Times Are Changing [invite: hypno lol]

Walking down the street, Automa was putting his new, more organic energy source to the test. It was one of his first times out of the workshop and, to be quite frank, it was awful. He actually had to focus some of his energy on disguising his ki. On his powerful models that was just a built in feature, but now if he didn't he'd have the South City Police on him in seconds. Those guys were a bunch of meanies. Speaking of that, nobody was scared of him any more! In the past, whenever Automa would show up, people would run in terror while the heroes tried to stop him. Now they just gave him funny looks as he walked by. Other people even seemed fascinated by him, wondering if he was another one of Big Shot's totally awesome, super cool creations.

He wanted to give them something to fear but he just couldn't. Shadic and the other ki fighters were just substantially stronger than this newly built energy source. No, he'd have to get stronger before he could even think about challenging them. For now, laying low was his best option. The power core would gain energy over time, but at an alarmingly slow rate. More activity usually increased its power intake, so Automa tried to go for daily walks like an average person might.

Even though it was only his second official time out of the workshop, Automa wanted to try to see just how strong the energy source was. Maybe he could start causing mayhem without having to worry about being destroyed by a ki warrior of some sort. The robot stopped just before a wooded area, covered in trees and bushes and even a few animals scattered about. His glowing orange eyes picked out their targets before he raised his hand and fired a few ki blasts, burning the leaves off the trees and obliterating the bushes. His power spiked up, unable to be masked due to his use of ki.

"This whole training thing is more of a chore than anything. How could anybody find this enjoyable? I just want to kill things." He said aloud to himself, mostly testing his voice box to see if he installed it correctly. To any bystander, the shiny metallic frame of Automa could be an interesting sight, especially if it was their first encounter with him.