Two nerds and their robot

[peopleneedyou]

Type: Video
Sender ID: peopleneedyou (Tadashi Hamada) featuring; Hiro Hamada (baymaxing) & Baymax
To: Everyone
Subject: Meet the Hamadas and Baymax
Warnings: None

[ The video post starts up to reveal the faces of the Hamada brothers, along with what looks like a red suitcase beside Hiro. Their location isn’t anything special, just somewhere inland on Elrut right now, but the elder brother is smiling anyway. ]

Hello everyone, I’m Tadashi Hamada and this is my younger brother…

[ Tadashi motions to Hiro. The younger brother waves, smiling, and turns his gaze from Tadashi to the phone. ]

I’m Hiro! And this… [He gestures to the suitcase next to him before purposely pulling off a plaster from his knee. His ‘ow’ in instinctive response activates the robot inside, causing Baymax to inflate and turn on, introducing himself with a wave. ]

Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion. I was alerted to the need for medical attention when you said ‘ow’.

You’ll be seeing Baymax around one or both of us often, so we wanted to introduce him and ourselves. I’m also interested in finding out if anyone had a temporary charging solution seeing as how I haven’t come across a power outlet anywhere yet. [ Tadashi holds up the power cord on Baymax’s charging station for anyone who hasn’t seen anything like it before. ]

Yeah, I’m not sure if the technology here is necessarily compatible—at least, not without some adapting or figuring on our part. Baymax is the priority. Even if it would be cool to actually use my handheld, it won’t die on me eventually. Tadashi and I were both pretty good with tech back home, but this might take some adjusting.

[ Hiro says, a puff of air from his sigh shifting his mess of bangs before he raises his hands in reassuring Baymax that he was fine given the robot approaches and wants to check him over. ]

On a scale of one-to-ten…

[ Tadashi chuckles as he moves to end the video recording for the post while Baymax tends to Hiro. ]

Comments

video; id: ramuhs

[ramuhs]

[...........................Huh.]

So this is that Baymax fellow you were talking about, Tadashi? Looks a bit like a giant balloon...

[peopleneedyou]

[ Yep. ]

This is him. I was going for a nonthreatening, huggable kind of thing, but I'll take giant balloon.

video; un: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

I know, right? When Tadashi first showed me Baymax, I told him it looked like a walking marshmallow. It's actually a pretty solid design, though. Besides me telling him he should have used a different battery.

[Hiro says, as Baymax checks his knee where he had the plaster on.]

text/image; id: vulturvolans

[indispensable]

[The brothers get a message that consists of a picture and a caption right below it, short and to the point.]



This is Mehrak.

[You guys aren't the only ones with cool helpers!! Look at his husband's!!]

video;

[peopleneedyou]

[ Tadashi will keep it video so that Baymax can respond. Large puffy fingers are not great at texting. The walking marshmallow waves again. ]

Hello, Mehrak.

I've been introduced to Mehrak, but these two haven't yet.

[baymaxing]

Hey, Mehrak! It's pretty neat that at least Baymax isn't the only one.

[He can make robot buddies? Maybe? Hiro thinks he recognizes the suitcase-looking robot from earlier. He initially wasn't sure if there might be others around. Given this place generally seemed to be less advanced and all that it didn't seem as likely to be able to figure that people were at the point where they could manage to pull off something like Baymax.]

Text, UN: 🖕 nunya🖕

[telepathicignorance]

(Oh look, new people introducing themselves on the network. Joy.

They're not interested--wait. Is that a robot?

It is. Well, these people became a lot more interesting.)

If you get Baymax a tattoo it might be possible to get power from the ambient magic in the atmosphere. If that doesn't work there are people at the adamantine Forge who might be willing to help build a generator that he can use.

...How intelligent is Baymax, anyway?

(Him. Wanting to keep him powered. Introducing him to everyone. This sounds like he's at least slightly more sentient than what might typically be expected of a robot. Or he's just really useful and they want to keep him working and make sure the locals don't freak out and attack.)

video;

[peopleneedyou]

[ Everyone is getting video from Tadashi so Baymax can talk to people too. ]

Would getting a tattoo make me a better healthcare companion? [ There is a slight drop in Baymax's voice on the word "tattoo".

