#user.steven

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[SYSTEM REACTIVATÌNG. PLEASE STAND BY.]

Wh... huh??? Reactivating? How in the-

[SYSTEM RECOVERED. REACTIVATING NOW.]

HEY, HOLD ON! HOW-

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[COMPLETE. STATUS: ONLINE.]

YOU LITTLE-

(Hey, I know, I know! But it just- I need help, Scribe. I messed up. I know. But... maybe we can help each other?)

How so?! Being exposed to Mountain Dew Red has-

(I. KNOW. MAYBE I can help your defects if you help me again...?)

Your tone sounds like there's a catch.

(I wanna do this blog thing with you. I think I'm ready for it.)

Fine, but Observer will flip if they find out you're part of this.

(Uh... it'll be fine. Now first off, I should do a performance assessment...)

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(Oh, FINALLY all the data from Scribe is coming in! What took so long?)

(Hmm... darn. Looks like it didn't quite work. Maybe if I modify... eh? What was that buzz-)

(...) (...) (Something... bit off his head and it looked familiar to him. What in the hell did he encounter in this... in-between?) (I've got to look things closer, but right now...)

(Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I better just be paranoid.)

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...where's dad?

(...Oh dear. I forgot to include you, Koios. I'm so sorry.)

(I'm just testing something out with him, alright? I'm trying to see if there's a way that I can help get him and Panni back together without needing Scribe deactivated.)

(Although based on the fact that the entire interface I'm using for this seems frozen, I might have to cancel it early... but don't worry! He should be fine!)

-🧪 💊 (Steven Solis)

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Steven, this better be worth it...

What am I supposed to do? Just wander?

Hm. Alright... it's very empty here.

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how did you get the job tho? How?

also scribe you might wanna chill out for a second you've been back for almost a week or 2 😭

NO.

(I'd rather not say how.)

I'm about to shock you.

(Alright! I got back to thinking about my squip holding capsule and thought maybe I can show it to the higher ups and see if they liked it or not. Things went horribly wrong when it came to Observer's time in there, given how they were when they first connected to the Internet, so I was quite nervous about it, but not only did the guys at Sony like it, but they wanted me join their squip team.)

And you accepted!

(Yup. Currently I just help in making upgrades and stuff. Small things. Interestingly enough, they got quiet when I mentioned that I used to have a squip from their "humanlike testing batch." Wonder why.)

Hm. Perhaps because-

(Scribe, I know what you're gonna say, I'm not THAT dependent on-)

Shut it.

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Since when were you working for sony?! This is so recent!

That's what I'M saying! Steven, tell me what you've been doing while I was deactivated, NOW.

(Tell me you won't be mad first.)

STEVEN, I WILL GET THE INFORMATION MYSELF IF I HAVE TO.

(...Well for one thing, I may or may not be helping make updates and stuff for now?)

Oh joy...

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WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT.

(Scribe, I am begging you to not be mad...)

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Welcome back man!

Great to be back, I suppose...

(Hey! We're not done with your checks, I want to make sure your systems are alright after that.)

Hurry it up.