4.04: Time for some thrilling heroics.

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The Mainframe populace go about their business as usual, if disturbingly cheerfully. The air is filled with cars and zipboards, not CPUs and tanks.

Everything's quiet, more or less.

Of course, given the group that's just coming in from Milliways, that's not liable to last long.

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[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

The glowing green things are carefully examined. "Is this the virus?"

[a1enzo]

"Uh-huh. Can you get a sample from that, or do you need a person? I can give you one of my toys if you want." Since the veins are just light within the surface of the infected object, a wall might be tricky.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Something non-sentient is probably safer, actually. At least to start off with." A small smile spreads across her face as she shifts the weight from one leg to the other. "Pick something you don't mind losing. I'm not sure what disassembling code will do here in Mainframe."

[a1enzo]

Enzo nods and slips into his bedroom. There are a few moments of clattering noise, and he returns with a slightly battered Flash EPROM action figure, threaded with tiny strands of light.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

She leans forward but doesn't reach out to take the action figure. "Fascinating. This virus spreads fast." She lifts a hand to detach her icon and holds it out facing upward in the palm of her hand. A glowing wire-frame copy of the toy floats above it. Blocks of text spring up and fade away too quickly and too densely to get a good look at.

Oracle nods firmly, "The anti-virus code we developed should work fine here." One eyebrow is lifted in Enzo's direction, "Care to give it a try?"

[a1enzo]

"Sure!" He takes off his icon and holds it out to her.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

With a grin she shifts her own icon and the wireframe disappears. She holds it out over Enzo's. "Command line: Download Anti-virus protocol to selected unit."

A brief stream of light flows between the two icons. "There. That should do it."

[a1enzo]

"Alphanumeric! Let's see..." He holds his icon over the action figure and concentrates. There is a sparkle of white light, and the green veins fade. "Yes!"

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Well then, it looks like we're good to go on the anti-virus end. This is your turf, kid, where do we go from here?"

[a1enzo]

"Down to the garage, to get the zipboards."