Victor Stone

Sometimes I think I am just a machine that believes it's a kid named Victor Stone.

[booyahxcyborg]

sonofabct​:

It was hard getting used to the kind of energy that Victor seemed to constantly put out. At first, it had been so irritating to listen to, but as Damian stood in that alleyway and heard the man call him ‘Little Wayne’, he found himself instead cracking the smallest of smiles. “Yeah, that had to have been it. We’ll just direct all the hate mail to you.” He remarked about Vic being a bad luck charm. A shake of his head and Damian tucked his hands into his pockets. “Not really up to anything. Wandering.” He answered simply. 

Vic looked at the kid in sarcastic shock, putting both his hands on his face and gasping at a comically loud volume. “Did Damian Wayne...just make a joke? And a funny one at that? Be still my beating robot heart, I do not believe it. Words cannot express my pride, young grasshopper.” He laughed, patting the guy on the shoulder gently and only for a second. “Wandering is good. Sometimes some fresh air is the most important thing in the world. How’re you holding up?”

[booyahxcyborg]

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Vic had spent a TON of time working on that car. Built the damn thing from scratch with spare parts, ingenuity, and his two goddamn hands. It had been a multiple year spanning passion project, and he was real proud of his work. It was a beauty. It was his child. He would do anything to keep it safe.

So, when he got the notification from the security system he installed in the car that someone had STOLEN it?! Oh, there was gonna be HELL to pay for some dumb sunovabitch. He had multiple trackers installed on the off chance someone managed to get through the security system and turn one off. So, he tracked the car across the city, finding it at a...cheesecake factory?!?! Someone was gonna eat cheesecake in his baby?!

The car was empty. He could easily just take it back and leave. But, noooo he had to see who had the audacity to take his car. 

When the person in question finally left the restaurant, Vic was leaning against the car waiting. “Sick ride you got there, bro. Where’d ya get it?” He was not hiding the anger in his voice. Not at all. 

[sonofabct]

“Stone?” Damian’s voice called out as the man stepped through the doorway of a small shop and out onto the sidewalk that evening. He hadn’t been entirely certain, but he had worked with the man on a small handful of missions back when he was younger and still getting used to the idea of teamwork. Victor Stone had been an interesting person at the time, if only because of the extensive cybernetics that made up his body. Over the years, Damian had only kept in minimal contact - as he had with others that made up the Titans crew - and that contact dwindled as he became more and more focused on his duties as Robin. “I wasn’t aware you were in the City.” He stated honestly. It had been a while since he checked his father’s files on who was and was not within Star City.

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[booyahxcyborg]

Vic would not say that he had gotten close to Damian, if anyone could even make that claim. Out of all of the batfamily except maybe Batman himself, Damian was the most guarded. Vic had tried, during his time on the Titans, to get him to loosen up, maybe enjoy himself once in a while, but he hadn’t been successful. He hadn’t expected to be, relaxation wasn’t in the kid’s DNA and he got that. He still wanted to be there for him, as he was for all his former teammates. And, after what he heard happened to (and because of) Damian, he felt like maybe he could use some support right now. Everyone screws up, and Vic didn’t judge the kid for it. And he deserved to hear it, at the very least. “Eyy, Little Wayne in the flesh! Good to see ya, man. Been in the city a few weeks now, since a little bit before the whole city lost it. Must be a bad luck charm,” he jokingly mused with a grin. “Whatcha up to?”

[kddvl]

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Eddie forwent Zach’s charm necklace that day. With it, he looked wholly human - save for the stark, white hair that hung about waist length if not tied up in some fashion. Without it, he looked like his usual devil self, and in that moment, he looked a little unusual as he sat in his favorite seat in his favorite cafe, the tick of the clock behind the counter deafening as he waited for a certain friend to show up after he’d sent out a message asking to meet up, to catch up - for old time’s sake. While Victor wasn’t late exactly, Eddie was simply too early. His nerves didn’t give him the satisfaction of taking it easy while he waited for an old team mate and friend; it had been too long.

