Scene #6478: Dispicable Nobbu's

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Thomas Alva Edison	Thomas Alva Edison's lab is underneath the Whitehouse, predictably. How else does he run the office of the president and also continue inventing? Of course, this means there are all sorts of scientist come and go, with special clearance. This is one of the advantages of being a president. The door to his lab is under the west wing, in an unassuming door. Opening it up reveals... A massive underground complex. Obviously, territory creation was used to make this place. There were all sorts of wonders here, places where robots were being tested, places where electrical machines were being thought of, places where the raw power of DC POWER is unleashed to create wonderful works of art. However, with it being a Friday, not many people would actually be in here. For the most part, it is quiet, but NOT dark. Outside of the door, two robots sit, looking blankly ahead unless something gets close to them. Their eyes scan for weapons for people who come close, but if you have a coat, some ID, and no weapons you can go right in.
Nobunaga	Bill Milton has reached the end of a long but satisfying workday. Now, only traffic stands between him, his cat, and a relaxing weekend to himself. As he inserts the key into his car's door, however, something thumps on the vehicle roof. Hesitating, he glances up. Three child-like creatures, resembling people in black and red unforms, stare back with wide, blank eyes. "Uhh--" Bill starts. "Nobu!" one of the homunculi responds, before jumping down on the man. The other two follow suit. A few minutes later, a figure in a long white coat with Bill Milton's ID badge staggers up to the lab entrance. Muffled noises sound from inside the jacket as an arm is lifted to present the badge to the entrance-guarding robots. Hanging on the end of a backscratcher, because that looks like a hand. The visible head is still adorned in that black hat with the sunburst sakura sigil, impossible to miss. While the badge is inspected, it even tilts that head, "Nobu?" Nobody ever said these homunculi were smart.
Thomas Alva Edison	The large-headed robot painted in the stars and stripes looks down with its red visor-like eyes. It looks up at the badge, then up at the obviously not face of the scientist, and then back at the bad. It does not detect weapons, the person in front of it has a badge that does match the records, and is in a lab coat. "Authorization granted," It says, opening the door with a beep and a hiss. Nobody said Edison's robots were smart. Entering the area is definitely feeling that 'I just entered a caster's domain' even though Edison insists that it is not his domain, but his lab. There are various things around to explore, various projects. Mostly mechanical, all of them with the power of DC ELECTRICITY! The lights, as before, remain on even though the facility SEEMS empty. Though if the three Nobu's explore, they may hear the sound of something being worked on. If they look in, the back of the lion-headed man can be seen soddering something. This is unfortunate because the room does not have much for walls and is just mostly there to keep the dangers of soddering out of the area. They will have to sneak by this person or walk by him to get to the parts of the lab they can see that will be useful to them. The parts with the robot parts.
Nobunaga	"Nobnob," the topmost Nobbu responds when the robot permits entry. The bottom starts moving, and the top two lean back briefly before correcting, and the stacked up homunculi stagger into the lab properly. So far it's just offices, but this way sounds like MACHINES. Unsteadily, the Nobbu Tower In A Labcoat finds itself in the doorway to the workshop, staring at the back of the King of Inventors. "Nonobu," the topmost one mutters. The coat opens midway and near the bottom, revealing the other two creatures' faces looking upward, "Nobu?" "Nobu nobu?" "No-bu." The coat closes and the stack of homunculi soldiers shudders into motion again. Swaying unsteadily, the trio try to give Edison a wide berth as they traverse the workshop to the other side where the rest of the factory and workshops clearly must be.
Thomas Alva Edison	The Nobus decide to give EDI SON a wide berth, which is a smart idea. Not getting caught is important! However, after they pass, the head of the lion turns slightly. There is a thoughtful look on his face. His hand moves over to one of the control panels and pushes a single button. However, no alarms sound off or anything. When the Nobu's get to the right place, the walls themselves turn around, revealing a strange machine. One part of the machine seems to be a computer, a simple one, that will take commands. When the right commands are put in, it creates an image of a blank robot. Pushing the green button starts the process of a robot being created. It is, right now, basically an unimpressive blank doll-like thing. The robot is slowly pushed to the next section, allowing for customization. There are a lot of options to customize the robot. Appearance, functions, special equipment, and so forth. However, not a whole lot of weapons options, and most set for self-defense. With a loud whistling and electrical pulses, the robot is designed when you push the green button after they are done customizing it. The final section is a child's book section on programming. So easy to understand even a Nobu could do it. There is, also, an option to make a strange hat appear. When worn, it will simply copy the base personality of the person who wears the hat and does whatever the screen tells them to do. After another green button push, a robot is produced with the specifications. However, it might take trial and error to get right.
