FILL: “Through a Diamond Sky” Part 7.1 (In progress) allronix1August 25 2011, 21:54:56 UTC
The disturbance was centered on an energy spring on the outskirts of the Iso settlement. The spring itself was in a craggy valley, surrounded by jagged, pixellated cliffs. Three Isos, white lines and black suits moving in a blur of motion, were battling a swarm of gridbugs. Gridbugs were literal system bugs - appearing as oversized green insects. The more the Grid was settled, the fewer places they could manifest. However, an infestation could be deadly to any Program unlucky enough to be caught unaware by a swarm.
Derezzing their cycles, Kevin and Tron pulled their disks and fell into the common attack pattern - back to back, moving almost in synch as their discs cut the air and sailed towards their opponents. This was almost routine for them, and the satisfying sizzle of the bugs de-rezzing into useless code never lost a bit of charm.
Two of the bugs tried to close in on them, using their greater size as an advantage. Tron ducked, rolled, and fired back with the disk, cutting off the front one's leg. Kevin's strategy was less straightforward. Racing between the monster's legs, he brought the disk up as a melee weapon and sliced it open, the creature giving a shriek before it shattered into voxels.
The stranded Isos, seeing as they now had some help, rallied themselves. Using the cliffs to gain a height advantage, they began sniping downwards at the bugs with their own disks. It wasn't long before the last bug was destroyed.
The three Isos hopped down from the cliffs and the larger of the two males approached them. “Thanks for the help.” He then got a look at who his rescuers were and gasped. “Creator? And...Oh, my.”
Kevin threw up his hands. “It's okay. We were in the sector.”
“We are looking for Shaddox,” Tron explained, taking off Shaddox's disk and activating the display so that the Isos could see the image. “Our scouts found his disk, but no trace of him.”
The Iso looked at his companions, but none of them had an answer to give them. “Well, I'm Herd. My companions are Charn and Kanna,” he said, indicating the other male and the female. “We haven't seen anyone else in this sector aside from that gang of Resource Hogs. We were trying to get away from them when we ran into those bugs.”
“Resource Hogs? Great,” Kevin grumbled. “Looks like we've got some suspects.”
“There have been skirmishes with them on and off since we came to the sector,” Kanna explained, folding her arms. “We realize that some of the Basics are uncomfortable with our presence...No disrespect intended, Champion.”
“None taken,” Tron explained. “It's an adjustment for all of us. And I'll fight for the right of all the Grid citizens to live peacefully.”
“We'll take you to our settlement. Maybe someone there knows what happened to your companion.”
“Thanks,” Kevin said. “And whatever you can tell us about the Resource Hogs on the way would be appreciated.”
Re: FILL: “Through a Diamond Sky” Part 7.1 (In progress) smiley_anonSeptember 7 2011, 09:25:36 UTC
All the Flynn related facepalm. His "look, it's awesome!" moment with Jordan fit him utterly. Yes, he is asking to get shot. Clu's listening in was a nice touch-and so much uneasy "awww" at the fact that he and Jordan seem to actually bond somewhat over Flynn's fail. It's both excellent and painful seeing Clu like this-not happy, but younger, well-meaning, and flexible enough to re-evaluate his bias. He's being all the potential... and then he goes down the other path instead.
The Flynn-Tron interactions were also great. Tron's excellence cannot be expressed. The open rundown of Flynn's early mistakes, his very clear explanation of exactly what the problem is with the ISOs and Basics. >.< Flynn has no excuse for not getting it. Flaily frustration moment when he goes thinking about how Tron is the best friend he's ever had. Flynn needs friendship lessons.
Oh, and so much awesome with the ISO bit. Especially the way they look to Tron instead of Flynn-'cause he's the one who's been here, helping them. The combat was shiny too, though I was mildly surprised to see Flynn so capable in a disk fight.
Re: FILL: “Through a Diamond Sky” Part 7.1 (In progress) allronix1September 7 2011, 10:07:30 UTC
Flynn - we love him to death and want to kick his ass at the same time. That's his charm.
Regarding the disk fight? Well, he did get basic training on the disk - part of that "standard, sub-standard training" Sark was gloating about. We also never got to see him at his peak. We got to see his first time in the system, where he was blundering his way from one mess to the next and doing an awesome job with said blundering...then, we see him as a broken mess that Sam literally has to drag back into action.
