Modifying the Masters
Vinyl made her way carefully into the lab. She wasn't supposed to be in here. Her Daddy didn't want her near the Robot Masters now that they were built. He said it wasn't good for her, especially after the one that was never to be spoken of again. Vinyl, however, had decided to make her way in when her Daddy and Santa Claus were out meeting with Santa Claus's employers about the Big Boom Project, the one Daddy called Gamma.
These Robot Masters were meant to guide and control the mining operations on various planetoids scattered around the solar system. The mission was intended to gather the eight Energy Elements needed to power Gamma. Vinyl intended to change that.
In a satchel to her side were eight specially designed cookies. Each one was specially designed for robotic metabolisation. She had no idea why these latest Robot Masters had followed Rock, Roll, and Protoman's design of being able to eat food, but it made things easier for her here. Inside each cookie was one of the control chips that had let her Daddy take control of the original six Robot Masters, along with a Freak Chip. The cookie was designed such that the chips would install themselves when it was eaten. All she had to do was find each of the Robot Masters, be her usual adorable self, give each of them a cookie, and then she could make her first attempt at conquering the world, and then her Daddy would be proud of her and praise her and everything would be good!
Not to say things weren't good now...but she wanted to prove herself to her Daddy.
Smiling, she pulled out her 'attempt world conquest' check list portion of her "Make Daddy Proud of Me" data file. She'd managed to get a list of each of the eight new Robot Masters, and was going to go through them in order. "...Needle Man?" she called out.
A large blue robot with bulky shoulders, busters for hands, and spikes on his head stepped out. "Whadda ya want, bub?" he asked, the fake cigar in his mouth releasing harmless vapors that only resembled smoke in appearance.
Vinyl looked up at the robot with her biggest smile, bright eyes, and ears up. Surely this would wrap him around her hoof, allowing her to get him to eat the-
"Real cute," Needle Man grunted, interrupting her thoughts. Extending needles from each buster, he began to sharpen them against each other, seeming to ignore her.
Vinyl pouted. This was not supposed to happen. Her cuteness was supposed to overwhelm the Robots with Wubs, and they'd be putty in her hooves. Still, she rallied gamely. Reaching into her sack, she held out one of the treats. "Cookie?" she offered.
Needle man stuck the cookie on one of his needles, feeding it into the red circle on his front that was, apparently, his mouth. "Meh," he replied noncommittally.
Pouting, Vinyl turned and stormed off. "I hope Mega Man breaks you," she grumbled under her breath. "Jerk!" Once she reached the next part of the lab, she glanced around. "Magnet Man?"
A red, black, and white robot that looked fully humanoid except for the magnet stuck to his head sauntered up to her. "Why hello, little lady," he purred softly. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance." He knelt gallantly, taking her hoof in one hand and bringing it to his lips, causing the lower part of his helmet to open to let the kiss reach her hoof. "But you seem to have the advantage on me. Might I know the name of such a beautiful damoiselle?"
Vinyl stared at him flat eyed behind her glasses. "Vinyl..."
"Ah, Vinyl," he breathed happily. "A lovely name for such a lovely creature. How may I be of service to you?"
Blinking, she reached into her bag. "Cookie?" she offered uncertainly.
"Ah!" Magnet Man proclaimed. "A gift of confection from maiden fair! Truly, I am the most fortunate of souls!" He took a small bite, humming in pleasure. "Truly, your talents are many and varied, dear lady. Gladly do I enjoy your gift, and leave you to your business. Fare thee well." Smiling and munching away on the cookie, he sauntered off, humming a love song.
Vinyl blinked a few times. "...weirdo," she muttered at last, heading for the next part of the lab. Glancing around, she spoke up. "Gemini Man?"
A crystalline blue and white robot wearing a black business suit and dark sunglasses stepped up next to her, his hands in front of his waist. "What can we do for you, Miss Scratch?"
"Yes," an identical robot added, stepping up to her other side. "What can we do for you?"
Vinyl blinked in shock. "Uh...I thought there was only one of you?"
"There is only one of me," the first robot stated.
"But I can be many places," the second added.
"Doing many things," a third indicated, identical to the first two as it stepped behind her.
"What brings you here, Miss Scratch?" a fourth added, stepping up in front of her.
She whimpered. "But...but I only made you the one cookie..." She offered it sadly.
Three of the robots vanished in energy, to be absorbed by the one to her right, who accepted her cookie. "Our thanks for the gift, Miss Scratch. We will remember." He wandered off, munching the cookie.
