"Rent my robotics bay? It's not much in way of a Lab I don't have the tech to make new circuit boards and Micro Circuitry is not even a remote possibility. But basic repairs and upgrades are possible."
"Now this does get me curious what happened to your Lab where Robotomato here came to be? I assume you also want to rent one of the apartments upstairs?"
He turned to Jameson "True the scum did try to kill me once." He lifted his arm and pulled the fake skin off the cybernetic hand. "He nearly got me too. No chance he be able to put himself together. It just revenge was my driving focus for so long. Well now all I have is this building and a lot of cash from doing jobs."
Tony looked up then "Alright Results are now in! The Stalker assassin came with 3 to 1 Odds he took down the Longbow Officer." looks down at the bets records "Ildela wins again 15 dollar returns."
"The Fight with the Sea Witch is also over with 5 to 1 odds the Sea Witch took out three of the villain team before going down herself. Seems one of the Villains had a Shiva. Hmm somebody going to be yelled at we try to know what tricks someone has when we make the odds."
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"Nope, actually..." Her voice changed, taking on an odd quality as she attempted (probably poorly) to imitate someone. "Combination anti-detection screen. Dark matter cloak, strewstream radiation compensator, individualabsorber, et cetera. Only things that can get through this are sound and physical contact. Well, that and halfspace stuff."
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"Yes, well, as I said, it's hard to tell what something does just from the cover. Experimentation is key, scientifically speaking. I'm certain, given the right equipment and access to the object in a an environment where it's running, you can discover these things. If we worked on thing without them being active, we could spend days discovering what a car a alarm does. Unless, of course, we're capable of tearing them apart." Still, Doc Von Krayzee was interested.
"Where did you come across such a small cloaking device though? Is it yours? Clearly you didn't build it, but did you purchase it or collect it off of someone or something?"
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"Now this does get me curious what happened to your Lab where Robotomato here came to be? I assume you also want to rent one of the apartments upstairs?"
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The doctor looked a bit sheepish. "Oh the lab is there. Fine, fine in fact. Well, aside from a Cybernetic Tomato sized hole in it, it's fine. I'm sure facilities will take care of that. I just can't go back there. Not until I understand what I've done. Yes, yes a room would be lovely. I have money, and I can get more. That's not a problem."
The doctor leaned away from the Tomato and directed his speech away from the fruit with his hand while he whispered conspiratorially. "I've been teaching him to fetch."
Meanwhile, the tomato was trying to play the "put a spoon on your nose" bar game, but, failing to have a nose, was really just dropping a spoon over and over again.
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"Where did you come across such a small cloaking device though? Is it yours? Clearly you didn't build it, but did you purchase it or collect it off of someone or something?"
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"Neither", Ildela replied, putting the device back into a pocket. "Got it about four hundred years ago, as a gift from a man by the name of Acid Zero. Not like I need it these days though, not much here in the Isles that can see through my normal invisibility anyway. Still, it has sentimental value of sorts."
She took a gulp from the drink she somehow still hadn't finished (Anyone paying a bit of attention might notice she'd drunk far more than what was actually in the mug, yet there didn't seem to be much of a difference in how much was left) and stared intently at the wall in front of her. From the distant, almost sad look in her eyes though it was easy enough to tell she wasn't really looking at the wall at all, but rather at some memory from long ago as it played out in her mind.
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"Alright Doc you can rent the place it be $500 a month for.." looks at the tomato " a two bedroom apartment and the use of the robot bay would be 50 bucks and you pay extra if you use more energy then my bay power generator can produce."
He mixes a glass of water with a few drops of liquid plant food and set it infront of the Tomato. "Just if you hear anything odd during the night in the celler it might just be the two Pirate ghosts getting drunk on the same rum they been drinking for the last hundred years or so."
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"Neither", Ildela replied, putting the device back into a pocket. "Got it about four hundred years ago, as a gift from a man by the name of Acid Zero. Not like I need it these days though, not much here in the Isles that can see through my normal invisibility anyway. Still, it has sentimental value of sorts."
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"Right. That still gives me an idea..." More furious scribblings were interrupted by the proprietor laying out the costs. "Tomato, pay the man."
The Tomato was busy soaking a root in the glass that the bartender had laid out for him, then suddenly reached round behind him and pulled forth several thousand dollars in bags marked "Cage Consortium" and laid them on the bar.
