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[ironyman]

[Surprise, it's Tony! He's in his apartment, having hooked up devices of some kind to the network. Also he's wearing sunglasses. Yes, inside. Maybe that's to hide the lines under his eyes and overall weary, strained look, because after months of insomnia he's fraying at the edges.

Maybe it's just because he's Tony. The world may never know.]

Okay, so, granted, our benevolent huggytime captors are apparently goddamn psychopaths, since shadow demons and evil snowmen count as "no big deal" for the science department. Yeah. You got a lot of 'splainin' to do, Lucies. But come on, seriously, who really thought this was a good idea?

[he jerks his thumb behind him at two industrial robot arms in the background with chassis labeled U and DUM-E. The one labeled U spins its claw in apparent confusion, while DUM-E just makes a quizzical mechanized hum. Tony makes a disgusted face that is far too exaggerated to be sincere.]

Two most useless robots, ladies and gentlemen. Anybody want 'em? They're good for, ah... well, nothing. I dunno. Dummy's pretty good with a fire extinguisher. Aren't you, Dummy? [he glances back at the bot, which tilts its claw, then wiggles its arm up and down enthusiastically in its approximation of a nod. Tony turns back to the camera and shakes his head sadly.]

God, it's like having a kid that never grows out of the idiot phase.

[U, meanwhile, has rolled slowly out of view of the camera. Shortly after, there's a loud crash from elsewhere in the apartment. Tony jerks in surprise and bolts out of his chair.] You! I swear, I'm going to sell you to the highest bidder, give you to that magic dragon kid, let him use you as a cape rack, wand holder, whatever the hell magic people use.

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[callmewhateveryuwant]

[Oh hey it's robots! But that crash...]

Is everything alright there?

[detective_shirogane]

[Naoto couldn't help but stare at the elaborate set up the ... gentleman had behind him.]

I... take it you're the creator of these two, then?

[Did they have some sort of basic A.I.? They seemed to be responding to his words and actions...!]

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[staystraught]

I'm so afraid to ask that it's pretty much gone all the way back around to the point where I absolutely have to.

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[drank_the_milk]

Magic dragon kid? You mean Draco?

[blackhorse]

[They're everyday things to Tony but not to everyone else, including this guy.]

Did those robots just show emotion?

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[wontdoanyless]

Do you really wanna give them away? [Tony seems rather animated with them, even if he is insulting them. But that's just Tony.] Looks like you're rather attached, Mr. Stark.

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[shadowsgambit]

Can't say I've ever seen a machine act like them before. Pretty sure most people don't go out of their way to give them emotional responses.

[Fortuna peers at the machine arms. They just look like basic assembly-line stuff. Why are they independent at all?]

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[thenameofscreen]

[... What... was that just now? She doesn't even know, okay, but...]

Then you were gifted with sentient machines? They seem very sweet!