wakes slowly, aware that she's in one of the birthing rooms, that Ambulon is still tied in his carrier on her back, and that she's holding a little sparklet in root mode who is cuddling her and purring. At first she thinks it's one of her little girls, but then she realizes that the baby is too slender to be Missy or Hopesong* *brows go up, and she opens her eyes and looks to see just who she's holding*

Joan: *issa happy little. Mama fed her earlier, and sang for her, then tucked her in with this nice, warm big*

Sora: *conked out on the bed and snuggling with Raj*

Rachel: *looks at Sora, her still foggy brain trying to process. Then blinks and looks at the baby as a solution to her confusion occurs to her* Who are you?

Joan: *blinks and huffs slightly. How can this big not know who she is?* Joan.

Rachel: Thought so. *wriggles slightly till she's got an Ambulon in her arms too*

Ambulon: *makes his tiny little whimper and curls up more tightly. Doesn't like being unwrapped!*

Joan: *big optics are a go. And then she's moving to do like she's seen Daddy do when Mama made unhappy sounds. Snuggles the other little*

Ambulon: *peeks at her, but stops whimpering and nestles close, still tightly curled up*

Rachel: *sighs* //Sport?//

Jack: *surprised sound* //Hey, Rachel. How're you?// *yes, that's relief in his voice*

Rachel: //Warm, snuggly, and glad I never have to get up and go pee.//

Jack: *snerk* //Want me to bring you some fuel?//

Rachel: *sighs* //Think you can do it without startling Sora?//

Jack: //I think so...//

Rachel: *closes her eyes and cuddles the babies* //Is there strawberry milk? And did you hear the news about Sabrina?//

Jack: //There is... and I did. She's Dreaming, right?//

Rachel: //Sounds like it.// *voice wobbles slightly* //I have an image of a black-haired baby in my mind that wasn't there last night, and I know it's not Joan's alt mode.//

Jack: //... Who is it?//

Rachel: //I suspect it's a picture Bess brought back for Pat.// *shares the carefully done chalk image*

Jack: //Look at all that hair...// *soft amusement*

Rachel: //And the thoughtful look over the moustache binky.//

Jack: //I've seen 'Brina wear that look more times than I can count...//

Rachel: //And I've seen it on the old pictures of Pat that Emi's got.//

Jack: *chuckles softly* //I saw those pictures, too. It's more obvious on 'Brina. Pat was pretty reserved as a kid.//

Rachel: //Unlike some Orions I've met in the nexus.// *looks at the babies she's holding* //I just heard a backfire, but I don't think it was one of these two.// *looks at her feet and sees blankets heaped up* ...Desti?

Destiny: *soft grumble* *quietly* Was bad noms.

Rachel: *reassuringly* It doesn't smell, so I think you're alright. *pause* Do you have Missy or Hopesong?

Destiny: Gots Maeve. Missy with Papa, Hopesong with uncles. *nodnod*

Rachel: //You have Missy?//

Jack: //Not anymore. She's sitting with Sarah and Simon. I got ditched.// *so amused*

Rachel: *soft chuckle over comms* //Bring some tank soother when you bring my drink?? Desti's musical.//

Jack: //Cinna flavor?//

Rachel: //She usually doesn't say no to that.// *snuggles her face against Joan's little helm*

Joan: *slight squirm, clicks*

Rachel: *moves her head back* *quietly* No snuggles?

Joan: *looks to Ambulon* Needs snuggles more.

Rachel: *chuckles quietly* He's between you and me, and tucked in so I can't get my face on him.

Joan: ... *thinking this over*

Rachel: *looks toward the door as it opens silently*

Jack: *moving quietly, and bringing a tray of energon cakes and a bottle of tank soother for Destiny*

Sora: *eyes still closed* Did you remember the sweet oil syrup?

Jack: *very soft snerk* I remembered it, Sora.

Rachel: *meeped softly when Sora spoke, and now she's laughing as soundlessly as possible as she hugs the two tinies*

Destiny: Want tako with eyes.

Jack: *chuckles* Well, how about some tank soother first?

Destiny: *nose wrinkle* No calcien. Bleuch.

Jack: It's cinna flavor.

Desti: ... *peeks out from under the blankets* Gimme.

Rachel: *is laughing. Can see that Sora is too*

Raj: *sleepy sound as he begins to wake up*

Rachel: Don't wake up grouchy. *snerk* *accepts noms from her husband, and offers bits to Joan and Ambulon*

Ambulon: *eats hungrily but doesn't uncurl or open his eyes*

Joan: *gonna try and feed the other bitty her share*

Rachel: *soft laugh* No no, sweetheart. You'll make him sound like your Aunty Desti did just now. You eat yours and let him eat his, okay?

