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[mammal_robot]

[At some point, Robo was able to acquire a webcam of some form, so he was finally able to transmit video despite not being able to use the touchscreen of his communicator.

More importantly, he'd spent the last few weeks talking business with various people off screen. It turns out there are people who would be a little less stringent on who they give a business loan to if the person involved is an ImPort, and so the robot had managed to put down some basic framework for his new business.]

Well that was a busy few weeks but as everyone was so eager to point out, there's not a lot else to DO around here.

I am happy to announce the official founding of New Tesladyne Laboratories. It's not much, yet, but I have an office, and patent pending on a few little gizmos from back home that I'm sure SOMEONE will be interested in producing. That means I'm gonna have money coming in, and I'll need something to do with it.

SO, if you are of a scientific persuasion, I may have a position available for you at Tesladyne Labs! Roboticists, physicists, biologists, geologists...I'm looking for anyone who's willing to poke the edges of human understanding of the universe and see how it pokes back. We also do consulting.

My main goal is getting multiple heads able to focus on a dimensional portal project so we can all get out of here, but I figure in the mean time if you have any side projects you want to work on, I can probably get a lab set up for you soon enough.

Comments

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[helpline]

[ hey Robo, it's your FAVORITE PERSON EVER. ]

A dimensional portal. What a surprise. [ said entirely deadpan, in a tone more like 'you've got to be kidding me.' ]

[mammal_robot]

Think of it as my Christmas present for you all.

[It's okay, buddy. He hates you too.]

[helpline]

If you're going to build go home technology, why not build something more stable and less big?

voice

[thegriffinofdeath]

All science and no magic, I assume? That's hardly the edge of human understanding.

[Anastasya remembers their last conversation. She sounds rather amused.]

[mammal_robot]

You know I literally never even considered that?

[Now pondering: SHOULD he be doing research on "magic"?]

[thegriffinofdeath]

You want to test the bounds of the universe and it didn't occur to you to dabble in the one thing that constantly breaks the rules of it.

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[insatiableinappetite]

I am to assume you qualify as a roboticst?

[He has to take seeing an actual robot in stride somehow. He's not some big panicky baby.]

[mammal_robot]

My first degree was in physics, actually, but yes I know a thing or two about robotics.

[insatiableinappetite]

You were actually...schooled?

[This line of questioning has a point, really.]

voice;

[angelfire]

Well, this is a disaster waiting to happen.

[ Let him tell you about what happens when you try to open a dimensional portal... ]

[mammal_robot]

[Listen just because you suck at it doesn't mean Robo does.

He DOES suck at it, but that's not the point.]

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

[angelfire]

No need to be sarcastic--it is a vote of confidence. Confidence in your ability to break things and cause trouble.

video;

[superposition]

Well, you certainly don't waste any time.

[Who has two thumbs and is still a little bitter about being told he can't do the thing? IT MIGHT BE THIS GUY.]

[mammal_robot]

Gotta find SOMETHING to do, and I'm not interested in working for the government for a minimal paycheck.

voice

[bonely]

...You move fast. [ He sounds mildly approving. He can respect someone who gets things done, especially if they're a robot. ]

...People seem to be discouraging. [ He doesn't know jack shit about portals, but people are very opposed to them, apparently? ]

[mammal_robot]

If I let every person who thought something was impossible stop me from trying it, I wouldn't get very far in life, would I?

[bonely]

I suppose. [ He wouldn't know much about that. ]

It looks like others have tried to build portals before and failed. You must be confident.

[Text]

[inchesofevil]

Don't suppose you have any need for a geneticist over there, do you?

[he is so sick of working with birds, you don't even understand. why couldn't the government have actually given him a job in his field.]

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[mammal_robot]

Shoot me a resumé and we'll see what we can do

[text]

[hands4healing]

That sounds very interesting, sir!

Re: [text]

[mammal_robot]

I would hope it would to any man, woman, or other individual of science.

video; private; sorry I'm one million years late

[deciphered]

[Hey, it's an old dude who sounds familiar and is probably a little more angry than expected.]

Announcing this in public is as dangerous as it was foolish. What were you thinking? Do you realize what kind of danger you've invited?

private

[mammal_robot]

Er...no?

Mostly I've just gotten a bunch of people saying how impossible it would be.

audio. back this up to a day after he made this

[sweetarts]

[ Ah, geez... ]

Robo, this is Bubblegum. I don't wanna discourage you, but everyone else here kind of has a point. Especially about keeping this kind of technology under wraps.

private

[mammal_robot]

You know, everyone expects robots to have mechanical precision and perfect memory? I straight up forgot that I was sharing my plans for building a way out of here on a network supplied to me by the people who brought me here in the first place.

This is not my proudest moment.