George was nervous to be on stage. It had been four years since he and Timmy had finished putting the Futuroid back together. Now, on George's nineteenth birthday, he would be on the biggest stage in the world, unveiling the Futuroid for the world to see. His assistant, Kelly, was on the stage right now, announcing to the crowd how Timmy and George were some of the youngest inventors of the modern age.
After five minutes of Kelly announcing things and George being anxious, Kelly finally called George and Timmy to the stage. They walked out, nervously smiling and waving at the crowd.
"Wow," George said. "It is so cool to be here. I feel like I need to pinch myself." The crowd laughed.
"When George and I started this project seven years ago, we didn't think it would come close to this far," Timmy said after the crowd had quieted back down.
"My uncle created a prototype version of the Futuroid before he passed away. We were able to refine it and make it easier to use. If it weren't for my uncle's work, Timmy and I wouldn't be standing here right now," George told the crowd.
"Well, without further ado, the invention that we spent forever making... The Futuroid!" Timmy said,
The crowd cheered as a curtain drew back to reveal a blue futuroid, sitting on a podium. A close-up shot of multicolored Futuroids moved across the screen in the background. George walked up and took the Futuroid out of the clear box it had been sitting in, and held it up to the crowd.
"This invention," said Timmy, "is the next generation of photographing technology." George handed the Futuroid to him.
"We created the Futuroid so that you can see into the future," George said. "At only $100 apiece, the Futuroid is the cheapest future-graphing machine on the market. It will revolutionize the photograph in ways that seem impossible. With the Futuroid and its special Pic-To-Be photo paper, the camera will show you a photo from the future with you in that exact same position."
"The camera will show a picture of the object from a minimum of one year in the future. Just turn the year-dial on the Futuroid to the date you want, then snap!" Timmy explained. A man in a black suit came from the left side of the stage, holding a flowerpot in his hand. Timmy aimed the camera at the flower and took a photo, and a few seconds later, a small white sheet of paper shot out of the slot in the front of the camera. Timmy grabbed the paper and shook it so that it could develop. When it did, he showed it to the crowd, and then held it up to one of the cameras recording their presentation. The picture that appeared on the screen behind them was a wilted flower in the very same pot. The crowd was in awe at the picture. Cheers immediately erupted from the crowd as the two men bowed and left the stage, happy about their reveal. They made their way backstage, excited their invention's reveal went so well. They quickly got ready to go back to their hotel.