When the man in question arrived, Eddie’s tail started to sway, quickly, in its own slower version of a wag. His ears lifted, too, perked towards Vic’s direction as he smiled big and lifted a red hand to wave. “Vic! Over here,” he called out; a white strand of hair fell out of place, but he tucked it back behind a pointed ear immediately. When the older Titan drew near, Eddie’s smile grew. “Dude, hi!”

[booyahxcyborg]

Vic had spent years of his life with the titans. His teammates were his family, no matter what. And family, although sometimes going their separate ways, would always be important to Vic. So it had meant a lot when Eddie had reached out to Vic. Vic considered himself the big brother of the team to Tim and Dick’s leadership role. He was often their second in command, and as such was responsible for a small amount of leadership. But most of all, he had tried to be a companion and friend to his teammates, make them comfortable and be there when they needed him. Even occasionally turning a blind eye to a few of their stunts or breach of the rules.

Victor laughed, patting Eddie on the shoulder as he approached. “Eddie, my man, it is good to see you! Looking good, brother. “How have you been doing, man? We have not talked as much as we should have. How long have you been in the city?”

[sgtbbarnes107]

@booyahxcyborg​

Their mission out at the detention center had gone as well as could be expected. No major hang-ups. All prisoners freed and relocated. He and Natasha had held up their end of the bargain and absconded with the files and information that had been kept there and destroyed them once they’d done so. The issue with his arm might not be related at all. He’d taken a few good hits, sure, and there had definitely been a bullet involved, but none of that was outside the realm of what the implant was capable of dealing with. It wasn’t so long ago that he’d needed Tony to do some basic repairs, too, and he didn’t want to have to repeat that again, especially while things were on pause with Steve. 

So, rather than deal with navigating the social aspect of asking anyone for help, he’d elected to try to deal with it himself. After the debriefing that followed everyone’s return from their respective missions, Bucky had hung around the League headquarters and taken off the implant once he thought everyone was gone. He had the repair kit from Shuri to do basic maintenance and had just started to take off individual panels when he heard footsteps. He set his jaw as he looked up and saw Cyborg. Well…there were worse people.

“Do you work on yours?” he asked him, laying down he tool in his right hand in favor of gesturing at Vic. “Your equipment?” Your body. He had much more going on than a single arm. 

[booyahxcyborg]

The mission had gone really smoothly, all things considered. At least on Vic’s end. His team hadn’t really encountered any trouble, and everyone had gotten in and out without anyone really noticing they were even there. Mission success, as far as he was concerned. And it felt good to be out there again. Doing good, again. He had also been surprised to see two other cyborgs on the team. It was...weird. He knew one of them, having met Nathan before, but the other...well, something in the look in his eye made Vic want to tread lightly. Just a bit. 

But, that didn’t mean they could avoid eachother forever. And, after the mission briefing, he had found him, working on something with his cybernetic arm. He seemed to be...not struggling, exactly, but something seemed to be up. And Vic, well he was literally part technology. So, he figured he’d walk over, see if he could lend a hand. Maybe get himself in the guy’s good graces.

“Yeah, man,” Vic spoke up with a grin. “I have a bit easier time with it, though. Tech sort of...speaks to me, I guess you could say. You having trouble with yours? I’d be more than happy to lend a hand with it. I know it can be a pain. Sometimes I need an extra pair of hands, just to get the places I can’t reach.”

[booyahxcyborg]

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Since hearing Dick was in the city, Vic had been meaning to visit him for forever. But, he had heard he was hurt and a lot of other stuff was going on, and then he got sidetracked with the League and his mission, and getting settled in, and it had just sort of...fallen to the side a bit. He felt bad about that, though, and now that the city was sort of calming down he felt now was as good a time as any to stop by, see the man who was like a brother to him for most of his formative years.

