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[glitchinthesystem]

[ Movie marathons on the network seem to be a thing now don’t they? Glitch and Hiro have finally decided that life has sucked enough for them that they would rather watch other people’s fictional misery.

Hiro mostly doesn’t care what they watch, so he asked Glitch to bring something and then set up the living room of Aunt Cass’ place for viewing. Popcorn, gummi bears, the works. He’s even hauled in every pillow and beanbag he owns to make a den of cushions they can get lost in if necessary. (It often is when Hiro watches horror movies, as loathe as he is to admit it…)

Glitch pulls out a dvd from his bag and all but tosses the bag aside. His comm spills out unnoticed and both teens come into view as the thing begins to air live. ]

Didn’t really know what was good but I surfed the internet a bit and people said this was apparently really fucking good and A+ material. Figured out how to do that whole torrenty thing, so, ta-dah- free movie.

[The DVD is just in one of those standard no name cases on a plain old dvd. Unceremoniously Glitch will just shove the DVD into the player. Meanwhile, Hiro rolls his eyes affectionately. ]

Hey, good job. You caught up with the 21st century. C’mon, what’d you get us anyway?

[ The answer makes itself clear very quickly: some troll has replaced their crappy horror film with something even more horrifying. A home video of someone giving birth. Mercifully, Hiro knocks Glitch’s comm over before much gets broadcasted, although the comm still has a great view of their horrified reactions. Hiro is immediately yanking off his glasses so he doesn’t have to see any more details. ]

What the hell did you download!?

[Glitch is probably the worst of them. His mouth a gape as a hollowesc scream escapes his mouth. He has the curse of twenty twenty vision. What is his life?]

I DON’T EVEN FUCKING KNOW! I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME SHIT CALLED SQUIRRELNAMI! HOW WOULD I-OH MY GOD, WHAT’S COMING OUT OF HER?!

[There might be the sound of a woman screaming in pain at this point. It may be joined by Glitch’s own frightened yelling. He only manages between yells to direct a question they both desperately need answered: ]

SPIKES, HOW DO YOU TURN THIS SHIT OFF?!

Comments

[megabytes]

...what?

[Things Megaman was expecting to learn: not that. And it shows. Take note, Hiro, this is probably the closest you'll ever get to seeing a biological system freeze.

He knows enough about Hiro's life to know what's he's implying, but. That can't possibly mean what he thinks it does. ...Right?]

That's...I don't...

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro just continues on before he loses his nerve. ]

My dad was hurt badly. In a vegetative state. So the other Hiro downloaded his consciousness into Baymax and integrated the programming he had already. He's - he's like you.

[megabytes]

Yeah, I...I guess he is.

[It's not the same, not exactly. Baymax- Tomeo- whichever name he'd prefer, he sounds like a whole brain emulation. He was intentional. Megaman is just...something. A completely accidental, thoughtfully unexplainable something.

And yet it's the closest he'll probably ever get to finding someone who understands.]

[microbrobotics]

... I haven't said anything about you. And I won't. But I think you should talk to him.

[megabytes]

I-I will. If...if you think he'd be okay with it.

[This is so strange. How is he supposed to react to this? He hadn't even thought it was possible. He's...he's not alone.

Head's up, Hiro, you're getting hugged.]

Thank you. [For telling him. For not telling Baymax. For everything.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Ah. He hugs back after a moment, extra glad for it in the wake of that argument they'd had. Who cares if it's weird to be hugging a big brother who's shorter than him. He sure doesn't right now (though his neck might, later.)

He smiles faintly over Megaman's shoulder. ]

I think he'd be glad, y'know? To have someone who understands.

[megabytes]

[He just leans into it. For all that he dislikes getting stuck in a body, being able to hug his humans? Is pretty damn great.]

Yeah, it's-- it's always nice. When there's somebody who gets it.

[microbrobotics]

Exactly. 'sides, you're my big brother now. That makes him your dad too.

[megabytes]

I think he should probably get a say in that too, you know.

[microbrobotics]

So ask him. But I know what he'll say.

[megabytes]

Alright, I'll tell him you told me to ask to be adopted. [Megaman don't be a smartass.]

[microbrobotics]

Jeez, I didn't mean say it exactly like that...

[megabytes]

[Yeah he's just gonna laugh now. Sorry, Hiro, being a navi means most of his sense of humor tends towards all kinds of wordplay. "Excessively literal precision" is one of the gentler varieties.]

Okay, I'll consider rewording it.

[microbrobotics]

Gee, thanks. Really instilling some confidence in me here.

[megabytes]

Well it's not like it's a lie or anything!

[microbrobotics]

Yeah, but I know you. You're totally leaving something out.

[megabytes]

Am not! And I don't do that!

[Yes you do, Megaman. It is literally the only way you can lie because you can't bullshit to save your life. And yes, lying by omission is still lying no matter how much you insist it isn't.]