Boy Robot - A Video Log

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

OOC: Instead of a written journal or online journal, Mike is doing a video log of his life. So this is going to be mostly solo RP. Also note there will be guest stars here and they are done by their players.

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Video Log Index

• Log 1
• Log 2

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike turned the video camera on, turning it around so it got his face. "So, I've been in this strange town...for about.." he thinks a moment. "Seven months I think, shortly after my birthday. Of course when I got here, stuff just didn't go right. My father lied about everything dealing with my grandfather. My grandfather is alive somewhere, I'm sure of it, can't find him of course. Well...hope he is still alive anyway. Zombies...vampires. It's a screwed up town. Though I did find a cousin I didn't know I had."

"But...enough talk of the town." Mike said, turning the camera to focus on tons of bits and parts of computers, nuts and bolts, and other items. He knelt down, there were two half made robots there, one far more complex than the other. "My main robot still needs a lot of work." he said, before turning the camera on the more simple looking one. "This is my bait robot. That one is for my experiments with the zombies. Shouldn't be too much longer since it doesn't need to do much. Move around, make noise. Not to say it might get smashed so it certainly doesn't need to be fancy."

He stood up and moved away, turning the camera back onto himself. "Other news to catch up on. People in my life include Alex Freeman, he's an old man that I trade names with and such. We helped protect this little girl named Snow, well, she's scary...don't think she needs protection other than making sure she doesn't get bitten by vampires. Always safer in numbers." he said.

Mike moved the camera around. "Yeah, still mostly homeless. I have places I can crash but I stash my stuff here." he said, turning it back to him again. "Well, I need to go out and find some more parts. So that's it for Boy Robot log one." he turns it off.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike had fashioned a camera small enough to stay on his shoulder so he could go hands-free. He had his other camera off because of being at the bank. He sold some of the things he had found on the ground. He had just put the money in the bank when he blacked out.

He overheard some talk, "Don Jr! You are not being smart! You going to be losing your memories if you stay there!" he heard Snow say.

Someone's voice he didn't know said hello, then Windy said hello. The sound of Snow kicking Windy for talking to the person, Windy growled at the girl. They were there keeping him safe. They thought it was the Earthquake that had done this to him.

Mike finally opened his eyes, and saw plenty of people around him. "Don't think it was the Earthquake..." he stated, rubbing his neck. He had been bitten, that was for sure. He had felt drained and he must have stumbled off the steps and that's how he ended up on the ground.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

This went unfinished but I'll do the best I can to finish this.

Video Time Stamp 7/15/2012

Mike focuses the camera on the table of items, a lot of cell phones, couple of DVD players. "This won't do. I need computer parts." he said, frowning. He had a lot of projects he was working on and he had to find the parts for them.

Snow pounces in hanging off of Setne's arm. "Robot Boy..."

Setne sighs as he's kicked in the ribs some from the hanging child. "Hey Mike"

Snow kicks him "Hey his name is Robot Boy or Don Jr."

Setne "Hey Don jr..." he grins
Turns and looks at Snow, "Milady... it is ever so rude to be killing your tracker and herb finder... that is better something left to Lord Windy do you not think?"

Mike pointed the camera towards them. Watching the girl hang off the large man. "Hi Snow, Tiny.." he said, moving the camera around. "Where is Windy?" he said.

"Over here.." Anemoi said as he was sitting back, sharpening his dagger. "And I'm her body guard, wouldn't be wise to to kill me off either."

In the end, Snow had wanted new dresses and no one wanted to do that. Mike left with his camera and decided to try to find the girl some dresses. Of course he was poor, so he wasn't going to just buy them. He broke into some buildings for parts for his robots but he did know that there were some that had clothes.

He had gotten better at this, so when he found the right kind of building and went inside, he went to the nearest locked door. He looked it over, he couldn't risk trying to get into that one. He hurried off to the next one, he had switched to hands free camera even though he really shouldn't be filming the fact he was breaking the law. He would delete it later. He pushed open the door and looked around, it was exactly what he was looking for, clothes. Some where male clothes. He stuffed some in his backpack, he could use some new clothes anyway. If they didn't work though, he could sale them. He spot some dresses and looked them over, way too big. Snow wouldn't fit in them. Finally after digging through some boxes, he found some dresses that might fit.

Mike quickly headed for the exit, only to be spotted by a guard down the hall.

"Hey stop there!"

Mike panicked and put the dress in front of him. "Oh don't mind me, I got lost...the front door was open after all."

