Happy 38th Birthday TRON

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Welcome Programs, to the Free Grid!

a Tron-verse meme

Thanks to Kevin Flynn's sacrifice, Sam Flynn's sentimentality, Quorra's memory, and programming help from a handful of others (the younger Flynn determined not to make the same mistakes as the elder) The Grid has been rebuilt almost from the ground up, and repopulated with some programs he wrote himself, some that were written by Encom colleagues and others still by old CalTech friends (and friends of friends at other universities and think tanks and et cetera)

Some areas are still under construction, more sparsely populated than others, but the city center is thriving, there are The Games (now much less lethal) for the competitive-minded, the End Of Line Club for the partiers and The Archives for those who want to learn (or to impart knowledge) and various other venues (art galleries, shops of every stripe, vehicle mechanics and rentals, even casinos and smaller clubs.) Also the Park and it's resident swarm of Bits, they don't bite, but they might talk you to death.

The Train will get you basically anywhere you need to know, and runs all the time, no need to worry about it being out of service just because it's late. Light cycles are another popular mode of transportation, and the City isn't so big that it can't be walked.

Outside of the City is the Outlands all rugged terrain and cracked vistas. Beyond that is the Sea of Simulation which -now clean and virus-free once more- Sam hopes will begin to spawn ISOs as it once did. Beyond that is The Portal which is the way back to the real world, the realm of the Users.

Sometimes the Portal glitches, it's a known problem, nothing serious, really, just that it occasionally pulls in Programs from other versions of the Grid, other times in the Grid's history. It's a thing, and the new arrivals are generally found within short order and filled in on what's happening. System Monitors and a network of volunteers help with that.

Your character can be a native program, a transplant, even a visiting User, that's up to you. Tag around, get to know each other, have fun and try not to make the place too buggy, nobody wants to deal with that.

Comments

Sam(antha) Flynn | Tron: Legacy | OTA

[wasmarvsidea]

[Maybe this is her home Grid, maybe it's one that's just super-similar to it, either way, she'll be around. Doing stuff.]

Phil Coulson | MCU | OTA

[welcome2level7]

[It's definitely not the Framework, but doesn't it just figure Phil's consciousness would get stuck somewhere like this? Or maybe he's here on purpose, some kind of SHIELD/Stark Industries/Encomm corporate retreat or whatever, really I'm down for just about anything]

Zoe Kerrigan | Leverage AU | OTA

[wolvesintheworld]

[Look, she's either one of Sam's hactivist friends, or a program created by one of them. She's not as sneaky as she probably should be, but she's personable and people tend to trust her, she's just got one of those faces.
As a program she's probably some kind of info-skimmer, social as heck.]

Thela | Tronverse OC | OTA

[1st_program]

[Thela is a translation program, she can translate basically anything into basically anything else, languages, volumes, distances, any combination of the above.
She can usually be found in the park or the archives, occasionally swarmed by bits, but she's always happy to help a new arrival.]

Maison | Urban Fantasy OC | OTA

[big_l_librarian]

[Maison is one of the Archivists, but he probably wasn't always, either he was ported over from another system or is an accidental transplant, either way, he's definitely here to stay now]

Adric | That show with all the running (classic era) | OTA

[blue_star_badge]

[He was probably initially a program to get kids excited about math, who even knows how he got to the Grid]

Boomer | Tronverse OC | OTA

[boomersecurity]

[Boomer is essentially a one-man firewall, formerly of an elite security team, now just your friendly neighborhood security monitor.]

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[clan_techie]

[He's either a nervous little search and flag program, and a transplant, or an equally nervous user who didn't land here on purpose.]

Dolly | Tron-verse OC | OTA

[dollyoftheeol]

[The closest thing that the End of Line has to a head waitress, and even then it's only because she was literally the first one programmed. This might not be her home Grid, but that's not going to stop her from providing the best damn service this system has ever seen.]

Dex & Sin | Tronverse OC(s) | OTA

[dualtrainers]

[They're the trainers for the Games, a counterpart to the Sirens and the armory, sort of like what happens when you play against a computer opponent in the training level of your combat game, that's these guys. Though their skill level always matches who they're training with, it's a sort of safety precaution to make sure nobody overworks themselves.]

Muon | Tronverse OC | OTA

[homingpigeon]

[Fastest, most secure courier this side of the Grid. Has she always been here? Maybe, but will she for sure get your info packet where it needs to go safely and securely? Absoflippinlutely she will.]

Gadget | Tronverse OC | OTA

[isogamer]

[She's from a Grid where there was some actual resistance against Clu2's reign, she much prefers it here, though, because it's safe to climb just about anything, and she might actually get her wish to compete in the Games for real.]

Chirrut Imwe | Star Wars | OTA

[listenstotheforce]

[A system monitor/guardian from another system, suffered injury to his eyes that couldn't be repaired without recompling him completely, which he wasn't going to allow, he can survive without his sight, but not his sense of self.]