Grabbing up a pizza (their favorite from the Titans days,) he managed to figure out where Dick was staying and knocked on the door, hoping his arrival would be a pleasant surprise in a time where most surprises were anything but. 

“Hey man, it’s been way too long!” he smiled, happy to see his old friend once again. “I brought you a care package. From everything I’ve heard, sounds like ya need it.”

[booyahxcyborg]

so my idiot self is incapable of keeping track of things rn so to make my life a hundred times easier like this for a starter from Vic! If you have multiple muses please specify which in the comments! 

[booyahxcyborg]

fuegoxinfierno​:

Gabriel gawked at the sight of the man who approached the shop. Growing up, Robbie would let him sit on the couch and watch his favorite action shows on tv. Granted, there were the urges to climb back into his wheelchair to get a closer look at the action, but he would heed his brother’s words to stay put.

“You’re like a Power Ranger,” the teen quietly uttered before breaking into a grin. “That’s so cool.”

Robbie turned his attention when he heard Gabriel call out to him. In his sights, he would see the tall man standing right next to his brother, who appeared to be entranced by the sight of the man. A friendly grin followed as he made his way over, outstretching a hand towards the newcomer to the shop. 

“Hey, you here for the interview?” he asked. “I’m the shop owner, Roberto Reyes, but you can call me Robbie. I see you’ve met my little brother, Gabe. He’s my assistant so you’ll see him around a lot.”

Vic couldn’t help the small amount of nerves that flooded him as the young man stared at him, hoping he was thinking positive things and not being totally afraid of him. He had been denied jobs due to his appearance before, was pretty used to it, and silently in his mind he chalked this one up to be another lost cause before the kid spoke.

And once he did, all his nerves flooded away, replaced with a grin to match the young guy’s own. “You think so?” He chuckled lightly. “My favorite was always the black ranger. That cool of me to say, or is that regressive?” He joked. 

Vic turned his attention to the newcomer, older than his current conversation partner yet still very young. He also strongly resembled the young man he was talking to. Seeing that his hand was outstretched, he reached out to shake it, being careful to not squeeze too hard. 

“Yeah, man. Victor Stone,” he smiled. “Yeah, he’s cool. Guy like him around the shop, wonder what you even need me for.” He reached his hand out for a fist bump with Gabe before turning his attention fully to Robbie, antsy to get on with the interview. 

[booyahxcyborg]

kidcable​:

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A few days every week Nathan works at one of the local mechanic shops. It keeps his hands. busy and being partially cybernetic gives him the ability to take apart machines and put them back together effortlessly. It was like seeing all the parts and how they can connect to make something. It usually comes in handy when repairing his weapons but it applies to anything really.

He was wearing a white tank at the moment which means his entire cybernetic left arm is visible and the cybernetic shoulder attached to it. Metallic body parts stretching from his shoulder and down over that part of his chest to around his ribcage in that area to also cover his left shoulder blade. His left eye is also cybernetic but that’s not as noticeable. He wasn’t ashamed of it and is learning to embrace it more recently. He has only ever met one other person that looked like him, which was Bucky Barnes, but today he will meet another. He sets down the tools hearing someone speaking up.

Although when turning around Nathan sees someone that was also like him and feels less alone again. Someone else who would understand. “I thought that I was alone too but this is nicer — I have to agree with you, Victor. It’s nice to meet you. I’m Nathan Summers.”

Vic loved working on machines, cars in particular. Even before the accident, they had always spoken to him. Once he had gone through the procedure and ended up a cyborg he only fell more in love with them. It was like this thing that had always spoken to him could finally speak back, and the bond between him and machines really did feel like family. 

The first thing Vic noticed about the guy, after his metal arm, was the confidence with which he showed it off. Vic rarely left the house without almost his whole body covered. Sure, his face was half cybernetic, so people would see it anyway, but he liked to try to cover up as much of the cybernetics as possible. He admired that this kid could just...show them off without a care. He couldn’t even imagine. 

