entrancelogs | everything's better with robots; closed

Who: Clint Barton, Leo Fitz, and Peter Parker
Where: Clint's shooting range
When: January 10th
Rating: PG
Summary: It's cute that Clint likes to build things out of wood, but we're in the 21st century now and we have robots for that.
The Story:

[Fitz is still mostly unsure that this is something he'd like to support. He's placed a blanket ban on assisting the Avengers since his previous work order system dissolved. There's no point in providing a service to a group of liars and traitors. But Agent Barton seemed to be a lone voice of reason in the lions' den. He's appease the request, if only to give young Parker some practical busywork in his field of interest. This should be more than enough to keep him from poking around in Fitz's Memory or Dimensional projects.

For now, he's out here thinking out loud, occasionally scribbling notes into a pad.]

It's wasteful and dangerous to have people reclaim their own arrows, especially if you're training the particularly unskilled. If we irrigate between lanes, I can configure a power grid to support a retrieval system.

Parker, if you had to choose between travel-time automation and an on-demand user interface, which would be easier for you to handle?

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[Peter sits up on a fence. He's close enough that he can peek at what Fitz is scribbling with a quiet but focused interest, trying to absorb every little bit of what's being written. He sort of wants to see Clint shoot since he's really damn good at it, and Peter's never fired an arrow in his life.]

Never done either before but probably the user interface. [He's never done anything like this before. Sure, he's made his own web shooters, repaired whatever was around, understood biological equations that took his father years to put together, but- This is all kinds of new. He's going to have to learn a lot regardless of which he chooses.] Yeah, getting an arrow to the knee while you're trying to get your own arrows would put a big old damper in training time.

This way nobody gets hurt. ...assuming everybody shoots straight. Also, it's really cool. [to have an automatic system like that.]

[ Clint is leaning back on one of the wooden chairs he'd hauled out there, balancing perfectly on just one leg while twirling a spare arrow around in his fingers. No one besides him was out there for practice so it was the perfect time to maybe get his arrow fetching robots. Robyn had volunteered her dog to fetch arrows but robots wouldn't get hurt if someone shot them...

...unless they were sentient or had feelings but he wasn't about to relive another intron debacle. ]

These are going to be non-coming to life and trying to take over the mansion robots right? Because I'd rather not repeat the last time I had to fight robots, with a bow and arrow.

[ Look there wasn't a lot he could lend to science talk. ]

[Fitz rolls his eyes at the question. Laypersons.] Sentient robotics require a level of artificial intelligence beyond the scope of what you need done. It would be a thorough waste of time to design something with feelings about retrieving poorly-aimed weaponry. [Perhaps Barton needs the conversation taken down a level.] Think more in terms of the device that collects pins at a bowling alley.

[That's what the uneducated masses do instead of being productive with their free time, right? They go bowling? He glances back to Parker for confirmation.]

[Peter facepalms briefly, sliding a hand over his face, before he looks at Fitz with what can only be described as a wince even as he nods. Yes, people bowl, Fitz. It's a thing people do...... He clears his throat.]

They'll have just the one automatic function programmed in, and it's the main function they're programmed for. They just wouldn't be capable of it.

[Assuming mansion magic doesn't take over them and cause trouble, but that's a possibility with anything. He looks over curious at Clint.] How'd you fight robots with a bow and arrow? [Cause that sounds bad ass]

You aim for the "eyes" or the joints. Explosive arrows are you friend when it comes to robots. [ He's still asking himself how he fought robots with a bow and arrow. ] besides, say what you want about the guy but Stark made arrows get the job done.

So bowling alley arrow retrievers. I can work with that. What about the arrows that don't hit their intended targets and go out if he range?

Yes, Tony Stark is quite good at demolition.

[It's half-mumbled, but uttered nonetheless. He looks up at Barton to explain the technical side of things.]

The arrows are already constructed with allows that do not occur naturally in this area. A scouting unit programmed to detect for it isn't likely to do harm.

[He might also be addressing Clint as one might explain numbers to an infant. Really, don't American schools teach anything at all??]

[Peter lets a soft thoughtful noise out. Eyes. Or Joints. THat's good to know. He's yet to really fight robots, but he figures it's only a matter of time.]

They'll be able to gather the arrows wherever they go, because they'll detect their trajectory and then follow that trajectory to retrieve the arrow.

So that shouldn't be a problem. Are there any extra functions we can add in? Like... target replacement when those targets have been full up of arrows or destroyed? Not that I'm trying to get ahead of myself.

[Given he's never done anything like this before. Ahem.]

[ Clint is used to the science types at SHIELD talking at him like he's a small child, he just lets it go like he used to, he was smart enough to know not to get on their bad sides. ]

Sounds good. Target replacement would be excellent. Whatever you two think would work here, I'm leaving it in your capable hands. [ Also because he has no idea what they can do. ] Go wild.

[Fitz's attention shoots to Parker, eyes widening in delight. Look at the little intern, having ideas and brimming with creativity already? He's so proud.]

And you've no other concerns about a potential mechanical uprising?

[Because he's going to recount each and every one to his lab partner later, with full meathead impressions and his best American drawl.]

[Peter would bask at the approval if he wasn't half a second away from facepalming again. He clears his throat, trying his best to smooth over everything since it's important to have good working relationships with people, both awesome super fighting people and amazing science-y people. He's trying to straddle the line between both since he could definitely use the advice and help of... both groups.]

I'm sure that we've assuaged his concerns plenty if he's giving us free reign. Can't exactly blame someone for being worried about it if that's your primary experience with robots in the past, and you don't exactly know us super well so it's smart to be distrustful.

[ Rude Fitz. But Clint shoots him a grin. ]

Would you believe that I do trust you?

[ He also shoots Peter a grin. ] Thanks kid. Just do what you guys think is best. We should make you a target to practice shooting those webs with.

everything's better with robots; closed

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Sorry! Thought I had this tracked but I didn't D:

NEVER BE SORRY we are here for you

we totally are /gathers up

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