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[notaluchador]

I think it's safe to say that useless inventions are part of the Jaime Reyes lifestyle. First it was the vacuum (which I hope Cafe Demois is enjoying!) and then it was the toaster that also boiled eggs (... the library can use it somehow. I'm sure of it)... and now

Comments

[ashadyguy]

Solar powered flashlight, huh? That sounds like it could actually be useful... as long as it can store energy until you need it, anyway.

Blue Beetle? Hmm... Well, it definitely sounds like a superhero name alright.

[notaluchador]

I think it can... but it just refuses to right now. So it's pretty high on the useless factor.

Oh yeah. I don't think we've ever talked much about my powers, have we? ... Guess I owe you some kind of explanation.

[ashadyguy]

Ouch... maybe not. At least we can use the vacuum at the Café.

Well, you know 'bout mine, so if you explained them now I think we'd finally be even.

[notaluchador]

Sure thing.

Can I meet you outside the Cafe in a few minutes? It kind of has to be seen to be believed.

Is Takeru a close friend?

[onwingsofhope]

. . . I like Super Roboman. Can I still call you that, Mr. Jaime?

Oh, most definitely! ♥

[notaluchador]

I won't stop you if you don't want to. Blue Beetle's just the "official" name, so to speak.

=D

[onwingsofhope]

Blue Beetle . . . You don't look much like a beetle when you're dressed like that, Mr. Jaime. But OK.

What's a scarab?

[notaluchador]

So I've heard. But I've got the technology from my predecessor, so I guess the name just goes along with it.

A scarab was an artifact in Ancient Egypt that looks like a beetle. If you want, you can see the one I've got sometime.

[chaos_squirrel]

Wow, I've never heard of a lot of the things you make. Blue Beetle? That's you? It sounds kind of cool!

[notaluchador]

You think so? It's a pretty cool alias, as far as these things go.

... Jeez, is it lame that I'm still excited about having a secret identity?

[deathly_origami]

I think your inventions are great, Jaime!

..."Super Roboman"? [This is the first Yomiko has heard of it, and it might just be causing her the corners of her mouth to turn up.]

[notaluchador]

Your vote of confidence is appreciated, but I think useless is pretty literal in this case.

It was my alias for a while. And by a while, I mean "pretty much as long as I've been on the island."

[deathly_origami]

You can't say that! You might not see an immediate need for what you've created, but you still put effort into it! And no effort is ultimately fruitless!

Super Roboman... I kind of like it! But "Blue Beetle"... it has something too! It's... rather dashing!

[notaluchador]

Heh. I hope that ends up being the case.

You think? I didn't come up with Blue Beetle, so I didn't have much of a say... but it's definitely a cool name.

/not sure how close of a friend Yuusei is, but he has mad hacking skillz anyway? 8D?

[weavingbonds]

You could probably make use of it.

... "Blue Beetle"?

Works for me!

[notaluchador]

Thanks, but I really doubt it.

... It's my superhero alias. Where I come from, nearly everyone has some kind of affiliation with caped crusaders straight out of comic books.

[weavingbonds]

Nothing's useless. Can it store the collected energy for later use?

... I see.

[notaluchador]

Not yet. Right now, it only works when it's daylight.