Maps
After two mistakes in the virtualization process, Jeremie decides that it's time to remap Lyoko. Episode 4 of The Reset Arc.
Disclaimer: Code Lyoko was created by Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain. It was produced by Antefilms and then by MoonScoop. It is aired in France by France 3 and in America by Cartoon Network. The author is neither employed by or affiliated with any of the above companies or entities. All characters, locales, and other non-original entities are property of the parties mentioned above. All rights reserved.
Jeremie Belpois sat under a tree in the middle of the school courtyard. It was still part of the lunch hour in Kadic Academy and he and his friends had all finished their lunches early. Instead of spending the remainder of the time sitting at their usual table in the lunch room, Jeremie had suggested they spend the rest of the time outside, enjoying the wonderful weather of the day. The sun was shining brightly and the sounds of nature mixed in perfectly with the sounds of a bustling metropolis, creating a melody of urban tranquility. Aside from enjoying the scenery, however, Jeremie called everyone together for another reason entirely.
"Alright, Einstein, what's this big thing you have to tell us about?" Odd asked.
The boy genius adjusted his glasses. "Actually, it's two things," he explained. "First off, ever since Lyoko got rebuilt by XANA, I've been making some errors calculating where you're all virtualized to. Not only are you guys too far from the tower to effectively shut it down right away, you're also materializing into completely different sectors than what I'm reading in the supercomputer."
"Not a big deal," Ulrich said nonchalantly. "We still show up where the tower is and we got them all shut down."
"Maybe not a big deal now," Jeremie continued, "but we've been lucky so far. I don't want to press my luck and make a fatal mistake like sending you to the middle of the digital sea when the supercomputer tells me you're in the desert sector."
Ulrich nodded. "Agreed. So how do you suppose we fix this?"
"We remap Lyoko," he proposed. "The maps that were in the supercomputer weren't made by us and are obviously very old and outdated now. It's time we upgrade them. I programmed a new device that will let us remap all of Lyoko but only when activated in the middle of the digital sea."
"Great idea," Yumi added, "except for the part about us going to the sea. How do you suggest we set off this thing without getting ourselves killed?"
Jeremie grinned. "I'm glad you asked." He pulled out his laptop and punched a few keys, bringing up a wireframe display of a large vehicle. "I've finally got the skid back up and running... with a few improvements, of course. We should be able to traverse more of the digital sea thanks to this more sturdy version of the skidbladnir."
The warriors all looked at the wireframe model and nodded in approval. With the exception of Aelita, none of them fully understood the changes that Jeremie did to the design but they all liked the fact that he didn't just make a clone of the vehicle with all of the same strengths and weaknesses.
"So, let me guess," Ulrich said. "You want us to head out tonight for this cartography mission, am I right?"
Jeremie nodded. "That is, of course, if we all have the time to do it tonight."
The group all looked at each other, seeing whether or not any of them would protest. "I think we're all free tonight," Aelita spoke for everyone else. "I mean, it shouldn't take that long, right?"
"Great. Meet up at the factory after school?" he asked.
Everyone else nodded just as the bell rang to go back to class. As they walked to their respective classrooms, Odd turned to Ulrich. "Cartography?" he asked.
"Yeah" he responded. "Someone who makes maps."
"I know what the word means," he stated. "I didn't know that you did. Remind me to thank Yumi for actually teaching you something when you two are alone."
Ulrich looked at his friend strangely. "And what's that supposed to mean?" he asked.
"Nothing." Odd ran forward to put some distance between himself and the foot aimed straight for his rear.