"Should have been locked. I'll show you the way out missy." the guard said, the man must have needed glasses as Mike couldn't pass for a girl, at least he didn't think so. Once he got closer, Mike panicked again kicked the guard before fleeing for the door.

Mike made it back to the hideout, tossed the clothes aside and sulked in a corner. "Need to delete some stuff.." he muttered as he took the camera and plugged it into his laptop.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike turned the camera on, he held it out so it showed his face. "So I've heard something about magic humans. I really want to find one and talk to them. So I did have to have some help finding one so I'm off to talk to one now." he said. He turned the camera around, heading away from the bank and wondered off. He turned the camera up towards the sign that said Silks but didn't catch anything else about it. "Not sure what this building is."

He opened the door and went inside. He about dropped the camera and quickly turned it back to him. "Going to have to cut this short..." he said, turning it off and putting it in his backpack. He blushed, he had no idea that this was a strip club. "Great, I have to go after the pervert of the magic guys." he muttered. He tried to avoid looking around until he found one person out of place.

"Are you a sorcerer that I've heard about?" he asked. The man nodded, "I want to know more.." Mike added.

The troubling part was the quest he wanted, and the money. How did he know this man was real, he asked to be shown something that would decide it all for him.

In the end, Mike decided this was what he wanted to do. Magic and Science, he wanted to learn more and the only way he would be able to do that would be to become one himself. He set off on the quest, not bothering to update his video since he had to deal with wolves and then return but the guy was gone. He sighed and quickly got the hell out of the strip club.

He returned to the bank for awhile, until he was able to find another lead on someone who could teach him. He grabbed the cash he needed and hurried off.

Afterwards he found a spot away from others so he could focus, put he brought his camera back out. "Sorry, a lot has happened. Here's hoping I didn't waste my time and money." he got up, taking the camera with him. "I was told of the things I'd be able to do now. We shall see."

He looked up at the gate around the QZ, thinking on height. He soared through the air, over the wall. But on his landing on the other side, he landed right on a zombie. "Crap!" he ran off to a clear spot to jump back over. His heart was beating fast, as the shock wore off, his face broke out in a big grin. "That was awesome!" he said. "I know a certain paladin who will so jealous of what I just did. He goes over there a lot but I sure as hell don't." he said. He hurried off back to the bank.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike had been collecting parts and such for his robots, retiring to the cafe to do some hacking. He had fallen asleep but saw that another source code had sold. He couldn't use them. He wish he had better hacking programs.

He left the cafe, his eyes widened as he saw a group of cops.

A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, he opens fire and hits you in the leg.
A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, he opens fire ... but misses.
A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, she opens fire ... but misses.
A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, he opens fire and hits you in the shoulder.
A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, he opens fire and hits you in the leg.
A cop yells at you to freeze, and when you refuse, he opens fire and hits you in the shoulder.

Mike gasped and stumbled off. He went to the bank and fell over, this was not his day.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike focused the camera on his face. "So I haven't updated my vlog and a lot happened. So there's vampires, blood thieves, paladins and now sorcerer. Nimrod is a blood thief, he can use vampire blood and gain their powers. It really is rather interesting. And Windy, I mean Anemoi, he's a paladin. They are suppose to be geared to fighting vampires. Not that is why he became one." he said, rolling his eyes. "He has a very odd thinking on relationships, not that I'm an expert or anything but stalking a girl is not a good way to say hey I like you. Neither is trying to kill her but he hasn't been carted off to jail so she must not mind, she's a vampire after all and won't die permanently."

"So anyway, I'm the last one. A Sorcerer. If this was a video game, I'm support class. I can heal, it's really nice being able to help people which is why I joined the order. Windy has been apart of it for awhile but he never seemed thrilled with it. I know they are all against vampires, and I'm not. I know many nice vampires but there are a lot of bad vampires. I can see a fight against those, so I want to help those who are fighting."

He moved around the apartment. "I however won't help Windy. He really does earn any wounds from that blonde lady he bothers all the time."

"After class I've started to make rounds at the hospital. Well, I have to be careful not to be caught. One they don't take kindly to strange people walking around and bothering patients but if they found out I could heal, I would be studied like...well an alien." he said. He thought about the alien video he had. He shook his head.

He remembered seeing the same guy, different wounds, different times. He wondered if he was a paladin that was getting beaten up by vampires. It wasn't like he had ever asked to see all the marks so he wasn't sure what would be a common one that paladins have.

He turned the camera to his work station. "Working on another AI but I'm worried about it turning out like Mr. Hateful Ball of Rudeness." then turned it back to him.

"I heard that asshole."

