Enzo Fenton-Matrix

Matrix and AndrAIa'd had a long day earlier, so they'd spent the evening together in their apartment. And like most nights, they ended up sound asleep in their bed.

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Which probably makes it particularly annoying when a vidwindow pops up directly above it.

"Sir? Ma'am?" says one of the binomes on night shift in the PO, rather loudly. "We've got a Game approaching. Beverly Hills. Probably out toward the rim."

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Matrix winces and leans up to look at the vidwindow.

"Got it," he mumbles. "Be there in a nano." He closes the vidwindow and turns to AndrAIa, giving her a bit of a nudge.

"Whose turn is it?" he says tiredly.

Andi mumbles a bit, before saying a bit louder, "Yours."

Matrix grumbles a bit. "Frag it. Oh well. I'll be back soon." He stands and double clicks his icon to get dressed as he heads out to his massive motorcycle waiting out front, prepared to head off to intercept the game before it lands.

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Tonight... Dot elected to block all communications with the office. She and Bob had wanted a night together without someone calling every sixteen nanos, for it's very hard to be romantic in any way, shape, or form when someone's complaining about the forms that haven't been filled out properly. If they try to vidwindow, they'll only get an away message.

"Mmmmmm..."

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"Oh, yeahhhhh..."

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WARNING: INCOMING GAME. WARNING: INCOMING GAME.

"..Oh.."

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Bob rolls his eyes. "Figures." He looks to the door and back to Dot. "Think we can make it in time?"

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"Only if we start moving now..." Doesn't that just FIGURE.

Dot sits up reaching for her icon and tapping it twice to get dressed in a hurry.

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Bob takes two steps toward where his armor is piled up, then stops. "Wait..." He shuts his eyes for a moment. "Someone's already on the way in. Glitch is picking up Matrix's protocol heading for the landing site."

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"Just Matrix?" Are he and AndrAIa taking the games in shifts now?

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"I think so." A shrug. "He can handle it. And in the meantime..."

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"...where were we.."

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"I think I know..."

And they pick up where they left off.

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Mouse and Ray have a good excuse for not being around: they're visiting Mouse's mother. The fact that she's still wanted by the Guardian Collective won't keep Mouse from taking her boyfriend home to meet the family.

Ray learns a few interesting things on this trip, in roughly the following order:

1. Mouse's mother Lula used to be a working girl in an establishment called "The I/O Buffer," and is now the madam there.

2. The figure and the purple skin come from Mouse's mom's side of the family: her fangs and hair come from her father.

3. Lula has a "Wanted" poster for Mouse hung up on her bedroom wall. She is very proud of her daughter's accomplishments.

4. The estimable madam does not know how to wield swords, but she does know how to kill someone with nothing more than a knitting needle. This little factoid came up during dinner conversation.

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Matrix seems to be the only one heading to the Game, although Frisket apparently tagged along on the way there.

He isn't really worried about it, though. He doesn't expect this Game to be too hard even on his own, and Frisket being there just makes it that much easier.

They make it to the Game easily, and watch as its environment loads up. Looked like some sorta sci-fi game. He'll have a better idea when he reboots.

Although, before he gets a chance to, Frisket starts sniffing around as though he's found something.

"What is it, boy?"

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From around a corner, a voice cries "Neat!"

Enzo has come to the same conclusion as Matrix. It's all very mechanical and blocky. Lots of hard edges. He wonders if there'll be laser traps.

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Matrix turns the corner to see his younger self standing there.

He almost asks why he's there, but then, he remembers: Right, he's a cadet now. Can't say that anymore.

"Hey kid," he calls out. "You ready?"

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In the moment he sees Matrix, Enzo braces himself for a scolding, or at least some annoyed grumbling.

It does not come.

Can this be... acceptance?

Glowing with pride, Enzo salutes the... well, senior cadet. "Yes, sir!"

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Matrix grins and nods, and kneels down next to Frisket.

He double clicks on both his and his dog's icons at once, yelling "Reboot!" In a flash of green light, the two look decidedly more like their surroundings: Mechanical and blocky.

Matrix in particular had an interesting costume.

He was Sound.WAV, scourge of the universe!

(Yes, he gets a bit too much into character sometimes.)

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"Reboot!"

Hey, the whole purpose of rebooting is to get into character. It's the only way to play properly. And Enzo's character seems pretty similar to Matrix's, only much smaller.

"Track, reporting for duty, boss!"

Frisket, it should be noted, looks fairly like himself; he's still dog-shaped, still red and yellow, though his head is a bit smaller in proportion and his legs longer.

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Matrix, or rather, Sound.WAV, looks down at Frisket. When he speaks, his voice sounds like it's coming through a sound synthesizer.

"Sound.WAV: Wonders what his name is."

He pauses, long enough for a blink, even though he doesn't have any eyelids at the moment.

"Sound.WAV: Wonders why he's speaking like this."

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Yeah, ~~Enzo~~ Track is cracking up right now. Even Frisket seems amused; he rolls onto his back and wiggles back and forth.

Track glances at the robo-dog, still giggling. "Rollover it is!"

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"Your humor: Inferior."

He starts walking down the hall, motioning for Track and Rollover to follow him.

"Move to intercept enemy forces."

That's probably his new way of saying 'Move out.'

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The two smaller robots follow as directed. As he goes, Track examines his new form. "Totally metal!" (He's really gonna have to watch the User-slang at the Academy. Although in this case, it's accurate.) "I've got a laser here... what do you have?"

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