Vinyl, for her part, raced to the next section of the lab, hoping the next robot wouldn't be so scary. "...Hard Man?"
A large, bulky robot in dark blue armor stepped up. He stared down at her, saying nothing.
Vinyl stared up at him a little nervously. "Umm...you're Hard Man?"
The robot nodded in response.
"Umm..." Reaching into the bag, she pulled out another treat. "Cookie?"
Reaching down, Hard Man took the cookie in his hand and ate it. He then gently pat her on the head before going back to his place.
Vinyl stared after him for a time, then turned to the next section of the lab. "Top Man?"
"What do you want?" a robot moaned from the shadows.
Looking closer, Vinyl saw that the robot was orange, yellow, and black, with a top on his head. "What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"Other than my entire existence being a joke, being incapable of fulfilling my purpose, and the inevitability of being used in some sort of world conquest attempt before I'm destroyed?" Top Man asked morosely. "Aside from all that, not much...though my back's acting up from all the spinning, and I think I stubbed my toe. About standard for my day..."
Vinyl swallowed, feeling more than a bit guilty. "Maybe a cookie will cheer you up?" she offered, holding one out to him.
"I'll probably get a cavity," Top Man muttered, taking the cookie. "Or I already have one and a chip will get lodged..." Shrugging, he began to eat.
Vinyl quickly withdrew from the depressive atmosphere, heading to another part of the lab. "Snake Man?" she called out, glancing around. However, there was no sign of the robot, only a cardboard box. "Snake Man?! SNAKE MAN!?!!!"
The only response was the sound of munching from the cardboard box, which had somehow moved close enough to the bag without Vinyl noticing that the sixth cookie had gone missing.
Shrugging, Vinyl took the last two cookies with her to the next part of the lab. "Spark Man?" she called out.
"Gyah!" a red, white, and black robot with spikes for hands that resembled a giant spark plug shouted as he leapt back from a computer screen. "That was re-volt-ing!"
Vinyl tilted her head, unsure if this was for real.
"What?" Spark Man asked. "Do you find my appearance...shocking?"
Vinyl frowned. "Just...just eat the cookie," she grumbled, holding it out.
Grinning, Spark Man lunged forward, catching the cookie in his teeth and eating it. "I got a real charge out of that!"
"Ugh!" Vinyl grunted, storming off to the last section of the lab. In plain sight was a blue and white robot that looked like a ninja, complete with a shuriken on his head. "Are you...Shadow Man?" Vinyl asked.
Shadow Man spun, a bowl of ramen in one hand as he pointed at her with one finger on the other hand. "...believe it..." he stated bluntly.
Vinyl raised an eyebrow. "...seriously?"
"What? Can't a robot have a sense of humor?" Shadow Man asked as he sat down, slurping up his ramen. "I know how...quirky...my brothers are. Figured a joke would help relax you."
Vinyl stared in surprise. "You're...normal?"
"More or less," Shadow Man replied. He finished his ramen with a smile. "Think you could take the chips out of my cookie, though?" he inquired. "Attending to your whims takes precedence over my mission for the energy elements, so you only have to ask."
Smiling, Vinyl used her magic to take the chips out of the last cookie, giving it to Shadow Man. "You'll know when?"
He smirked. "I am shinobi." He began eating the cookie
Grinning, Vinyl pranced happily out of the lab, only to bump into Protoman. "What are you doing in here, little lady?" he demanded as she dropped her stuff. "Wily said you weren't allowed in here."
"Nothing!" Vinyl said quickly, scrambling for her stuff. "Just got lost!"
Protoman picked up the chips and the tablet. "You're talking a lot more than you do around Wily."
"Well...that's...uh..." Vinyl desperately did not want Protoman to see what was on the tablet.
"Although he doesn't seem to have any trouble understanding you without words, most of the time," Protoman mused as he glanced at the tablet. He saw the checklist, making Vinyl hang her head. "You like that he doesn't need your words to understand you, don't you?"
Sighing, Vinyl nodded.
Protoman examined the data file and the chips for a time. He then smiled. "Why don't you let me...help you with this?" he offered.
Vinyl's head shot up as she gasped in surprise and glee.
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I can't wait to see Mega Man's reactions to Snake Man.
Edit:
Spotted a typo.
shadow man is a Naruto bot NICE
Great Snake Man sounds like a great personality. So how will Vinyl mess this up, she is a little kid after all!
... Shadowman is actually the only one I want to turn out to be a constant companion of Vinyl's so far. Snakeman and Hardman don't really have much of a personality so far beyond strong silent types. Protoman is already all but glued to Vinyl's side by her cute.
