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[neverputincharge]

[Bulk's looking a little banged up, like verybody else. Guess who's being a stubborn Wrecker and refusing to go to the medbay, with a strange doctor, for minor injuries.

Though, speaking of those. It's got him worried. They should be gone by now. Or at least better already.]

Uh, anybody else notice their healin' things not workin'? [He motions at his injuries. His materials boon worked, and he's feeling as eficient as ever, what the heck?]

Pretty sure these oughtta be fixin' themselves by now.

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[the_other_green_seeker]

'Healing thing'? What healing thing?

[Why did apparently no one tell him about this?]

[neverputincharge]

Something with Solus' glyph. After...it grew, injuries would heal faster than normal.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Hmm... Never got hurt enough while I was there to find out if it worked for Nexus too. All I know now is that self repair seems to be offline, aside from the barest level of maintenance. And diagnostics won't give a reason why.

[He's obviously a wee bit annoyed at that.]

[neverputincharge]

Huh, I had Nexus too. Now that I think about it...maybe it did. [He didn't think about it before.]

Yeah, same here. Weird, we're not the only ones either, evidently.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Apparently it's a city-wide problem, yeah. The head medic at the hospital apparently has the local authorities looking into it, but no luck yet.

[Irritated sigh]

The universe just picked the best fragging time to drop us here, didn't it?

[neverputincharge]

Yeah, I'm startin' to notice that. Not liking it any better, though.

Yeah....this ain't exactly what I meant when I decided not to go home. [What the hell, universe. What did they ever do to you?] And of course we had to show up in the middle of somethin'. Didn't sign up to be some kinda dimensional problem solver.

[the_other_green_seeker]

It's not what I meant either. I assumed after the whole thing with Unicron that the Forged knew what the Pit they were doing, but apparently not.

[Yes, he's a bit bitter, why do you ask?]

[neverputincharge]

Yeah...but I don't think they expected the Lambda to explode anymore than we did. [They were retreating it back some, after all.] Wish they were here to explain what happened.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Yeah them being around to explain stuff would be nice. But knowing them, they probably wouldn't show up until the slag was about to hit the fan.

[At least that was Jade's impression of them.]

[neverputincharge]

No, I think they would want to check on us after all this. We were citizens of their world, fought with them. They wouldn't just ignore us now.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Why not? They sure did a good job of ignoring us before. Before Unicron showed up, I was beginning to wonder if they actually existed or were just some kind of collective hallucination. They were gone the whole time I was there until right at the end.

[neverputincharge]

.....they weren't ignorin' us. [Don't mind him if he gets a little defensive.] They were doin' stuff to try and stop him, and get Cybertron ready for Primus. They had things to do too, and considering we'd taken care of Unicron's last attack, they felt we could handle ourselves.

[the_other_green_seeker]

Yeah, and a fine job they did of that too. [He notices the defensiveness, though, and finishes the griping with a grumble and a sigh. Gotta remember he's talking to an Autobot, so he should probly at least explain.]

Look... I know you probly like them cause of the whole Prime... thing. [Gestures vaguely at that; he's never really understood the Autobot fascination with the 'Prime' title.] And maybe you actually had enough contact with them for you to genuinely respect them.

But it takes more than a title and some weird abilities to get my respect, and they weren't around enough to do anything to actually earn it. I followed their plan because no one else had one that didn't sound suicidal. That worked out, so I figured I'd at least give them a shot.

But then they fragged up somehow and everything exploded and we wound up here. The first chance I ever had to actually have a decent life, a life they promised me, and I lost it cause they didn't have all their bases covered. So you'll have to excuse me if they're not exactly my favorite bots at the moment.

[neverputincharge]

[To Bulkhead's credit, he listens, and doesn't speak up until Jadewing's done. He knows. He knows not everyone got much contact with them. He can get the frustration, he'd be the same way if he was in Jade's position.]

I....don't take to leaders easily either. Despite how it looks. I'm a Wrecker, we were never fans of strict leaders. So for me, it also takes a lot of respect from me to get me to follow them. Though, I admit a little bias, cause they existed in my world too. Even if I only knew them by legends told.

For over a year, I didn't follow a Prime, at all. Sure I took boons from Solus, but didn't follow her. For most of my time, I followed my buddy Wheeljack. Solus just gave me a purpose, when I needed it. Why I initiated with her, cause by then she'd gotten my respect.

[He vents a a soft sigh.]

We all lost the chance at a new beginning. On a world we'd fought for more than once. So no, I get it, I do.

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Jadewing also listens. Part of him is surprised at how understanding Bulkhead is; most Autobots didn't take slights- real or implied- against their Primes quite so calmly. It's that understanding more than anything else that soothes his metaphorical ruffled feathers somewhat. He sighs.]

Glad it worked out for you then, at least. And good to know we've got something in common other that our paintjobs.

I just won't be happy until I know what the frag happened, and why we ended up here. Call me glitchy, but somehow I can't quite see this as being just a random coincidence.