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alan_1 ([personal profile] alan_1) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_log2016-03-05 10:05 pm

[closed] i see my father in my face

Who: Alan Bradley, Sam Flynn, Rinzler, maybe Tron?
When: Post-arrival
Where: Mostly on the Moira, possibly the settled parts of Ceta as well
What: Catch-all log for castmate interactions!
Warnings: None yet.



[Top-levels to be posted below!]
whoami: (Called Adam by his name)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-07 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Alan is here?! Wait, Alan was here and talked to Tron? How much had Tron actually said? Because the nearly dying part was Clu's fault completely but he wasn't the one in Disk Wars.

Sam doesn't reply, because what is communication, but he does show up at the end of Moro deck. Alan didn't say which room. Sam hasn't been back from being on the Grid, but he didn't want to have this particular conversation. ]
notglitching: (red - leave the sky behind)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-07 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[The transporters are his on-ship function. They're useful enough—more so since the weapons upgrade—and for all their clumsy shape, the maneuverability isn't bad.

But when it comes to flying something he'd enjoy? It's hard to outrank lightjets for Rinzler.

The craft flits through the cargo bay doors with a burst of power, engines whining slightly louder before Rinzler angles up the nose and stalls. Hands flex, snapping the baton back together midair, and the craft dissolves to wireframe. As he drops through the insubstantial light-traced lines, Rinzler could almost pretend he was still home.

The enforcer somersaults once as he drops, hitting the deck in a low, graceful crouch. And then a voice (his voice) speaks up from the sidelines, and Rinzler nearly manages to unbalance with sheer startlement. User. Noise stutters harshly, the black mask snapping up towards Alan-one. It takes a moment to twitch back down, fingers tensing belatedly around the orange-tipped rod. Rinzler makes no move to return it to his side, but nods instead, straightening carefully into his default hunch.]
whoami: (So shake him off; ooh woah!)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-07 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well that's something? Sam may have been ignoring his MID, too, but he doesn't say that. ]

Well since you've already met the doppleganger, I guess you've been told about his evil twin.

[ Not that Rinzler was "evil" per say, and Sam actually had issue with Tron, except Tron was Rinzler and vice versa. and it would give you a headache if you thought about it too long. ]
whoami: (Maybe I should kill myself)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-07 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sam took a deep breath in and slowly he let it out. ]

Is there anything I want to tell you? No, not really. Do I want to go into how surreal it was to be dragged in front of Clu, who looked exactly like dad in his thirties down to the beard stubble? Nope. Or even that the same Tron you spoke to was brainwashed- or reprogrammed whatever- into being Rinzler? Not that either.

Do I want to talk about the fact I had to watch my dad pull a real life kamikaze supernova because his digital clone was doing his damndest to get out into the User world? No, I sure don't.

[ See this is why Sam doesn't talk about things. Flynn senior could charm a nun out of her habit. Sam, on the other hand, uses words as weapons when he chooses. Then again the hurt of the Grid is fresh. He looks away, almost daring Alan to lecture him in not looking. ]
whoami: (My heart has been unbound)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-08 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sam does take in another deep breath, his eyes closing, and when he lets it out the beligerance drains away so that all that's left is the hurt.
He can't keep using his issues as shields to hide behind. He knew that much. This is Alan, too, the guy who made sure Sam always had a place to go when college breaks rolled around. Who didn't like it but he and Lora still supported Sam's decision to drop out. It wasn't fair to him to lash out like that.

But neither of them were much acquainted with fairness.

The question made Sam give Alan a 'wtf, seriously?' look, though. ]


Oh, right. Glasses. Have you actually seen both Programs?
notglitching: (red - waiting)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-09 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Not disapproval, then. A loop of apprehension clears from cache, and when Rinzler's helmet ducks in answer to the praise, the gesture's a little less rigid. After a moment's glance to check for permission, he even reaches for his wrist, tapping the MID interface to bring up the text to speech converter he'd used before. Strange, that the user would have such heavy visual impairment when he (when Tron) didn't. But Rinzler hadn't questioned the request before, and he wouldn't now.]

Multifunction baton.

