Processing the Aftermath

YELLOW - Next Iteration

- (TSC? does that mean we should call him something different, like "Second"?)

- Orange is some kind of... sibling, or (not reincarnation, not child) to TCO/TDL

- all three were created by Alan - perhaps that's why they are powerful?

- perhaps their names make them powerful? TCO thinks so

- what do I think about all this?

What did he think about all this?  Amusingly enough, he could imagine Green's reaction first.   Green and Orange were so alike that Green was almost certainly jealous.  He could sympathise; if Orange were an excellent engineer, then Yellow would probably be a bit jealous.  But then again, wasn't bringing deleted stick figures back to life just programming on an entirely new level?

...he decided he would be fine with it.

- I am fine with this. Orange has his super skills, I have my skills.

- this explains why Orange's real name is The Second Coming

- I wonder if I can find any obvious differences in his files... does Orange share a similar "structure" to TCO?

He could decompile their code, but disassembling a stick figure was out of the question.  Making a clone purely for disassembly was equally out of the question.

- decompiling could be useful, but unethical

Speaking of disassembling...

- TDL blades

- What were the blades made out of that could destroy items/us?

- Does it involve some inherent quality exclusive to TDL, or to TDL/TCO/Orange?

- Would I be able to recreate those blades?

Completely hypothetical question, of course.  He more than half-hoped that the secret had died with Dark Lord.  But then again, if he wanted to prevent them from dying in this way again, he needed to know how Dark Lord's blades worked.  If Orange could recreate those blades... no, he had a feeling Orange wouldn't like that.  He turned his thoughts to the thought that had gnawed on his mind all week:

- We are vulnerable. our home computer is vulnerable. I don't think the others understand how vulnerable we are

A virus had almost destroyed them and their computer.  A malicious stick figure had killed them and could definitely destroy their computer.  What other dangers could the internet hold?   Could there be other malicious stick figures?  Other viruses?   Other kinds of programs?  What if Alan accidentally plugged in a bad drive?  What would happen if Alan decided to get rid of them?  The possibilities -

He needed to focus on the most likely cases first.  The most likely ones being stick figures and foreign invaders that stick figures could send.

- First focus: stick-figure-sent invaders (programs, etc)

- research for antivirus programs?

- file scanning programs for stick figure interference?

- find a better file scanner software or some kind of stick figure interfer-er that can detect stick figure interference. Need to make sure our stuff has permission to pass

- THOUGHT: We tend to break logic. Would stick figure interference have to be met with stick-figure fighting measures?

He sat back.  Alan could not remove the Virabot using conventional measures - his antivirus software and so on.  Perhaps that was because stick figures had created the Virabot.  Perhaps that was why only powers like The Chosen One's powers could destroy the virus.  Perhaps anti-stick-figure interference would require different means of protection.