[Antonio Martinez]

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[attr="class","really"] [attr="class","exhausted"]Rebel without a Heart [attr="class","rhythm"] Previously in Fight For Justice: Defunct Hero Ironheart, Antonio Martinez in a fight to recharge his energy found himself being headhunted by the In'ei Hero Agency.  Diego Ibarra tested the rampaging robot ex-hero, and being pleased with the results he and the other members incapacitated Antonio and took him to an interrogation cell in a currently undisclosed location.  Upon recovering, Antonio finds himself offered an ultimatum: Go to jail as a Criminal, or become a Deep Cover agent on behalf of In'ei... After having stopped that disaster, Antonio was completely thrown off by the vibes of Diego shifting from what seemed like an aggro thug to an almost passive observer.  So much so that he was caught off guard and found a shot ringing out, piercing his skin with an armor piercing round and injecting him with a sedative.  He lost track of his surroundings and found him waking up inside of a simple room, facing some old codger that was probably double his own age and- Wait, Antonio knew of this codger.  Way back in the day as a hero, even though he was a local American hero he was forcibly made aware of other agencies thanks to his science team.  Truthseeker- wait, he was talking..........  Correction, Truthteller, that was his name!  Leader of Bansho, old as piss hero agency located in Japan.  Somehow got older looking than he did more than a decade and a half ago! Antonio was still pretty groggy especially with how his mind was wandering, but slowly and surely waking up the entire time with his muscles feeling weird.  He still felt energized, but his muscles still felt pretty sedated thanks to their stunt.  Starting to replay what he was hearing and catching up to the old man's current statements, the rowdy robot was directed towards Manticora's presence who was also working on behalf of this... In'ei?  Never heard of it. But then the ultimatum came.  Either get locked up as a criminal, or join as a Deep Cover Criminal agent on their behalf and rejoin hero society.  Just agree and he would be able to be in the good graces of hero societies?  Just like that.  It was just so easy, heck a good part of Antonio desperately wanted nothing more than to do good. "Just like that?  Leave a robot rushting in the rain for a decade, and I can come back into the toy box good assh new?" His voice despite the slurring, rumbled with a deep resentment that was heating up his cold words.  "What kind of idiot do you take me for!?" Standing up from his seat, he'd slam his knee into the table that he had been sitting at and, with an extended kick, donkey kicked the furniture at the nearby wall.  A loud metallic clang echoed within this room, as Antonio stood at his full height to look down on Truthteller.  He was still cuffed from behind, but he wouldn't hesitate to act out in frustration. "I've lost my reputation, I've lost my friends, I've lost the remaining family I had, I lost out on the only career that could give me a chance to continue living normally.  I gave everything I had and more, and instead of talking to me like a person, you made me play your game and then you have the nerve to threaten me after all that?"  Antonio laid a good generalization of his own life story to him and what happened during their test.  Antonio stood as he could feel his chest rise and fall with each breath, as he countered with, "Honestly it might be the smarter idea to throw me in the slammer, then the government will finally be forced to come up with some solution to help me out.  Even if its just a cable up my ass or some bullshit to feed me electricity." "I'm not gonna play your game Truther," he would then kick the chair behind him backwards, with the sound of metal on floor grating as he plopped himself on the floor and immediately crossed his legs to sit.  "What do I get out of your offer?  Sure, I get freedom, but I still got a broken ticker.  I'll still get hunted down by Government Dogs worrying about the costs of energy, which I need to live.  And if I'm caught, I bet you're gonna throw some of that classic 'We have no ties to this criminal' -ish that is common in movies with this kind of plot." So many years of dejection, rejection, hatred, frustration, fear, bargaining, denying, desperation was bubbling out of in a fury that was just on the cusp of going completely off the rail.  Because this felt like a slap in the face after all that he had done, after all that he had sacrificed, and after all that time... "Old man.  If you got something, then please, let me hear it.  Otherwise throw me in the slammer and I can finally legally siphon energy from the government."  Truthteller would very much find no truths in all of this.  Heck, this wasn't even Antonio even trying to be coy about his own truth or tell the truth for the sake of it.  He'd have said this to whomever was representing In'ei before him, as the heartless robot wore his heart on his sleeve. No games, no bullshit, just pure and honest conversation. (tagged)⏤ Diego Ibarra

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[Diego Ibarra]

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heart of steel

stand and fight live by your heart

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While Truthteller would wait quietly to hear Antonio out, Diego found himself getting more and more irritated. He was indebted to Truthteller and all of Bansho/In'ei; they had stopped him from falling completely into darkness and understood his struggle. It gave him consistent work and a consistent place to live, and it let him watch over the whole reason he even gave up his old life.[break][break]

"What do YOU get out of it?" Diego took steps forward, clearly letting his anger get the best of him. "You get to do what you set out to do! You get to help people, protect them from what they can't understand and make the world a safer place. You think the real villains out there aren't making plans or have agents placed to try and take us all out?" He'd take another step forward his with the anger only increasing. "If you don't have the stones to do something like this and would rather sit in jail than help the innocent then right here, right now I'll kick your ass all ove-"[break][break]

"That's enough." Truthteller spoke quietly yet firmly. "I understand your frustration, both of you. The hero system, like everything, has its flaws. In'ei is not just to support the people but the people apart of it too." He'd turn to Antonio "I didn't agree with what happened to you when it did and I still don't. Assuming you join us, you will have everything taken care of including energy supplies." He'd give a nod to a person outside of the room that would disable the handcuffs on Antonio. "The goal of In'ei isn't to work for us forever. Everyone eventually retires and we look out for our own." [break][break]

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[Antonio Martinez]

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[attr="class","really"] [attr="class","exhausted"]What Your Heroes can do... [attr="class","rhythm"] Having unbottled these emotions that had been building up for a decade, Antonio would find himself switching his focus onto Diego who seemed to be rather angered by the words of the Tin Man.  Diego definitely felt the loyalty to In'ei and saw the benefit towards the greater good being the end all be all, and yet it was doing very little to persuade Antonio.  "I DID AND DIED FOR IT.   I've been on Life Support for the past decade-  Oh alright, I can kick your ass even with my hands tied behind my ba-" Antonio got into a yelling match with Diego, just as Truthteller would speak up telling the both of them that it was enough.  The large man would turn his gaze upon the grizzled man and listened to him share condolences.  It was all too easy to claim that he didn't agree with what happened, and promised that everything will be taken care of.  Including energy. At least Antonio seemed a bit calmer, especially as the handcuffs would unlink and clatter to the floor.  The man would rub his own wrists whilst hearing this man claim that they were to look out for their own.  His eye twitched upon remembering his partner who worked tirelessly to make him a new heart, only for it to blow up in her face in the most literal sense.  "Then what are your plans of assisting me?" Antonio would walk over to the chair he kicked away, dragging it over before sitting back in it again, "What resources do you have at your disposal that can take a city-level energy drain?  What level of aid are you going to give this broken ticker?  Because I can't help others if I'm at risk to drop dead in the middle of the field if I run out of power."  He turned his gaze over to Diego, a mixture of defeat and frustration filling his visage.  After all, becoming a Super Robot Hero was one of his biggest dreams as a kid, to wow and impress all the kids of the world and do the right thing.  He still wanted to do good, but the man had a huge mistrust of the hero system at large, let alone the organizations working underneath said system... (tagged)⏤ Diego Ibarra,

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