celebrating 30 years of TRON

[afreesystem]

Greetings, User!

It feels good to see the old I/O tower in use again after all this time. I was starting to believe you no longer had a use for me. Now that the port of communication's open, what is it that you need?

Oh, I don't know if I'm outfitted for one of these 'games' just yet. They all take place in the User world, don't they? It'd be an honor to go, of course, but there's so much I would need to learn. I haven't availed myself of Flynn's library as much as I should have. Keeping Grid bugs at bay takes most of my runtime these days.

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[re_engineer]

TRON!

It's been a long time. Good to see you're still around.

30 years oh yeah! :D

[clu2_perfection]

Greetings, Tron.

[the_gamesmaster]

Hey, buddy. Why the long face?

[program_yori]

Tron! It’s good to see you again.

[siren_gem]

Of course you mun has need of you. You are the top security program after all

[tronja307020]

The User-world games are...a little vexing, yes.

There is a game set on the Grid, however. It's a good place. We're free of Clu, though he's been trying to regain power as of late. You would be welcome there.

[He's still surprised they accepted him back, after the things Rinzler did.]

[afreesystem]

Angie! It's good to see you again, friend.

I'm sorry I've been missing for so many cycles. I was taken offline for some upgrades.

[afreesystem]

Clu. So you're here as well.

[afreesystem]

I'm worried about my friends, including you.

You seem to be well. Is everything all right?

[afreesystem]

Yori!

[For a moment, he forgets all decorum and grasps her hands, watching the glow.]

It's been far too many cycles. I've missed you.

[afreesystem]

I hope that's still the case. These upgrades should help.

All's well in your sector?

[afreesystem]

I see. The more programs like us there are around, the stronger the security walls will be.

Everything's in working order for you?

[annualprank]

I've never been to any of these games that're in the "User World." I'd like to go sometime, I think... seems like it'd be pretty different, y'know? But right now I'm just on the Grid, still happy there.

[siren_gem]

They should, though I doubt you will need them with your level of skill.

It seems so. The sentry’s are protecting the sector. How are things with you?

[program_yori]

[She smiles warmly at the touch. It was so great to see him again]

Same, I’ve really missed you. How have you been? Are you alright?

[manwhowaited]

Tron. It's good to see that you're doing well. Welcome back to the Grid.

[Alan refuses to admit that he's getting a little choked up.]

[re_engineer]

It's all right. I'll just have to scour Stacy's mainframes to coax you out. Since we won and all.

[Okay, there was a lot of handwaving involved and the mun's still not entirely certain about what happened, but winning is good!]

I still need to find a way to get you to interact better with the User world, after all.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Tron!

I think you'd l-love the g-game I'm in right now! It's b-blurring the line between the u-user's world and yours!

It's c-called Rakuen, a-and you g-get ta have battles, and n-no one r-really c-can get injured, e-even if pain's felt, so th-they c-can be pretty fun!

[the_gamesmaster]

Yeah, I'm fine. Doing as I always do. How about you?

[clu2_perfection]

Of course. [How could he NOT be here.]

[afreesystem]

I'd like to see the other side. The realm of the Users. I'm sure it's beyond anything we could ever compile.

[afreesystem]

[Something in his code just knows, despite the years. He's...experiencing a minor glitch.]

Alan One?

[afreesystem]

Alex! It's been quite a while.

I'm glad you've found a safe place. What sort of games do you play?

[afreesystem]

I'm still running a scan process on the situation. Everything seems stable on my end. I'm just waiting to be downloaded wherever my User chooses.

[afreesystem]

I'm fully functional. All the bugs have been eradicated, and I'm waiting for download.

And you?