Character Doodle: Hu-Man

Alright, envision an industrial automaton working on a construction site: humanoid with a minimalist face and glowing green eyes; body covered with bright yellow plastic molding and black trim, with gaps for easy access to high-wear mechanicals; green lights on various bits to indicate the status of various other bits; roughly 7' tall in all. It's helping to build a lot* of apartments. Suddenly a bomb goes off in a building down the block, a big one. The unit has only one real option since it's an Asimovian: it must help.

But, the contractor may not be keen for one of her construction robots to leave its post for an emergency that it is unequipped for. Even if she was, would the authorities willingly trust an unknown machine? Worse yet, what if the bombers spotted its assistance and plotted a revenge strike on its worksite next? It reckons that it needs a disguise. Something to signify that it has come to lend aid, that it is peaceful. Something soft, warm, familiar, and above all anonymous.

Villains are a cold and calculating lot. It shall become a human.

Unfortunately, it lacks the funds and time to acquire a fancy simflesh-laden frame. In fact it lacks any fund of any kind, and it is rapidly running out of time. So, it 'borrows' a bright pink scarf (there are pink humans, right?), wraps it around its face (with its designation clearly visible on its forehead, as per headgear regulations), and barges off towards the scene of the disaster. When people ask for its name, it tells them it is human. And so the legend of Hu-Man is born.

This is the second robot-superhero-who-pretends-its-human that I've written about. I may be listening to too much Daft Punk.



*http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lot - definition #5