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[yersmalltime]

[a frequency that hasn't been used in a month suddenly comes to life//the first sound it broascasts since going offline is a body falling through branches and crashing into the snow]

Nngh...

[a scuffle and a click indicates he has risen to one knee, gun drawn]

What is this? Where----?

[he reaches into his pocket for a radio, but his voice trails off

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[yeah_i_can_fly]

...To think I had lost a roommate. What blasphemy.

[yersmalltime]

[a pause of pleasant shock] That's Tony all right. Still the Pope in Rome, Tony. Only you can grant absolution for that. [chuckles] Long time no see.

...what happened here?

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[with obvious amusement] Well, I guess I better go perform the holy ritual of washing all the sins away. With alcohol.

It's been a little while. [pause] About a month or so. The most recent, and notable, event? The Warden's traipse through the compound as an unwitting pawn of destruction for the Keepers. They seem to be pretty... agitated. Exact cause? Unknown. Likely suspect? The Indigeo. --It's missing.

Anyway, you just missed all the fun...

[yersmalltime]

Sure did. [said grimly, running his hand on some nearby scorch marks] The Indigeo having legs is new to me though. I'm sure most of us took it for some program on the network.

...my old spot in Dor-Dyo. Is that still up for grabs?

[yeah_i_can_fly]

A computer system, yes. It being an AI was a 'best-bet' theory so--while there are none in my world with "legs" so to speak, I've contemplated it--it came as no real surprise that it was mobile. The fact that it suddenly began zipping around like a little light-bug? Yeah, okay, that was surprising... a little.

Yeah, there's plenty of room...