"Now to begin my evil experiment, muha muha muhaahahahahahahaha!" Doc Von Krayzee paused and held up an index finger. "Does anyone know if there's a Fresh and Save [tm] around here?"
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muha muha muhaahahahahahahaha
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Jameson started when Von Krayzee started his maniacal laughter, dropping her glass to the bar, spilling her whiskey. Her entire body trembled for a few seconds as she pulled her Rosary out of her pocket and muttered in Latin while her drink dripped off the bar.
The prayer seemed to compose her, and after a few moments, she returned the religious device to her pocket, righted her glass, and gestured for another round.
Slowly blinking as she examined her newly filled glass, Jameson seemed to have realized what had happened. Taking a drink and shaking her head, the Night Widow sighed, "Maybe my shrink is right."
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"Now to begin my evil experiment, muha muha muhaahahahahahahaha!" Doc Von Krayzee paused and held up an index finger. "Does anyone know if there's a Fresh and Save [tm] around here?"
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"Why does it always have to be an evil experiment...", Ildela mused, more to herself than to Von Krayzee. "And there might be one up near the Arena, I think there's a heap of shops up there."
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the Night Widow sighed, "Maybe my shrink is right."
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Despite that not really being addressed to her, Ildela replied anyway. "Probably", she answered. "Shrinks usually are. Especially the ones around here that have powers of their own."
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"you know doc if something explodes I'm going to use you as target pratice for my bots. Like I said before all I got now is this building that's it so if your Evil experoments do to much damage I be quite angry."
He counted out some of the cash. "I take enough pay now to cover 3 months. Don't worry about the Mech man back there I got it's main prossessor yanked out and it's just an empty shell. I'm trying to repair it to do some chores around here like I did George's old commander Jump bot. Now the thing is nothing but a janitor."
"Really? Up by the arena? Do you think maybe Maple or second would be the fastest way to... never mind, I should just invent a GPS turnip."
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"you know doc if something explodes I'm going to use you as target practice for my bots. Like I said before all I got now is this building that's it so if your Evil experiments do to much damage I be quite angry."
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Don't worry, they're not chemically explosive in nature, nor dealing with excessive power sources. Any damage I do I'll likely be able to clean up with a mop. Of course, if anything costs money, I'll reimburse you fully. Now, I must gather components for my experiments. Come, Tomato, we are off."
The tomato was busy using salt to balance a spoon on a pepper shaker, when the doctor's orders startled him and it came clattering to the bar top again. He turned, stepped toward the door, turned back, fetched his Fedora, and then exited after Doc Von Krayzee.
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"never mind, I should just invent a GPS turnip."
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"I'd buy one, for the comedy value if nothing else", Ildela laughed, before finally remembering she'd won more money a while ago and going over to collect it.
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"Don't worry, they're not chemically explosive in nature, nor dealing with excessive power sources."
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Coming back over with her winnings in hand, Ildela couldn't help but laugh again. "Since when does that mean they can't explode?", she asked with a grin. "I've seen normal boxes of files and wooden desks explode before, and you're claiming that a science experiment won't? In this city?"
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"No no no, not 'won't', just 'shouldn't'." Doc gave one last crazy smile before jetting out the door.
He gathered supplies for about an hour, before heading back toward the bar with wheel barrel's full of items.
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"Well now that settled. I said before I got a Job for anyone who's willing basically it's to brake into a Police Evidence locker and get me a very special item."
Brian looks around "Any takers I'm paying a Million for this but it won't be an easy job"
Morgan comes running into the main room screaming. "THOSE GHOSTS PINCHED MY BUTT! AGAIN!"
(( If anyone got any ideas for Tony's MFC Betting fights send me a PM! Anything it's hard to think of random fights! Note it has to be logical that the MFC can get a camera on the fight so things like a Circle of Thorns cave wouldn't work the Thorns would see the camera man. Also I have no idea what the winnings will be when I post the results I roll a dice so winnings and loosing are random.))
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"Is it a atmospheric moisture extraction to cellulose and lignin barrier?"
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"Huh?", Ildela wasn't even sure what that meant, but she was pretty sure it wasn't anywhere close. She took a moment to think, to dig up something from a long time ago before replying. "Nope, actually..." Her voice changed, taking on an odd quality as she attempted (probably poorly) to imitate someone. "Combination anti-detection screen. Dark matter cloak, strewstream radiation compensator, individualabsorber, et cetera. Only things that can get through this are sound and physical contact. Well, that and halfspace stuff."
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