crux_fleet | [ 001 Ϟ VIDEO ] What do I gotta do to get a drink around here?

[ This little adventure? Not exactly the vacation of a lifetime. Flashpoint's never missed her flask of engex more than now. She needs a drink, or she's gonna start rubbing the enamel clean off her faceplates. Sharing hangar number-why-do-they-need-this-many-hangars with Deadlock hasn't exactly encouraged peace-of-mind inducing solid recharge. Two extremely long weeks later she's finally got her own place though, and HELL YES the fabricators sure do make energon as well as organic food. There's just one critical problem. ]

[ They don't make booze. Apparently engex was not high on the engineering staff's list of quality of life enhancements for Cybertronians. Well, frag that. She'll just make her own. Uh. Somehow... ]

So. My people subsist on energon and the oh-so-kind engineers here have programmed the fabricators to make it but...

Mmmm...

I'm hoping to modify the formula. A little variety shall we say? Increased, uh, 'potency' most definitely.

[ Hopefully with inebriating effects. Hey, no one said it wasn't legal! Right? ]

Not a scientist though. Anyone give me a hand?

[ Yes, she really is asking for help making moonshine. ]

[And if this broadcast had fine print it would read 'proceed at your own risk; energon has explosive tendencies' but fine print means caution and caution + Flashpoint aren't exactly a common package deal.]

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Quark's?

( That's not a name he's familiar with, so he's curious. )

As did I. ( He hates admitting it too, it's okay. ) My talents lie in science, not medicine. You'll no doubt have an easier time of it than I.

Some alien. Feringie?? I don't know. [Cultural liaison, Flashpoint is not.] But he's gonna setup a bar and casino. Figure I can work there with my holo when the militia's got nothin' going on.

[The last part floors her a little though, G-GAK! How does she even compare to Shockwave?]

...was just a mod tech b'fore. Not a scientist. _{Never rated fer that}... [grumble-grumble-functionalism-intellectualclass-grumble.]

Not a species I'm familiar with. ( And he's been offworld a few times, it's enough to generally know what's out there. Then again he's surrounded by 'humans', and that certainly wasn't a species that had evolved last time he knew. ) It's as good as any option. I feel they might be a bit more hesitant to allow us into anything sensitive, considering the welcome we received.

( That gets a small, sad smile - although he hopes it can also be encouraging. )

One of the pitfalls of our system, regrettably. But that certainly doesn't mean you're not more than capable of it.

You can say that again. Had colder welcomes but not by much. [Her engine rumbles. Oh, she still mad.]

Yeeeah. [This is her WELP face.] Not really a pitfall when you start off down there... [A shrug. The words are resigned, like she lost that bitter fight a long time ago. The smile is encouraging though, if a little strange. It's not at all what she's used to.]

Do you...

...think so?

I'll admit my case is unique when I say it is far better than the alternative.

( what with the whole 'shadowplay' thing trailbreaker had nicely laid out for him. he brightens at the second half of the conversation, however. )

Of course. It's fascinating what people think they have no aptitude at, and yet find themselves succeeding at once they've committed themselves to it.

Ahhhhhhh-HA. [COUGH.] Guess you heard then?

[Oh so much awkward. Yes, good, other topics.]

I...never thought about it that way. I guess I was so focused on being mad about not even being able to try. Hooooo I doubt I have the bedside manner for it now though.

[You have no idea Shockwave, you've gotten her good side so far. Just ask Sentinel.]

That they took from me everything that made me who I was? Yes.

( The anger is evident in his tone, because he's never going to be over that. )

Luckily for you, that's also a learned skill.

( His anger fades and he smiles again, encouragingly. You cannot get this bot down, Flashpoint. Well you can, but not when he can come up with a good counter. )

[She's quiet for a moment. Flashpoint's not good with words Shockwave, take the rare silence as the best expression of her sympathy instead. She'll join you in the anger though.]

They did a lot of things that weren't right.

[Maybe she...shouldn't mention Zeta though?]

Is it? ... I've been fighting for so long though. I... How do you even start over?

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