witchesreign | [action] the lobby near the dormitories.

[Since arriving and being interviewed, Sollux had spent the entirely of his stay at Balamb Garden curled up in his room. He couldn't sleep - not when he was so wound up and distinctively lacking a recuperacoon. But the outward world was a scary place, and he didn't have very high hopes for it. Despite the fact that his hosts had yet to actually do something terrible to him, it was nigh impossible to put the possibility out of mind.]

[But eventually he goes out, if only to prove to himself that he can and that he's allowed to. He's almost surprised when nobody stops him from leaving the dorms, and once he's to the lobby he's officially out of ideas of what to do with himself. Everyone he's seen is the same, pink skinned alien race he saw in Timber, and he doesn't feel comfortable talking to them. At least not of his own accord.]

[So he finds a slightly concealed area of the lobby and perches himself on it, watching people pass by, and trying to coax himself down from persistent idea that he should be trying to escape. It's not like he actually has anywhere to go.]

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Yeah, okay but you write one battle cruiser self destruction code and you've essentially written them all. I'm talking about writing a virus people will be able to try and get rid of, you have to code it to be unfixable! That's the fun part, that's the challenge!

[Well okay, that much was true, but Sollux just regards his younger self for a moment as he realizes that he's totally missed the point of that statement.]

[He's a young troll. Of course he would.]

Destroying things is easy.

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Dude.

That's corny.

[He doesn't falter at all.]

It's fact.

Well. So what, do you want to make something then? I guess that could be fun too depending on what it was...

I guess. I don't know. I don't even know what I'd want to do.

Dude, don't you like computers at all?

[He shrugs a little. The reminder of passion lost is not a great one.]

Yeah, I guess. I'm good with them.

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Okay, we're finding a computer now.

[It takes quite a bit to move him if he doesn't want to, but at the same time he's pretty used to being dragged around by people. He's pulled a few feet before he stops.]

Why?

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Because! This is sick and wrong.

I'm not... [He frowns.] It's not like I'm the future of you. You don't have to worry about what I do.

That doesn't matter. This isn't allowed to exist in any timeline.

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[He feels the shove and looks back in surprise. Not only was the aura there weird, he wasn't expecting that. God, this kid really wants this.]

[Well...sure. Why not.]

Okay. Fine. Do you know where they are?

Yeah, the weird purple Dave showed me.

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Right.

[Yeah, both "purple" and "dave" mean nothing to this guy. He follows along with a little bit of curiosity anyway. He was going to have to start exploring the computer system eventually. He wondered how similar it was.]

[Either way, seeing young him all excited isn't too bad.]

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Uh..

[The irony of being lead by a blind kid is not lost on him, though little Sollux seems to be doing well for himself. Once they get there and he starts getting confused though, Sollux takes the lead.]

Over here.

[He leads the way to one of computer set rigs.]

These are the ones?

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The programming language they use is kind of like ShelledStone, but not exactly.

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[He raises and eyebrow and then sits down at the computer, using his alleged "student ID" to log in. He explores around and starts looking at some of the programs that are already on there. A benefit to his previous work - he'd gotten really good at adapting his scripts to alien technology in record time.]

Yeah, okay. [He acknowledged, sitting back.] It's workable. What did you want me to do here?

Well you said no destruction. So... make something.

[Gives him kind of a frustrated look.]

Like what?

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Hello world's a good fallback.

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Dude, it was your idea.

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[That gets an eye roll.]

I haven't forgotten how to code.

Okay I may not have thought this all the way through. I mean I think you should start trying to code a virus, that shit's easy, but whatever, you said you wanted to get into the administration folders, right?

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