dreadVerse. The Ark. Bringing Psych to visit.

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

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Jazz winces as he stumbles over the leg of a mech who's recharging on the floor of the rec room, muttering an apology and picking his way carefully away from him. To his relief that guy's the only one sleeping in here right now. If First Aid and her sisters had been on recharge cycle he and Psych would have been out of luck getting out of here without stepping on anyone.

"Jazz?" Perceptor sits up to blink at him wearily. "I had thought you to be recharging."

"Nah, Percy, I couldn' sleep. You go ahead 'n use my berth if ya want. Just you 'n Kia don't do any funny business."

The red mech gives him a puzzled look, and he shakes his head. "Never mind, man. Go ta bed."

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[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych looks around curiously. "This... does not look like a planet-side base. Donde esta?"

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

"It's on Earth. We just parked the Ark." Jazz checks on Bumblebee, who's still snuggled in Psych's arms, then turns and crutches toward the door.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

"Huh. Less orange than the other Ark." Psych readjusts his hold on Bee and follows Jazz, trying to step lightly and avoid waking anyone else that might be around.

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

"They repainted in here after Ironhide smeared Ratbat across the wall." The silver mech passes into the very orange hallway and turns right.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

As he follows Jazz into the hallway, Psych blinks hard and twitches backwards, much like how a dog would pull back from an odd smell. "Yep. There's the optic-shattering orange I remember."

[random_xtras]

The shy femme sputters slightly, unsure of how to reply, but then blinks and meeps as Jazz gives her a friendly hip bump in passing.

"Don't mind him, girl, he's just a joker."

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

He flashes a cheesy grin. "Ah-yep!"

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

Jazz leads the way down the hall as First Aid goes into the rec room and closes the door, then says sadly, "That's a sweet looking lady."

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych shrugs. "I guess."

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

//Nah, he usually naps in Hatchet's lab. Gimme 'Bee, I gotta go feed her.// Jazz holds out a hand.

"That's what... my friends call me," says the girl quietly, trying to keep the tremble out of her voice. "Um... what do you want to know?"

She's been grilled for information a lot lately, but otherwise left to herself for the most part. She also looks a lot younger than she actually is; a little bird-boned thing with close cropped red hair.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych carefully hands over Bumblebee. //Remind me in an hour or so that I have to go back and feed Cali. Gen kind of is unable to right now.//

To Valley, he just shrugs. "Just whatever you want to tell me about yourself. Can I come in?" He then looks into the storage closet with a frown. "Can I even fit?"

[slag-megs.livejournal.com]

//Will do, man.// He takes babyBee and holds her close, then grins down at Valley and turns to hobble away with both crutches on one side.

Valley looks over her shoulder into the closet, which is pretty well taken up by the shelves, and gives a slight chuckle. "No, probably not without moving all our stuff and the shelves out."

Then she gazes absently at Rewind for a moment and nods when she sees how the little femme is curled in the foot of Deejay's baby hammock.

"We can go outside." She looks up, absently hugging herself.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good to me." Still not fully used to his new body, Psych stands back up before transforming into his alt mode. He pops open his driver side door for Valley. "Madam."

[random_xtras]

She pauses halfway out to give his dash a startled look, but then finishes what she's doing and wanders over and puts her hand on the gnarly truck of a juniper tree that seems to be leaning away from the mountain as if avoiding cooties. "That's kinda how I met Blaster."

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych transorms and walks over to stand beside her. "Oh yeah?"

[random_xtras]

"Yeah. All his things for radioing and that were broken, but at night when I was asleep he could sometimes say things to me." She sits at the base of the tree and hugs her knees. "But that's not what you meant, is it?"

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

He sits down on the other side of the tree, looking over his shoulder as he answers her. "Not exactly, no."

[random_xtras]

"Sorry." She blushes and seems to shrink a little, then gasps softly with dismay as she puts her face down on her knee to try and hide her sudden tears.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych turns at the sound. "What the- Slaggin'... Hey." He reaches over to place a reassuring hand on her back. "I'm sorry."

[random_xtras]

As is usual in such situations, the friendly touch breaks down the dam, and Valley is now crying in earnest.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

Psych says nothing, but continues to pat/lightly rub Valley's back while she cries.

[random_xtras]

She nods without lifting her head, but then squeezes her eyes shut against another rush of tears.

"Mom?" says Eject softly as he comes back from going up the mountain a bit to check things out.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

"Uh..." Psych looks from Eject to Valley, unsure of what to do.

[random_xtras]

"She misses Blaster," says the tiny mech, then wriggles in between Valley's arm and her body to try and give her a hug.

[silenceandpsych.livejournal.com]

The gears turn in Psych's head. "Oh. Oooooooooooh..."

He finally gets that Blaster's the father.