Explosions Imminent

"Hey, Ratch', ya got a minute?" The engineer poked his helm through the doors, ready to duck if need be.

Ratchet harrumphed at the shoulder poke but otherwise stayed still. He weighed his options carefully. On the one servo, if he stayed he could complete his work on time and could possibly start on more projects. But then Wheeljack would be upset and would probably do something drastic to convince him to come with. Choices, choices…

Wheeljack beamed, winglets perking straight up as the medic agreed. He really did worry sometimes that Ratchet was going to overwork himself to exhaustion, so he had made it a habit to stop by whenever he remembered to refuel. He was just slightly spotty about that sort of thing himself. Sometimes he just got so focused nothing else registered until he was done.

"Hey, Ratch', ya got a minute?" The engineer poked his helm through the doors, ready to duck if need be.

Huh, that was a change. As far as he could tell, Wheeljack didn’t have a scratch on him. Well, nothing out of the ordinary. Ratchet moved to the side so the engineer could peer at the scanner he was fine-tuning.

Wheeljack tsked and gave the medic a disapproving look. "Raaaatch', how many times do I gotta bug you about not skipping your refueling? You can't do much of anything if you pass out." He poked the medic meaningfully in the shoulder.

"Hey, Ratch', ya got a minute?" The engineer poked his helm through the doors, ready to duck if need be.

Wheeljack grinned behind his mask, and stepped in when no wrenches went flying. "Of course not! See?" He held up his servos and spun once so the medic could see him fully. "No missing limbs, no fried circuits!" He ventured in further and peered at what Ratchet was working on.

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Why yes. Yes Comber is a tactile junkie.  For all his time he spends alone meditating and pondering the universe and communing with nature, he had a tendency to get lonely with surprising ease.  He loved his friends, and nothing made him as happy as showing them how much he loved them.  He thrived on affection more than he did on Energon. 

"I was just thinking about the difference in the two, actually. If we place them right, we should be able to get power from sunrise to sunset. As for spacing them, we can put them as close as the sails would allow or space them out as far as needed, really. The only limiting factor in how close we can put them is the full width of the sails when they're opened up."

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Oh, the things on his head flashed as he talked! How interesting. Soundwave spent a nanoklik staring at those before returning his gaze to the mech’s face, though the only indication of this was a slight tilt to his helm.

Wheeljack stared for a moment, surprise probably evident even with the mask he was wearing. had the little tyke just said his designation was Soundwave? He looked nothing like the Soundwave he knew, never mind the obvious age difference. The speech pattern was the same, however; perhaps a version from another 'verse? Had to be.

Beachcomber grinned at Wheeljack’s enthusiasm for his idea, snuggling in between his arms while he worked, watching him draw up the blueprints.  Perfectly content to stay where he was, right in the way, he rumbled his engine in a soft, content purr.  “Thinner poles we can bury deeper for protection without worrying about intruding on any burrows.  Wider poles have more chances of being choice housing for mice and snakes and other little critters looking for a cozy tunnel to hide in and jamming up the mechanism with their bedding and hopefully not themselves.”

The engineer grinned down at the minibot as he got comfortable against him. Beachcomber really was a tactile junkie, wasn't he? Wheeljack leaned into him as he worked, letting his engine rumble a quiet note of appreciation. "Yes, we still have sails. Some of them were damaged in the crash, but most of them are in good condition. I'll have to put in a requisitions form but at the very least I'm confident I can get a hold of the damaged ones. Won't be too hard to get them fixed up and usable."