Shuri | MCU | OTA

[memetic_princess]

[She's definitely visiting, though whether it's because she's one of Sam's friends or just a random arrival is anyone's guess. She's super-excited, though.]

Claire Temple | MCU | OTA

[night_nurse]

[She's your local no-nonsense recompiler, she doesn't take sides -not that there are really sides to take here- and she's good at her job, if without a lot of finesse]

Quorra | Tron: Legacy | OTA

[quorrious]

[Does anyone NOT know who she is tho?]

Tronzler | Tronverse AU | OTA

[tr0nz1er]

[First he was Tron, then he was Rinzler, now he's trying to find his way back to something stable, perpetually trying to reconcile the two. He's probably not a threat, but he is easily startled.]

Everest + Hotel Artemis + OTA

[unheal]

[Recompiler's assistant, maybe from here, maybe from somewhere else, he can do the basic repairs, leaving the more complex reconstructions for the actual recompiler.]

Quorra | Tron: Legacy | OTA

[unpurged]

[Still Quorra, just... different gender tags. Same story, same desire to learn everything he can.]

Edward Dillinger, Jr. | Tron: Legacy

[edj_0431a]

[ programmer for ENCOM, son of Ed Dillinger Sr., and completely robbed by Disney. bit of info here. ]

[wasmarvsidea]

Sam laughed warmly, clapping him on the back just once, "I warned you that transition was going to be rough, first-time digitization always is." Granted, she hadn't warned him what she'd meant by 'transition' and definitely hadn't used the phrase 'first-time digitization', but that was mostly because she knew it would be easier to answer questions once they were already inside.

The street outside the facsimile of the Arcade was emptier than it was in the real world, but there was definitely traffic even just a block away, not a lot, but enough to make it all the more obvious that they weren't where they'd started.

She took a half-step back, spreading both arms, grin wide, "Welcome to the Grid. Downtown Tron City to be specific."

Yori | Tron |OTA

[brain_child]

[ Open to canon, cross canon, assumed CR in Tronverse. ]

Lora Baines | Tron | OTA

[digitization]

[ Prefer the real world but willing to discuss fun options! ]

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

[Greetings Program!]

[digitization]

She hadn't set foot in the arcade since, well since they broke up but she also had been hearing things about him that worried her. And of course he never answered his phone, why do that when he can be impressing teenagers with his video game skills?

Lora felt old, how the hell did that happen? When did that happen? She had no idea but stepping into Flynn's with the lights and sounds of games buzzing around her and the hordes of teens shuffling for positions at the controls, she felt very old.

Where the hell was... of course, he'd be at the console with the biggest groups of gawkers. Except he wasn't, someone else was stick there, leaving Lora to wander around the place looking for her ex. Wandering around until she worked her way to his flat upstairs. "Hey, Kev? You here?"

She crested the stairs and frowned, where the hell was he?

/sobs sorry so late!!

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

He didn't know how he'd made it out. By all accounts he should have been vaporized when he reabsorbed CLU. and yet... And yet he wasn't. Somehow he'd been spit out of the program and ended up right back where he started. He was home...

But he knew it wasn't right. It was when he'd left. That shouldn't be possible. None of it made sense, and yet all of it did.

He didn't hear the familiar voice calling to him. He was sitting on his bed, legs crossed, finding peace in the din of the arcade below. Once she explored further into the flat she'd find him there.

[digitization]

"Flynn?"

She finally reached the top of the stairs and saw a form on the bed. "Jesus, you scared the crap out of me. You could at least say something you know." Lora hustled over dropping her purse and jacket into a beanbag chair as she passed it.

As shed drew closer and the shade of the room gave way to the partial street light and neon from the arcade below she finally saw him, she drew up short. This wasn't Flynn, this was an older man, maybe his father?

"Whoa, who are you?"

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

Hearing his name dragged Flynn back from his state of zen. He took a breath, looking around curiously. Who had disturbed him?

When he saw Lora his eyes widened and his face broke into a very familiar grin. "Lora!" He pushed himself to his feet and moved to wrap her in a tight hug. "It is me. Flynn. God it's been so long!"

[digitization]

"Wha..I..huh?" Lora got pulled in and when she got close enough to see the face she knew it looked just like him, in maybe a few decades.

"Oh my god, Flynn? What happened? We just talked last week. What's going on?"

Paige | Tron: Uprising | OTA

[forthegrid]

[ Before or after her defection, good guy or bad guy, or something totally new. Paige is up for all the shenanigans. ]

Caél | Nephilim OC

[broken_sacrament]

Kevin Flynn

[messin_with_my_zen_thing]

[Sacrifice? Eh he found some way to reboot, man. He's like a damn cockroach. Open to the Grid or facing the real world for the first time in a very long time.]