whoops heres another one [open]

[babyboombox]

Who: soundwave but a baby this time. also u
Where: in the city, anywhere that looks like it could have been a seedy back alley
When: nnnnow?
What: tiny soundwave is not equipped to deal with this
Warnings: none so far

(please use they/them pronouns for this soundwave, ty!)

[ Waking up in an unfamiliar city without any warning would be bad enough for this baby, but Soundwave can tell basically immediately that Ravage, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw are nowhere to be found, and this tips their anxiety levels right over the Initiate Shutdown threshold. It also temporarily destroys all the self-control re: their brain powers that they've been learning, and while this city is relatively underpopulated, the way that everyone's stuck here means that there are enough minds around to overwhelm them if it keeps up.

They'll be wandering around the city center, calling for Ravage & the birds and getting increasingly anxious about it. This progresses fairly quickly into sensory shutdown, at which point Soundwave will curl up against a wall and not move until it passes.

You can come in before or after this happens :) ]

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[aminerproblem]

[Megatron rises to his feet as soon as he gets a good hold on Soundwave. It wouldn't be the first time he has found himself a de facto ambulance.]

[Soundwave seemed a little calmer, but Megatron moves forward nonetheless, girp gentle as he breaks into a quiet jog towards the clinic. As long as this didn't deteriorate into an emergency, his priority would get to finding a berth for Soundwave to lay on until Ratchet could take a proper look at their anomalous brain activity.]

[babyboombox]

[Soundwave stays perfectly still during the whole trip, optics locked awkwardly on their knees and arms curled up against their chest plate. Being carried is... strange, but the points of contact between their frame and Megatron's serve to ground them further, allowing the worst of the mental clamor to pass by the time they get to the clinic.]