Portrayal of Jordan, BTW? Heavily based on the fact that Sam is more aggressive and direct than his dad thought of being. I also tried to think of the type who would be a good counterpoint to Kevin's crazy tendencies. She really must have been something - the timeline points to an extremely fast courtship, and when she was killed less than a couple years later, it seemed to send Kevin so far off the rails that he never recovered.
The disturbance was centered on an energy spring on the outskirts of the Iso settlement. The spring itself was in a craggy valley, surrounded by jagged, pixellated cliffs. Three Isos, white lines and black suits moving in a blur of motion, were battling a swarm of gridbugs. Gridbugs were literal system bugs - appearing as oversized green insects. The more the Grid was settled, the fewer places they could manifest. However, an infestation could be deadly to any Program unlucky enough to be caught unaware by a swarm.
Derezzing their cycles, Kevin and Tron pulled their disks and fell into the common attack pattern - back to back, moving almost in synch as their discs cut the air and sailed towards their opponents. This was almost routine for them, and the satisfying sizzle of the bugs de-rezzing into useless code never lost a bit of charm.
Two of the bugs tried to close in on them, using their greater size as an advantage. Tron ducked, rolled, and fired back with the disk, cutting off the front one's leg. Kevin's strategy was less straightforward. Racing between the monster's legs, he brought the disk up as a melee weapon and sliced it open, the creature giving a shriek before it shattered into voxels.
The stranded Isos, seeing as they now had some help, rallied themselves. Using the cliffs to gain a height advantage, they began sniping downwards at the bugs with their own disks. It wasn't long before the last bug was destroyed.
The three Isos hopped down from the cliffs and the larger of the two males approached them. “Thanks for the help.” He then got a look at who his rescuers were and gasped. “Creator? And...Oh, my.”
Kevin threw up his hands. “It's okay. We were in the sector.”
“We are looking for Shaddox,” Tron explained, taking off Shaddox's disk and activating the display so that the Isos could see the image. “Our scouts found his disk, but no trace of him.”
The Iso looked at his companions, but none of them had an answer to give them. “Well, I'm Herd. My companions are Charn and Kanna,” he said, indicating the other male and the female. “We haven't seen anyone else in this sector aside from that gang of Resource Hogs. We were trying to get away from them when we ran into those bugs.”
“Resource Hogs? Great,” Kevin grumbled. “Looks like we've got some suspects.”
“There have been skirmishes with them on and off since we came to the sector,” Kanna explained, folding her arms. “We realize that some of the Basics are uncomfortable with our presence...No disrespect intended, Champion.”
“None taken,” Tron explained. “It's an adjustment for all of us. And I'll fight for the right of all the Grid citizens to live peacefully.”
“We'll take you to our settlement. Maybe someone there knows what happened to your companion.”
“Thanks,” Kevin said. “And whatever you can tell us about the Resource Hogs on the way would be appreciated.”
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The Flynn-Tron interactions were also great. Tron's excellence cannot be expressed. The open rundown of Flynn's early mistakes, his very clear explanation of exactly what the problem is with the ISOs and Basics. >.< Flynn has no excuse for not getting it. Flaily frustration moment when he goes thinking about how Tron is the best friend he's ever had. Flynn needs friendship lessons.
Oh, and so much awesome with the ISO bit. Especially the way they look to Tron instead of Flynn-'cause he's the one who's been here, helping them. The combat was shiny too, though I was mildly surprised to see Flynn so capable in a disk fight.
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Regarding the disk fight? Well, he did get basic training on the disk - part of that "standard, sub-standard training" Sark was gloating about. We also never got to see him at his peak. We got to see his first time in the system, where he was blundering his way from one mess to the next and doing an awesome job with said blundering...then, we see him as a broken mess that Sam literally has to drag back into action.
Portrayal of Jordan, BTW? Heavily based on the fact that Sam is more aggressive and direct than his dad thought of being. I also tried to think of the type who would be a good counterpoint to Kevin's crazy tendencies. She really must have been something - the timeline points to an extremely fast courtship, and when she was killed less than a couple years later, it seemed to send Kevin so far off the rails that he never recovered.
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