Joan: *small frown*

Rachel: I kid you not. *grin*

Joan: *more frown. Huffs quietly and begins nomphing what she was trying to feed Ambulon*

Rachel: Awww. Here. How about you feed Ambulon, and I'll feed you?

Joan: *blink, blink, nod* *soft clicks for Ambulon, much snuggle*

Ambulon: *noms quietly, his eyes still shut*

Rachel: *has a bite of the fluffy cake herself, but then lifts her head and looks toward the door as she hears a rustle* ...We didn't get any Junkion kids at Ansuz.

Jack: ... Junkion? *looks to the door*

burnt orange and yellow bot: *is full size, but the innocent mischief in his optics can belong only to a baby Junkion. So can the fact that he's currently hugging Wreck-Gar's wriggling hand as he stands there in the door and watches everybody*

Jack: *blink. Jaw drops*

Destiny: Babby.

bot: *looks at her brightly* Searching for signal!

Destiny: Where's Waldo?

bot: *perks and slaps the hand*

Destiny: Did you make him an offer he couldn't refuse?

bot: *tucks his chin and thinks hard, then looks uncertain as he can't come up with a reply*

Rachel: *softly* He's brand new.

bot: *perks and repeats his father* Awww, it's a new little bundle of joy!

Destiny: *gonna scoot over to the new bot and try and lead him out of the room so they can find the rest of Wreck-Gar*

bot: *peeks at her, and then grins and starts singing 'Pretty Woman' as he follows her*

Rachel: *pings Wreck-Gar*

Wreck-Gar: //Message from Starfleet, Captain!//

Rachel: //It's ten AM, do you know what your kid is doing?//

Wreck-Gar: //Attempting to beam the Away Team back now, Captain.//

Rachel: *runs out of TV talk* //He hasn't even gotten basic programming yet, has he?//

Wreck-Gar: //Time to connect the dots!// *sounds so happy*

Rachel: *cautiously* //Mother and baby both fine?//

Wreck-Gar: //Bit rough and tumble, but Sleeping Beauty rests in her castle.//

Rachel: //Does the white knight need an assist?//

Wreck-Gar: //All the little chickadees have returned to the roost!//

Rachel: *soft snort* //I meant with Buttercup, turkey.//

Wreck-Gar: //Sleeping Beauty rests in her castle. And for the low, low price of sleeping on the couch, she can be awoken from her slumber.//

Rachel: *blink blink* *quickly runs that by Jack for a translation*

Jack: She's resting, and if Wreck-Gar tries to check on her, she'll make him sleep on the couch.

Rachel: *laughter shakes her shoulders again, makes Ambulon click with surprise, and is transmitted over comms to Wreck-Gar*

Joan: *loving on Ambulon now*

Wreck-Gar: //All in a day's work, pip, pip, cheerio!//

Rachel: //Ratchet out. Congratulations.//

Wreck-Gar: //Goodnight, Night Vale, goodnight.// *closes the line with a soft click*

Rachel: *sighs and lays her head back on her pillow, feeling tired again* //Russ?//

Russell: //More than two Quadriate sparklets is asking for trouble.//

Rachel: *eyes snap open* 0_0 *cautiously* //I think Kup, Jael, and ladyWake can take it.//

Russell: //...They were supposed to be with Kup's family? There's six of them here with Tracks and his family.//

Rachel: *quiet groan* //My stars and garters. They followed Will home?//

Russell: //They did. And one of them was chewing on her own leg after a bitty battle.//

Rachel: *gulp* //Calypso?//

Russell: //Yes. I did get her leg repaired. It was minor damage, and she'll be fine.

Rachel: *sigh* //Physically, anyway. But I was pinging you to let you know about another newborn on base.//

Russell: //Besides Joan?//

Rachel: //Wreck-Gar knows what was wrong with Buttercup.//

Russell: //...// *connected the dots. Groans*//Oh, no.//

Rachel: *sends an image of the infant in question as he'd looked there in the door* //Unprogrammed as of yet.//

Russell: //Any hope of avoiding some of the worst of Wreck-Gar's quirks?//

Rachel: //Don't buy any lottery tickets on the odds.//

Russell: *GROAN*

Serenity: *chiming in through Russell's frequency* //What's going on?//

Rachel: *shares image*

Serenity: //... Oh, no.//

Rachel: //And Desti just took him under her wing.//

Serenity: //...We're all doomed.//

Rachel: //Oh, and this is Joan.// *shares image*

Serenity: //Awww!//

Russell: //And Ambulon's got someone else watching over him as well.// *sounds amused now*

Rachel: *very softly* //I think I can hear a resonance there.//

Serenity: //Awwww! ... She's going to be a holy terror when she's older, isn't she?// *voicing Russell's thoughts now*

