06 | Audio

[implying]

I'm sorry to interrupt the, ah... that is, this isn't about any of — you know, the recent...

[ well this is a terrible start. A pause, an audible breath out, and he starts again. ]

I'm going to need... a programmer, I think. Anyone good with systems. That sort of thing.

[ LONG PAUSE. ]

Possibly Sollux. [ oh god kill him now. ]

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[implying]

I want it to activate in the event of an outside force attempting to control me, and — in the event of the Transporter being about to pull me home. Do you think that's possible?

[biwinning]

[There's a pause as Sollux spaces out, thinking about how he could make this work. He speaks up in a few seconds, slow like he's still figuring it out.]

...First one, yes. Second one, yeth but not ath easy. I'd need access to the Transporter itself to get the right frequency it uses to transport people back to their origin world. And I mean to even do thith to begin with, I'm going to need access to some of the tech the Initiative has. Or maybe the Medical Center might have it. Something to let me see if you have nanobots or just chips and wires. Or both.

[implying]

I'm sure I can work something out with them.

When can you begin?

[biwinning]

Let me see if I can squeeze something into my busy schedule of "sleeping" and "eating snacks."

[implying]

I'll speak with the Initiative, then, and let you know what I can get.

[ long pause! ]

Thank you.

[biwinning]

Don't thank me until I actually finish it.

[implying]

Thank you for considering it, then.

[biwinning]

...Yeah.

[And then he's done. For someone who hates Vanadi, that went over pretty well. Mostly because he knows what kind of damage someone with hacked cybernetics can do, and he doesn't want another repeat of Adam either. Vanadi owing him is just a bonus.]