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Fɪʀsᴛ Aɪᴅ [ IDW ] ([personal profile] lifepersists) wrote in [community profile] robothell2015-02-20 08:56 pm

insert one arm joke here

Who: First Aid and U
Where: Red Alert's clinic
When: Post-Pharma cutting off his arm
What: wow the medics are gimpier than the rest of you guys
Warnings: mild robot gore, a sad cinnamon bun



[ Closed to Ratchet ]

Leaving his arm behind was the last of First Aid's problems. His run in with Pharma left him a bit more damaged up mentally -- and physically -- than he'd care to admit to himself. At the very least, he hadn't lost a wheel, something he was grateful for as he speeds off. Parts of his altmode still dragged as he drove through the city, uneven from the loss of a limb, leaving a trail of sparks and energon puddles behind him.

He had nowhere to go except away from the clinic, no ability to comm someone else to locate him. Eventually, he stops, ducking into a half collapsed building, and weeps privately. Seeing Pharma again brought back the rush of emotions he felt after killing him, making him feel drained for more reasons than the loss of energon.

Well, he's a rightful pathetic scene.

First Aid vents raggedly as he reaches up and brushes his fingers over the shredded joint where his arm used to be. He hisses in pain, pinching at a few ragged lines and clamping them closed, before he starts the arduous task of welding broken parts together. It might make the reattachment harder in the long run, but he'd be bleeding less.

It's a few hours before First Aid returns to the clinic, faint and tired, dirty with grit and sticky with drying energon. Even longer he waits outside, making sure that Pharma had left the premises long enough for him to slip back inside. He's tired-- he really wants to sleep, but he knows well enough that it's pain and energon loss, so instead he drags himself into the main clinic, clutching his shoulder.

"Ratchet?" he asks, trying not to be too loud so he doesn't wake the other patients.

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[ OPEN ]

Having only one arm proved to be difficult in accomplishing anything useful. It was a significant blow to First Aid's self esteem, and sometimes he spent ages just staring down at his work, feeling helpless. He couldn't lift with ease, but he could clean as much as he's able with one hand and take care of basic maintenance tasks, such as changing fluids and updating charts. Nurse work. He felt so humiliated.

First Aid touches the stump where his arm used to be, rubbing it thoughtfully. Sometimes he thought he could feel it still. Not really uncommon-- it was a psychological phenomena. Sighing, he drops his hand and begins piling charts, looking over each carefully to make sure that he hadn't missed any details. They didn't have a sophisticated database here, so it was important to keep manual records at the very least.

He picks them up holding them delicately in his hand and attempting to balance them against his chest, but they just end up slipping out of his hand and clattering to the floor.

"Oh--" he makes a soft sound. "Slag."
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[personal profile] phase6kindofbot 2015-04-04 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Well." Sixshot pauses and turns First Aid's word over in his processors. He doesn't really have the social experience to really get it, but you didn't spend time around Black Shadow and not know when something odd was going on. "That is not- exactly how most people would, uh. See me?"

He slows to a stop as the medic picks something up, peering curiously around the room. Medical facilities were nothing new, but he's never really been in the supply area before.

"I can direct download," the six-former answers, attention back on First Aid. Turning slightly, he pops a panel open on his shoulder in offering.
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[personal profile] phase6kindofbot 2015-05-08 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
'Report it to who' Sixshot was about to ask, but then he distantly realizes First Aid was referring to Tarn. As far as rank went, Sixshot and Tarn were equals, answering only to Megatron- and Megatron had declared peace.

Tarn hadn't exactly chosen to comply, but then the DJD Commander wasn't bound to Decepticon High Command the way Sixshot was either. Not... that First Aid would know any of that.

Sixshot quietly opens the data packets he'd been given, scrolling through the lists as First Aid unplugs him.

"If you'd like to show me it," he answers, attention drawn back to the medic at the pat on his neck.
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[personal profile] phase6kindofbot 2015-05-29 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Moving closer, Sixshot examines the clamps, tilting his head inquisitively this way and that. He also sniffs at the cabling for a good measure because you didn't ever truly know a thing until you've sniffed it.

"Cool," the Sixer decides at last, looking up again. "Is it universal?"