Questions (AU)

Log Title: Questions

Characters: AU-Ratchet, [[Holo-Spike (AU)|Spike AI (AU)

Location: Ratchet's lab - Kimia II Station - Cybertron's Orbit

Date: November 19, 59901

TP: Apocalypse World TP‎

Summary: Holo-Spike has some questions for Ratchet.

As logged by AU-Ratchet - Sunday, November 19, 2017, 10:12 PM

Ratchet's lab - Apocalypse World universe
Spike is currently at Ratchet's lab. He looks over at Ratchet during a moment of quiet - now that most of the other bots are gone. He clears his throat. "Uh...Rachet?"

Ratchet snorts and looks up sharply. He wasn't asleep at his desk! He was meditating! About medical issues! His self-medicating with high-grade has nothing to do with it! He turns to focus his glare on Spike. "What do you want?" he asks sharply. He pulls his shoulders back and sits up, gears cracking and cranking as he shifts position. He gently stretches his delicate fingers.

Spike gulps. He doesn't have much in terms of emotional programming yet, but he knows enough to know he interrupted someone. "I was just...wondering...when...and how much ... emotion-wise, Cheshire will program into me." Spike adds nervously "We can talk later though." He grins and tries to inject some levity. "I'll just be...here" he looks down at the CPU emitter.

Ratchet sighs, twisting his head to loudly crack his neck. He waves one of his large, skilled hands. "By the pit... I dunno. You'd have to ask Cheshire. Hopefully enough to simulate Spike's emotional range, but not to cripple you in an emergency situation. I can't have you freaking out if Bee gets hurt -- not that the original you wasn't cool under pressure," he allows.

Spike nods. "Okay..." He looks on - Cheshire did in fact already program a great amount of curiosity into the AI, given Spike was a pretty inquisitive person himself. "Ratchet...do you usually...drink this much, or have you just had a few rough days?"

Ratchet slams his hand down against his desk, knocking over a container of engex. Ratchet winces and scowls, full of multiple levels of regret. "Now, that's enough, you!" he snaps. "You can just power down until Cheshire gets back! I need my quiet!" He reaches over and shuts holo-Spike down, before gingerly seeing to his tender hand, and cleaning up the precious spilled high-grade.

Spike looks up in alarm as Ratchet comes over. "I was just as - " - and Spike instantaneously goes offline.