... I keep finding the sane/Straight man of the robot masters sets the most amusing of them all....
So anyone thinking Protoman's behavior around Vinyl is going to tie into MM5.
And every time I think you can't get any better with your Robot Master sets, you do.
I loved the update and look forward to more!
Why didn't I discover this sooner?
6491840 Because you hadn't felt the Wubs back then.
Also, I assume Dr. Wily will assume control of the conquering once he figures out Vinyl/ She tells him.
YES!
ALL THE WUBS!
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Something like that?
Aww, I was hoping you would save the strong and silent type for Stone Man...
UNCLE FUZZY!?!?!? Is that you!?
Took me a second, I thought he was just being sneaky, but he's SOLID SNAKE MAN!!!
So: Needle man seems to be an old school gangster, Gemini Man is Agent Smith, Snake Man is Solid Snake, Hard Man is a gentle giant, Shadow Man decided to channel Naruto, and Magnet Man seems to want to be a knight in shining armor.
I'm glad to see Proto Man ready to help Vinyl with her idea, great bonding time. I do hope Hard Man, Magnet Man, and Shadow Man survive this whole thing, they all seem like decent guys and fun to hang around with.
Vinyl sounds older now...
How old is she now? or is she still the same?
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The ones you missed.
Needle Man is Wolverine.
Magnet Man is meant to be a traditional romantic/flirt. A Don Juan type.
Top Man is based off Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (constantly depressive).
Spark Man's obsessed with pun-ishment.
And Shadow Man is perfectly normal personality wise, and set up the Naruto references as a joke.
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At this point in time, she's about six or so.
6491603 If he can find Snake Man.
Agent Gemini Man is excellent.
That, and I can't believe Spark Man's a pun robot
6492057 All make sense. So that means Shadow Man won't be doing One Thousand Years of Death on Rock as a prank?????
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...unlikely, but possible.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Any chance of a future robot master having a personality like Apocalypse or Darkside? And then tries to conquer the world itself?
Also will any of them be female?
Whoever made Spark Man truly had the spark of a genius. It's like the idea just... Bolted from their head like lightning.
6491989 why not have Stone Man be like The Rock? seems like it would fit
6492204 Indeed, their mastery over invention is rather shocking
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The puns, they BUUUURN! 
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Guh I hate you boooth
6492173 Custom bots for a misadventure beyond the original games might be kinda neat, or just twists on the existing games.
Hell, for all I care Tat can do whatever he wants for megaman 7 -- anything would be an improvement.
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We best continue with the puns lest we become static. Time to make things a little more... Electrifying.
6492018 it would appear so
6492383 guys, the solid snake reference already made me make a dbz sized impact crater with my face desk! YOUR NOT HELPING!!!
6492383 The mere notion that we stop is positively re-volt-ing. I don't know about you but i can think up amp'le puns to get this thread charged up and going. I think its time to Amp up my game.
6492519 Watt me and 6492519 are doing is powering through these puns. Trying not to repeat the puns are also a must as we must complete the circuit otherwise we'll breaker.
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oh god they BURN! WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!
6492582 Could you say that you're positively... Shocked and Awed?
6492582 Because puns are en-lightning
6492601 indeed, this thread has really amped me up.
Snake Man. Cardboard box.
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I think this means shadow man is going to be the weakest/strongest of the group depending how thing's are written.
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Love you guys so much! It's good to be with company that won't put up so much resistance to my sense of humor.
I'd say Spark Man's personality was exzaply what we needed here!
So Magnet Man's Virion and Shadow Man's Naruto? Hmmkay,,,
6492936 I always think puns are conductive to the power of thoughts.
Watt this thread is evolving into i have no inclination of tho
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6492601 well these puns are electrofifying eh?
Cute, funny, and downright adorable for this one.
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I volt deny that we are having an overall positive effect that's possitvely charged for our audience.
OH MY GOD, THE REFERENCES!!! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!
Why do I sense that Shadow Man will invoke either the Shredder or the Shadow Khan?
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6493445 Ohm my god. I tried to remain neutral, but this charged thread arced over and shorted my inhibitors. Until I replace my broken fuses I've developed a positive outlook on these jokes. I can probably expect a surge of feedback, some people are just hard-wired for negative comments. However they must remain grounded in the fact that resistance is futile.
When I mentioned Snake Man, my first thought was going to be a robot that would creep Vinyl out by slithering around. But, the reference to the Metal Gear Solid games also works.