It seems that my Secret Santa knew I wanted my parents to be murdered!

Erm, well, okay, maybe not quite that but he knew that it was always a dream of mine to become the caped crusader. Since my secret santa was unwilling to part with his trust fund so I could start my own enterprise, he got me the next best thing: A DIY Batman kit with starter gadget!

Lucius Fox left a note:

"Mr. [NAME REDACTED],

Times are tough in this economy. We put our entire research division on this project and even had to cut back on health insurance, hourly pay (We managed to convince the government the R&D department consisted of entirely all wait staff so we could pay them less than minimum wage!) for our Post-Docs. Some of them stopped going home out of dedication to this project! A few of them grumbled about not being able to make rent or something but it was hard to hear over the loud hum of my Jacuzzi.

But I digress.

Our research division put their heart and soul into this little gadget. The budget ended up being about $5 million (laser light show jacuzzis don't build themselves) but if it ends up not working out well, we can always try to sell these to kids or the lowest bidder. But I'll leave the business decisions up to you, Mr. [NAME REDACTED].

Your pal,

Lucius Fox"

If I ever come across Magneto in a parallel universe cross-over, he is totally f***ed. Or maybe mildly annoyed. Actually, the EM fields his body could generate would probably toast all my equipment... Hmm. Well, time to get Mr. Fox back to the drawing board!

THANK YOU, SANTA!