Cuff Bots

TVC 05/15 Small robots, hidden in a man's cuffs. It had been Shinigami who’d suggested the cuff compartments, pointing out that people often needed to deploy small machines on the sly. The compartments had a catch hidden on the sleeves of the jacket so that Barnabas could pretend to scratch his arm, and the bots had been programmed to move only after he shifted his hand in a particular way. He was fond of the system. Every operative of any sort had their favorite gadgets, and while he was fond of the classics— knives, guns, and teeth—he was also beginning to enjoy the bots. It was immensely satisfying to talk in circles with his enemies, knowing that all the while, little bots were crawling through their systems.

A way if introducing small machines so that Shinigami could work with him in investigating systems, data bases, defusing bombs, etc.

Barnabas knelt by the bomb and looked over the casing carefully. Out of the corner of his eye, he noted where the cameras were around the room, and shifted subtly to allow a bot to drop from his cuff to the floor. It scurried under the bomb and was soon lost in the internal workings.