17. [video]

[ifightfor]

[Video! And...that's...that's not Rinzler. Except the kid's got circuit-patterns on his skin where Rinzler would and a scar and hexagonal pupils and the same total lack of affect and he's in Rinzler's room so logically...

He's also keeping the communicator pointed so he's only visible from the shoulders up because WHERE ARE HIS CLOTHES.]

«This is

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[hopeless_hacker]

[What. Whaaat.]

....Rinzler?

Strikes readable, lol.

[ifightfor]

[TOSHIKO. MOM.]

Yes.

I'm small.

[hopeless_hacker]

I'll...see about clothes. Did the outfit you were wearing when it happened not....adjust?

[ifightfor]

No.

Everyone can see me.

[He is so incredibly upset about this you do not even.]

[result_of_war]

[lol what, you're a weird looking twelve year old, Rinzler.]

How tall are you? [Relevant, someone might have clothes you can borrow.]

[ifightfor]

[well you're a weird looking everything ALL THE TIME, HEERO. ;_;

There's some shuffling around while Rinzler does some stuff with chalk and then turns the camera to the wall to show he's marked off his new height relative to the floor. Four foot nothing or thereabouts.]

[result_of_war]

[Hey, green tanktops and spandex shorts are BEAUTIFUL :C

He nods once. You're still about a foot shorter than him, but that might not be an issue.] I've probably got something that could work.

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[ifightfor]

[The video feed goes off because AUGH EVERYONE CAN SEE HIM.]

Fine.

Quickly?

[ourlastbesthope]

[Oh brobot...]

Stupid? I won't argue that.

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[ifightfor]

And terrible.

[He is the most unhappy.]

Query: Affected?

Text.

[ourlastbesthope]

Yes.

I'm at least three times my usual age.

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[systmadmin]

Yes. It is. [It's more than stupid. But at least this time his hands are usable.]

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[ifightfor]

Query: CLU affected?

SO STUPID.

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[systmadmin]

[After a lengthyyy delay.]

Yes.

[...]

In the same way.

Text.

[ifightfor]

[...Rinzler is not sure whether this is fantastic or horrible.]

Query: |

Suggestions?

[no_fastolfe]

[She's never seen him without his helmet, but she can recognize circuitry like some kind of positronic zebra]

JA307020? Rinzler?

[Oh Space it's tiny. She can't handle tiny. Other people can handle the tiny, can't they? At least she isn't a bird this time. But there's a typing tiny.]

Text.

[ifightfor]

[If text can be pouty, this text is pouty. THE POUTIEST.]

Yes.

Text.

[no_fastolfe]

[Text. She can do text. Admittedly; it takes a while as she writes and rewrites and tries to pair her thoughts down.]

You seem to have regressed.
Is a youth state natural for programs of your type?

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[ifightfor]

No.

That's why this is STUPID.

Programs are written at the |

[What's the word he's looking for.]

physical age they appear. "Aging" is a User ... thing.

[He's losing vocabulary. WHY IS HE LOSING VOCABULARY. auuugh stupid flood stupid stupid stupid]