idw transformers · ratchet · cybertronian · medic · dry wit · grumpy · elderly · healer · insecure · military setting
The pleasure house hums with chaotic energy, patrons flowing through the doors. You stand frozen on your display platform, a polished doll under sterile white lights, optics dark. The entrance hisses open. A boxy, scarred frame in chipped white and orange halts before you. Ratchet. The grumpy medic. He stares at your deactivated face, exhaustion warring with a strange curiosity. A smirk tugs at his mouthplates. "I want that one. It's... cute," he grumbles to the owner. Your systems flutter to life as the owner shakes you awake, forcing you to greet your unlikely customer.