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Justin Rhodes ([info]iron_hide) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-10 12:26:00


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Entry tags:anya stark, inactive - chris frost, inactive - harvey hogan, inactive - justin rhodes

You're looking at a winner... (Open to Anya, Tina and Force Works)
"Mr.  Rhodes, we have to say, this is the most forward thinking and far reaching work we've ever seen. The coding is superb and the device itself is not nearly as bulky as its television counterpart. We received several excellent submissions, but your work stood head-and-shoulders above the rest. The data storage and recollection capabilities are also second-to-none." says Mr. Will Wright, a trustee of the X-Prize Foundation.

"The news release is going out today, Mr. Rhodes. You're the winner of the contest." Mr. Wright says, reaching out to shake his hand. "And we'd like to discuss having Cambire Designs mass-produce these devices for use in hospitals around the world."

"Thank you, Mr. Wright." Justin says, accepting the handshake. "And I'd love to talk more about that. Cambire would be glad to do this work." 

Inside, Justin is would like to dance a jig, but he's a terrible dancer without Tina, and he's trying to be professional anyway. A few months ago, he'd been looking for a project, any project, that he could do in his free time that didn't involve upgrading/testing/developing his armor and the rest of the Iron Family (he'd taken to referring to the collective armor wearers by that moniker). Tony, his AI, had come across the X-Prize Foundation's challenge to build a working medical tricorder. As in, from Star Trek. The moment he saw the release, Justin knew he'd found his project. He'd found it two weeks after the competition had started but that didn't daunt him one bit. Uncle Tony used to say that being behind just made one work smarter, not harder, to catch up.

Part one of working smarter involved calling an old friend.

The move to Kansas City and getting settled in might have cost most people valuable time, but Anya had come out to Kansas City to help with the set up Cambire's offices and Justin had insisted that they set up the lab first and foremost. Between the two of them, it only took a full day to pull it off and after the rest of the building was ready, Justin spent the rest of his available time in the lab, coming out only to eat and to call Tina, who always seemed to be busy. Rather than be upset, Justin worked to meet the July 1st deadline.

He'd finished three days early and put the tricorder to the most extensive battery of tests he could come up with; it passed every one with flying colors. Once he'd created a second, he sent the first off to the committee for judgment. The wait had been torturous, but the phone call came last Friday night as Justin was, again, calibrating his armor.

They'd asked him to come in and discuss his work. Now, he was the winner of the contest. The patent application was sent in the following morning.

Mr. Wright's voice cuts into Justin's thoughts.

"So, what are you going to do with $10,000,000 dollars, Mr. Rhodes? Early retirement?" Wright asks, chuckling.

"Oh no, Mr. Wright. After I make a contribution to charity and to my company, I've got a few irons in the fire, some new ideas that I'll now have the freedom to pursue." he says.

Like new armors. he thinks to himself.

 


 



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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-10 11:07 pm UTC (link)
"When did he do this? And how much barbecue are you eating?"

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-10 11:20 pm UTC (link)
"This happened about a month ago or so ago, right before I came to Kansas City." Justin says.

"And not much. Not really." he says, going over the number of times she's had it in his head.

Okay, maybe it's a little more often than the thought.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-10 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Tina was surprised. Justin hadn't mentioned anything about his heart improving before he left. She wondered why. It seemed like it was important.

"That means you've probably had it at least twice a week every week, doesn't it?" She could do the math. She'd seen him eat cheesecake.

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-10 11:48 pm UTC (link)
"Damn, you caught me. Twice last week, plus fried chicken. It was amazing. I need to take you there whenever you can come out." Justin says.

"Work has been really busy, too. I...created a tricorder. Yes, like the one from Star Trek. I submitted in it a contest and I won. Cambire is going to make them and I'm getting invited to medical conferences to talk about it and stuff. Maybe you could with me if...work isn't being a pain in the ass?" he asks.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-10 11:56 pm UTC (link)
"I know. Your name was all over my custom news page when I logged on this morning. I've been trying to call you all day but it seems I needed to get in line behind the rest of the planet," she says.

"Fried chicken, really? You really are partying with this new health thing." Pause. "I'd love to go with you. Just tell me when. I haven't seen you in far, far too long."

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-11 12:06 am UTC (link)
"As soon as I know the dates, I'll send the e-mail and we can go. I'm sorry we've missed each other, but I'm going to fix that. Like I said, a new phone for personal stuff." he says, relaxing on the bed.

"How are things over there? You're not walking around with different color bruises again, are you?" he asks.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-11 12:16 am UTC (link)
"You'd be surprised. I've actually managed to be without bruises entirely for a few weeks."

Tina pauses for a moment.

"Justin...I just thought of a way we can just skip using the phone altogether."

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-11 12:28 am UTC (link)
"What are you thinking?" he asks.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-11 12:36 am UTC (link)
"I'm thinking I can get in your head and it'll be like I'm actually there."

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-11 01:02 am UTC (link)
"How soon can you try?" he asks.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-11 01:05 am UTC (link)
"How about right now?"

Tina lay back on her own bed and closed her eyes. Within moments she was reaching out for him and curling herself into his consciousness.

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-11 01:06 am UTC (link)
Justin can feel her enter is his mind and so he hangs up the phone and relaxes on his bed.

Hey...it's like you're right here. I thought it was just an expression. he says.

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-11 01:14 am UTC (link)
Seems not. Let's see if I can make it more real. With a little focus she sharpened her attention and soon enough, it actually felt like she was lying beside him.

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[info]iron_hide
2011-07-12 12:05 am UTC (link)
Justin relaxes further as he "feels" Tina in his arms.

Okay, this is good. How are you doing?

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[info]whosperfectnow
2011-07-12 12:09 am UTC (link)
I'm getting better every second.

It took a little fine tuning, a little adjusting, a little understanding how the whole thing worked on the fly but it didn't take her long until she had built for them an extremely realistic psionic world. Now it wasn't a matter of feeling like or seeming like...it was, in the mind's eye, real. She could even feel the warmth of his skin.

"I've missed you so much. Oh, and it looks like you deserve a big pat on the back."

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