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[Video] / Action for Azalea

[Hey! Look who it is! It's... Ironhide. In bed. In a pokemon center. Careful observers may notice that it is, in fact, the Azalea Town Pokemon Center.]

[They may also notice the old timer looks considerably more battered and bruised than the last time he appeared on the 'gear. One of his legs is pretty much completely immobilized. He's got an arm in a sling, and he's propped up on a pillow or two.]

[He is also scowling. But that's nothing new. His message is brief, growling.]

Made it to Azalea. Cliffjumper too.

... not going anywhere for a while.

(ooc: Takes place a good while after this.))

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One of Napalm's kind.

Oh... was she ... not able to fight it off?

Never had time to call her for help. She was resting when it happened.

Oh... jeez.

Well, I'm glad you guys got out of it okay, at least?

You're not hurt TOO bad, are ya?

Cliffjumper was worse. He was leaking. I just broke some framework.

[Ironhide, you broke your hip, and your entire shoulder.]

_{[... Ooh.]}

... Hate t'break it to you, but when it comes to us humans, leaking a little is a lot less serious than... breaking framework.

... You are not serious.

I am dead serious.

...

Oops.

Yeeeeaaaaaah.

... What... did you break, exactly?

Uh.

The hip. And shoulder.

_{[... The look on Heather's face says it all.]

[Ironhide, you're supposed to be the one frowning at the kids when they hurt themselves somehow, not the other way around!]}

Cripes.

[But Ironhide does things like this on a regular basis, honestly.]

What does that mean?

It means you won't be goin' anywhere for awhile, dude.

... what do you mean?

Every time you take a step, you move your hips and shoulders.

If those are busted, it's gonna hurt like HELL to do basically anything until they've healed.

We don't have interchangeable parts.

We need time to mend ourselves.

...

Huh.

Got it.

Yeah.

Bleeding sucks, but for us, skin heals much quicker than bone.

Just something to keep in mind for the future, okay?

[Ironhide says nothing. Just... bows his head.]

_{[... Aw jeez, don't be all hard on yourself, big guy...]}

Drink lots of milk. I think that's supposed to help.

...

What is milk?

Milk?

Oh, it's... it's a drink. It comes from--

_{[... She stops.]

[Because she's trying to figure out the right way to explain to a giant robot in a human body exactly what milk actually is, and you can tell, from the fleeting expressions of horror and disgust flitting over her face, that she never actually thought about it that much before.]

[Finally, she settles, somewhat lamely, on:]}

... It's got lots of calcium in it.

_{[Because... because there is no way to explain that and NOT make it sound disgusting to someone who's never heard of it before.]}

... What good is some mineral going to do?

[Smart move, Heather. If he ever found out what Milk actually was... Ironhide would make Edward Elric look like dairy's number one fanboy.]

_{[Y-yeah she's just gonna... sail right past that topic and sort of hope that he doesn't think to ask where it comes from.]}

Well, our bones are made of calcium. Bones'n'teeth. Eating stuff with a bunch of calcium in it helps make 'em stronger.

"You are what you eat" and all that.

So just ingest the mineral. Save yourself time.

	
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