“Nice to meetcha, Nathan,” he smiled wide, offering his hand to shake. “So I guess us cyborgs are all drawn to machines, eh? Cars are my favorite, I love working on em. Built my own from scratch, actually, it’s my pride and joy. You feel a connection to machines, too?”

[fuegoxinfierno-deactivated20201]

Help Wanted || Robbie & Victor

@booyahxcyborg

With the business quickly gaining traction, Robbie knew he couldn’t run everything by himself. In addition to taking the phone calls and setting the appointments, he needed to pick up his brother from school, occasionally closing down the shop early to pick him up. If the shop intended to stay afloat, he needed a few extra hands to help him with the repairs.

He had put out the call with flyers as well as online postings on the local job boards. Though it had only been a day, he had arranged for a few interviews within the week. The first one was due to arrive within the next few minutes, as they had scheduled over email. 

The shop was already open at the time. Robbie shook the hand of his next customer before sending them off. He glanced over at his clipboard, scanning the notes he had taken upon first inspection of the convertible as well as the aforementioned customer’s complaints. 

“Hey Gabe,” he glanced over at his brother while he observed his notes. “Look out for the guy while I drop this off at the office real quick, okay?” Gabriel gave an affirmative thumbs up, which Robbie would return without a moment’s hesitation. He made haste towards the office to put away the paperwork. 

[booyahxcyborg]

Now that Vic was in Star City, he needed a job. Not just for the money, either. Vic was a person who enjoyed working, needed to have something to do with his time or he’d go crazy. In particular, he wanted a job dealing with cars. They were his passion, hell he even built one for scratch during his years away from hero work. So when he saw the job opening for a car repair shop in the city, he figured he might as well apply.

He was happy to hear back not too long after he applied, and after a short email correspondence they had arranged a time for the interview. It had been a while since Vic had been to a job interview, it all felt so...normal. Which was not par for the course in his life.

As he stepped foot in the shop, he was pretty impressed. Especially cause apparently the guy running the shop was doing it all by himself, up until this point. As he looked around, he saw a young man, probably in his late teens, and put on a warm smile. He knew his appearance was pretty intimidating, he was half man half machine, so he’d spent a long time working on how to make himself look as nonthreatening and approachable as possible. 

“Hey, man,” he spoke as he approached. “I’m here for the job interview, I’m Victor Stone, but call me Vic. You Robbie?”

[seawavcs]

There’s nothing better than reuniting with old teammates. Garth would always be look forward to seeing one of the other Titans because no matter what happens they’re like family. Now that more time would be spent on the surface, it was time to catch up with all of his friends that are also in the city.  

His lips stretch into the brightest grin when a familiar face approaches him — just the guy Garth was expecting. “Victor! It has been far too long! How have you been?” He exclaims while going in for a hug, not caring about the potential stares for standing in the middle of the sidewalk. “Now that I’m here we should have a movie night! I’m sure I’ve missed some good ones.”

[ @booyahxcyborg​ ]

[booyahxcyborg]

It had been a while since he’d really gotten to see any other Titans. He had kept in touch as best as he could, reaching out to see how everyone’s doing when he could, but some were easier to get in touch with than others. He missed the team, a lot. He was just a team player, he just loved being a part of something, a group of people. 

So, when he found out Garth was in the city, he absolutely had to reunite with the Atlantean. When the two had been teammates, Vic had taken it upon himself to teach the young man about the wonders of pop culture, frequently taking the other out to movies or just organizing movie nights at the tower. He embraced the other with a laugh, patting him on the back. “Good to see you, bro! It really has. I’m good, man. How bout you? What brings you to the city?” He nods in agreement, a grin growing on his face. “Hell yeah, bro, and I’m sure you have. I’m free, lets do it!”