Rachel: *shares footage of Joan's actions since Rachel opened her eyes*

Serenity: //I stand corrected.//

Rachel: *starts to reply, and accidentally transmits yawn static instead* //Oops.//

Russell: //Get some more rest, Rachel.//

Rachel: *sighs* //Did Alphonse and the Chief get any sleep?//

Russell: //The last I knew, Alphonse was still resting. Patrick looked like he had just woke up when I saw him before I went to check on Calypso's leg this morning.//

Rachel: //Bess ganked your sedative gun again, didn't she?//

Russell: //It wouldn't surprise me.//

Rachel: //Have you guys found Blurr?//

Russell: //To my knowledge, he's still holed up on the ship.//

Rachel: *sighs* //Ugh. Oh. Have Leozack and Lyzack escaped from the infirmary yet?

Russell: //The last time I saw them, they were clinging to Nullfire as he played sky tag with the wing.//

Rachel: *must laugh* //That poor guy. The ONE adult male Seeker who never wanted to be a mentor.//

Russell: *chuckles* //They adore him.//

Rachel: *still chuckling* //They're related to him. Same base codes as he has. I think it's why they started getting bigger than the others once we got all the inhibitors out of their systems.//

Russell: //I wonder if any of the other Locusts or Dragonflies are related to the wing...//

Rachel: //The other ones I've had the chance to scan so far are all related to Nightbird.//

Russell: //Maybe we'll have time to scan the rest at some point.//

Rachel: *softly* //After we kick Megs' aft.//

Russell: //Agreed.//

Rachel: //...And now there's a little Fixer giving me a stink eye, so I better let you go.// Jack, what are you chuckling about?

Jack: Fixer's stinkeye reminds me of the Looks you give patients... *so amused* *thinks it's cute*

Rachel: *absently closes the line with Russell* I don't glower like that!

Fixer: You should be sleeping!

Rachel: o.0

Joan: *scoldy bitty. You scared Ambulon, Fixer!*

Jack: *trying so hard not to laugh at the bitty scoldings* *will move to join Rachel and the sparklets on the mat*

Rachel: *calmly* Maeve escaped, didn't she?

Jack: *looks over to the blanket pile* ... Yes, she did.

Rachel: *hand is going to her ear when Dr. House calls Jack*

Jack: *answers* //This is Jack.//

Dr. House: //Found something of yours. She was riding up in the elevator, making for home.//

Jack: //Where are you?//

Dr. House: //Heading for the mess, and she's Not Talking to Wheelie's sock bunny.//

Jack: //Alright. I'll let Rachel know.//

Dr. House: //Any news from Wreck-Gar?//

Jack: //He's a dad now.//

Dr. House: //...What?//

Jack: //His mate's spark budded, and there was a baby Junkion looking in on us earlier. Destiny's with him now.//

Dr. House: //You mean he's back? And he brought his wife and the newspark here?//

Jack: //I think the newspark separated once Buttercup was here.//

Dr. House: *faintly* //Wheelie, Wreck-Gar's home.//

Wheelie: *happy sound*

Dr. House: //And he brought a surprise for you.//

Wheelie: //May I go? The surprise I want to know.//

Dr. House: //Go ahead. Whoops, Maeve, look! Beef!//

Maeve: *is that growling sound. Seems the doctor caught her arm*

Jack: //Oh, dear.// *trying not to laugh*

Dr. House: //Do you want me to keep track of her, or bring her back, Jack?//

Jack: //Let me ask Rachel.// *to Rachel* James has Maeve. Do you want her here, or should James keep an eye on her?

Rachel: *sounds asleep hugging bitties. Confident in her husband's ability to track down their independent one*

Jack: //... Er... Keep an eye on her for us, James. Rachel's asleep. And so are Joan and Ambulon.//

Dr. House: //You got it. Ouch. Teeth. House out.// *click*

Jack: *soft chuckle, will move to snuggle Rachel and the bitties*

Rachel: *turns herself and her armful of little people and cakes to face him, then sighs and settles into deeper sleep*

Sora: *soft chuckle and crams the last bite of energon cakes into her husband's mouth*

Mirage: *will snuzzle her forehead and bring up the stealth tech around the two of them*

Sora: *quirks a lazy brow at him over the plate she's licking* -I feel that static.-

Mirage: -...Someone's here with us?-

Sora: *sets the plate aside and lays her head down with a tired sigh* -Your stealth field.-

Mirage: -Oh... Would you like me to turn it off for now?-

Sora: *slight stretch and grumble, then closes her eyes and shrugs* -It's safe. I want to sleep.-

Mirage: *will gently kiss her forehead* -Then sleep. I've got your six covered.-

Sora: *sighs and peeks at where her mom and baby are sleeping, then closes her eyes again and follows them into dreams*

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