Audience - Chrono

[holyspirits]

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[hotfixer]

No, it's just what we can do.

[ she hops up to sit on a counter, but a little to the side so she's out of his way. ]

Yes, so far so good.

[clockpunk]

[ he thinks briefly of laurence not being able to use his powers. favouritism........

he busies himself with setup, and then after a moment, makes a sound and gently throws her an apple. ]

Right. It might be nothing, but we found this in the hand of an axolotl statue in the candy maze.

[hotfixer]

[ sometimes that's how it be...

she catches it. and turns it over in her hands a few times. ]

Huh. It's just an apple.

[clockpunk]

Yeah. But it's pretty much the only thing that wasn't made of candy in there, and considering where it was...

[ shrugs. ]

It stood out. Like I said, might be nothing.

[hotfixer]

Like a taunt, maybe.

[clockpunk]

Maybe. [ ugh. displeased at the idea. ] Just thought I should let you guys know, anyway.

[hotfixer]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

We can only work with what we know, so the more you guys actually tell us, the better.

[clockpunk]

Sure.

[ a little flustered. busies himself with the ingredients. ]

...how have you been, this week?

[hotfixer]

Good, mostly. We're still scanning everywhere we can, and that makes me miss being able to overclock.

But the new places aren't bad and I think the stuff with the mirrors last week was starting to get to everyone, so I'm glad that's over.

[clockpunk]

"Overclock"? So you're missing abilities, too?

[hotfixer]

Well. This is an organic body, but I can still do most things I could do in the cloud.

But changing my subjective perception of time... is a little different. It looks like that didn't carry over.

[clockpunk]

...the cloud? You're digital, usually?

[ suddenly remembers ]

Or first conversation, about download speeds.

[hotfixer]

Right. I'm a Created Intelligence.

Ordinarily, I live in a simulated world that isn't too different from the wider realm of Heaven.

[clockpunk]

Damn. Can't believe that was literal.

[ batter done. pancake time. ]

And... time manipulation? Or viewing it differently?

[hotfixer]

If you speed up your processing speeds, you can do more in less time. You go faster, the world goes slower.

[clockpunk]

That makes sense. Time's a matter of perspective in a lot of cases, anyway.

[ nodding. guy named chrono here ]

...so, uh. I wanted to say sorry.

[hotfixer]

Oh. That's okay.

[ does not even ask what he's sorry for. ]

[clockpunk]

No, I mean...

[ flips a pancake. in the cool way ]

To all of you guys. I've been kind of a dick.

[hotfixer]

... You've been under a lot of stress. It isn't as if we don't understand that.

But thank you. I promise that we really are doing our best to resolve this.