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[Guess who's been buried to the vocal indicator flanges with work for the past month. The city's Chief Engineer has been working with his fellow Guardians to investigate what the hell Galos was up to - and how it got past them to even suspect what was really happening - and how to prevent it in the future. And...other things, but he'd have to be specifically asked about that, because OY so not fun. Plus overseeing the rebuild of the apartments and other structures that were damaged in that blast a while back and replacing victims' comm drones and other service drones. He's been one busy mechanic.]

[And it's a little audible in his voice when he finally shows himself on the network. But at least he waited till he'd gotten two full rest-cycles to recover before doing this?]

'Afternoon, Haven. In case anyone doesn't know me, my name's Wheeljack. I'm one'a the Guardians of the city as well as the Chief Engineer. An' before anyone says it . . . no, just because I touch it doesn't mean it'll blow up. That's just my experimental stuff. Anyway, my shop's been closed for some time - for obvious reasons - but I'm lettin' people know now that I'm open again. Most repair work can be handled by the Mr. Fix-It shop on the other side of the Hub, but if they send ya my way, I can take it now. Also if you've got mods or other ideas you'd like ta have built, come see me an' we'll talk. No guarantees I'll do it, as always, but we can talk.

((ooc: This is Dragon. Don't have a new computer yet, so still working on borrowed stuff. Tags will come whenever I'm able to, but been meaning to put this up for a while - a few people have expressed interest in interacting with him, so now's your chance. ^_^))

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[Nods. He notices that flinch, but doesn't comment.]

Alright. Not really doing anything at the moment, so assuming you're not in the middle of something...?

Nope. C'mon over. Ya need coordinates?

Assuming you're at the Hub, but since it's a big place, yeah, precise coordinates probably wouldn't hurt.

Next door, actually. More or less. My workshop's abutted to the Warehouse. Here.

[BOOM coordinates are a go.]

[And coordinates received!]

Thanks. See ya shortly.

[A slight pause in case Wheeljack has anything else to say, then the feed shuts off. Jadewing then heads outside, tucks his drone in his cockpit (because otherwise it'd be left far behind), and takes off, transforming to jet mode mid air.

He flies at a relatively leisurely pace, but still it doesn't take him long to reach the coordinates Wheeljack supplied. He circles in and returns to robot mode, landing with practiced ease just outside and releasing his drone from his cockpit.

He then goes up and presses the door chime, waiting for an answer from within. Normally he wouldn't bother, given that Wheeljack already knows he's coming, but given the awkwardness of the Autobot toward him, he figures it can't hurt to be polite.]

[The old engineer answered the door a moment later, taking in the sight of the winged mech. There'd been few Seekers in Haven over the vorns, and all his memories of them back home, up to and including the moment of his death . . . As long ago now as that was, as much as he told himself he was over it, moments like now proved he really wasn't. But he shook his head and stepped back, gesturing invitingly. He'd made a promise, taken a vow, and he'd uphold that regardless of race or faction. Or his own feelings.]

Hey, Jadewing. C'mon in. Let's see what we can do with those rifles for ya.

[Jadewing hadn't missed the look he'd gotten when the door opened, brief as it was. Until relatively recently, he'd privately been expecting all Autobots he met to display such looks. Wheeljack was not comfortable around him. Well, more likely Seekers in general; as far as he knew, the two of them had never actually met face to face before the preparations to fight Galos, so it was unlikely to be him specifically that Wheeljack had a problem with.

Still, there was no mistaking the awkwardness. Mostly because it was mutual; Jadewing had almost gotten used to interacting with Autobots like they were any other bots, but situations like this brought the awkwardness back in full force. Not to mention there'd have to be a few questions asked for the sake of his trine before they were done here, which was bound to increase it.

But as long as Wheeljack didn't start anything, neither would Jadewing.]

Alright.

[Jadewing headed inside, glancing around at the various gadgets and projects. A few of them looked like they could be weapons, but most of them Jadewing couldn't identify offhand.]

Nice place. Never thought I'd see the inside of your lab. Course, before I wound up in haven, I never really thought I'd want to.

[He smirked slightly, an amused note in his voice.]

Your inventions kinda have a reputation on both sides of the line.

[That actually got a chuckle out of the old engineer.]

I'm not surprised. I lost count of how many times ol' Megatron tried ta either kidnap me or steal one'a my inventions. [a smirk – or at least, the tone of one in his voice, flanges deepening a shade in the lighting color as they flashed] An' don't worry, I'm not workin' on anythin' right now that's potentially hazardous, if that's what you're worried about. I know I used ta hafta rebuild my lab at least once or twice a vorn, but that's the nature of workin' with experimental armaments an' the like. Sometimes ya just can't assess just how volatile somethin's gonna be until ya go ahead an' try it.

[Of course, being the genius that he was, he also had so many things on in his mind at any given time that sometimes he would plain forget about something, or miss a step in the process which served to unstabilize things in the long run . . . but he wasn't going to be the one to bring up those instances.]

[Jadewing's smirk broadened slightly.]

So did we. You'd think he'd come up with something more original after awhile...

[And belatedly realizing that when he did, it usually meant nothing good for the Autobots. Oops. Quick, new subject!]

Least you don't test your gadgets on unwitting grunts, though. Mixmaster had a habit of testing new chemical concoctions by mixing them with someone's morning energon ration; usually someone new, who didn't know better than to leave their drink unattended with him around.

[The tone makes it sound like Jadewing has had some personal experience in this regard.]

Heh, you'd think.

[Honestly, Megatron's UNoriginality was the ONLY reason the Autobots survived and did as well as they did more times than anyone cared to admit aloud. The Decepticons /were/ more powerful and often more numerous, after all. By all rights, they probably should have fallen many times over. So if Megs DID come up with something once in a while? He supposed he couldn't get /too/ upset about it, so long as it didn't work out in the end anyway.]

Eeck, yeah, that's . . . [One of the many things that separated the two factions - he'd EXPECT slag like that from a 'Con.] . . . not nice. No, I'd never do that, not intentionally. I won't try somethin' on someone else I haven't tried on myself first.

But anyway . . . you wanted those rifles of yours looked at?

[No definitely not nice at all. Though Mixmaster was regarded as a little creepy even by most Decepticons, in part for just that reason. Megatron had allowed it because the results of Mixmaster's work were worth more to him than the potential of a few grunts being put out of action. Or worse.

But anyway, rifles.]

Yeah. Hang on...

[He carefully detached first one gun, then the other from the sockets on his arms, laying them on the nearest workbench with some free space. Before he set them down, he made sure they were deactivated. Once unhooked from his systems, backup power packs took over automatically and the last thing he wanted was for one of them to accidentally blow something up in Wheeljack's lab. That would be awkward.

Once they were in place, he stepped aside, allowing Wheeljack room to work on them.]

There. Safe to tinker with now.

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