nullofscience | Not Terribly Portable.

That was how he descriibed it, after Enzo's excitement of the car that Dot was getting him. He told the boy that they needed to go back to Mainframe in order to show him... Bob obliged in sending them back, and soon they were zipping back before the Principal Office, through to the main doors where naturally they had access. As they proceeded down the halls...

"Best place to hide a gift until the time is right."

Because now that he was a full Guardian, he could come and go as he pleased, but before...

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nullofscience

Well, the control panel isn't actually that complex. A few buttons and switches, nothing fancy. Hey, it only has one destination. Welman turned to the controls as he explained them.

"For the time being, it has limited authorization, but I'm importing a Friends List. Place your icon on the scanner."

He would push a button once this was done in order to scan it into memory. Next, Welman indicated a shiny candy-like red button, which would activate the machine. He would then be scanned again to verify who he was, and the portal opened to reveal a chamber within...

"Once activated, you step into the conversion chamber to allow metamorphosis from sprite into User. The other side of it will open once this is completed, allowing you to enter through the Fenton side of the portal."

Edited Date: 2013-10-19 12:43 am (UTC)

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a1enzo

Enzo silently takes it all in, pressing the button and letting the machine take his checksum. He all but stumbles into the... airlock? Reality lock.

The door slides shut behind him. "Converting to matter," announces the calm female voice which announces such things in Mainframe. Lasers flash out of apertures in the walls, and there's the same sensation he gets when using the digimat in Milliways, and then "Conversion complete" and the door in front of him is opening and he steps through and he's in FentonWorks and holding Dani's hands and he was just at home.

From:

ami_imperfect

And Dani's holding his hand and she's so excited that she can't even speak; all she can do is giggle intermittently.

From:

a1enzo

It takes a while before he can get words out, too.

"Hi."

From:

ami_imperfect

"Hey."

From:

a1enzo

His eyes are still glued to her face, but he addresses the portal's monitor.

"Dad? Can you... come here?"

Presumably it can handle Welman's ghost form. They must have tested it somehow before letting Enzo try it. One would think so, anyway... Maybe that should have been his first question. Oh, well.

From:

nullofscience

Welman pressed a different button to set up a null-scan for his latent code, activated the machine, squiggled out of his suit into the chamber and...voila'! Exiting the other side of the portal was the hovering ghost of Welman's past.

"We tested it thoroughly beforehand."

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a1enzo

Enzo releases Dani's hands reluctantly. Apologetically, even. Then... Welman had better be solid, or Enzo'll end up bear-hugging himself.

"Good. Hugging your suit sucks."

From:

nullofscience

Don't worry, it's hovering that he forgot to check this time. Father and son hugged in a proper 'Awwww' moment now. And since this was a Moment, it stands to reason that someone has a camera ready, right?

From:

notjustcookies

And that someone would be Maddie, who snaps a couple pictures of this touching father/son moment.

From:

a1enzo

"Thank you, Dad. Thank you so much."

Careful with that camera, Maddie, you and Jack are next.

"You guys are the best."

From:

passthefudge

Aw. Jack returns an even more bearlike hug. "Yes, we are."

From:

notjustcookies

"You're very welcome, Enzo." Maddie's hug isn't as powerful as Jack's, but the affection behind it is just as strong.

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a1enzo

"We guessed you were working on it, but we didn't know you'd actually... that you..."

Enzo is totally not tearing up. Really.

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ami_imperfect

Hey, no one here will fault Enzo if he lets a few tears slip. Not today, not now. And certainly not Dani.

She waits a little bit before saying, "Okay, my turn!"

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passthefudge

Jack eagerly shows her how to work it (the security on this side is biometric). It can even convert multiple subjects at once. "You won't end up with a fly's head or anything!"

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a1enzo

"That's reassuring."

Enzo offers Dani his hand as the door slides open.

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ami_imperfect

She slips her hand into his and gives it a little squeeze before they step through the door together.

Dani follows her father's instructions. She doesn't dare even breathe as the machine digitizes both her and Enzo, fearful that she may jinx something.

Then the voice says "Conversion complete" and Dani steps through into Welman's workshop.

From:

a1enzo

Enzo's own held breath releases as they exit the lock.

The other side of a door. That's how far away she'll be from now on. Their own door, under their own control (or at least their parents').

"And you can install this wherever?" he demands of said parents, on the comm screen. "It doesn't have to stay right here, right?" Because, okay, that would be less than convenient.

From:

notjustcookies

"Of course!" Maddie assures him.

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a1enzo

"I can't have it in the Guardian Barracks, though," Enzo says, his mind racing. "We took a tour of it, there'd be no room for it, besides not having any privacy. I'll need an apartment." He laughs suddenly. "Dude, we won't even need a house! We can just get an apartment on each side and link them up, it'll be double-density. We could have the bedroom in one world and the kitchen in the other if we wanted..." His brain suddenly catches up with his mouth. "I mean, only if you... not right away, I know you're not ready to move out... but, y'know, that is... if(you.want){0110110101100001011110010110001001100101001000000111011101100101001000000110001101101111011101010110110001100100..."

Welp, there goes the last trace of coherency. And he's running out of air.

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ami_imperfect

Don't worry, Enzo. Dani's pretty sure she's linked into your line of thinking.

"So, Enzo, will you marry me?"

Sure, proposals are supposed to be special and romantic and memorable and she feels bad for stealing Enzo's thunder. But Dani would rather her future fiancee not die of asphyxiation while she gets down on one knee.

Edited Date: 2013-10-26 02:29 am (UTC)

From:

a1enzo

You call his stealing his thunder, he calls it stopping him from making any more of a hash of it. He nods emphatically, and pants, and gasps, "Thanks."

Romance will happen soon, don't worry. Once he stops wheezing.