Has a home in mind. VOICE TESTING. oh god what am I doing

[chaostriumphs]

Ooooohhhh GOODIE! Not only do I get to come back into existence, but I get to explore a whole new system! Without Megabyte in it! [she waves a hand across her face, changing her mask. A sad mask, with a single tear] But Bob... Bob isn't there is he? Oh dear...

[intrigued mask!] But you do say there are some interesting Guardians there, yes? [evil laugh mask!] Heeehehahahaahaa!! I do so love new toys. We shall have lots of fun, yes? Of course we will.

[now she's back to a more demure smiling mask] You Users truly are amazing. Bringing a little old virus like me, back from fragmentation in the net... I do so hope you can keep up with me! A city of permanent night, with monsters and madness galore! Sounds exactly like the kind of city I want to be in. They won't know what hit them!

Comments

[phongplayspong]

[User help us all...]

Hexadecimal.

It sounds like a system on the verge of crashing.

[Why is he pointing this out? ... Sigh.]

[quiltrap]

[Pardon her, shes going to stare a little at the shifting mask. Its neat and she likes it.]

My, that is quite a trick. Is that the mask doing that, or you?

[chaostriumphs]

Phong! So good to see you! [she'll just be picking you up and depositing a little smooch on your head. Just because she knows it'll tick you off.]

The User says it's a User city. Outside the net! Isn't that fascinating?

[chaostriumphs]

Me, the mask, there's no difference, dear. I am a virus of many faces, many moods! Ahahaaha!

[quiltrap]

I...see... [except she doesn't, not even a little. Though she is familiar with wearing more than one face, its not even similar... ]

Like... the flu or something? [... she was quilting magical traps for most of the computer age sooo...]

If you are the mask and the mask is you, are you able to change yourself in other ways as well, child?

[phongplayspong]

[gjashegjkawgkabg-- WHY??]

And why would a virus want to go into a User city?

[chaostriumphs]

[have a very confused looking mask. Hex rests her head on her hand] The flu? What is that, dear? I've never heard of that kind of virus. What is it's function?

Hmmmm well... [another wave and she changes to the sly mask] I could. If I wanted to! But I quite like how I am!

[chaostriumphs]

[because! Also not setting you down yet. She likes seeing eye to eye with you, sprite]

Because! It's a new experience! New people to meet, new places to explore.... [she drops Phong and wears a mask with sharp, needly teeth] Chaos to cause!! Who wouldn't love this kind of opportunity!? [she hums to herself and switches to a more neutral mask] Honestly Phong, you should know a good opportunity when you see it.

[quiltrap]

[...function, what? Now its her face that looks all confused. What function could a virus possibly serve beyond getting you sick?]

Well, you certainly seem to be enjoying yourself. I wish more of us could be that comfortable in our own skin.

[phongplayspong]

[ARGH!]

How unlike yo--

[Wow, you could have put him down more gently than just dropping him!

And of course there's chaos involved.]

As the Administrator and Keeper of the Core, I cannot waste time wondering about User cities. And they likely have more permanent solutions to viruses there.

[chaostriumphs]

[oh you'll be fine, you have an ass made of metal. Literally. Suck it up.]

[sadmask!] All I hear is "blah blah I'm boring and old and no fun at all!" [slymask!] Is that about right? I wonder if that's true... I doubt it! Haaahahaha! Besides, you should be nicer to me. I saved you, after all!

[chaostriumphs]

Why wouldn't I be! There's nothing more wonderfully chaotic than being downloaded into some new, strange system! A user city system, at that! Of COURSE I'm enjoying myself. [but that last part of her statement gets a strange look from Hex. The virus gets close, uncomfortably close] And what do you mean by that? Why wouldn't I be comfortable? Are you uncomfortable? [now there's a horrible, fangy grin, and the clacking of claws] I could remove your skin if you don't like it!

[phongplayspong]

[It's still rude, yanno!]

You seem to be back to your old habits, however. Unless your comment about "chaos to cause" was simply to rile me up.

[It was, wasn't it?]

[chaostriumphs]

[CRY ME A RIVER.]

Oh, Phong. I promise I won't hurt anyone on purpose! Cross my core and hope to be deleted! [she even makes a little X over her chest as she says it! She's serious!] I don't want to break the toys, I just want to play with them.

[quiltrap]

[...kay, most of that didn't make any sense to her whatsoever, so just like when her grandchildren try to explain twitter, she'll just nod along]

Hahaha, you are a dear.[handpat] No what I meant is that most people are bogged down with regret. And when you get as worn down by time as I am, its easy to think of all the things you've done differently.

[She takes the fangy face in stride, because really, shes already fulfilled her only goal in life and resigned herself to death in doing so. Whats the worse that can happen to her now?]

[notglitching]

[...

Rinzler heard one word there. Virus.]

[chaostriumphs]

[HEY don't pat her. She vanishes in a burst of pixels, reappearing nearby. NO TOUCHY] Excuse YOU! Do you always just.. touch people like that? Hmph! [though the concept of regret... that's not one she's familiar with] Regret? What could you possibly have to regret?

[chaostriumphs]

Ooh! Look. A Guardian. You must be. And such a pretty uniform! Can I touch it?

[notglitching]

[...okay, up to two words. Virus. And touching.

Sorry, Hex. Rinzler's not fond of either of those separately. When you put them together like that...

Disks split, a backwards flip for distance as he settles into a combat crouch.

NOTHING COULD GO WRONG WITH THIS PLAN.]

[chaostriumphs]

[she tilts her head, wearing a curious mask]

So athletic! They must really be upping their program in the Supercomputer these days! [she vanishes without so much as a word, not a spare pixel, and reappears behind him]

What are those disks? And no PID either? You're the strangest Guardian I've ever seen.

[quiltrap]

[privilege of age, dear]>

All the little things in ones life that did not go quite as you planned. The failures that haunt you, the things that could have been so different if you could only go back and change one decision...

[She shakes her head before the memories gathering around her can distract her too much.]

It's like a physical weight sometimes. [She smiles slightly.] And it just seems like you are...so free compared to many of the people I have known. I envy that.

[alphanumeric]

[Have a scoff]

Better them than us.

[threat_detected]

A darkened system in need of the end. You will have so very much work to do, of course.

[ Hello, Hexadecimal. Have another virus; this one spreads digital plague, and corruption from everything he touches, regardless of whether he wants to, or not.

Cape swish. ]

[phongplayspong]

[Still a little wary but Hex wouldn't make that kind of promise lightly.]

Just... try not to give our system a bad name, Hexadecimal.

[chaostriumphs]

Oh. Hello, Renegade. Still haven't learned a thing, I see.