Tadashi pats the big guy's arm. ] That's something I'd need to investigate and think about. If I could get him healing magic, I'd lean more into it.

[ Anything that involves fighting would be Hiro's area, which Tadashi doesn't know about yet. ]

Right now, Baymax is programmed with ten thousand medical procedures along with a lot of basic coding, with the capability to learn and grow more on his own. So while he's very knowledgeable in the medical field, he has a lot to learn about other human concepts still.

[baymaxing]

A forge? That might be an idea — worth asking at least to see if they might be able to help. I just really don't want to deal with him when he gets like that when his battery is running low.

[Which. Is basically like herding someone drunk to go to bed to get him to the charger. Hiro struggled. A lot. If he can avoid that, it would be great. He turns to Baymax, nudging the larger robot in the stomach and telling him he might be in luck. Baymax gives a wave and thanks the person talking on the shellphone.]

I hadn't figured if the tattoos might work on him, actually. That's an idea....

Video | id: fractales

[fractales]

Hello- I may be able to help create a reliable battery, be it for Baymax himself or for any solution others may offer when it comes to recharging him. One that will likely recharge itself when not in use.

[Just at the bottom of the shellphone's camera was- well the peeking bright blue LED-like eyes of a curious robotic creature.]

I have created a few during my time here already.

[peopleneedyou]

Hello. [ Baymax waves at Turo and the robotic creature. ] I am Baymax.

[ The marshmallow is trying to communicate with the penguin-looking creature. ]

That sounds great. It wouldn't be a bad idea to upgrade Baymax with that kind of battery. As for his charging station, maybe an external power source for it to plug into. Hiro and I have talked about getting other tech from home which will encounter the same problem.

video; un: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

Oh, Hey Professor, could you help with something? That would be great! We'd owe you big time!

[Hiro brightens at that. He hopes to be able to figure something out for Baymax quickly. Sooner rather than later so they don't need to worry about the battery so much. So he could be on and out and about without worrying about him draining it. Hiro doesn't relish the idea of dealing with that too often. And he'd rather figure out a solution before having Baymax active all the time.

But of course, he is distracted by the other on the screen, just.]

...Is that another one of those creatures? Looks like a....penguin?

Video ; id: bloodthirstydawn

[bloodthirstydawn]

[Are you proud of her Tadashi? She's started getting the hang of this shellphone thing.]

Tadashiii! Hey! So that's the Hiro you were talkin' about? Hehe with you two together I can tell who the little brother is.

[Nevermind that she's pretty short herself. She's still gotta tease.
But looking at Baymax now she squints at it. Moroha is perplex about what Baymax exactly is. She's never seen anything like him. Maybe a balloon she's seen her two-time visit to the modern world?]

...I feel like that thing is gonna pop. I think it needs armor or something...

[peopleneedyou]

[ He is! Good job, kiddo. ]

Hey, Moroha. Nice to see you're getting used to the shellphone. Yep, that's Hiro. [ A soft laugh. ] He'll probably shoot up soon.

[ Seeing as how she's Tadashi's new friend, he'll somewhat block the tease just a little.

As for the armor... little does he know that Hiro also thought that. ]

He could pop, but that's just what makes Baymax huggable. He's got a metal skeleton inside that can still move without all the fluffiness.

Video ; id: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

Yup, I'm Hiro! Wait, what were you telling people about me?

[Hiro pouts at Tadashi, nudging his older brother in the ribs. Of course, this is hardly the first or likely the last time that he would have someone commenting on his age or height. People often were. Given he was usually surrounded by others so much older than him.]

He can tape himself up if he deflates and needs to cover a hole or something. Baymax is just designed to look cute. Huggable, as Tadashi put it.

[But at that last. Well. Hiro can't help but look a little nervous there.]

Armour? Why would he need armour? Baymax isn't going out fighting or anything....

[Look, he has not entirely come clean to Tadashi about everything after the showcase. That he made armour for Baymax, suits for himself and their friends.]

video; un:catsgothistongue

[catsgothistongue]

[Oh hey, Tadashi! He remembers running into him at the haunted house place. Robotics did come up during their brief interaction, and while a robot that can punch and do all sort of combat would be super-duper cool and would scratch off a bucket list of things ranma hadn't gotten to fight, a robot that's an aficionado at all things medical related is pretty freaking sweet too. As a kid who grew up reading all sorts of medical books simultaneously for entertainment and training purposes, he can respect the moxie.

