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Dr. ROBOTNIK ⬤ SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2020)

residential district ⬤ LEVEL 2

MOONBLESSING ⬤ IRIS

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[evilgrows]

Of course it's solid work, all I do is solid work. It's mildly annoying to see that it can just easily be duplicated just by a stupid magic word that I didn't create, though.

[He laughs, but... well, yeah, these things took a lot of hard work to create in the first place and here magic can just poof things into existence even without learning if you know where to go or what to buy. He didn't even get the satisfaction of creating the thing that made it possible! What a world.

He shakes his head, watches the new drone fly around, a perfect duplication of the original. Magic is certainly something.]

But that's understandable. It takes a lot of... coordination to run more than a few at a time. Of course, I don't have any problem with it, but I also built the damn things, so I just happen to know them inside and out. I'll get to sourcing the parts for another pair of control gloves one of these days.

[mayoninofukucho]

Thanks! And hah, no joke.

[Regarding the ridiculous simplification of arduous processes by gimmicks like this charm, he means. He waits for Robotnik to bring over the other drone - he still wants to have two different copies for comparison's sake.]

Still, without your hard work we wouldn't have any drones to duplicate! Actually do you want to keep the charm when I'm done? It'll probably be more helpful to you than to me for now. You can duplicate the gloves and whatever parts you run out of for your other projects.

[This... really kind of takes the joy out of inventing, doesn't it. But on the other hand it'll save them so much time and Chroma!]

[evilgrows]

[Alright, time to try it a second time. He waits until he's satisfied enough with the first copy, then snaps his fingers, and another drone makes a beeline towards him, essentially identical to the untrained eye.]

That might be useful, actually. If you've got no use for it, I'll gladly take it off your hands.

[Annoying to his pride or otherwise, he can't argue with efficiency.]

You can still do the honors with this one.

[He doesn't want to meow with an audience.]

[mayoninofukucho]

Gee, thanks.

[Hijikata is more amused than vexed, though. He has already done it once, so at it point it doesn't really get more embarrassing. He gives the second drone another dry "meow", and once again the copy simply poofs into existence next to it. By now they know what to do, so once Robotnik has adjusted the new copy's settings to take its input from Hijikata's device he starts maneuvering both around at once.]

How do I make it follow a target? Like this?

[With Robotnik's help he gives one copy the command to follow the other, which he flies through the warehouse. One half of the now split screen shows the camera view of the drone he's steering (he finds it easier to do this via first-person POV), the other half shows the footage the drone on autopilot is transmitting as it follows.]

I think I'm getting the hang of it... it's intuitive enough.

[He gives both drones the command to return, which they promptly do, then plucks one after the other out of the air and manually turns them off - there's probably a more elegant way of doing this, like making them land somewhere and shut themselves down, but this just seemed easiest right now.]

I'll practice some more at the beach; there shouldn't be many people at this time. Oh, yeah... if they get sandy or dirty, how should I clean them?

[evilgrows]

[Both drones are, of course, damn good at what they do, and it is pretty fascinating to see just how exact copies they are of what he'd designed. Definitely not the way he ever expected to manufacture anything, but clearly it seems to have done the job.

He makes sure to give all the necessary pointers, a sort of brief tutorial of working with multiple, subtly different drones.]

While many of the things I design are essentially just complicated enough for me to handle, these in particular are technically designed so others can use them. They're not particularly obtuse. You seem to be catching on just fine.

[He, of course, still has a connection to the drones on his wrist device even with the control transferred, and he makes sure to give the details a once-over. Definitely working just fine.]

Surface wash is fine for dirt, and they don't tend to pick up much on the inside. If you do somehow end up burying them in the sand or something, just have them open everything up as if for maintenance. They should be able to shake it all out.

[mayoninofukucho]

I'll try me best to avoid getting them that messy! It's just, well, you never know in this job. Anyway, that sound easy enough.

[He unceremoniously sticks the drones into his kimono sleeves, then hands the needlessly ornate copycat charm to Robotnik.]

I don't actually know how many uses it has left - usually Lumi would only top them up for one use at a time, but he said he gave me "the maximum", whatever that means. Since he was super busy at the time I tried to check online, but there were different accounts of other people who got the same deal - might be 30, 50, or 100 uses. I guess we'll find out. Don't hold back in any case; the only thing I'd really want to copy would be more drones if one of these gets irreparably wrecked.

[evilgrows]

It'll be fine. They're designed to get a little messy sometimes. It's just part of the job.

[He takes the charm, turning it over in his hand and trying not to squint too much at the drones just being... shoved into sleeves. So it goes. The charm is definitely unnecessarily decorative, but at least it's useful.]

I'll make sure to start with the most important things. Then I can go from there, and when it runs out it runs out.

[((iiiiiii think i did a bad job of explaining how big the normal non-toy drones are, my baaaad))]

[mayoninofukucho]

[OH OOPS... but no problem; more awkward things have happened in Gintama!! It kind of looks like Hijikata is packing melons in his tightly stretched sleeves right now, but he's unpertubed. If people in the street have a problem with this they can mind their own business.

Unless Robotnik has a bag for him or something.]

Good, good. I know you'll use it well, that's why I'm happy to leave it with you. You're not some moron who'd replicate a hundred cheesecakes or whatever.

[This more or less concludes their business for now... he's very pleased to have acquired the copy drones before the next disaster. He pats one of them through the fabric under his crossed arms.]

If I get to put them to use any time soon I'll let you know how it went.

[evilgrows]

[Technically, Robotnik has some bags, since this is a shop and all, but since Hijikata seems to know what he intends to do here he's not questioning it. Follow your weird dreams.

He lets out a laugh, setting the charm aside for study/later use.]

I'm going to guess you know someone who would do just that.

[With business done, he waves him off, but at least he's not being hostile about it.]

Great. Go test those out. Make sure to give me all the data you can.

[mayoninofukucho]

Count on it.

[He gives Robotnik a thumbs-ups that's made only slightly awkward by his ridiculously bulging sleeves.]

And hell yeah, do I ever know enough morons...

[They probably both do. He sighs.]

Good luck with your other projects, then, Doctor. Until soon!

[evilgrows]

See you eventually.

[He nods, then turns and disappears towards the back of the warehouse. Time to test this thing out.]