Tony Stark // Iron Man (strong_as_iron) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-06-26 20:41:00 |
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Entry tags: | iron man, mr. fantastic |
Who: Tony and Reed
Where: Baxter Building
When: Friday, June 22 (backdate)
What: Two geniuses show off their robots. This is just like high school college all over again!
Rating: These two? Low.
This wasn't exactly the way he'd spent Friday nights in the past, but for Tony, it seemed to work now. He'd had to borrow Rhodey's truck, and then chase Butterfingers twice around the lab to get him lined up on the ramp and rolled into the bed of the truck. But then it was just a matter of cruising through the streets of Manhattan to the Baxter building, Butterfingers doing his best to stick his claw out into traffic. He really needed to work on the "intelligence" part of the AI...although curiosity was said to be the real hallmark of intelligence.
He'd have to toss that idea at Reed, he decided as he found the reserved parking place beneath the building, and went through the process of coaxing Butterfingers down from the truck bed. It was rare for anyone else to see his three workshop bots - Butterfingers, Dummy, and You. He'd claim loudly it was because they were old and clunky examples and that their treads couldn't manage other surfaces well, but in honesty, it was because they were like his weapons and his armor: his. More private than his personal life.
But Reed was special. He was a friend who could actually understand the complicated math. And had a bot of his own. "Now," Tony told Butterfingers as they rolled into the elevator, and Butterfingers turned from inspecting his reflection in the glass to open and shut his claw in Tony's direction. "I want you to play nice with HERBIE when we get up there. He curves more than you do, but you're smarter, so don't be mean."
The elevator dinged, and Butterfingers was trying to roll out before the doors were fully open - Tony sighed and tugged him back by his articulated arm. Sometimes, he wondered why he bothered explaining these things.