soul_campaign | May 16th; Video/Text; [Filtered away from Barricade]

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May 16th; Video/Text; [Filtered away from Barricade]

[Bumblebee switches on his video feed, but he still communicates via text.]

I was wondering if there happens to be anyone here that has experience with constructing or repairing advanced machinery. Specifically robots.

I am not asking because I need any repairs done to me now. It was brought to my attention some time ago when I was speaking to a human Medic that it would be a smart idea to find someone to work on me, should I sustain any minor to serious damage in future battles.

I am aware that it may be necessary to study me as I am now to understand the way that I function. I have no problem with that as long as my partner is allowed to be there.

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[Tony's got his arm raised. Yes, like that one obnoxious kid in school who really wanted everyone to know he knew the answer. Yes, he is a grown man. But this is kind of the same principle.]

Oo! Oo! [He waves the arm a little, then switches to an emphatic point of both thumbs toward himself.] This guy. I'm your man. Right here. Best engineer, electrics, mechanic, possibly ever. Maybe. Probably.

[Sure enough, in the background of the video feed there's evidence of what he's been building, stacks and stacks of schematics everywhere, the partial form of an uncased metal exoskeleton, and littered pieces of salvaged equipment and metal. Tony glances behind him as if realizing this, and adds] Pay no attention to that stuff, it's all crap. I'm on a budget. [There's a vaguely sad-sounding robotic noise from somewhere back there, and Tony glances again, this time speaking to whatever's back there] Except you, okay? Though technically you are made of junk.

[Poor robot. Bee can pretty much tell by the sound he made how sad hearing that must have made him.]

I don't think he appreciates hearing that.

[Though Bee isn't sure what that creation actually is, but there is no doubting that it is robotic in nature.]

But you do seem like you may be able to fulfill my request. [At least judging from the schematics that he assume he made himself.]

I am Bumblebee. Who are you?

[Tony rolls his eyes] He makes the same noise when I tell him he can't have a Doritos Locos Taco. What would he even do with it? No mouth, no stomach. He's very melodramatic. And he is made of junk, see?

[he's apparently patched his comm device into a computer, because he leans forward to move the camera, and as he does so for a brief moment a faint blue light is revealed under his hoodie. Then the camera is pointed at a robotic arm, who rotates his claw curiously.] Say hi, buddy. [The main chassis, sure enough, appears to be made of appropriated parts from appliances and various machinery, with compartments perhaps for additional attachments. The robot wiggles his arm up and down a few times before Tony turns the camera back to himself.] Built him to organize my stuff. And yet all he does is watch TV all day. It's really kinda pathetic. [Most people would just fix it. Tony is not most people.]

Tony Stark, by the way. Good to meet you.

[Okay..so the bot is apparently made of junk. He's never seen a human create anything like that before. He could only imagine what this man could do if he had access to surprise parts and components. Bee waves to the little bot.]

It is good to meet you too, Tony. I have seen many human creations, but nothing like that before. I don't think any humans on the world that I came from could create an A.I. like the one you put in that.

[For someone getting such a high compliment from an alien robot, Tony seems pretty unsurprised.] Yeah. I have a habit of building things nobody else can. Been making these guys since I was a kid, though. [Probably better not to ask why he worked on AIs as a child]

You should see JARVIS. Well. Not see, meet. He doesn't have a specific body, basically just runs everything, so to see him you'd have to look at his code, and that embarrasses him. I think you and he'd get along.

I take it that you do not have JARVIS here with you? [Bee would love to meet any sentient machinery that has been created by a human. If only to see how free thinking and similar to his kind it was.]

Never go anywhere without him. Say hi, J! [the video feed blips, becomes grainy and delayed, and in the background a crisp British voice crackles over apparently terrible speakers]

Sir, need I remind you I do not presently have the processing power to run your communicator and my audio output concurrently. [in the clipped video footage, Tony appears to be gesturing towards the screen, and you can almost hear the British voice sigh in a long-suffering manner... or maybe that's just implied in his tone]

Nevertheless, good day, Master Bumblebee.

[Master Bumblebee? That's the first time he has ever been referred to by such a title.]

Hello, Jarvis. You can just call me by Bumblebee. There is no need to add "Master" in front of it.

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