Mike sighed, "Anyway, the code is somewhat done. Also working on a body. This one will have arms and legs, unlike you know who." he said, "Classes are going well, I fit right in with everyone else but I think I'm a bit ahead of some of the lessons."

"That's it for now. Robot Boy signing off." and he turned off the camera.

[Mike Barone (DELETED 2047)]

Mike focuses the camera on the African Gray Parrot that was sitting on top of its cage. "This is Sparks. He is an African Gray Parrot and my cousin Corrin gave him to me for my birthday. I named him Sparks because he always makes a sound like sizzling wires when I...well set something on fire by firing some wires...well the fire he says something different." he said, moving over the bird.

"To boldly go where.." Sparks said, and Mike cut it off by saying. "And he's Star Trek nut.." Mike said as the bird started to sing the theme song.

Mike sat down and pointed the camera to a robot that looked like a large Venus fly trap, its roots it could walk around, the vines it could move. It had eyes and a moving mouth. He did want to give it mean looking teeth but he wasn't sure if Nim would be scared of it then. "Having a hard time programming an AI that will fit Nim's mental state." he said with a sigh.

Sparks flew down to the ground, making himself bigger than Rude Robot and pushed it over.

"Damn birdbrain!" Rude Robot said.

"Rust bucket!" Sparks replied.

"Peabrain!"

"Yo'mama was a vacuum cleaner!"

"Yo'mama was a pigeon!"

Mike groaned, "And that's what I get to listen to a lot." he said, hitting his head on the desk. "To do list, a mute button for Rude Robot."

[Mike Barone]

Mike adjusted the strap of his backpack on his shoulder, staring at what used to be the base that a group of humans used to hang out at. But everyone was pretty much gone now...he rubbed at his eyes under his glasses. He had no idea what happened to any of them. His grandfather...

He pushed open the door, it creaked it protest. He dug out his flashlight, turning it on. He looked around, finding where he used to have a work station at. There was no sign that anyone had been here. He no longer had an apartment and he had asked Anemoi to store his stuff that had been there. Lucky for him the government hadn't figured out where he had lived at. Who knows what they would have done to his computer and robots. Or Tala...

He left the building, walking off to the nearest park and sat down. He took out his phone and started to record.

"Boy Robot reporting in, not so much a boy anymore....I've grown quite a bit since my last vlog. I'm finally back home....well I don't have a home but I'm back in the city. So much has changed. There's zombies in the streets now. Everyone I know is gone. Other than of course the vampires I know. Anemoi and Nimmy seem to still be around.

I hope Sparks and Tala are okay. I will have to find out where they are. As far as Rude, I'm sure he died in the storage unit. Not sure if I want to charge him though. I'll have to think about it. But anyway...let me tell you where I've been.."

[Mike Barone]

"Mr. Barone!"

Mike shot up, looking around at the his classmates who laughed then his professor who didn't seem happy. He rubbed his eyes. "Sorry professor." he said, picking up his coffee and took a long drink from it. He was the best robotics student here, why he got to be so angry. He spent the last week trying to finish a quest and now he was **** broke. Oh I'll teach you my ways for a damn high price.

As a university student of course money was issues. He hired himself out as tutor, and people paid for him to fix their computers. He needed a steady job as well. He heard Nim had a job with Alex, maybe she could use some help.

The bell rang, he gathered his things into his backpack. He went to leave when his professor stopped him. "Mike, you've been tired all week. What's going on with you? You working a few jobs?"

"Not exactly." Mike replied, "Been chasing mountain lions all week. Well, running away from mountain lions."

The professor blinked, staring at him. "Wait, what?"

"It's a Harper Rock thing." Mike said with a grin. "I'm not a vampire or anything but there's powered up humans to. Don't worry, I finished what I was doing. No more chasing the big cats."

"Oh,okay. Well, be careful out there." he went back to his desk, just a tad bit confused.

Mike left the room, he headed off campus to go to his apartment. On his way there, he got flashes of something happening a few blocks over. He blinked, was that a vision? Someone was going to get attacked by a zombie. He quickly ran towards where the vision took place. He looked around, where was it?

Then he heard a scream that pointed him in the right direction. He got there just in time to see the zombie knock the person down. He chi pushed it away, grabbing the girl by arm and pulled her to her feet. "Get out of here." he said, she quickly ran off. He turned to face the zombie again, sending a Sirocco Blast at it, it stumbled around while he took out his gun and shot it in the head.

He looked around for any more but the area was clear. He grinned, he was like a super hero. He frowned, well, more like a supporting character. He only had so many powers to work with that were useful. He sighed and headed home. Oh well, he still made a difference in someone's life.