Voice testing; On decisions between future games

[perfectringofscars]

Now, now. Don't flake out on me, huh? You promised that when the others got settled, and you got this break, it'd be my turn.

Hey, you're the one that said it. And I'm not picky on places to end up, don't get me wrong. But uh...not sure about this user city you're thinking about. Too many problems, and I'm just one program.
But this glitched out other-Grid? Now that's just ridiculous. I'd go nuts in under a microcycle, just looking around at all that work undone.

You can do better. Come on, just let me do the choosing, and we'll get along just fine.
Now get me that list, and be quiet for a little bit.

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[perfectringofscars]

She'll learn, she's new at this.

Identify yourself for me, hmm?

[r_a_m_1982]

I doubt she has anything to learn from you. Anything good at least.

I'm Ram, an actuarial program.

[perfectringofscars]

Well, Ram, she's got a lot to learn about organization. Believe me on that one.

And I'm detecting an awful lot of hostility from a program I've never met before.

[r_a_m_1982]

I will kept my skepticism, if you don't mind. Organization is good, thought. to an extent.

We met before. You have a glitch?

[perfectringofscars]

[ No, but that smile is starting to turn more irritated. ]

'Fraid not, Ram. Ask the mun - who isn't my User, either - she's agreeing that you're a new one.

[r_a_m_1982]

[Ram is confused, sorry CLU.]

My mistake then. You look just like him, talk like him...Are you not CLU?

[perfectringofscars]

That's the designation, don't wear it out. Don't worry, though, kiddo, I'm sure you've just got things turned around.

You'll figure it out.

[r_a_m_1982]

[Kiddo...] I am older than you. [Have a smirk.]You have Flynn's looks, it's hard to miss that you know, kiddo?

Statistics are on my favor, so I think I already did.

[perfectringofscars]

Ha! But you're half my size, and I'm not getting anything out of the mun on runtime.

Ah, comparing is useless anyway. How's shorty work for you?

[r_a_m_1982]

That just makes you fat, smaller doesn't mean younger.

[CLU quit yo trolling 8/] Is the level of maturity any indication of age in the Grid where you came from, like the size?

[perfectringofscars]

Because calling me fat is such a display of superior coding.

Anyone ever told you that you're kind of irritating, shorty? Might want to work on that. I can help, if you like?

[r_a_m_1982]

Didn't you tag me as younger? I am making use of my new designation. Practice makes perfect.

Maybe one program or two, It's a natural talent. How kind of you, fatty, but I would hate to interrupt you hard work brainwashing programs and ruining the system.

[perfectringofscars]

Brainwashing is such an ugly word. And it doesn't apply, either. Gotta have a brain in the first place, see.

And you're getting your terms backwards again, there, shorty. "Rectify" the programs, and "Perfect" the system is what you're looking for.

Don't thank me, just here to help.

[r_a_m_1982]

You love semantics a lot, I can tell. I am more fond of numbers, one of the good things about them is that they don't lie or try to trick you.

The word I'm searching for I can't say because there might be little bits present.

Are you really? I wonder when the helping starts.

[perfectringofscars]

Yeah, well, I learned about semantics from the best of the deceivers. And I'm not lying, nor have I lied to you yet, so where's the hostility coming from again?

Oh, right. Because I look like Flynn. Can't change the face I was born with, shorty.

But, enough of that. Hand over your disk, and let's get started, huh? Because that irritating thing? You're doing it again.

[r_a_m_1982]

Self learning? I would be less hostile if you stopped calling me 'shorty'.

You should be glad to have that face.

There, there...You are so weak with words that you need to resort to action so quickly? Buy me a drink of energy first at least.

I thought you had wits.

[perfectringofscars]

I am, indeed, learning software.

[ And that smile is really starting to look a little crazy. ]

...And for the record, making a pass at me is flattering, but unnecessary. I already said I'd help, and no need for "favors".

Plus, if you're really an actuarial program, surely you can calculate the odds of survival after getting on my bad side, hmm? Let's keep this civil.

[r_a_m_1982]

Just like the MPC, how sweet.

[And Ram thought Sark was bad. He will give him a blank stare in return.]

Oh I'm sure that you help others out of the kindness of your heart. Oh wait, that's a user saying. You gotta have a heart first too. Hm...yeah, no.

I've been civil so fast, you are the one who gets his coding in a bunch every time I mention Flynn.

[perfectringofscars]

I help out my fellow programs because that's what an admin does, shorty. None of them are complaining by the time they figure out what's what.

[ Sure it takes a little encouraging, but details. ]

And here's an idea; stop mentioning Flynn.

[r_a_m_1982]

Because giving a program admin abilities always ended so well for the others programs...[Flynn wtf was you thinking.]I am pretty sure that I have imagination enough to tell what happens to those who dare to complain.

[Encouraging and reprogramming aren't synonyms, CLU.]

Why? Not fond of you user, Flynn, the man who created you? The one with the power to make many more programs? Flynn? That Flynn?

[perfectringofscars]

It did, actually. Chaos was streamlined to order, and they were all on board for the new, perfected system. You should try it, Ram. It'll clear up a lot of that pesky irritating problem you've got going.

[ They are now, because he says so. ]

Trust me. Flynn isn't so high, and mighty these days - not that he was ever that good at managing a system to begin with, but since you don't like semantics, I'll leave it at that.

[r_a_m_1982]

I might not be the smartest program out there, but even I know that there's no perfect system. Your existence pretty much proves my point. The only pesky irritating problem I have is talking back to me and sporting yellow circuits.

[Well, booo :c Ram's not okay with that.]

He's still a User. You might be the admin program, but you are still just a program like me.