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Somehow I'll be Strong

Oct 20, 2011 12:09

Who: QUORRA. also you
What: She has returned!
Where: Grid Arcade
When: doesn't matter? can be backtracked or forwardskipped to avoid clashes with Flynn's Labyrinth post
Warnings: some baby blues

( I know every mile will be worth my while )

kevin flynn (creator_man), tron (alan1_tron), anon (voiceless_anon), quorra (isouserfriendly), !open

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voiceless_anon October 20 2011, 21:43:54 UTC

Perhaps this route back wasn't exactly the quickest or the shortest, but Anon detoured via the Arcade anyway. It seemed that some User or Program popped up every other millicycle, now. Best to keep an eye on the place.

And the detour paid off today as well. Quorra - one of the Quorras - stood outside the Arcade, looking different from the appearance he was familiar with. It wasn't just the clothes, which had puzzled him for a minute until he looked past to the familiar face, but the peculiar distension of her lower torso. What in the User world could have caused that?

Leaping from his bike - the city version that replaced the spare he'd given to one of the Trons - Anon somersaulted in mid-air, caught and clipped the baton to his leg in mid-air, and then dived into a forward roll. He came up on his feet less than a body length from Quorra, helmet tilted slightly up in pleased surprise.

[OOC: Lora has sort-of explained about the fact that new Users are created small, and that they take a while to appear, so Anon won't be ( ... )

isouserfriendly October 21 2011, 20:19:04 UTC

"Anon!" A huge smile lit up her face, her eyes bright with pleasure at seeing her old friend again. "It's so good to see you!"

He looked just the same as before, not that she'd really expected anything to change, but it was still nice to know that even while her whole world was spinning crazily off its axis that there was still some comfort in the familiarity of friendship.

So of course, Anon would be getting a hug from her. She wasn't really huge by this point yet, so the embrace was only slightly awkward because of that.

voiceless_anon October 22 2011, 18:28:09 UTC

Anon hugged Quorra back carefully, not sure what to make of her alteration in shape but glad to see her again. Releasing her, he stepped back a little and laid a gentle hand on her stomach. He looked down at her face, curiously cocking his head to one side.

Those clothes were strange. This close, he could see the lack of circuitry on them - and the odd blue lines on her skin. He'd never seen dual-colored circuits on a program before.

isouserfriendly October 23 2011, 03:25:28 UTC

She laughed quietly and smiled at him, covering his hand on her belly with one of her own for a moment. "I'm going to have a baby," she explained. "This is how Users are made. There's a tiny User growing inside of me."

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alan1_tron October 21 2011, 07:03:15 UTC

Tron was on patrol. It had to be done, this was what he was designed for. Programmed for. He walked through the streets of the city, keeping a close eye out for any suspicious behaviour or any program acting strangely. Anything could trigger off another attack so he wasn't taking any chances. Another right turn and he was walking past the Arcade.

His eyes drifted up to the ever present orange sign. The glow illuminating the blackness above. Why did Flynn chose orange? He never got the chance to ask that. Or would he? Time was an odd thing.

A few more searched above the rooftops, his eyes going everywhere like a hawk when he saw her. Quorra. Or a Quorra. She was just outside the Arcade doors. Tron stopped and smiled slightly. He walked towards her calmly, slowly.

"Greetings, program. Are you lost?" He asked her slowly. He didn't know if she were a newly rezzed or not.

[OOC: Tron has no idea what a baby is so prepared for him to be a bit o_O]

creator_man October 22 2011, 07:28:41 UTC

Flynn was trying to put his mind together after all that had happened recently, what was still happening. So he had taken to meditating on a rooftop. Quieter and yet connected, there.

He saw her during one of his breathing and stretch breaks, and his face spread into a slow smile filled with wonder.

"Quorra." His call down to her wasn't insistent, but loud enough for her to stop and notice if she wasn't headed somewhere for a specific task.

isouserfriendly October 23 2011, 03:36:21 UTC

The familiar voice, the one she'd been dying to hear, and she turned immediately at it. A bright smile spread across her face and she was so close to just vaulting herself up onto the rooftop to join him before she recalled her condition and thought better of it.

"Flynn!"

creator_man October 23 2011, 14:37:45 UTC

Flynn smiled down at her. "Stay right there. Unless you're in a hurry somewhere, of course."

And he headed down without waiting for her response, quick and careful.

The last thing any of them needed was him to fall down and create even MORE worry inside the Grid.

But he was going fast, anyway.

isouserfriendly October 23 2011, 18:59:48 UTC

"Nope, I was looking for you," Quorra shot back with a grin. She'd fallen into the User style of speech already, thanks mostly to long-term exposure to Sam.

"I have a lot to tell you."

She waited patiently for him, mildly impressed with his speed. After all, he was getting up there in age, wasn't he? Age was still a complex thing to her, but she was starting to understand it better.

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