» 001 [hologram→video] [note: all threads encrypted after-the-fact 3 hours after Tron's arrival]

[double_discs]

[A hologram of a newcomer in full light-weight body armor appears on the network as the person in question fiddles curiously with the device on his wrist. The lighted circuitry adoring the man's body stands out in the shadows of the building the program has set himself in while he messes with the stubborn device. After a moment he seems to adapt to

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[voice][vocal selection: JOE HOWARD]

[allshock_notalk]

Greetings.

User: Joe Howard.
Primary operation: Communications officer.

What can I do for you? I imagine you have received an immense amount of data at this time.

[voice]

[double_discs]

Yes. A lot to process. [He's not even sure what's next to inquire. He's already overloading with the input.]

[voice]

[allshock_notalk]

I imagine so.

Inform me if you require anything else. Your designation is Tron; is that correct?

[voice]

[double_discs]

Correct. [Unless your CLU in which case it's Rinzler. ;;]

video

[bastione]

[ Well, he recognizes those lights by now. ]

[ quietly, ]

What did you imagine?

video

[double_discs]

[He hesitates a long time before answering. His old self had plenty of imagination but his new self never bothered--couldn't be bothered with such a thing. That was for CLU.

So instead of giving a straight answer he finds an alternative route.] The Arjians believed it to be a wondrous place. Beautiful, peaceful. A place for deities. [If he knew the term 'heaven' he would use that here.]

video

[bastione]

Deities.

[ ALL THE REGRET IN THE WORLD IN THAT SINGLE WORD. ]

Those who built this place were nowhere near the perfection implied in the term 'deity.' But... this place was once beautiful and peaceful.

video

[double_discs]

The Users were declared false deities. Their world was classified as imperfect.

...I do not know what this is. [He doesn't know what to call it: beautiful, or imperfect.]