Saves assorted templates. Vehicles, weapons, tools.
whoami: (with a devil on your back)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-09 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Imagine being a hacktivist who's let more than his fair share of things loose into the wilds of the internet. From editing to outright writing a few viruses himself, Sam was definitely no angel, here. But then he got sucked into a digital world and discovered this whole other form of life. ]

That's exactly what I'm saying. If you take away anything like morality, personality, or compassion from Tron then what's left?

[ Sam gestured helplessly. ]

Rinzler.

[ But here Sam puts both hands to his face and sort of...drags them down. ]

There's more, though. See, this all happened years ago which is why dad never came home. But however long that is inside a computer, I think the old Tron code must have been trying to break through, and the new code was working around it, until it kind of just...is it's own thing? Seems like it's own thing. Definitely not a Tron thing.
whoami: (It's always darkest before the dawn)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-12 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yes there was only one other person who used the Grid. But while Kevin Flynn may have had the best of intentions, he made the fatal mistake of trying to do everything himself.

Sam became somewhat somber. Because it was impossible to think about Clu without thinking about his father. Only, the much older version of his father was very different to the man that Sam remembered. Granted those memories had the glow of time, and Sam was aware that some of the vitality he saw in his father was hero worship, but that vibrant and alive man was very different from the broken old man hiding in the rocks. ]


Kind of a Program. VI actually. Maybe the first. When dad was on the Grid, see, he copied himself. But then he'd be gone from the Grid, sometimes for a long time, and over time that copy started to change.

[ Sam crossed his arms with a sigh. ]

Codified Likeness Utility. Clu. He looked like dad in his thirties because that's when dad made him. And when dad was gone for a long time once, Clu orchestrated a coup. Tron fought like hell to make sure dad got out, but Clu got him.

[ And Sam is actually ashamed of what came after. Flynn ran. Maybe he fought later, and maybe there's more to this story but Sam isn't getting into any of it. ]

So yeah. It was a Program and it wasn't.
notglitching: (red - turn away)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-12 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Rinzler carefully avoids reacting to that first comment... and it's not because he doesn't agree. As much power as the users wield in his world, one of the program's first lessons here? Was how very glitched their world was. In resources and tools. In biology. When Clu first began work on his initiative, Rinzler doubts he had any idea just how much 'perfecting' would be needed.

The query is easier, though, and even formatted for a binary response. Rinzler's mask ducks in the affirmative—yes, everything in the Grid was code. Transportation certainly included. The enforcer doesn't move, but the helmet tips faintly, stare moving from the user to the baton in Rinzler's own hand.

Is Alan-one asking to see?]
Edited (word repetition) 2016-03-12 08:45 (UTC)
whoami: (Young Flynn the CEO)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-12 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sam had, and would always love his father. But Kevin Flynn's fatal error was believing Clu to be a copy of himself. With one foot in the User world and one foot on the Grid is it any wonder Clu got so hung up on 'perfecting' until that myopic tunnel-vision made him destroy the very thing he was made to perfect. ]

Yeah, that's about right.

[ Of course this doesn't even touch on the ISO's, but still. ]
notglitching: (red - surrender)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-13 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[The helmet dips in an immediate nod. If the question is a little strange—at least, with no mocking edge behind it—the gesture maps almost perfectly to defaults and expectation. The enforcer steps forward, nod ducking to a short bow as he raises both hands to offer the baton into the programmer's waiting hand.

If his code crawls with unease for just a moment (spine curved, disk exposed, he could reach out—), Rinzler knows better than to let that affect his motions. The ticking rattle is a little sharp when the program steps back, but in Alan's presence, that's hardly an appreciable increase. Rinzler shifts back into his standby position, helmet low.]
notglitching: (red - step away from the window)

/WELCOMES TO THE PSEUDOCODE BS CLUB, AWARDS BADGE

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-14 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[The helmet twitches in only the smallest of nods in answer to the praise. Still, after a moment the program's eyes slide up behind his mask. This isn't Rinzler's code, and there's no reason he wouldn't be permitted to observe. Especially if he doesn't make the question known.

The enforcer watches quietly, noise a steady rumble... but at that laugh, even Rinzler's self-control falters. When Alan's glance returns, he'll find his program openly staring. The sound is clear and warm, filled with enough wonderment to ache at fragments deeper in his code. Tron's memories? Or just his hopes, his code, his purpose?

(It doesn't (won't) (can't, can't) matter, because what is Tron's is not for him.)

