mtmte. /Lost Light/. Baby Bird Repair Part 2

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Megatron: *watches the finger repair with interest*

Ratchet: Well, now that we've had our daily quota of silly... *nods toward the sleeping child in Megatron's arms*

Ambulon: *quietly giving Trunk pointers, though there's very little he needs to actually advise on, it turns out*

qRed Alert: *softly* Of course. *scans Nightbird and nods* What's she coded for? Do you know?

Ratchet: *head shake* I'm not sure what she's coded for. But she's been helping out at the encampment on Cybertron.

Megatron: She's a ninja.

qRed Alert: What does that mean?

Megatron: *uses the Quadriate word*

qRed Alert: Oh. *grin* I haven't gotten to build for one of those in quite awhile. *turns and walks over to the wall to rise up another table to work on*

Ratchet: ... You've built them before? *curious*

qRed Alert: Yes. Some visitors came when I was just starting to work beside my parents. They were smaller people like the New Nyonians, but they were affiliated with the Knights of Cybertron. They came to pick up two babies from the field near the gate.

Ratchet: Ah... *contemplative look, even as he provides qRed Alert with the scan data he has for Nightbird*

qRed Alert: *swiftly goes over the data and frowns slightly* I'll add a little something for her spark till it steadies.

Ratchet: *quietly* I wonder how long she's not been as strong as when she first emerged from the Core?

Megatron: *looks down at his friend and frowns slightly* I should have noticed she wasn't well.

qRed Alert: *clicks* You've got a lot going on. And we caught her in time.

Ratchet: She'll get better. And then you'll have a hard time keeping up with her. *chuckles*

Megatron: *blinks* She's usually on my back.

qRed Alert: *very soft "d'awww"*

Ratchet: *more chuckle*

Trunk: Are you gonna marry her?

Megatron: Some day.

Ratchet: *softly* D'aww.

Ambulon: *now it's his turn to chuckle* Well, I don't think she'd object to you asking.

Megatron: *surprised look for Ambulon* I don't need to.

Ambulon: *surprised* Oh?

Megatron: *shakes his head*

Trunk: *baby wisdom* She already knows. *has his finger in his mouth again, only this time he took it off the right way*

Ratchet: *soft snerk at Trunk's antics, and Ambulon's reaction to said antics* I'm not surprised. She talks to Primus as easily as the Rung from our sibling reality does.

Megatron: *surprised* I don't think we talked to him about it yet.

Ratchet: Ah. *hadn't thought of that*

Trunk: *perks as Deluge looks in with a Tailgate peeking over his shoulder* Dad, can I go to the play place with Deluge and Tailgate?

Ambulon: Put your finger back on, and then you can go.

Trunk: *blinks and looks at his hand, then re-installs the digit*

Deluge: *grin* We're going to Dancing Island Lake.

Tailgate: It's really, really cool sounding! *SUCH big optics behind her visor. Deluge has been telling her stories about the place, and she's excited to go*

Trunk: *excited bounce* *to Megatron* I'll bring back a toy for 'Birdy.

Megatron: *smiles* Okay. I'll give you shanix for something for Bumblebee too.

Trunk: Dad gave me shanix. I can get it. *grin*

Ratchet: *chuckles* Have fun, Trunk.

Deluge: *bouncing in place*

Tailgate: *squeaking in time with the bounces*

Ambulon: *thinking of something* Trunk, are your brothers coming with you?

Trunk: *gives Dad a funny look and points past Deluge and Tailgate*

Ambulon: *looks past the Aquabot and accompanying Minibot* *soft chuckle as he sees familiar colors locked in a rumble with some of the other kids of similar age*

Trunk: *hug for Dad after jumping down from the table* I'll bring candy back for you.

Ambulon: Alright. Have fun, stay safe, and listen to the guides. *will hug his son before gently ushering him toward Deluge and Tailgate*

Trunk: We always do, except when we're trolling you. *meeps as Deluge grabs him and lifts him*

Tailgate: *happily talking about all the things she wants to see and do now*

Ambulon: *pings his children's comms, is turning to help Ratchet and qRed Alert* //Be good. I love you.//

kids: *make his head vibrate with the enthusiastic response*

Ambulon: *bit of a squawk at having his head vibrate*

Ratchet: *goes to get a sedative out of storage*

Nightbird: *warm, in audio range of a spark she likes the sound of, and she had some candy earlier. She's not gonna wake up easily*

Megatron: *humming and murmuring some lines about sleepy town. He's kind of zoned out*

Ambulon: *gives himself a shake, will move to scan Nightbird*

qRed Alert: Nearly done. *kicks one of her assistant on the ankle*

assistant: *awks and skitters back* Aw, c'mon, chief!

qRed Alert: *throws the last empty scoop at him* Go. Now.

assistant: *ducks and runs!*

qRed Alert: Don't forget the scoop!

assistant: *comes back for the scoop, runs away again*

Ambulon: *head shake* He should have left when his scoop was empty.

qRed Alert: He should be named Dawdler. There. I'm done. Now we need the spark. *looks over toward the kids*

Ambulon: Let me guess, he's named something like "Speedster"? *attention going to Megatron and Nightbird*

qRed Alert: Windbreaker, actually.

Ambulon: ... *trying not to snicker. He knows what it means to break wind, thanks to Verity, Raoul, and Serena*

Nightbird: *sleeeeeeepin' babby*

Ratchet: *back with a sedation tab*

Megatron: *watching everything with a serious frown now*

Ambulon: *soothingly* Everything will be alright, Megatron.

Megatron: Only if you pay attention to her *this thinger* valve. It's got a flaw, and she'll go out if you try to move her spark compartment before you fix it.

Ambulon: ... *shares a startled look with Ratchet*

Ratchet: *SCANNING*

qRed Alert: *comes over and scans too* *grumble* Those things never fail, but just look at it.

Ratchet: I've never seen one that had a flaw. *worried*

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