[ video; comm tag is "Hiro" ]

[microbrobotics]

[ Getting shanked by the Tooth Fairy? Kind of a downer. It's been a sucky month in general and Hiro is just absolutely tired of it. So instead of wallowing in his feelings, he's been working out his issues by building armor and taking apart Hornet tech. He's still kind of idly doing that, but the video doesn't focus much on the tech in the room - he's still trying to keep from being completely obvious about his superhero antics, after all. There's still pieces of armor visible around the corners of the screen, though, and he's still got all his tools out. The 3-D printer in the back of the garage he's in also continues to hum loudly as it churns out more pieces.

But that'll take a while, so: time for a break. His left arm is covered in ... small insects? No, on closer look, they're blobs of metal that move and shift seemingly without any input from HIro. They move in a cross between insect-like and geometric patterns, shifting to help him pick up anything from a tiny screwdriver to the larger (and presumably heavier) pieces of metal strewn about. Good thing too, because the arm under those tiny bots is encased in a plaster cast.

Hiro uses them to fiddle with something on his desk as the video broadcasts. ]

There's been a lot of stuff going on lately here. Honestly it kind of sucks except for the tech involved. And I've got, like, an hour to kill until this next piece finishes printing, so anybody else who got tech out of this whole thing? Spill. I'll show you mine in exchange. Especially if you got power nullifiers - I heard I'm not the only one working on that.

[ A pause. ]

And ... did anyone else almost get stabbed by the Tooth Fairy? Juuuust, uh. Asking.

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[bombshelled]

[ On the one hand, Lana is sort of glad to see Hiro comfortable enough with the Network to use video straight away. On the other hand, what the hell?! ]

Hiro.

[ This is not good. You'd better explain yourself. ]

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh crap. He knew he'd forgotten to do something. In this case, that something is "warning his friends that he had to go to the hospital and also broke his arm because reasons." ]

Heeeeey. Lana. So, how've you been?

permatext

[deadtective]

Forgot to floss after dinner again, huh.

[focusing on this instead of Hornet shit and power nullifiers because wow those things make her leery.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Good call. Hiro visibly considers using the keyboard - eh, too much hassle. He needs his technokinesis focused on his microbots right now. ]

Oh yeah. She takes flossing deadly serious.

voice

[rathercommon]

[ Kitty's voice is firm. ]

You mustn't blame her. I'm sure she's one of the people who's being mind-controlled.

[microbrobotics]

[ He leaves video up for now; he likes Kitty, after all. ]

Yeah, that's what I figured. Can I still be annoyed I gotta wear this thing though?

[ He waves the cast lightly. ]

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[attainment]

That's one mess I managed to avoid. [Too bad he can't say the same about his medical records.....]

I see you've found a way to avoid straining your injury too much, though. Whatever you're using, it looks amazing. [A pause. He's noticed the armor, but decides not to call attention to it just yet.] Are you holding up all right?

[microbrobotics]

[ That's right, didn't he see something posted about Barnaby a few days ago? He'd meant to ask the guy about it but hadn't wanted to get into it right then and there. He tucks that away to ask about later in the conversation. ]

Yeah, these are microbots. Can't say I've ever used them to cover for an injury like this, but it sure does work.

... I'm okay. It's just been kind of a rough month. You?

permatext

[hypnotherapy]

Well, look on the bright side.

You get more practice with your powers and when it heals you'll always have a morbidly funny story about that one time you got attacked by the Tooth Fairy.

[microbrobotics]

[ Okay yeah, Magicman gets a small laugh out of that. ]

I totally will, won't I? Nobody's gonna believe me.

Voice

[bindsthedead]

Yes... although I was the last person she attacked.

[A pause, because oops that sounds kind of ominous.]

Whatever was wrong with her, I was able to cure it.

[microbrobotics]

[ It sure did. Hiro's eyes go kind of wide before she clarifies - as terrifying as the experience was, he certainly wouldn't wish death on his attacker. ]

-- You did? How?

video;

[friendshiprocks]

Don't worry. I got stabbed by Ms. Tooth Fairy also, and I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it.

[ commiserating in the fact that they got shanked by the fricken Tooth Fairy ]

[microbrobotics]

... while I'm not actually glad I'm not the only one ... I'm kind of glad I'm not the only one. It was weird.

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[moded]

[You know-- for once in his life, Bart's just. Not. Gonna ask about the obviously weird thing.

