[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

"Hey, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Text me like a normal person and not a weirdo."

Comments

[microbrobotics]

[ Still precious seconds if he has to use his healing right then. Hiro's sure gonna keep working on it even if they do replicate a full block. He nods at his brother's question. ]

Yeah, he wanted something he could use in self defense. To turn someone else's powers off temporarily. I managed that pretty well.

[tadeadshi]

[That gives him pause. Someone just asking Hiro to make something that could turn other people's powers off and Hiro just.... did it. That could be dangerous. He's not opposed to helping people but, it's also good to know everything around the situation first. They can't be making tech like this for anyone who comes to call and not know anything about them.]

What else did he tell you about the situation?

[microbrobotics]

[ It's the Hamada fatal flaw, okay. "Someone has to help." Hiro pauses for a moment, looking up at his brother's reaction and feeling a bit confused. Did he do something wrong? He's not sure what kind of reaction he's reading off his brother here. ]

This guy kills people to steal their powers. So to fight him, he needs to be able to turn them all off.

[ A pause. ]

-- I'm not getting involved past the tech

[tadeadshi]

Good.

[Because hoooooly crap, that is a mess he does not want his brother involved in. But now that that's out of the way, he realizes how he sounded, so he sits back, leaving one hand on the Hornet collar, letting the parts talk to him a minute.]

...Sorry, just. Worried.

[And exhausted. Hiro, have you seen the luggage Tadashi's carrying under those eyes.]

[microbrobotics]

[ He sure has. Hiro relaxes a little at that, since he's not getting disapproved of here. He just doesn't want to disappoint his brother, especially for doing something he thought was the right thing. ]

Hey, I'm not making any more trouble for a while. Promise.

[tadeadshi]

I know. I trust you.

[He instinctively reaches to ruffle his hair, seeing and remembering the burn when he pulls back.

... It'd be a nice break, to do something productive and helpful for the first time in a few days instead of just trying to suppress his own stuff. He points to the red skin.]

Hey, uh. Can.. I mean, do you care if I just...

[microbrobotics]

-- Oh. Yeah, go ahead. I mean, it's not bad, but if you're not too tired ...

[ His gaze flicks instinctively to Tadashi's hands, but he doesn't see any fire there. Good. Safe. No problem. A bit gingerly, he tugs his shirt back enough to expose the burn completely. It's all red and shiny. ]

[tadeadshi]

[That reaction - that split second apprehension he saw - is enough to get his heart to ache. Not enough for his stomach to drop, but just the right touch for Tadashi to feel terrible. It's his brother, his little brother, his only family that he's supposed to protect, and now...

He slowly reaches to touch at it and starts focusing on wanting to heal it, letting it work.]

I'm fine. Just wanna help where I can.

[microbrobotics]

[ If Tadashi had hurt him with anything except fire powers, he wouldn't be quite so skittish. But here they both are. It's not Tadashi's fault that seeing him up in flames is one of Hiro's worst nightmares. He shifts a bit so that Tadashi can get a good angle, so that the skin heals neatly and easily under his brother's fingers. ]

You do help. You've helped a lot.

[tadeadshi]

[And there it goes, healing right up under his hand. Though the comment gets him wondering. Has he really helped? He feels like hasn't done much but make things worse since he got here. He remembers Hiro wanting them to be honest and talk about problems but this isn't even something he should worry his little brother about. ]

Thanks... Just trying, y'know?

[microbrobotics]

[ The only thing left is a faint, red scar where the burn used to be. He shrugs his shirt back up. Now that he's actually paying more attention to his brother, he's starting to read him a little better. Like now, hearing that uncertainty in Tadashi's voice. ]

It's more than that. You showing up at my party was the best thing that's happened to me since ... ever.

[tadeadshi]

[Nuh lil bro you're not supposed to read him at all, he is the unshakable, amazing big bro who just happens to be having a series of mental crises since he's gotten here.]

Well, glad you guys had music playing to get my attention so I'd go in.

[microbrobotics]

[ The mental crises are a little obvious okay. Even though Hiro can't see the full depth and breadth of them. He huffs a bit at that comment, but manages a smile. ]

We didn't do that on purpose, you dope.

[tadeadshi]

[Then he'll just have to work on getting better at hiding them won't he. When he can get Hiro to smile, he smiles himself finally.]

Still worked. So. Good job.

[microbrobotics]

Dumb brother.

[ He punches at his brother's shoulder lightly. ]

I'm glad you're here.

[tadeadshi]

[Aw look Hiro got his brother to laugh a little.]

I'm glad I'm here too.

[microbrobotics]

Well I wasn't gonna let you stay anywhere else. They just saved us some trouble.

[tadeadshi]

Sure did.

[He smirks and fingers along the band he was working on then tosses it to Hiro]

What do you make of this one?

[microbrobotics]

[ He fumbles it a little, but having techkinesis sure does help his reaction time. ]

Mind ifI I pull it apart?

[tadeadshi]

[Full trust in Hiro's abilities to put it back together.]

Sure, I trust you.

[microbrobotics]

Okay. Then let's see...

[ He concentrates for a moment, then makes a tugging motion with his fingers. The bracelet separates into its component parts, like an exploded view on a blueprint. Hmm ... ]

[tadeadshi]

[A little part of him tenses - he isn't touching it so he can't feel it being pulled apart, but he knows the feeling well enough now to know how it should feel. Tadashi watched thr parts float between them.]

I haven't made our modifications yet, so it's the same as the collar, scaled down.

[microbrobotics]

Yeah... I can see that. I mean I think the mechanism works, just ...

[ Ah. He pulls the power source out from the rest of it. Turning it around in the air. ]

Betcha this is the issue. Scaling down the power is the hardest part

[tadeadshi]

You think so?

[He gets the collar in one hand, getting a mental picture of its power source and watches the smaller one. He can definitely tell differences now but reaches to take it and hold them both.]

Figured as much. Might need to tweak the design a little to let a bigger power source be attached then.

[microbrobotics]

Yeah. Just stick it in the middle and really pretend it's a watch.

[ A pause. ]

I could go back and look at our generator more too. See if I can come up with any ideas. I was gonna test some stuff on it anyway.