☀ 01 ; Voice/ Video
[ The video kicks on to show one (1) scowling teenager with some of the brightest ginger hair you've probably ever seen. The camera is a little wobbly, pretty much just like any cellphone video when the operator has the thing turned around to point at him. He's got a blanket wrapped around his shoulders, and the dark circles under his eyes are
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Abort queries.
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Rectification unlikely. Users not functional solution.
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There's got to be someone, or something in this place that could help! I'm not saying you let them mess with you for kicks, but - wait, how did you get fixed up before?!
Remember? When we fought together, and there was the plane crash, and stuff? How did you get healed up then?
[ I R SO SMART, SEE? The hope in his voice is kind of sad. HE JUST WANTS TO HELP, BRO ]
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Previous weakness result of crash. Impact spread, general malfunction, misalignment. Repair unnecessary; system stability recovered in time.
Current injury intentional effect. Data missing, lines broken, specific function damage. New coding necessary to induce repair.
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Okay. So, you got some - er - missing bits. Could you, maybe, show somebody else how to fix it? Or at least help get your arm a little more functional?
[ Not to mention the fact Ichigo doesn't buy for one second that having your arm mangled like that doesn't hurt. He's sure Rinzler's got to be in terrible pain. ]
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Not my function. [He's not a recompiler. He doesn't have rewrite capability. And thing is? Rinzler doesn't even have read-access for his own disk.
He's not supposed to.
...and Ichigo, is Rinzler actually going to have to explain circuits to you? You see those glowy lines? He uses them. To feel. And stuff. See where they're all dead and dark? Yeah, not feeling much there anymore.]
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[ You might have to explain a little more about circuits, yeah. As far as Ichigo can tell, those things at like blood vessels, only without the blood. He's a simple creature, Rinzler ]
So I'm going to keep looking.
[ Because you're hurt, you're his friend, and he's annoying stubborn like that. ]
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He doesn't let his gaze drop. Doesn't slide it off to the side. But there's a moment where it looks like the program badly, badly wants to.]
Clu.
[Ichigo wanted to know what helped? How he was supposed to be fixed? That's how. Rinzler doesn't know if Clu's here-doubts it, really though he'll be trying to find out. But that's the big answer.]
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BUT...deep breath. Rinzler's just falling back on old habits, that's all. There's always a way to fix any problem, even if that way isn't easy, or not readily visible. ]
Clu's not here, either. And I refuse to believe that there's only one way to fix your arm, too.
I'm going to find another way. Because if this place is half as bad as it feels like, then wandering around with only one arm working is going to put a real damper on those badass ninja-skills.
When your arm is better, you can punch me with it if you want.
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(Error.)
His eyes do drop this time.]
Threats present. Will manage. [Or derezz, but he's not sitting around.]
Can hit you with other arm. [Was that a sense of humor?]
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[ ...HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE. Was...was that a joke?! Can't be. No way. It violates some fundamental law of the universe! Ichigo is just going to give you a stupid look while he tries to recover any sense of validation after you just broke his brain, Rinzler. ]
Um. Yeah. I guess you can if you really wanted to.
[ Headshake! Not getting side tracked here, nope. ]
A-Anyway, even if you don't think it's possible, or likely, or whatever I'm still not going to give up on helping you.
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But whatever personality Rinzler may or may not be growing, it doesn't preclude his continued stubbornness. The program's head jerks to the side, noise ticking out in low annoyance.]
No valid options. Network query unacceptable.
[Are you trying to broadcast his weakness? Next you'll be explaining to some user how he's a program and can be rewritten.]
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[ No, honest, he's not trying to broadcast any weaknesses! I mean, having a limp, lifeless arm isn't exactly inconspicuous, Rinzler. And for what it's worth he's trying to learn how to be a programmer JUST TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU, so there. ]
Are you okay otherwise, though? You never would eat around me, so I don't know if you do eat in the first place, or what you'd need as far as that went.
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Functional. [He glances away. There's no solution. He knows this. But Ichigo's not going to listen.]
Recharge through energy. [...which has been strange here.]
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Sooo...do you plug into wall sockets, and recharge or something? Or is there something you, like, eat?
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