Nexus. Blue's Bar. There and Back Again cont'd

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As Random finishes his Sunrise, deciding what exactly to do next, he takes a look around the bar . . .

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Arcee's busy closing her datapad down and putting it into a small lockbox, which she gets up and brings behind the bar. This done, she glances around, and then nods to the suddenly alert Keg before giving a quick glance toward Random to see what he's up to.

Then she pauses to snark dryly at a comment from Pink.

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Arcee growls and puts out more unprintable content, then continues toward the door. "Whatever. I have a race to run."

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"I'm busy!" *click* The femme shot him a look, and then slapped her number on her windshield and transformed.

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"Yeah. On little five lap races like this there isn't much need for it." Keg decides he's satisfied with everything here and straightens to lean on the top of the protective barrier and watch the race. Which Arcee is leading.

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"No," says Fender unhappily. "Unless there's one at Blue's."

//Are her systems fried or just shut down?// asks Blue anxiously.

"It was a drone, and my EMP burned its processor out." Keg drops the sniper on the ground next to them and then levels a warning look at Fender.

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"Help me get Arcee into Keg's bed." She looks at him quizzically from where she's kneeling by her friend's head. Hormah is no where in sight.

Fender straightens the knee with difficulty, wincing at the almighty crack it makes, and then sighing with relief before he turns his attention back to what's going on.

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//I'm surprised you haven't met her already.// Blue sounds absent as she says this last, and remains silent as she speeds up slightly. //Maybe we should have PINpointed. But I didn't think of it.//

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The silence is banished as Keg sidesteps toward the jukebox after locking the door and turns on something soft and thoughtful. He doesn't follow once they're inside, instead looking around and starting to tidy up.

Blue continues up the stairs and down the hallway they lead to, passing the apartment that was once Arcee's and instead bringing Random and his burden to the small room that holds her own berth. It's got the feel of a barrack room; rather empty and impersonal but for a small framed image of Cybertron on the wall over the berth and opposite the door.

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She makes a small sound of discomfort and falls back. "Hurt."

//He used to hang around the edges of things all the time till we got Keg,// says Blue grimly. //And then I saw that drone come into the bar a few times and buy drinks.//

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Her tank empties abruptly and thoroughly, and then she sags, her face screwed up with discomfort and weariness.

"Why...?"

Then she startles as a tap sounds at the door and Hormah calls softly. "Ye still after needin' a medic?"

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The room is small, and as Hormah goes in further Blue finds herself edged through the door. "Erm... Random?"

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"No." Keg frowns and looks at the spot where he left it, then checks the floor and scans around. "I think it teleported. But I know where it's going, anyway."

Then he returns his attention to the part in Random's hand. "So was I right? And what's all this? You don't need stuff that complex for a simple remote."

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"Yes, sir." Keg looks up as he finishes the programming, then steps out of range and vanishes.

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Hormah winces and looks at him, then reaches over and puts a gentle hand on his arm. "Random?"

And Blue has withdrawn into the stairwell and is facepalming at herself.

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Hormah turns and frowns at him suspiciously. "Random, where's Keg to?"

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Hormah puts her toys away and turns to smack Keg upside the head, then shoves him over and starts looking at him to see where that leak's coming from, deedlebeeping vehemently all the while.

"Uh..." says the young bouncer. "I... understand Minicon."

"Good!"

Blue's just frozen.

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"Yellow Ratchet's after comin' t'rough here some regular," she notes, her voice soothing as she watches Keg struggle to stay conscious and wonders at the rookie's lack of fear.

Blue, meanwhile, is doing a very credible job of not hovering, though she's standing at a good distance for both staying out of the way and letting Keg know that she's there.

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The blue femme pushes open a door near her own room, revealing a lined closet large enough to comfortably hold an average G1 mech. "Blue button's hot water. Red button's UV. Green is some kind of cleaning ray I can never remember the name to, but which feels good."

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"She'll have Keg and I to watch over her, too. We don't know if the guy that was stalking her was working for anyone else, so we're playing it safe." She lowers her head to her arms again, but then looks up once more and tilts her head at him. "You look like you're going to fall over."

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"Alright then." She gives him a wan smile. "See you then, I guess."