dear_mun | re: Mirrorverse Event Endgame

"What kind of bad things?"

[[If this is going to be due to a bad User, things could get very ugly very fast. Viral outbreaks and Malware are small issues in comparison.]]

Fighting. Lots of fighting.

[He reaches out, trying to calm the girl. The so-called "Digital Frontier" is little more than danger, death, and constant warfare wrapped in pain - damn Uncle Kevin anyway.]

"Deep breath. Can you tell me who is fighting and why?"

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Don't worry. Things will turn out okay in the end.

It is still going to be scary. People are still going to get hurt.

[Kade reaches out to offer her a hug, not sure what else he can do to reassure her.] I know. But a lot of good people are fighting for you. Krypton and I will be there with you later, I know.

[Hugs. Hugs are good. Hugs are safe. At least, they make her feel safe. She edges out of hiding and all but throws herself into his arms and clings to him.] I just want everyone to be okay. I don't want to lose anyone.

I don't like it either. But sometimes, there just isn't a way to prevent bad things from happening. Times like that, all you can do is try to make sure that as few people get hurt as possible. And that's just what we're going to do.

[She slowly creeps out from where she is hiding, then darts over and throws her arms around Clu in a desperate, clinging hug, hiding her face against his chest.] Why can't everyone just get along? There is no reason for people to fight. It's not right.

[Clu hugs her right back in a gentle, protective hold as he tries to explain.]

It would be great if everyone thought that way, Eden. If everyone did, then there really wouldn't be any reason to fight.

But the problem is, some people don't think that way. Some people only care about getting what they want; it doesn't matter to them who gets hurt in the process. Some people like to hurt others because making other people feel helpless and afraid makes them feel powerful. And there are some people who think that because they're stronger, or have higher-level permissions, they have the right to do whatever they want to whoever they want, and that anybody who disagrees with them is wrong.

It's important to stand up to people like that, Eden, whoever they are. Because if no one stands up to them and tries to stop them, then alot more people will be hurt. Understand?

Necessary.

Evacuation planned. Should get you clear.

But why does it have to happen? Why are people mean to other people? It doesn't make sense.

User.

[That's answer enough for Rinzler. Still, this ISO's younger than any he's known.]

Different priority list. We don't factor.

[Sorry, Rinzler, but Eden doesn't know what a user is. That answer doesn't make things any clearer for her.]

Still doesn't make sense... Why would anyone want to hurt someone else?

[...Rinzler really recommends you get fitted for a disk. 8| There's no way you could have made it the better part of a cycle on the Grid without learning that at some point.]

Amusement. Boredom. Necessity. Users don't care.

Threat response needed.

[Tron said that getting fitted for a disk hurts for ISOs, so, no. And users are just something that hasn't really come up in conversation. Her teachers have been too busy fetching her out of fountains and keeping her out of traffic to cover that lesson yet.]

I know. I know. Threats have to be dealt with before they get out of hand. Tron told me. Still doesn't mean that any of it is right...

[Short-term pain for the ability to remember? Knowing's worth a lot, to Rinzler. And unless you've been systematically flushing references, he's still not sure how a curious ISO in a populated city could not have heard basic system facts after so long.]

Threat response? Or other damage?

[Hearing and understanding are two different things. Eden has likely heard of users before, but the information has gotten lost in the mountain of other things she has had to learn. And, really, no one has told her that she needs a disc, so the thought hasn't occurred to her.]

Everything. There shouldn't have to be a reason to fight.

[The mask jerks sideways, and there's a staticky sound—recognizable, if barely, as a quiet laugh.]

Wrong.

Conflict inherent to system function. Healthy systems included. Different priorities, tasklists. Fighting? Not the problem.

[And in a system like theirs—or his—it can be the only solution you've got.]

Plenty of reasons.

[She mulls over this new information, trying to grasp a concept that is so foreign to someone who has never had to deal with conflict before.]

So...fighting is necessary? But, it is still bad, isn't it? A...uhm...necessary evil, I think it is called?

Edited 2012-09-12 02:01 (UTC)

[A shrug. Definitely staring a little, behind the mask. This is really never something the security program's had to explain before.]

Not bad. Normal. Necessary. [As much as any other function.] Threat removal crucial; other combat...

Your system has Games?

[Now you know how her Tron feels on a daily basis. It's not easy educating the incredibly young and naive.]

What about fights that have nothing to do with Threat removal? Are those ones necessary, too?

I think so... I haven't been to see them. Why?

[Hey, by the time Rinzler existed? There weren't any ISOs in beta. And the programs Flynn made after the coup tended to be... well. Glitched up, to say the least.]

Sometimes.

Games: combat for fun. Challenge.
Should watch some.

[To be fair, Eden never got the chance to mature in her first runtime. Which lasted all of maybe five minutes. She is learning everything as she goes.]

Well... I still think fighting is scary...

Maybe I can ask Tron to take me...after...you know...

[Learn quickly, little ISO. Even in your system, it doesn't seem like that naïveté will work for long.]

Worth trying.

Sorry, Eden.

[Ok, he's not that sorry.]

[Baby lemur mode: activated.]

You won't get hurt, will you?

[Pats the baby lemur. Good thing he's so much taller or there'd be problems.]

Try not to. Can't promise.

[True, but it also means that you are better suited to giving piggy back rides, too. Thankfully the lemur duckling is not trying to jump onto your back right now.]

Then promise me you will really, really try?

Will try.

You need to be safe too.

[Cling cling cling users how can something so small cling so tightly?]

Will be safe. Anon will get me out. I'm just worried about you.

[Just going to keep on petting her hair and crooning under his breath. Not even embarrassed by it for a change.]

Be all right.

[Mostly.]

Protect you. Protect the system. My function.

[She loves the crooning. It never fails to make her feel better, evidenced by the slight loosening of the hold she has on him.]

Don't forget to protect yourself, too.

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