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4.04: Time for some thrilling heroics.

Jul 02, 2007 18:31

The Mainframe populace go about their business as usual, if disturbingly cheerfully. The air is filled with cars and zipboards, not CPUs and tanks.

Everything's quiet, more or less.

Of course, given the group that's just coming in from Milliways, that's not liable to last long.

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Team Cure nofileext July 15 2007, 23:32:13 UTC

Members: Enzo Matrix, Oracle, Bruck, Kitt Knight, Maid Marian, Hack, Frisket
Objective: Administer the infection cure to as many sprites as possible, starting with the senior command staff of the Principal Office. Hopefully they shouldn't put up too much of a fight, right? ...Right?

Re: Team Cure a1enzo July 16 2007, 04:32:39 UTC

Enzo beckons his team leftward from the house and down the block. This street is currently empty, praise the User. "I think they'll be at the Principal Office. ...Hang on." He pulls up and looks down at Frisket, galloping alongside. "Can you find 'em, Frisket?"

Frisket sniffs at the ground and sneezes. There's too much virus-scent all over everything; he can't pick out anything else. He looks up at Enzo and whines.

Enzo scratches Frisket behind the ears. "That's okay, boy. They're prob'ly there." And if not, well, they'll keep looking 'til they find them.

Re: Team Cure mandercommander July 16 2007, 17:22:06 UTC

Bruck is alongside Enzo. He's...still getting used to the zip board, and probably making for just a little bit of comedy in the process. "Which way to the Principal Office?"

Re: Team Cure hack_slash_bots July 16 2007, 18:19:05 UTC

"It's thatta way." The bot pipes up, pointing over to a large spherical structure in the distance than you really... can't miss.

Re: Team Cure a1enzo July 16 2007, 20:19:12 UTC

He leads the way hubward, sticking to side streets as much as possible without sacrificing speed. Eventually, however, they have to choice but to emerge into a major thoroughfare.

Enzo pulls up short. There are dozens of binomes around, running errands or just strolling, all of them laced with green. They all look eerily happy. Some of them are singing as they go, slightly disturbing songs in which the Word figures prominently. One spots Enzo and waves.

They have to get to the sprites, they're the ones who can really help, but they can't just leave everyone like this.

"Guys?" Enzo murmurs. "Fan out. Cure everyone you can. I'll go to the PO. You can meet me there."

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 16 2007, 20:48:04 UTC

"Will do." Oracle spins her zip board off to the right with, perhaps, a bit more of a flourish than necessary. She swoops down the street stopping to administer the anti-virus to binomes along the way. It's just a quick hit and run, she knows they're in too much of a hurry to stop and chat.

Re: Team Cure nofileext July 17 2007, 02:27:15 UTC

On one of the hovering islands that make up Floating Point Park, an overweight 1 in a white-and-gold jumpsuit is standing on a bandstand, delivering to a screaming audience an elaborate rendition of something that sounds peculiarly like 'Amazing Grace'.

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 17 2007, 13:19:36 UTC

Oracle resist the urge to cover her ears, and instead starts at the back of the crowd with cure distribution. With each binome she cures she gives a quick explanation about how to spread it so that each cured binome moves to cure others in turn.

Re: Team Cure nofileext July 17 2007, 13:44:54 UTC

The performer trails off and ceases his gyrating as he notices the change in the crowd's activity. "Hey now, hey now, what'sthisallabout?"

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 17 2007, 13:51:03 UTC

Oracle shakes her head and grins before calling out, "I've got a present for you. Do you want it?"

Re: Team Cure nofileext July 17 2007, 14:13:39 UTC

"Well, thankyuhverymuch," says the binome, although with a bit of a frown because her timing could have been better. "What kind of a present?"

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 17 2007, 14:28:51 UTC

"It'll be easier if I just show you." She smiles as she approaches the stage.

Re: Team Cure nofileext July 17 2007, 15:21:48 UTC

The binome, ever the showman, nods and beckons her up onto the stage. "Ladies an' gennelmen, a big hand for the li'l lady!" (Says a binome of an apparent sprite.)

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 18 2007, 03:14:16 UTC

With a brief bow and a flourish, Oracle launches herself into a graceful somersault onto the stage (laughing as she does so). Once she lands on the stage she offers another bow and then steps close enough to the binome to transfer the Cure code.

Re: Team Cure nofileext July 18 2007, 05:21:11 UTC

The musician shakes himself, habitually adding a bit of hip motion. "Pshew! Much obliged, ma'am." The audience claps and cheers, partly for Oracle's deed and partly for the light show.

"That virus done got under all our skins," the binome continues. "Y'want me to set my army of devoted fans on her? Just say th' word."

Re: Team Cure twiceahero July 18 2007, 15:02:40 UTC

"You're very welcome," Oracle nods. "And I think the best thing all of you can do is work to spread the Cure. You know what it was like, I'm sure you don't want anyone to be stuck like that longer than they have to.

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