04-08-2007, 08:34 AM
"Anna..." Calibremon called.
"Mmmf" came a sleepy response. His tamer was not a 'morning person' as humans called it. Calibemon sighed, putting his face in one of his massive metal hands.
"Anna, time to get up..." He said.
"I dun' wanna. Five more minutes" She called back, rolling over under the sheets.
"I gave you five more minutes five minutes ago. Now get up or I turn the bed over again." He replied, putting his hands down sharply on the bedframe, to ensure here he wasn't kidding. Anna sat bolt-upright instantly.
"Alright already I'm up, I'm up!" she protested. "I still have bruises from the last time you did that!" she complained, rubbing her shoulder. Calibremon smirked softly.
"Well you wouldn't if you'd just gotten out of bed on time." he said. "C'mon, I made coffee." he said, offering her a hand out of bed, which she took, wobbling sleepily as she rose to her feet.
"French Roast?" she asked hopefully. Calibremon smirked and nodded.
"Do you drink anything else?" he asked. Anna stuck her tongue out at him.
"You tricked me into trying Turkish Coffee once. I swear that stuff gave me chemical burns or something." she muttered as she quickly got dressed, putting on a pair of denim cut-offs and a white t-shirt.
"I didn't trick you; I asked if you wanted some, and you said yes." He eyed her clothing briefly. "Planning to slum around the house again today?" he asked. She nodded, heading for the kitchen.
"Got a long vacation from the boss..." she said as she started pouring herself a coffee.
"You mean a permanent vaction. Oh Anna, you didn't get fired again, did you?" He asked, sighing.
"It's not my fault! His son's an asshole, and he's always in charge of my shifts!" she complained. "Besides, I still have my work-at-home programming thing..." Calibremon sighed and nodded.
"True... so have you reconsidered...?" he asked hesitantly. Anna glared at him over the rim of her coffee cup.
"Cali, we've been through this before. There is no price high enough that would make me even consider exploiting D-Code." She said. "I wonder though why you keep asking about it. I would think you of all people would want me not to try and sell D-Code..." Calibremon sighed and nodded, scratching his head.
"True... but you've already built so many working projects with it. Couldn't you just sell one or two of them? Or even just patent them and sell them yourself?" he asked. Anna shook her head and wandered into the living room-turned-office, sitting down at the computer.
"No Cali, humans are too suspicious and greedy. If I wanted to patent something, I would have to give detailed proof that it does what I say it does, and how." She finished her coffee and handed him the empty mug. "And if I sold the idea to another company, they'd try to reverse-engineer the project to figure out how it works so they can stop paying me for it." Calibremon nodded, sighing.
"You have a real pessimistic outlook on your species, don't you?" he asked. Anna looked up at him, shaking her head.
"Sadly, no. It's a realist's outlook. I know what my species is capable of, and what lengths they'll go to." Calibremon wandered off briefly to make himself a coffee, and then came back, hugging her gently around the shoulders.
"Mm... now that you've got some vacation time, why don't we take a trip?" he asked. Anna blinked and looked at him through the corner of her eye.
"Where, and how? We're kinda hovering above broke as it is..." she said.
"How is easy. You built that one string of code..." he said. Anna smiled softly.
"Ah. You mean the Gateway Rebound." she said, nodding. "How did you figure out about that? I never told you..." Calibremon chuckled softly.
"A computer password isn't very good if its the name of the person trying to get in." he said. Anna rolled her eyes and muttered something irritably.
"Remind me to change that when we get back then..." she said, getting up. Calibremon watched as she left, and then came back, holding her D-Transfer in one hand. She set it down on the computer desk and plugged it in. Calibremon finished his coffee quietly as Anna worked quietly and masterfully with the code that made up his very existence. It was fascinating in a way. From his perspective, it was like watching God work.
"All done." she said, strapping the device to her wrist, checking it a final time. Calibremon raised an eyebrow briefly.
"You're going dressed like that?" he asked. She nodded.
"Maybe, if we end up going someplace warm, for once." she said, smiling. She poked him playfully in the chest. "And maybe, if you're a good boy, I'll remember to pack my bikini this time..." she said, winking and wandering off to pack a suitcase. Calibremon sighed and shook his head.
"You humans and your clothing. You'd save a lot of time and effort if you just wore the same thing all the time." he shouted to her.
"Clothes aren't just about decency and protection from the elements, Cali. They're a means of self-expression..." she said, dragging the small, black roll-aboard suitcase behind her as she wandered out of her bedroom, dressed in a pair of faded, hip-hugging denim jeans and a black, hooded sweatshirt. Cali sighed and smiled, shaking his head.
"Maybe one of these days I'll get it..." he said. Anna started to fiddle with her D-Transfer, smiling as it started to beep happily.
"One can only hope..." she said, as the digital feild opened up briefly, swallowing them both.
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Calibremon coughed as the digital mist faded away, blinking slowly in the sunlight. "Anna... this doesn't look like California..." Anna swore softly and checked her D-Transfer.
"Looks like we missed our window by a few seconds. Gimme a moment while I figure out where we are." She jumped as she heard the familar 'ka-click' of Cali's handguns being cocked. "Cali...?"
"We're in trouble, is where we are." he said, looking across the empty feild. "about 200 paces. A Renamon and her tamer."
OOC: Welcome to Idaho. :D
