As they walked in Echo's eyes went wide at the glow emanating from the building. One part in particular.
"LINK, you look… heavenly." He sighed, finally landing on the right word. LINK smiled, giggling a bit.
Cryptor squinted, as he approached the desk. "Yeah, what's with all the bright lights?"
"Colored lights in the building have been shifted to white to join the city in celebrating Droid Appreciation Day! Including myself," LINK smiled at Echo, obviously entranced by her new glow.
"Droid Appreciation Day…" Cryptor glanced around the room. "Weird that us droids didn't hear about it."
"That's so cool!" Echo beamed, his eyes still stuck on LINK. "I didn't know you could change your glow like that…" He leaned on the desk, looking closer at her.. "You ever change it just for fun?"
"My system preset is the Borg industry standard teal. I have no reason to switch from the preset unless instructed to do so," LINK informed him.
"So, you've never just woken up and been like 'today feels like a green day!' and just… went with it?"
"Not unless instructed to do so." LINK shook her head.
"So, why white?" Cryptor broke their conversation.
"White is the color of Droid Appreciation Day in honor of Zane Julien, the white ninja, and first major public droid figure," LINK explained, breaking into her prepared speech. "He's protected the city on multiple occasions, and has been a vocal advocate for-"
"Yeah, we know who Zane is," Cryptor sighed.
"Good for him! Getting this whole holiday to recognize him. That's a pretty big deal." Echo finally took the chance to glance around the rest of the room to see the changes around the building.
"Why's it got to be Zane though?" Cryptor groaned. "He's such a heroic stereotype."
"Zane's a martyr!" Echo sent him a stern look.
"Zane's still alive," Cryptor rolled his eyes. "I just don't think he's very representative of most droids. I mean, what about purple, for Pixal? First female droid to make a name for herself, also protects the city, did it all without powers. Or maybe teal, for Borg, the manufacturer of most of the city's droids. Or hell, red, for the recovering nindroids that make up the majority of the droid population! Why Zane? Why the one droid made by some guy who lived out in the middle of the woods!" Cryptor glanced over at Echo. "One of two droids made by some guy who lived out in the middle of the woods."
"Technically, I was made when he lived out in the middle of the ocean, so… you had it right the first time." Echo corrected.
"Point is," Cryptor waved him off. "He lived in the middle of nowhere his whole life, built two droids and then died."
"Technically he died once before-"
"Would you just let me have this?"
"With all due respect," LINK began. "Droid Appreciation Day was put in place mainly to rekindle the public's trust in technology. Something dismantled by events largely caused by… you."
Everyone's head sunk a bit, Echo tapping his fingers on the desk.
"…She's got a point-"
"Yeah, I get it," Cryptor groaned. "And Zane's the one who froze me and my scary looking buddies. It's a good PR move."
"If you think about it, Zane's responsible for most of the droid designs you see today. I'm based off his blueprints, you're based off his blueprints, along with the entire Nindroid army. It's kind of a no-brainer choice, even taking out his status as protector of the city." Echo reasoned.
"Can we just get an elevator already?" Cryptor looked to LINK.
"Of course," She smiled, turning to her computer.
"I wouldn't get too worked up about it," Echo pat Cryptor on the shoulder. "I mean, it's not like the holiday is for Zane. It's to bring awareness to all droids! He just inspired the color choice, right?"
"Heavily so." LINK agreed. "Zane will be giving a speech outside the building later this afternoon to accept some sort of award from the city. I'm informed it should have a larger turnout than originally anticipated."
Cryptor glanced over at Echo with a smirk.
"But it's not about Zane, huh?"
