#carrier fledgling

[thunderfledgeling]

Way to help out squirt when 3 bros are down with the flu

Well I just have to y'know... I can't not help them. They're my family and they need me...

Anyway back to work, again... I take it tomorrow I'll be doing maintenance on Thunderbirds 1 and 3 because who the heck else is gonna do it?!

[thunderfledgeling]

how do you stay so swag

please

teach me your swaggy ways

You... think I'm swag?? 🥹

[thunderfledgeling]

Yesssss! Your life jacket is very beautiful, was it your idea to design it or was it Brains'?

Thanks!! Nah it was Brains and Gordon's work, it's an experimental all terrain lifejacket, I'm just the guinea pig testing this invention.

Basically the idea is that when it's perfected, we can make a load for rescuees to put on in harsh environments which will hopefully make a rescue easier and safer for them. It has impact absorbing padding with bio sensors that help regulate temperature cooling and warming depending on the environment. It also controls pressure so deep sea rescuees are at a lesser risk of developing "the bends" as well as buoyancy control so with a tap of a button it can either float, sink or keep you in place at a certain depth.

Here's mine... Minus the stickers lol.

The official IR lifejackets will look different, probably high-viz without the scuba gear and pockets. There's been a few tweaks to it, I nearly got very sick from deep sea pressure changes and the safety padding isn't perfect, I've cracked a couple ribs while wearing it... but generally I'm getting on with it really well.💛🫧

[thunderfledgeling]

What's your favourite memory?

"My favourite?"

Squirt thought back to that brisk autumn day the year previous.

"Probably the first time we went shopping as a family."

It hadn't been long since the Tracys had accepted them in as one of their own and it was decided that they would be needing furniture for their room to truly make it their own and help them settle in. Not one to skip out on such an opportunity, Grandma had planned to make a family day out of it and knock out a bunch of to-dos in one; furniture shopping, Christmas shopping, supply run, family dinner. Plans written out, maps drawn up, schedules cleared, everyone was coming along. A proper, normal family day out.

It was the first time Squirt had experienced anything like it, the organised chaos, the bickering, the splitting off and coming back together, the free reign to do whatever they wanted with the security of family around them. It was exciting but terrifying, a rollercoaster of emotions leaving them dizzy but they were never without a hand to hold when things got too much.

They'd learnt a lot about their siblings that day, it was an environment that they'd never seen them all in, switched off from being the world's only hope to just being regular people indulging in the mundane and simple, catching a moment to just spend time together for once. The love and adventure and the chance to bond without imminent disaster hanging over them was what made it so special.

[thunderfledgeling]

Do you surf?

Well... I try to but I'm not very good at it. (;^^)

Gordon takes me out on the waves to practice my form from time to time, I always wipeout when the waves come crashing down and faceplant the sand.

Sometimes I just sit and watch Gorbo from the shore, he's really good at it. Idk how he manages to balance against the waves, it's kinda magical to watch lol.

[thunderfledgeling]

...The GDF did what now?

Basically snatched me up and locked me in a room with an officer who just screamed in my face for hours on end because the GDF were suddenly suspicious of me and thought I could have been working for the Hood and wanted to "make sure" I wasn't before the Tracys officially adopted me.

Yeah I totally don't still have nightmares about it or panic every time I'm near anyone in a GDF uniform. That was sarcasm btw...

[thunderfledgeling]

please!!!!!!! show us the latest meme gordo the meme lord has sent you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This unsettling shark guy... He thought it was funny because well... **Gestures to various injuries wrapped in gauze**

[thunderfledgeling]

We don't have a problem with you, we have a problem with your gender. In the end, we didn't understand if it was a girl or a boy. t t

Wait... My gender? Why do you have a problem with my gender?