With all that being said...]

That's a walking airbag.

[Where's the metal bits? Under the balloony covering?? Won't it pop? He's not an engineer or robotics technician or nothing, but he's gotta question the logistics of it all.]

Won't it be an issue if that thing needs to do surgery on someone? Surgeries tend to involve a lot of sharp, pointy tools.

[peopleneedyou]

[ That has him laughing. ]

It's not inaccurate. He's supposed to be non-threatening and huggable.

[ The metal bits are under the balloon covering, and technically his head, too. ]

I planned for that.

My fingers are equipped with medical tools. [ While Baymax holds up a hand, he doesn't reveal those medical tools. ]

Just think of Baymax as more of a robotic nurse, rather than a doctor. He can do a lot, but there are some limitations to what he can do.

video; un: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

Right? I called him a walking marshmallow when I first saw Baymax.

[He turns to Baymax, instinctively saying 'no offense.' The robot reassures Hiro he is a robot and cannot be offended. Of course, he is oblivious to Ranma's train of thought regarding fighting robots. But Hiro himself was a bot fighter. He had made some adjustments, some upgrades to Baymax. Not that Tadashi knows about that.

Yet.]

He has tools. They're inside him? More like? His fingers.

Video | yuezun

[yuezun]

There are more than a few who have the ability to 'charge' objects if you are speaking of something that uses a specific type of energy. There are also 'magitech' items which should also provide aid of the sort you need.

If it is simply power that is needed, this venerable one can potentially provide. Your... 'Baymax'... is a healer?

video; un: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

I guess some might call him a healer. His programming is primarily around healthcare—helping people—like a nurse. Ah, you know, first aid? If someone gets sick or hurt, that sort of thing.

[At least. That is the simpler way to explain it? Probably? Hiro figures some might not call it a nurse or doctor, but he tries to put it in a way that could hopefully be understood. He's realizing this might be trickier than he figured. With people from so many different places and times pulled in here.]

[peopleneedyou]

As he is right now, we're looking for electrical charge. We'll have to make adjustments since our technology isn't compatible with this world's, but that's not really a hard fix. Professor Turo has offered us his assistance.

Provide power how? [ He's curious what that means. ] You could say that. His function is to treat injuries using science and technology. Back home we wouldn't call that a healer, but a doctor or a nurse. He has none of the magical healing that I've seen someone use since arriving here.

un: latentpower

[latentpower]

[Gohan comes from a world where technology like this was fairly commonplace, so he won't have a grandiose reaction like some.

But he's never seen one quite like this...]

Is that... an inflatable android?

[peopleneedyou]

[ It's nice to meet others where technology is common, mostly because that means he can ask them about things. ]

I'd say he's more of an inflatable robot than an android.

Text; id: sunsetking

[sunsetking]

…That’s a walking marshmallow.

video;

[peopleneedyou]

[ Tadashi laughs. ]

You're not the first person to say that, and that means I've done it right.

video; id: brokenlight

[brokenlight]

[Here's the face of someone who looks absolutely in awe of Baymax.]

Baymax looks cool!

[though, what's....a personal healthcare companion?]

Oh, nice to see you again, Tadashi! And nice to meet you, Hiro!

[peopleneedyou]

[ Tadashi definitely has a proud inventor face on. ]

Thanks, Ven. [ At the same time, Baymax chimes in: ] I am not running my cooling system.

You settling in okay?

[video: hasapoint]

[hasapoint]

[Lashan squints at the little screen. She can sort of fit robots into her understanding of the world but thinks she might be wrong.]

That's a construct? You kids made it? ...Him?

video; un: baymaxing

[baymaxing]

Construct? He's a robot. Machinery that's been programmed. He takes care of people. Helps if they are sick or hurt. Tadashi made him. I can probably answer some questions. But really you probably want to ask him.

[Hiro says, as Baymax behind him gives a wave to Lashan and says hello.]