ic One Bad Day (IC)

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McGinnis Tech

 

January 2025

 

A brand new year meant a brand new expo for McGinnis Tech.

 

People in suits, rich people with badges. This was life for the rich and well made McGinnis family.

 

And of course Tyson and Cameron were out there schmoozing, leaving Oz to his own devices.

 

Poor little Oz, always left out.

 

Tyson and Cameron were meeting with share holders, shaking hands, and generally being the most visible part of the McGinnis clan.

 

But what was Oz doing? In this building, 20 stories high and gleaming, while everyone was off for today or gathered in the main lobby, with all the biggest, fanciest prototypes that the company was working for out in the main area.

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Tinman and Oz

 

Ozwald was used to being looked over at this point. It did sting a bit though but he left the business side of things to his father and brother. As much as he disliked his brother, Oz would admit that Cameron knew what he was talking about when it came to Stock and Economics. As much as the younger sibling was frustrated, he also understood. That being said, while he would glance down at the gathering, he would not be there. No, he was at Floor 15, which was his private workshop. It took a lot of pleading to his father to have this built, but Oz was so happy that it was!

 

Right now he was doing some work on his creation, Tin Man, a superhero that would beat back against those who abused their power. After finishing some repairs he would turn the robot on. "Alright, g-good to g-go, how d-do you feel buddy?" 

 

Tin Man's eyes glowed yellow for a moment and he would get up and place his metal hands on his hips. "FEELING GREAT! READY TO DISTRIBUTE JUSTICE WITH THESE FISTS!" The machine would punch the air in front of him, causing Oz to chuckle softly. "There, good! You're working properly.." 

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(GM Post)

 

As Oz continued to work on his project, a Superhero Robot, a wonderful creation, the things going on below continued unabated. It truly was like two different worlds; one for Ozwald's dad and brother, and one for him.

 

But he was supposed to be alone up here while the expo was going on.

 

So why did the elevator just beep?

 

The sound of heavy boots thumped through the hall. A broad shouldered man with his hair cut close to his hair had taken the elevator up to the 15th floor, and was peering in the different rooms. He eventually stopped, not at Ozwald's lab, but at a different one, and swiped a security card, which beeped and let him through before he disappeared inside of it.

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Tinman and Oz

 

Oz would stop working as he heard the footsteps. The young man would get up and look out of his lab towards the man. That was...not someone he recognised from the guest list, nor was he a worker as far as Oz knew. So he must be an intruder! The young man quickly got his gadgets and looked over at Tin Man. "You're up buddy...let's try be quiet." He would say, his creation was a hero in every sense of the word. Tinman wanted to fight the stranger right away! But it was not stupid and would nod.

 

Together the dynamic duo would try to follow the man into the room. Thankfully Oz had a security card too, as he lived in this building, and would do his best to follow...with Tinman in front of him of course. 

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(GM Post)

 

The room in question had been a design for a new mining suit; Camreon had had an idea recently for asteroid mining becoming a real, viable alternative to continuing to process the limited materials on Earth- partially because they wanted to pay less to suppliers-, and this room was where he kept the prototype suits. 

 

Most of them were bulky and heavy, similar to ancient diving suits; big, pressurized suits with porthole viewers and umbilical chord like cables coming out of the top, intended to be used coming off a stable base platform when the individual in question was out mining. Even the prototypes were stamped with the image of McGinnis Tech though; Cameron never let something off a production line without a branding.

 

The latest suit was a masterwork of design; it had ditched the umbilical chord for an inner suit oxygen container, but was otherwise still a heavy piece of armor ideal for dealing with the rigours of space, with temprature control and mining equipment built in. 

 

And now someone was wearing it as a suit. The singular mono-eye visor was lighting up with a golden light as it swiveled, the mechanical acuators flexing as the suit came to life and the man inside it started to move. 

 

A theft!

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Tinman and Oz

 

Oz knew about this suit though not the specifics, it was kept mostly a secret from even him, he just knew what it was. Though as soon as he saw the theft he would narrow his eyes before hiding in the shadows of the room, or at least attempting to. At the same time he would speak to Tinman. "Tinman go!" At that signal, the robot would grin if it could move it's mouth. Now was it's time! It's time to be a hero!

 

The large machine stood in front of the criminal. "STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! HANDS IN THE AIR!" It would yell at him.

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(GM Post)

 

The man in the suit continued looking over it, trying to get a grip on the mining suit's design. Was he ignoring Tinman? Not exactly, it seemed. Once he could move appropriately, he flexed his fingers, his arms, his legs, his toes, twisting his torso and neck. It turned it's blazing mono eye on Tinman

 

"What the hell are you? Some robot that repeats Elder Scrolls quotes?" The voice was roboticized in the armor, but it still carried an aggressive insult in it's dismissive tone. "You don't know what you're messing with...whatever you are. Some guy in costume?" he mumbled. 

 

"Activate shut-down code Omega Red; Code 56-43-297." he said in a loud voice. That was a the audio code to shut down the security systems in most of the laboratories, in case of severe emergency. But obviously Tinman wasn't part of the security system. Not that the man knew this. "...I dunno why they left the security on, it just makes the job harder." he complained to himself as he started to walk towards Tinman.

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Tinman and Oz

 

"OH I HAVE MANY QUOTES VILLAIN!" Tinman would put it's metal fists on it's hips in a classic superhero pose. This machine did not seem to get shut down with the other security systems. Though Oz would hear him and narrow his eyes. Could this be some spy or employee? Maybe this wasn't just a thief but corporate espionage! The young man was getting a little concerned and got his gadgets ready.

 

Meanwhile the robotic superhero let out a bold laugh. "HAHA! THAT DOES NOT WORK ON MY VILLAIN FOR I AM TINMAN! THE SUPERHERO!" With that he would move over to swing a punch at the man in the suit.