public channel ; day 61

[seniorvicejanitor]

[ rhys is usually pretty good with electronics but it takes him a little bit of time to figure out how to work this thing. it used to be so much easier. hyperion was a lot of things but technologically deficient it was not. ]

So, I gather things are still going on. Or maybe they're winding down? I can't tell because I've been stuck here the whole time.

[ he was still hanging out at the carnival, staying out of things because this was all a little too much for a guy who still considered him new. ]

Anyone need anything from back here? Laundry? Food? Hugs and kisses?

[ there would be no guarantee that he'd give anything that he offered. hey, he wanted to look good, not work too much. ]

I've got calluses on my hands from all the sweeping I've been doing because there's really nothing else to be done. That's how bored I am.

[ so, come back soon, ya'll. ]

Hey, do I get to give myself a promotion if ya'll are too busy? I've been doing super good work!

[ quit while you're ahead, rhys. ]

Comments

(thanks!!)

[soft_focus]

But computers do things in different ways sometimes, [She pesters, nodding to herself furiously. She knows this mostly because her brother has a habit of making them.

And also, using them to spy on people.

That's creepy, big brother,] Like scanning, or taking pictures, or,

[This is entirely too many questions about the limits of a really cool arm.]

thanks for looking out for me!

[seniorvicejanitor]

But computers are databases. They store information, they provide information. That's what my arm does.

[ and it zaps people which was a cool little hidden talent of the whole thing. he really needed to find a way to thank the people that did his modifications for that. ]

That's what my arm does. It stores and provides. Gives me an advantage over the competition. The edge. It's why I made the choice to get it. So, I'd be better than everyone else at Hyperion.

[atouts]

Me? Oh, no. The worst of it for me was something the carnival caused and I would not consider blood to be a limb, in any case.

[ So it doesn't really count. ]

[seniorvicejanitor]

Blood?

[ oh gross. that was gross. ]

No details, please.

[ he had a weak stomach. ]

[soft_focus]

Hmn....

...so it only knows what was already put in, then.

[She doesn't sound unimpressed, but she does sound more thoughtful than anything.]

[seniorvicejanitor]

Yeah, but it learns new things all the time. And the database is very large.

[ it knew things that rhys didn't know. it knew things that it shouldn't know. and rhys wasn't even gonna tell her about the scanning just yet.

keep that in his back pocket. ]

[soft_focus]

Okay....

[That's all she says. Just 'okay'.

...

She's probably going to guess about the scanning, Rhys.]

[atouts]

As you wish.

[ One can almost hear the shrug with that. ]

Chances are you'll meet those who have had limbs replaced sooner than later, in any case, assuming they've all gotten back to the carnival without anything additionally missing.

[seniorvicejanitor]

Well, I can deal with limb replacement. Had that done myself. Not here but I know what it feels like.

[ it freaking hurt, that's what it felt like! ]

But, I'm cool with it not happening anymore. I've got a pretty low pain tolerance.