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[is0latedthinker]

(Kevin Flynn)

How's the expedition?

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(Hesam)

Hey. How've you been?

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[Alan's done a lot of thinking since Sam's departure from the Castle. He's had a lot of time to himself, especially after Flynn and his younger doppelganger went on the expedition together. The programmer has been spending a lot of time trying to perfect alterations to the Castle Evacuation plan and Code Blair now that he has so much free time. It's very quiet.

So he doesn't expect a jolt of static from a Shinx who somehow made its way out of its Pokeball.

It does, however, help to get him out of his funk - at least for today. He leaves his room for something other than food and heads outside, settling on a bench near a tree that his Shinx immediately begins to attempt to climb.]

Soon it will be fall again. Huh. [Time certainly passed quickly - so much had happened!]

What are the odds of another sea of leaves?

Comments

( dictated forever )

[petites]

You have seen a sea made out of leaves?

[ she is so smart ]

How curious..

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

The Castle decided to kick us all out for a few days last year, and the leaves just kept coming. The piles were several feet high.

dictated;

[downright]

One thing I'm glad about is that we're experiencing normal weather here at least.

Or well, I am. [ In case you're not from good old Earth. ] Did you have a good summer?

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

For the time being, at least.

[It's funny - he hasn't been asked that question in ages.] It's...had its ups and downs.

Dictated

[downright]

Well, I think it's been a pretty eventful summer what with the camp, the cruise, and all the castle shenanigans. [ Not to mention him being turned into a Ken doll for a whole month. That still creeps him out. ]

I don't think we've ever spoken before.

I'm Chase.

dictated forever

[ino]

This place does tend to take the weather to the extreme.

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

Unless the Castle changes again, I think we'll at least be inside this time. But I can't predict anything.

[ino]

Well, the castle usually doesn't do anything twice. So here's hoping?

[nyuspecies]

[ Nyu has been exploring more each day. She has been hoping to find Kouta. She is entranced by the Shinx, she runs over and holds her hand out. ]

Nyu?

[is0latedthinker]

[Shinx tilts his head at Nyu, not sure what to think.]

Shiiiinx!

[Alan is even more confused than his Pokemon.]

[nyuspecies]

[ She stretches out to try and pet the Shinx. ]

Hello!

[wheatdos]

Aha... As long as the castle doesn't make us clean up that sea, I'll-I'll be able to manage.

[He chuckles.]

[is0latedthinker]

It usually clears up on its own, not like last spring. But it's definitely an inconvenience.

[wheatdos]

I'll trust you on that one then, mate.
S-say, how long have you been here?

Alan

[antichauffeur]

Not all that good.

Going cold turkey on the drink has been...hard.

Hesam

[is0latedthinker]

Want some company? I could use some myself.

Alan

[antichauffeur]

I'd uh--yeah, that'd be good.

My place is a mess - got anywhere in mind?

dictated

[kungfuwitch]

[She chuckles]

Whatever it does it had better wait until next month to do it.

Dictated

[is0latedthinker]

We're not so far from September.

Alan

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

Not bad, not bad. We took a boat ride through the most remarkable river I've ever seen. It was almost more like an aqueduct than anything else. We found some interesting ruins here with a room filled with treasure and some half destroyed notes about some illness.

How are things back at the ranch?

Flynn

[is0latedthinker]

Sounds like something out of a movie. Then again, we're not exactly in Kansas anymore.

They're fine so far, Space Cowboy. Just finishing up a new evacuation plan.

How about CLU?

[kingsgambit]

A sea of leaves? [He sounds curious at that, what are you talking about man?]

[is0latedthinker]

Well, in most places leaves fall in autumn. Here, too.

But last year the Castle decided they'd just keep coming. It was hard to get anywhere outside the Castle.

[foughtfortheusers]

Sea of leaves?

[is0latedthinker]

[Alan's not sure how much Rinzler actually knows about seasons, so he gives his program the entire explanation.]

In many places in the User world, the trees lose their leaves in fall, one of four seasons - they grow back in spring, after winter, and last through the summer.

The Castle decided to give the trees an endless amount of leaves, so they just kept coming. Piles went up past my waist - it was hard to get around, especially because the Castle decided to lock us out for a few days.