Instead, when he filters through and slaps on a private filter (he's learning!) he doesn't look concerned over the Tooth Fairy thing, and instead just looks curious.]

Hey you're the one who works at Stark right?

[The guy who apparently doesn't believe in time travel, if Bart's remembering right.]

private, permavideo until otherwise noted

[microbrobotics]

[ That's kinda nice, actually. He's had enough people reacting to it that the novelty has thoroughly worn off. He blinks at Bart through the comm, trying to remember if he's seen this guy before. ]

That's me. Why, what's up?

perma audio;

[tadeadshi]

Is that what you guys were bringing in the other night? The nullifier?

[microbrobotics]

Uh ... a little of both? Technically it's more like an amplifier - the nullifying tech is somewhere else, and then these things act as boosters to spread their range. I bet we could code it to broadcast something else though.

Video; Private

[dontforgetpie]

[He's frowning a little when the video turns on, just enough to furrow his brow. But there's a part of this whole thing that he's pretty damn interested in.]

You're working on power nullifiers?

[That sounds like the sort of tech that could give him an edge when they finally catch up to Sylar.]

permavideo unless noted otherwise; private

[microbrobotics]

[ Hmm. An adult he doesn't know ... He decides to be a little more paranoid than he was with Impulse. ]

Yep, they're on the list now. I picked up a couple things during our raid on Charlevoix.

video

[khajidont]

Oh, geez, are you okay? Did you actually get stabbed?

[microbrobotics]

[ Ha. Ha. He looks a bit embarrassed now; the shock of the experience has faded somewhat. ]

Liiittle bit? It's fine, I had it healed up already.

video;

[braided_icarus]

Nullifiers. I know the Hornets were using them. It's such a pain without alchemy though. I'm not used to being without it at all.

[Which is partly why they tried to look into alkahestry from Xing. But clearly that is not the most important thing here. Because. Hiro, what. Give him a second here as he goes from sighing and frustrated to raising an eyebrow.]

....Tooth Fairy?

[microbrobotics]

Yeah, I ran into those too. That's kind of what I meant.

And yeeeeep. She was acting really weird.

[acclimatized]

Can't say that I did. Are you alright?

[microbrobotics]

Eh, I broke my arm, but it's not the first time I've done that.

audio; tagged "ken"

[orangehoodie]

We managed to avoid those, I guess. [the fairy, and most of the Hornet stuff. He doesn't have a lot to say about that, and his attention is more on that arm.]

... Is that broken?

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[microbrobotics]

Good. Trust me, you're lucky.

[ He retracts the microbot swarm a bit so the cast is easier to see. ]

Yeah, she dropped me a couple stories and I banged it on a railing ... It's not a bad fracture, at least.

video

[resipiscent]

I did not almost get stabbed by the tooth fairy. But 'printing'? What is that thing?

... Is that a cast?

[microbrobotics]

3-D printer. I'm making some pretty cool stuff with it, but it takes a while. The ones here are sloooow.

Yeah, I kind of broke my arm...

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[icy]

Are you okay? Where's Tooth now? What happened?

[microbrobotics]

[ Oh, right. Jack knows her. Any sarcasm in Hiro's tone immediately drops. ]

I broke my arm but I'm fine. She flew off after she attacked me though - I don't know what happened after that.

video

[liverletdie]

Why don't I just stop by and see what you have?

[microbrobotics]

[ He brightens a bit at that suggestion. ]

You could totally do that too.

Voice

[megabytes]

You got stabbed? Are you okay?

[He's been meaning to get in touch with Hiro to ask him some Questions about a certain generator and some annoying (and annoyingly cryptic) texts from World Three navis, but yeah that can wait a bit. Injured human ranks much higher on the priorities ladder.]

Re: Voice

[microbrobotics]

It's okay, it's okay! That part's all healed up. It's just the broken arm left ....

[ Like that's any better. ]

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[functionoverfeels]

I am tech, if that counts.

[Tempo's pretty clearly in robot form on the video feed. she's also intrigued by the mechanical swarm that's helping with this person, but that's something she'll bring up later.]

I didn't expect the Hornets had much advanced technology. Or for them to be employing the Tooth Fairy. You seem to be recovering well, at least.

[microbrobotics]

I don't think they were employing her, exactly...

[ And now he leans in close to the screen, clearly excited. ]

Are you a robot?