[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

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

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[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.

[tadeadshi]

That'll work then.

[Hahahaha weeks' worth of work designated to 'just use what's there' solution. He almost thinks it a waste, but decides that's just information to store away for future projects. With that decided, he takes the in-progress source and gets to working on it again.]

Yeah? What've you got in mind?

[microbrobotics]

[ Well. They still have to figure out something that lets his other powers through. But if they just want to get something that works period ... Hiro wants to have his brother actually sleep sometime this month, okay. ]

I'm thinking reprogramming it to broadcast something else. Maybe a small boost?

[tadeadshi]

[Ha. Sleep is for the weak and those that don't hurt their little brother; it's gonna eat him up inside for a while. He punches some measurements to send off to the printer and rolls his chair over to Hiro while he waits for it to finish.]

What would you even boost? Dunno if you'd want to make other people's powers stronger, that may cause some problems.

[microbrobotics]

[ He seems enthusiastic about this "reprogram the generator" idea, at least, even if he hasn't thought it through all the way yet. ]

I don't want to dampen them either. There'd be no point in testing that.

[tadeadshi]

Right, no.

[He looks to the generator, rubbing his chin.]

Something simple to set up and test, easily reversible with little potential damage.

[microbrobotics]

Exactly. I dunno how far this thing can broadcast either. Gonna try and pin it down to just my room but ...

[tadeadshi]

... You were going to try some ideas with the nanites before. About how they heal to speed up aging, yeah? Could be something.

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh Tadashi. You have no idea what you've just done. ]

... maybe. Maybe I could. Oh man, that'd be crazy.

[tadeadshi]

[He doesn't and he'll hate it for the next two weeks]

Like that's ever stopped you from an idea.

[microbrobotics]

Well no. But this is like - next level stuff! Almost as cool as Dr. Pym's lab.

[tadeadshi]

Okay-- One, you still haven't told me about that guy's lab. And two, I'm in on this, I'm helping.

[microbrobotics]

Jeez, you don't want to get any older.

[ But he's pleased to have Tadashi helping him on this one. ]

That's cause it was crazy. Literally the size of a matchbox with all his equipment in it.

[tadeadshi]

No way, I'm out of radius when you start it up. I'm just going to help set it up.

.... What now.

[microbrobotics]

Okay, okay. Fine then. Just watch, I'll totally end up taller than you.

[ Speaking of which, he grins - this topic's exciting too. ]

He uses subatomic particles to grow and shrink stuff. And it actually works!

[tadeadshi]

Annnd you didn't think it'd be cool to tell me this sooner? Because that's way cool?

[microbrobotics]

It just happened okay! That's where I was a couple nights ago.

[tadeadshi]

I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

[Mostly.]

Seriously, though, I gotta see this. If you go again, ask if he minds me coming.

[microbrobotics]

Okay, I will. Promise. It's totally worth it. Man, I wish I had a lab I could just carry in my pocket...

[tadeadshi]

Maybe if Wasabi ever gets around to making that shrink ray.

[Oh. He made himself sad for a minute. Good thing there's a noise indicating his printing job is done, he'll just. Busy himself with that. The band that comes out is still the same length, but wider to accommodate the original size power supply. Not even waiting for it to cool, he slides his chair back to his work desk to start putting it together again. If he can get this, then he doesn't have to worry anymore...

... He almost forgot Hiro was there for a few minutes.]

What were you working on up there, anyway?

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh. Sorry bro. Hiro's not great at reading people, but he knows a shift in the mood when he sees one. He opens his mouth to say something snappy - but the words never make it past his mouth. Instead, he watches his brother's face as he puts his newest power limiter back on. ]

Kind of the same thing as you, I guess. The things for Dean and Gabriel I told you about.

[ First time he's mentioned that second name, though. ]

[tadeadshi]

Gabriel?

[Man, Hiro keeps finding people he's never seen around anywhere before. But he almost has this one together, just need to fix this mechanism on the supply itself so it'll indicate how long it'll last.]

He was wanting something similar, huh?

[microbrobotics]

[ He watches his brother work idly - and he's not above nudging it a bit if he thinks Tadashi's a little off. ]

Yeah. Not a weapon, though. He's got fire powers too and he hates them.