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[gone_byebye]

[OOM: " Ecto? I brought you a present."]For a moment, the front door resembles a garage door more than anything else. It rumbles open to admit the big white-and-red hearse (which is humming to itself, its blue scanner-light rolling back and forth in a cheerful sort of way), then rumbles shut. "Bar?" the hearse says in Ray's tinny voice before

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[wyrd_fox]

Weeeeell, look what the cat dragged in! Foxtrot just nipped in the Door with his trademark Sparkling Grin and is heading for the Bar at a rapid pace that somehow doesn't manage to compromise his coolness.

However, coolness is ALMOST compromised by the double-take he does when he catches sight of the hearse.

"Ecto, baby!" he crows, vaulting a couple of tables. "So your papa managed to find a way to get you here!"

[gone_byebye]

There's a sound almost like a cough as the car stops.

"Um," says a tinny, but familiar, voice. "Yeah. Funny thing about that. She's still in New York. Hi, Foxtrot."

[wyrd_fox]

"..."

Cue startled blinking.

"..."

Foxtrot rubs his eyes, then takes out a Snellen Chart for a quick test. Nope. They're working fine.

"..."

Be patient. Even by kitsune standards, this is whack.

"...Ray?"

[gone_byebye]

"Yeeeeah," says the hearse. "It's me. There was a, um, a case. It went wrong. You might want to sit down. If everyone else in the Bar is anything to go by, you're going to fall out of your chair laughing when I tell you."

[md_donighal]

"So you're one of us arm'd freaks now?" the man in the gray suit asks with the air of one enjoying a private joke. "Nice one. Does Ecto know about the present she's getting?"

[gone_byebye]

"Yep! Showed her the pair yesterday," says the hearse cheerfully. "Nothing like good old Cybertronian know-how to make a kid's day, huh?"

[md_donighal]

"Nothing I can think of, in the circumstances. I assume Optimus set things up. Apart from that, how's your life been?"

[gone_byebye]

"Yeah, this is Ratchet's work," says the hearse. "Other than that I'm doing okay. It's been relatively quiet back home, so I haven't had to roll out for any big emergencies, but I really want to get this dealt with before October sets in."