This is a story collab. Obviously AU and borrowed from LGOE with her permission. Based on TRON but ties in with Zane.
A few hours previous, Borg Tower, New Ninjago City.
Status: testing phase 91/99
MCP: Fully functional, diagnostic OS being upgraded.
"What is it, Mr Borg?" Zane had inquired.
He moved to the front of it, looking it over in great detail. He scanned it but saw nothing remotely interesting from the device that was stood on four legs. He correctly surmised that this was only part of the machine, the rest was being controlled from another source. Typically, the one that Cyrus Borg was standing over and tinkering with.
"It is a matter manipulator, completely one of a kind. A prototype if you will." He smiled broadly and motioned Zane to join his side.
His fingers graced the keyless screen and Zane stared at the glass panel that seemed to come alive with the simplest of touches.
"This is certainly modern since when have you been into the creation of keyless control panels?"
"Since the Overlord," He smiled and pressed a final button as the odd machine whirred to life. "It was all in there, in his mind."
Zane frowned but kept his expression hidden from Cyrus. He just simply watched the restricted man as he travelled with ease across his office space.
"It was all in there, it was amazing, dark too, but incredibly amazing."
Zane shuddered, he didn't think himself capable but yet there it was. A feeling of unease making its way into his core components. PIXAL was offline for some odd reason, this didn't help in the slightest.
The nindroid watched curiously as Cyrus placed an inanimate object in front of the four-legged machine. It was a simple six-sided shape, one that could easily be calculated effectively once in the system. An equation that would not require too much in the way of internal memory. Besides, Cyrus had mentioned that the fewer servers he used the better. He had only reserved four from his large scale server farm, the rest were still being heavily used for his recreation of a newer and better functioning nindroid army.
"Stand back Zane," He said and smiled widely. "This will be bright." He warned and placed some protective eyewear, motioning Zane to do something similar to protect his liquid crystal eyes from destruction.
"I have tried this on many shapes now, the first was a circle, no sides you see. Easier to compute and reprogram into the system."
Zane was following, he wasn't entirely sure that this would be a good idea, but he was still entranced by it. Almost glued to the spot in fascination as he watched the mastermind work.
"You see, the item I place in its original form is 3D in quality. It simply transfers across without problem and reappears within minutes on my screen, exactly as it was in its original form."
He pressed the execute button and watched from afar. Zane dimmed his eyes, narrowing them to reduce any potential damage as the room was lit up like a Roman candle.
"The reason for the brightness?" Zane asked in confusion as his retinae began to vibrate.
"Ahh, yes. When light strikes an object, it scatters. It makes it easier for the matter manipulator to carry this code from there to here. Remarkable really."
"I see," Zane responded.
"Do you?" Cyrus bristled slightly.
"It is as if things appear differently, the item normally becomes brighter and more defined. But here Zane, here the light is changing the object's appearance. The light is coming off at different angles, with different colours, depending on how bright it is."
Zane cocked his head to the side and watched the large glass screen in front of Cyrus. There was only really one question whizzing around in his CPU, why?
"What are you expecting to happen with this device? Will it herald any advancements?"
Cyrus nodded happily. It was evident to Zane that the inventor and self-made millionaire knew that whatever he laid his hands on would be a definite success, eventually.
"What am I expecting? Hmm, this device could be one of two things maybe more. It may also be useful as an ultrafast camera to take images of chemical reactions or electrons as they move. I am still yet to find out what this is truly capable of."
"So, Zane, it is largely in its testing phase. Therefore meaning we still have many more things to test before we can even attempt to say that this is ready for unveiling. I still have some minor glitches on the master control panel to rectify before this will be ready, maybe a few more dummy runs."
"So in effect, this device is a digitising laser?"
"You are correct Zane, it sounds so much better and less intimidating than a matter manipulator. I have learnt that people do not really appreciate the term manipulate, it creates tension, a risk to them to change their ways."
Meh, I hate Grammarly and autocorrect