Nobunaga	Wall movement! The Nobbustack jumps back, with the topmost one raising its hands in a martial arts pose in a coat with sleeves far too long for its arms, "Nob!" But, as the nature of the console becomes apparent, defenses are lowered. Top Nobbu leans forward, "Nobu?" Lower portions of the coat open again, "Nobu?" "Nobu?" "Nobubu!" The stack dismantles itself, and the trio set about exploring the mechanisms presented to them. The one still wearing the labcoat (which is now spread out across the floor around it like a lavish kimono) flips through the user manual, occasionally turning it from side to side with a quizzical look on its blank-ish face. Another one has already started tapping through customizations, from mecha legs to spider legs to noodles to tank treads and beyond. The third and final Nobbu is already inspecting the mindreader cap, turning the device over in tiny stubby hands. Not seeming to make the connection at first, the Nobbu bites on the brim of the headpiece. "No nobu," Labcoat Nobbu takes this, then removes its companion's uniform hat ("Nobu no-nobu!" is the resulting noisy complaint) and places the reader on. The connected Nobbu is only calmed down when its hat is placed on over the headpiece. "Noooooooo..." is the sound of understanding from both subservient Nobbu when they realize how the device is supposed to be used.
Thomas Alva Edison	After some fiddling, reading of the manual (yes there is one because Thomas Alva Edison is not a half-assed man!) allows the small creatures to finally get an understanding of how the system is supposed to work! Success! However, one of the buttons touched by the console Nobu causes something weird to happen. A voice speaks from the machine. "Welcome to the Robotitron Three thousand, creation of the intelligent and master inventor Thomas Alva Edison. You have selected voice recognition mode, please say start or press one," the machine speaks to the trio. From his office, Edison has stopped doing his work and is now watching the trio from a monitor that sprung up in the place he was working out, watching with interest. This invention was created so that men of lesser intellects could use it while he was incapacitated and in an emergency. And think of the branding if they managed to successfully use it?
Nobunaga	"Nobu?" chime all three homunculi when the machine starts talking to them. The trio turn towards one another and chatter noisily for a moment, making absolutely no sense in the process-- and yet somehow reaching a concensus. The Nobbu who's been put in the reader helmet just... sits down, a blank look on its face. The Nobbu still clad in the labcoat, assuming the role of ringleader, waves around the child-friendly manual in one stubby hand while pointing with the other, "Nobu no-nobu! Nobubu!" The third Nobbu on the console swats at buttons to decide on options. Stretchy arms. An armored chestpiece. Detachable limbs that can move on their own! A laser! Surely this will work. "Nobu!" Ringleader Nobbu makes what it probably thinks is a dramatic pointing gesture. "Nobubu nobu," Console Nobbu responds by sitting down on the Finalize switch, making a show of wiping its forehead despite the minimal amount of effort this actually took. And despite the fact that homunculi don't really sweat or get tired.
Thomas Alva Edison	"You have selected Nobunaga," The voice says, and on the various screens, various pictures and options with a Nobunaga flavor appear. The correct version of Nobunaga, and not the one in the history books. They are too, separated by categories. Normal attire, beach attire, CG, Bloody Battle, and the list goes on into the more ridiculous and way over-detailed. Edison, in the other room, strokes his chin, "I did not program that third option. It appears one of the boys got bored again." he says, disappointed. However, with the direction of the Nobu's the machine goes to work, producing a robot shell, adding on the various types of options selected. Ending with the robot finally moving towards production. Once selected, the machine goes through its work, with various (and hilarious) sounds before the door opens. Spotlights shine down on the entryway, as their horrible creation and sin against God comes out, with steam pouring out of the machine, like in the Terminator.
Nobunaga	Presenting the Nobbus with pictures of their boss causes the two less intelligent ones to panic slightly, waving their arms and presumably shouting apologies. The smarter one tries to wrangle them, but it's not until the machine hisses open with dramatic steam that the arguing ceases and all three stare at the shiny silver (unpainted) Mecha Nobbu that emerges. Labcoat Nobbu approaches it, raising those stubby arms, "Nobu? Nobu?" "NO-BU," Mecha Nobbu raises its extendo-arms in return. It takes a dramatic step forward, and then another, glimmering and new and-- pitches off the build platform to land facefirst on the floor, "--NO-BU-BU--!" MechaNobbu flails on the ground for a moment before it remembers it has long arms, using those extendo-arms to right itself and todder out of the way. Head Nobbu is already gesturing instructions for a new design using those tank treads it saw earlier.
