Voice test for an exceptionally slippery muse.

[reinvented]

Yes, yes, darling, you have my attention, but do make this quick. As much as I would love to stay and share in the latest gossip I am afraid that my task list is growing larger even as we speak. Word on the street is that tensions are on the rise in this new system you are contemplating making my new home. Surely the programs there would appreciate a taste of the old wholesome entertainment the End of Line brought them in the old cycles before things went...

Well, we will not talk of such things.

As I understand it my dear brother Eckert has reclaimed the club in the absence of yours truly. Excellent, excellent. It is in good, capable hands, then. Let us hope that he is willing to forgive my, ah, loss of integrity, shall we say, in my latter cycles, and will welcome me back. The club always did perform better when it had both of us at the helm...

Now, you have things you should be doing, yes? Run along and take care of them. I will still be in the area when you finish.

Comments

[derezzing]

[ One head nods, the other follows in pursuit. They are in agreement. Your club awaits. ]

[dollyoftheeol]

He has, and he's doing alright by the place, boss. But it'll be good to have you back.

[firefixit]

Good to see you again, Zuse. It's been far too long.

[lifes_short_pop]

What kind of "tensions?"

[Not likely to get a straight answer, but...]

[the_gamesmaster]

Hey, Zuse. Long time no see, man.

[electrifaction]

..well, this is different. Long time no see.

[looks Zuse up and down; after the state in which he'd found things upon arrival, and the evasiveness and eventual disappearance of the Zuse who'd been on the Free Grid at that time -- not to mention what he's heard over the interim -- it's impossible to simply fall back into old patterns, whether defensively or otherwise. but his mun assures him that there's something worth reclaiming here too.]

I have reclaimed the club. [takes a step forward, his usual complete confidence belied by the slight rasp in his voice.] But we could always use some help.