Nathan Summers (alter_nate_ive) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2013-05-20 18:37:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, kitty pryde (shadowcat), nathan summers (cable) |
Yeah! Man, that would be awesome! Ninja motorcycle!
Who: Nate and Kitty
Where: Her house
What: working on nifty technology
When: Monday, April 27th
Warnings/Rating: PG-13, brief mentions of nudity, and of ideas for kinky sex
Status complete
Nate had made himself a little scarcer since seeing Kitty naked accidentally during the wardrobe malfunction week, except for being around for rescues and the like. But with Neena underground and ‘presumed dead’, Nate needed a distraction other than looking broody and keeping Thomas from going after her. So, he had sent Kitty a message recently to ask her about something he was hoping someone had, and at her assent, had come over to take a look, bringing some tools he had borrowed from an electrician, along with the man’s knowledge of advanced applications of the field. Nate wasn’t sure he would keep the knowledge, but he definitely had it for today.
And he was using a specially designed microscope to look at the circuitry of an image inducer, studying it and making a new fresh diagram so he would know it inside and out. The borrowed knowledge, which had been expanded to include electronics from Mars when he had mentioned his new project to John, along with his double experience from two futures, helped him to understand what he saw as he carefully sketched and labeled things.
When he sat up and looked at Kitty, he whistled. “Holy Crap, this is awesome. I think we could definitely make more of these... it’d take some work, but I think it’s feasible.”
His expression begged her not to disagree with him.
“I think it would be a good idea,” Kitty agreed. She’d wanted to make more, so that more than just Kurt could benefit. There were plenty of people who underwent a great deal of physical change, and giving them a chance to interact normally with other people was high on her list of things she wanted done. “I just didn’t have the tools or resources to try to replicate it myself.”
Nate nodded. “I know of a few more engineers on valarnet. How many people do we want involved? And what resources?” She was in charge as far as he was concerned, so he needed to know parameters. “I know people with various resources and skills, but each comes with their own baggage and life issues and so on.”
“Tali for sure.” Kitty was friends with the woman and knew her skill set was much more geared for this sort of thing than her own. “I don’t want too many people involved, though.”
“What about Zach Jupiter?” Nate chuckled. “Or Zeus, as he discovered he is, poor soul.” Nate shook his head. He knew he definitely was glad he wasn’t sharing his mind with the memories of a god.
“...really? Son of a bitch.” Kitty shook her head. “Poor kid. That’s insane. I met a Hercules once? Probably not the same as his. Yeah, he’s good.”
“Really? Cool.” Nate nodded. “Other than that, I know two people whose smarts I borrowed, but not how well we can trust them. Alex Rogan, an electronics wizard, and The Martian Manhunter, who let me borrow his knowledge of Martian Technology.” Nate bounced.
“I’ll do some research into them. Something about them sounds a little familiar, but a lot of internet research has bled together.” Kitty grinned, because it was fun to read about fictional versions of people she met.
Nate nodded. “Cool! And in the meantime, we can find a workplace and some tools, and get started mapping it all out for duplication.” He was good at sketching, but there would be better pictures with better tools.
“We can work alongside the car, too.” Kitty grinned at him. “Maybe cross pollinate the technology, as it were. The power source alone would be useful.”
“Oooo, yeah! That would rock!” And maybe the universe would be kind and she would end up naked again? Nah. Probably not, and he would hate to make her feel bad. He grinned wider. “And can you imagine a stealth car?”
“We can leech the tech off of the Blackbird.” Kitty sounded pretty confident. “But it would be too dangerous. Better for a vehicle that can hover, or something used for military ops, or...”
Her eyes widened. “Or my motorcycle.”
Nate gaped, then nodded, grinning. “Yeah! Man, that would be awesome! Ninja motorcycle!”
“She already runs dead silent and without vibrations. With a cloaking device...” It would eliminate a lot of the danger of sneaking around, and her danger senses went off.
Nate nodded, and whistled. “This is too cool! I can’t wait!” He bounced, grinning at her. “THis will be way amazing. If we can equip several things with it, then it would make covert ops a lot easier.” He nodded.
Grinning, Kitty got to her feet. They’d commandeered her kitchen table, so she went to the fridge and opened it, bending over to reach into the back. She came back a moment later with some soda. “Definitely.”
Nate glanced at her and swallowed, then fixed his eyes on the circuits. Steady man. Steady. She’s not interested. Shush lower brain. Nate fiddled with the circuit making more measurements for the image of it they were making. “I was thinking we could eventually equip it with a scanner, as well, using the same light tech, and that would enable on the go adjustments. Imagine being able to sneak into a place and knock someone out, then change images to one of them.”
He took the soda and swallowed some down.
“I like!” She took a seat and wiped her brow. “I’ll be we could make a personal cloak out of it. Combined with a light vehicle like a motorcycle.....the applications are pretty limitless, and the less we can expose the ones we love to danger while still helping people, the better.”
“Exactly! And if we’re lucky, we can even make it be fun.” Nate grinned. “You know the image inducer has personal applications, too, right?”
“Yeah? Like what?” she looked at him, quizzically, unsure what he meant and not generally willing to gutter around him.
Nate bit his lip and shook his head. “Nothing. Nothing at all. Nope.” He whistled as he bent his head to examine the chip again. “Have you used this one yet?”
“Kurt has. I’m borrowing it on the promise that we won’t break it, so lets be careful.” She grinned at him.
“Okay. “ He nodded and closed it up, then flicked it on, and ran a few simulations. First, he looked like himself, then Kurt, then, for a moment, Kurt naked, then back to himself again, fingers flying. “Looks like it is online and working fine.”
Kitty blinked, blushing. “Was naked entirely necessary?” She thought Kurt would look better with the fur, but that was just her.
Nate blinked and looked at her, then laughed as he realized she was blushing. “What? I was just... Oh.” He chuckled. “Sorry. I was just pushing the parameters. A body image made with clothing can be duplicated without clothing apparently.”
“I’m sure that’ll make Kurt’s girlfriend happy? Oh..OH my god I get what you meant now!” Kitty threw her head back and laughed. “You’re a little perv.”
And Nate laughed. The day he got one on Kitty was a good day. “I am, yes. remember, I’m like thirty in my head, or worse. So, ah, yes.” He chuckled, blushing.
“Hard to remember that. Would be a lot simpler if you were physically older.” Because she’d be tempted, and she suspected Alicia wouldn’t object as long as she was there too. Kitty’s eyes got shifty. She wouldn’t want to do more than that, though.
Nate chuckled. “For all of us, yes.” He wished he was older,even as he liked his current age. But he felt very confined by his current body. It led to too many weird dreams, and not Dreamer dreams, either. He flushed.
“Nonetheless. I think if we get the right equipment, we could totally make this work and produce more, including the ninja bike.” He tossed the image inducer to Kitty.
She caught it with her off hand, and nodded at him. “I’ll see what I can do on my end, and you on yours? This is gonna be SO fun!”
“Sounds like a plan! “ He slapped his hands on his shins and grinned, bouncing, GOod news, good thoughts, were welcome. “Can I come back in a few days then, to keep up work on the car, and with any news I have?” He didn’t want to crowd her but this was fun.
Kitty nodded, and held up her fist. “Seal the deal?”
“Sure!” he met her fist and arm with his own. The he grinned. “You’re pretty darn awesome, Kitty.”
“Yeah, I totally am.” Kitty grinned, “But to tell you a secret, so are you.”
~fin~