» 001 [hologram→video] [note: all threads encrypted after-the-fact 3 hours after Tron's arrival]

[double_discs]

[A hologram of a newcomer in full light-weight body armor appears on the network as the person in question fiddles curiously with the device on his wrist. The lighted circuitry adoring the man's body stands out in the shadows of the building the program has set himself in while he messes with the stubborn device. After a moment he seems to adapt to

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video

[theuserabides]

Tron?

[Utter. Shock.]

video

[double_discs]

[He visually stiffens as he stares down at the video of the familiar presence. Young, old, it didn't matter. He knew that User no matter what.

He doesn't answer. Can't.]

video

[theuserabides]

[Flynn's too shaken to encrypt. Tron is long derezzed, his memory a comfort and a torment at the same time. But it's hard to argue with one's own eyes, and Flynn's eyes are telling him something is wrong with his old friend.]

Identify, program.

[C'mon man, snap out of it.]

video

[double_discs]

[He is silent for a long time--fighting over what answer to give--before he replies quietly.]

...Tron.

hologram;

[alaspooryork]

[Those lighted tracks on the armor are really neat, if completely impractical for stealth. So have a little eight-inch hologram dude popping up.]

According to the terminology of those who appear similar to yourself, yes.

Greetings! I am Intelligence Program Delta. Welcome to Sacrosanct.

video;

[double_discs]

[Little does Delta know that Tron can change that and run in stealth mode. When he's on official System Security business.]

Acknowledged.

Inquiry: Hypatia. System Administrator of System: Sacrosanct?

hologram;

[alaspooryork]

[See, that's far more practical. Now if only the shield generators in MJOLNIR would do the same.]

Affirmative. She appears to have multiple subroutines to handle many potential situations.

video;

[double_discs]

[Unfortunately, he hardly ever does it because it's not really his style. And he doesn't exactly go invisible.]

Understood.

Your purpose?

Video

[traceurmonitor]

[When it comes to other arrivals from the Grid, Anon is too hopeful. Because he knows that armor. And that voice.
His own voice is quiet, the static in it rising in a question.]

Tron...?

[Please. Please be him.]

Video

[double_discs]

[There is nothing but a soft rumbling in reply before the security program replies in a near whisper.]

...Confirmed.

Video

[traceurmonitor]

[He shifts forward slightly, perking and lighting brightening up. Anon is so happy to see you, and it's been... so long. He tries to come up with something amazing to say. The best he manages is-]

Greetings, Program. Welcome to Sacrosanct.

Video

[double_discs]

[Tron lifts his head slightly as those words trigger old memories from deep within his stored files. He nods once.]

Greetings. System Monitor, new beta class. Correct?

[video] derp, sorry!

[theshirtlessiso]

Got it in one.

Just warning you now, though: it's not actually as great as the Arjians said it was gonna be.

[Here, Tron. Have a snarky ISO to make your transition worse better.]

[video] /pats

[double_discs]

Arjians.

[Give him a moment to process.]

Not heard that term in cycles. Gone.

[video]

[theshirtlessiso]

[Well, that throws Gibson off his stride a little.]

... you're kidding, right? Because, uh. No. They aren't.

[video]

[double_discs]

Negative. Deleted.

> audio

[infectthegrid]

[Laughing. A lot of laughing.]

> audio

[double_discs]

Identify.

> audio

[infectthegrid]

Don't remember?

> audio

[double_discs]

Identify.