[booyahxcyborg]

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There were occasions when Gar indeed get a little too excited. There were moments where a human body really just didn’t offer the enthusiasm he wanted to convey. And some moments, like the moment he opens his door and sees his best friend on the planet and off with pizza, make him lose all his cool. It was gone. Out the window, just like a garbled “HUH” of surprise slides out of his mouth. The next moment, a green squirrel monkey is launching itself at the guest while it shouts, “VIC HOLY CRAP DUDE!” 

Though he’s of course mindful of the pizza (he’s not a monster) hugs are definitely in order. The monkey clings on a moment before, remembering himself, he jumps off and lands once again as his human self, walking back into his apartment and holding the door for the other, all the while questions pouring from his mouth, “You didn’t tell me you were showing up! Consider me surprised. You got me, totally. What kinda pizza? Anyone else know you’re here? And what’re you ready to be absolutely destroyed playing??” his grin is undeniable, and literally anything that Gar had been worried about seemed to, for now, disappear with the arrival of Vic.

Vic couldn’t hold back the boisterous laugh that flooded out of him when he saw his friend’s reaction to his return. He knew it would be worthwhile to surprise him, just for this alone. He just wished he had been recording...He grinned as he hugged his squirrel monkey pal back, being careful with all the stuff he’s carrying (he’d probably weep if he dropped those pizzas) as he embraced the friend he hadn’t seen in far too long. 

“Whoa, man, one question at a time bro,” he chuckled, placing the pizzas down on a table. “Meat lovers for me, Vegetarian for you, of course. Nope, you’re the first one I talked to, although I’m trying to get in touch with the old gang as soon as possible. And Smash bros, as if that’s even a question. It’s been years, you think you can finally beat me? Time to put that to the test, Gar, and this ain’t one you’re gonna pass.” With a smirk, he quickly set up the game and chose his character, Donkey Kong, taking a second to swipe some pizza. 

[booyahxcyborg]

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Victor may have left the Titans after the ban went into effect, but they would always be his family. As such, he tried to keep in touch with them as much as he could. And, funnily enough, it seemed that all of his original teammates happened to be in the city he just moved in. It made sense, Star City was the hotbed for all sorts of hero controversy, and that attracted his fellow heroes like bait to a fish. 

After finally getting himself settled in, he made it his mission to get in touch with his old team. He may not be a titan anymore, but they were family. And he missed his family. A quick call to Kori to set everything up and here he was, grinning like an idiot as he was about to meet back up with one of his closest friends.

“Hey, girl!” he yelled out when he saw her approach. “It’s been too long! How’ve you been? How’s the city treatin ya? It’s so good to see you again.”

[booyahxcyborg]

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One of the things Vic missed most about the Titans was the camaraderie. The team atmosphere was so...unique. And he wouldn’t have changed it for the world. When the team disbanded, they all went their separate ways. He tried to keep in touch with the others when he could, but they all had lives. And the team breaking up had been...hard. 

It had been a while since he’d gotten to see Gar, way too long, and so when Vic moved to the city one of his first goals was to say hey to his old friend. That, and whoop his green butt at smash bros. They were important things. 

It didn’t take Vic a lot of work to track down where Gar was staying, and he showed up one day with a few pizzas in one hand and his switch case in another, big grin on his face. 

“Gar!” He said with a big smile. “It’s been way too long, man. Whadya say we bust open these pizzas and you show me if you’re still as bad at video games as you were all those years ago?”

[booyahxcyborg]

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Victor had been a hero for a while now, and had been involved in this whole world even longer. And yet, he’d never met someone...like him. Not really. He had just resigned himself to the fact he was alone in his situation, a lone cyborg in a world that he wasn’t sure he belonged in, even now.

And then, he walked into his new job, and came face to face with someone who caught his eye. Mostly due to the metal arm attached to his left side. Victor was...well, to be honest he didn’t know how he felt. But, he knew he had to say something. 

“Hey, man,” Vic spoke up, smiling pretty widely. “I gotta admit, I didn’t think there was anyone else out there like me...kinda nice to find out I was wrong. Victor Stone, what’s your name man?”