Thomas Alva Edison	Beep. A new design is made. It runs through the processes, eventually coming to the customization point. There is beeping, and then a ding as the customizations are set, and then another beep before a ding goes off. "Customization complete, manufacturing!" More overly complicated machine noises with cartoonish jumping and processing...and TANK NABU is released. There is even a fanfare tone this time and a 'GOOD JOB' that appears on the screen for the Nabus. Edison leans back watching. "So simple, even a Nabu can use it. Brilliant!"
Nobunaga	Tank Nobbu appears! There's a fanfare and a congratulatory message! The three Nobbu clap at this, clearly delighted. The celebration lasts up until Tank Nobbu rolls off the build platform and right onto one of its companions. Nobbu is used as a makeshift ramp, as Tank Nobbu makes its way to Mecha Nobbu so they can get acquainted. While the lead Nobbu marvels at these creations, and the headsetted Nobbu recovers from being rolled over, the console Nobbu starts playing around with controls again. It seems more interested in the noises the buttons make than what they do. And then the machine closes up and rumbles to life again. When the door opens, it's a Nobbu riding a tiny UFO that floats out, bowling over the console Nobbu along its journey to meet up with its fellow Freaks Of Nature. However, the Mecha, Tank, and Saucer variants all seem to get along without much aggression. Lead Nobbu seems to take this as a victory, raising its stubby arms, "Nobu Nobu!" Apparently the challenge of getting these OUT of the lab hasn't occurred to it yet.
Thomas Alva Edison	The machine, when left idle for too long makes a beep. "Update ten is available, please say yes to initiate the download, or not now to postpone for later. Say Never to never hear this message again, however it will require you to manually initiate downloads every time you wish to update." Any response they give it returns the following response, "Updating to update ten. Estimated time is > Thirty-seven < minutes. Your time is valuable to us, please be patient while we upgrade to the newest software," The message repeats endlessly and annoyingly. Elsewhere... "Hm. I have gotten a lot of data from this. Ways to advance this machine, and free marketing. Computer, save all of the footage to memory." Edison says, steepling his hands. Yesssss. Oh and he realizes they need a way out, after all, he plans on allowing them to keep their horrible sins against God for helping him test something. Nearby to the Nabus, a door marked EXIT just is there. Likey they didn't even notice it before now. Also, the UFO Nabu makes generic UFO sci-fi sounds.
Nobunaga	The need to leave does eventually occur to the gathered Nobbu Of Various Types, and the one still clad in a labcoat raises its hand to its chin in thought. That familiar green sign catches its eye, and it points, "Nobu! Nobu nonobu! Bunobu!" Mecha Nobbu takes the lead, using those extending arms to grasp the door's pushbar and, with effort, pushes it in. The latch clicks. Tank Nobbu rolls right up, pressing against the door to open it. Once open, UFO Nobbu holds it while the rest vacate the building, then follows them, making eerie UFO noises, "No-bu-bu-uu-uu!" As the party departs, the lead coat-wearing Nobbu pauses, glancing down at the jacket it still wears. This is grabbed, pulled, and removed with a flourish-- revealing the black uniform beneath has been changed to white. The black hat is now also white, though still bearing the sunburst sakura sigil of Oda Nobunaga upon its brim, "Nobu!" In the parking lot, a dejected Bill Milton turns his head slowly as various midget homunculi dash past his car. He lets out a noise when his labcoat is thrown over him by the departing Nobbusengumi, but doesn't relax until he finds his badge in one of the pockets. The scientist lets out a sigh, finally committing to his home commute. He'll soon realize that the delay has made him miss most of the stressful traffic-- it turned out better than expected..!?
Thomas Alva Edison	Edison makes the door vanish immediately, and has the machine return back into the wall. Yes, interesting! He will have to take careful notes of these...as well as edit the footage so that he can properly market this. "Edison, you old dog, you are a genius! Now it will go /viral/. Yes, Viral, right? That is the new phrase? Obviously. Alright. Well, that was a good use of a Friday evening. Perhaps I will go out and be sociable instead!" Today turned out better than expected!