The lag breaks with a quick, if jerky nod. Yes, they could be recoded. Any part of their world could, by a user with the will and talent.]
notglitching: (red - waiting)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-15 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rinzler's stuck between freezing in place and looking down quickly. When the user turns to offer a better view, the implied permission in the gesture closes the loop neatly. The enforcer takes a step closer, mask inclining toward the display. If the stare behind it is still fixed more on Alan-one, it's nothing the user needs to know.

No sign of threat. Only interest. Eagerness. It's impossible to completely suppress the comparisons, but if the sight still aches, Rinzler lets himself relax a little too. He even manages not to tense up as his user suggests recoding. Probably, there's no other implication.

A headshake to the first question—and the second, really. Though that one gets at least a line of elaboration.]


Not my function.
notglitching: (red - step away from the window)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-16 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
[The dark helmet shakes again.]

Function-dependent.

[The system would hardly have survived alone without repair utilities and recompilers. Prototypers and simulation managers could edit existing templates as well as implement their own designs. Administrators, of course, could edit what they liked. And that was just a sampling. The Grid's creator might have laid the groundwork, but the system as it existed now was just as much a product of the programs as any user code.]
notglitching: (red - turn away)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-17 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a slight twitch of orange-lined fingers at the program's side, but Alan's tactic seems effective enough. Rinzler shakes his head. No further elaboration, but no stall.

Editing permissions don't make anyone a user.]
whoami: (Gotta new find gotta new crime)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-17 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Actually those purposes weren't anti-Flynn. And since the Rinzler that Sam remembers isn't the same Rinzler that's here it would probably make things more confusing to mention that whole business with saving Sam's life at the last second. ]

No. Not really.

[ He might be the only person that hasn't been bothered, actually. ]
notglitching: (? - flicker)

YOU SHOULD BE this is beautiful ;a;

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-18 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[As carefully as Rinzler's holding himself, the assumption isn't wrong. Alan-one hasn't found any faults so far. By all appearances, the user isn't even looking. And if the absence of acknowledgement hurts, the program knows deep down this is the best he could have hoped for. Ignored is safe. Unwanted means he might escape recoding. And certainly Tron's user has no reason to want Rinzler as he is.

Still, Alan's voice draws every fraction of his program's focus. And that question? Is enough to lock up every process in his shell. Rinzler freezes. Stares. Noise glitches louder, stuttering and desperate—and just as abruptly, cuts almost to nothing.

The realization is numb, sparks of panic mixing with something sharp and scared and far too desperate. He knows. He knows he knows he knows, and circuits flicker with each loop. How long did he know? Rinzler should (kneel) (run) (present disk) (crash), but he can't move and he can't think and there's a spark of blue, just for a moment—]

Alan-one.

[The word scrapes out, tangled in static.]
Edited (typo nooo D:) 2016-03-18 14:47 (UTC)
notglitching: (? - echoes)

[personal profile] notglitching 2016-03-20 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Alan-one's hand settles on his shoulder, and the enforcer flinches. He shouldn't have spoken. Shouldn't have stalled, or glitched, or been in this place at all. Tron was the one the user wanted, and he half-expects to feel the touch slide back, pressure closing around disk and dock to wipe him clear entirely.

It doesn't. The program's lights flicker like a guttering candle, but the grip tightens, and when Alan-one speaks, it's not Tron's name at all. Rinzler stares up, noise skipping mutely. "It's all right". It isn't. He isn't. The user can't mean that.

Can he?

Crashing would be much, much easier. Circuits shiver, a sickening flip-flop of blue-white/red before Rinzler's colors slowly steady through the rigid frame. He can still feel it. A call, a ghost, a memory he shouldn't have. The sense of user/maker/mine, warm and supporting. It's not fair, not his, and the thought that it could be hurts so much more than the hooks and reprimands he's used to.

"It's going to be all right."

There's a quiver underneath Alan's hand, but Rinzler bows his head. Then, haltingly, he looks back up. Locked permissions twist and catch, the familiar jarring noise building painfully, but something else slips out with it. This time, deliberately.]


User.
whoami: (I made it in my mind because)

[personal profile] whoami 2016-03-20 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean aside from getting kidnapped into space and a single Program being somehow two? I'm doing great. How are you?

[ Yes the last is added to be a smart ass but, well…seriously, Alan? ]