Return of the Guardian

[command_dot_com]

For the past few cycles everyone's been waiting on a sort of bated breath about this. The recompiler has been checked no less than five times over to make sure nothing could go wrong with it. It stands ready, a cylindrical casket with a transparent cover, the interior padded for the comfort of the returning sprite.

For the past few cycles Dot's been on bits and bytes worrying if this will work, and is now standing nearby, out of the way of the debugging duo as they get to work. Now, all they can do is hope it turns out all right.

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"Bob?" one of the medics pipes up. "We need to run a deep code scan to confirm that the compilation ran without any errors. Could you disrobe and step up onto the scanner, please?"

[mendanddefend_archive]

Bob nods and stands.

There's a moment of awkward silence.

"Uh... a little privacy, guys...?"

[renegade-enzo.livejournal.com]

"No need to tell me twice," Matrix says as he heads towards the door. "Later."

[a1enzo]

Enzo snickers and follows him.

[command_dot_com]

...Oh what?


Dot smirks. You're expecting her to leave after all the grief you put her through by NOT TELLING about that little fragmenting error?

She is going to enjoy this.

[l33t-mouse.livejournal.com]

"This mean I oughtta head out too?" After all, Mouse actually has a legitimate, technical reason to stay here.

She thinks of pointing out that it's nothing she hasn't seen before, but that would go against her resolution not to be cruel to Dot.

[mendanddefend_archive]

"Uh..."

Bob flounders, unsure of how to respond.

You're on your own for this one, buddy, Glitch helpfully informs him.

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Phong decides to take mercy on Bob and Dot both. "I believe we can handle things adequately without you, Mouse. Perhaps you would be so good as to issue a report on our Guardian's recovery?"

[l33t-mouse.livejournal.com]

Nice save, Phong. "Sure," Mouse says, sauntering out of the medlab. "Guess I'll spread the good news."

A moment later, though, she leans back inside the door and fixes Bob with a stern look. "Remember, no usin' any powers 'till you're one hundred percent checked out, hear?" She is so not debugging his code again.

[mendanddefend_archive]

Bob looks uncomfortable. "Uh... thing is... I don't think I can turn my scanners off. They've been on since I woke up. I don't think they're supposed to turn off."

[l33t-mouse.livejournal.com]

Mouse raises an eyebrow. "Well, okay then. Just don't do anythin' fancy. Or else." She waves at Bob before finally slipping out of the room.

[command_dot_com]

Like Dot is going to let him out of her sight tonight. Or let him do anything more than spend the entire evening at his apartment enjoy each other's compa---

Bob won't be using anything fancy. Dot's going to see to that. "He won't."

[mendanddefend_archive]

"Uh--right."

After one nervous look at the expression on Dot's face, he turns back to the scanner bed and starts getting undressed. He's not even going to try to persuade her to leave now.