WELCOME TO DREAMWIDTH, HERO...

[This probably isn't a face either wants to see currently, but here it is.]

Um, hi. I'm Topher, which you might remember. I work for Boyd.

[Oh god he's so awkward]

I'm wondering if Calvin can come over for, like, a night. We'd just hang and pla video games. It's summer and unless you have him in some sort of camp thing then it should be okay. I can pick him up too. Uh, we'd probably have to get a hotel room because I don't think Boyd would really want to house us for the night, but we'd have one of my people there since the guy follows me everywhere...

So, uh, yeah, I figured I needed to ask his parents before asking Calvin so you don't think I've stolen him or something. I promise I'm not some weirdo.

Right, so, uh, do they make boxes with holes already in them for gifts that are alive?

[There's mumbling and then a bit of swearing]

It's out. Oh god it's out and it's going to get stepped on!


ENCRYPTED: Pietro & Angie

Hi. I have a slight question about a gift for Calvin.

Oh, uh, I'm Topher. He's probably not mentioned me, but I promise I'm not some sort of creeper!

[Hey look who's scared of the dark :| Of course it's only mostly dark because Rossum has some fine generators, but the machines are sleeping and Topher misses their little voices. Plus the light. Yeah, he's missing the light a lot too.]

You know what this is? It's a conspiracy to keep me from having a heart attack free life. I'm in the middle of delicate things here and someone pulled the plug. Now I'm generally not one to panic but this is very much on the realm of not good. In fact we're quickly plunging into the world of "Oh my god we're all gonna die horribly!"

[Some of the lights in the background blink a bit. Damn generators!]

Also, I'm lodging a complaint about the lighting scheme. Blue doesn't help. In fact it pretty much makes things that much more creepy.

[Hey Peter this is the happiest face EVER so you better be awake and you better be happy to see this face!]

PETER!

Did you know this store has just about every Nerf toy ever created in, like, EVER!? I'm loading us up and we're having a war of strategic importance. Seriously, this might save your life someday so I suggest you read up on the great battles in history.

Man versus man. One will be victorious and the other will be eating foam for dinner. People will look back at this battle and wonder how they escaped. Be ready.


[This is what happens when you live with a man-child. Good luck.]

[This number is familiar to those in the know, however, this face is not the one people normally see. It's not the cute baby face either. There are small growls in between the words.]


You know what this is? I'll tell you what it's NOT, it's NOT A TIGER. Nor is it anything remotely cool like that box said on the side.

SOMEONE WILL PAY! SAY GOODBYE TO WHATEVER BRAINS YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE GONE!


[How is he even recording without thumbs? Oh, thank god for technopathy]

[WHO IS THIS ADORABLE CHILD??? It's Topher, resident genius and the guy who helped cause that whole Nazi take-over thing, but HE DIDN'T KNOW ALRIGHT?!?

He's just sitting back in a large office chair, spinning it around, and occasionally picking something off the desk to look at. If anyone is familiar with the place, this is Boyd's home office]

Booooring. Boring. Boringboringboring.... There's nothing to do here and I can't go outside or I might die.

[Brings the camera up close to his face]

I need to find Laura, she always has cool things to play. Mr. Boyd is too grown-up to play.

Boyd, friend, my BEST friend I might add, please tell me Alpha is just taunting Whiskey when he mentioned being hired...by you.

I'm at the clinic. They won't let me leave.

[You know you've missed this face, although he seems a bit down. Here's a forced grin for you!]

Um, you're not doing anything tomorrow are you?

[Look, it's your friendly neighborhood programmer. He's filming and working because he's multi-talented like that!]


Okay, Halloween. It's an important time of year mostly because of the free candy, but there's also the dressing up part too.

So, say you and this girl are going to dress up, eat candy, and watch horror movies together for Halloween, and say this may or may not be a date. The date. THE date, you know? Is there like THE date etiquitte?

Now I'm not saying I've never been on a date before, because I--well that's not the issue here. The issue is the costume and the movies. Would "Mad Scientist" be too cliche considering? What happens if the scary movies are too scary...for her, not for me because I can totally handle scary!

Come on, one of you have to have decent advice!

[The camera flickers on and for a long moment there is nothing on screen but some random machine. It could be a bomb or it could be a slushie maker. Knowing the creator of this particular piece of machinery it could be both. Speaking of the creator...

Ah, there's Topher's very tired looking face. It's clear he's been neglecting himself in an effort to work on whatever the hell it is he's working on.]

Okay, so, I'm, uh, done, not done done, but this can fix it all...or blow up the city. At this point it's kind of a 50-50 chance here. Don't worry, we've talked and she's assured me that regardless of which way things swing she will do her job to the fullest extent! Just a few more modifications needed and boom.

Or fizzle. You should all really hope for the boom part because that's the only way to fix this whole out of control tech issue.

In the meantime I can offer a rather brief fix by removing unwanted imprints. I think... I may have some of the originals floating around the lab. This however does not mean myself or my crew were in anyway responsible for this no matter what people might try and tell you!

[inserts special encryption code here]

This code is only if you think you or someone you know has been imprinted. Contact me and I can scan you. There is no way the tech can hide from me.



{{ooc: tags will be slow but this is the beginning part of the fix-it for the plot}}

Boyd

We need to talk friend to friend.


--Topher

Have to go for a bit and I'm not sure when I'll be back.

Left the staff and they know not to touch anything. They have the same scripts should something go wrong.



--Topher

When you can't find good help...MAKE IT!