Part Three: Nullification
INT. 69TH FLOOR SHIN-RA BUILDING
Wellman: Your rein is over! Reboot!
(Wellman reboots to become a Cloud Strife-type character. He dives towards
Megabyte, pulling out an Ultima-type weapon, and attacks Megabyte.)
Dot: While he's distracting Megabyte, we can extract the game information.
I have a feeling that we've been taking the wrong approach to the null
situation. It appears that games decompress data when in use. When the user
wins, the data is recompressed. However, when the user loses, the data
remains uncompressed. Therefore, nulls are compressed data!
Bob: Of course! By creating a decompression applet outside the game, we'll
have the ability to convert nulls back into sprites!
Matrix: No time to figure out other things right now! Let's win the game!
Bob: Glitch! Portal!
(The tear is converted into a portal appearing to be lead into the
supercomputer.)
Megabyte: Finally! A pathway, to the supercomputer!
Mouse (whispering): (Tapping at a small panel.) Command com. Access data
files on current portal. Change coordinates to nine zero four two.
(Megabyte begins to walk through the portal as it is converted to one
leading back to the jail cell in the principal office.)
System: Game Over!
EXT. PRINCIPAL OFFICE SUBSPHERE
Dot: (Crying) Dad.
Wellman: It's great to have my old body back.
Bob: Glitch! Get me Turbo!
(Turbo appears on the small LCD.)
Turbo: Yes, Bob?
Bob: I need you to construct an applet capable of recompressing and
decompressing data.
Turbo: That's risky Bob. What're you trying to pull off now?
Bob: I've. We've figured out how to cure nulls.
Turbo: What?! That's incredible! We'll begin working on it right away.
However, it'll take at least two seconds.
Bob: Thanks, Turbo.
Matrix: What about Megabyte?
Bob: I had thought originally that we would've been able to compress him
into a null, reformat him, and then decompress him as a sprite. However,
it'll be difficult to keep him contained for two seconds. We'll have to
reformat him right away.
Turbo: Bob, we currently have a shortage of guardians after Daemon. We need
Ray to be uploaded to the academy.
Mouse: Turbo, I want to be a guardian, too. You're not taking Ray without
me.
Turbo: With all the services you've provided to the guardians, I can make
an exception just this once.
Ray: I'm not quite ready to go. There are a few loose ends I must tie up.
Turbo: Open a portal when you're ready.
(Everyone jumps on their zipboards, excluding Ray, who jumps onto his
board. They head for the principal's office, and down to the jail.
INT. MAINFRAME JAIL CELLS
Bob: (together) Glitch! Format!
Ray: (together) Axess! Format!
(Two beams travel from the guardian's keytools into Megabyte. Megabyte
glows as he transforms into a female guardian.)
Bob: Dixon?!
Dixon: I'm back, Cadet.
Bob: But how?
Dot: Megabyte must've retained the code of Dixon after he absorbed her
energy in the supercomputer. At the time that he stole her energy and code,
he had become gigabyte. When he arrived in Mainframe, he downgraded to
become Megabyte and Hexadecimal. Hexadecimal retained the energy stolen by
gigabyte and the absorbed power of the explosion, and Megabyte kept the
code stolen. His survival in the web wasn't just because of your guardian
code, Bob, but Dixon's code as well.
Matrix: It seems all is well again.
Bob: Don't forget, we still have to convert all those nulls.
Matrix: Count me out!
(Little Enzo runs out of the principal office alongside Phong, who is
greeted by everyone.)
Enzo: Dad?
Wellman: Hey Enzo!
Enzo: Dad!
(Enzo runs to give his dad a huge hug.)
Phong: Welcome back, old friend.
Bob: Everything seems back to normal, except for one thing.
Dot: What's that?
Bob: Matrix has something to say. Matrix?
Matrix: AndrAIa, will you marry me?
AndrAIa: Oh my. Enzo, of course I will.
Ray: Mouse. I..uh..
Mouse: Of course Sugar!
(Mouse kisses Ray)
Bob: Dot, let's have it go right this time. Join with me, and we'll be
together at last. Dixon! Take Glitch. It was originally yours. Tell Turbo I
must resign as being guardian. He'll understand. Goodbye Glitch.
(Glitch removes Bob's guardian code, and transfers it back to Dixon.)
Dixon: Thank you, Cadet. Glitch! Portal!
(Dixon gives her final farewells as she returns to the supercomputer.)
Dot: Of course I'll marry you, Bob.
(Cecil flies out of the principal office.)
Cecil: What am I, a wedding planner?
Bob: Hey Cecil!
Cecil: I must redesign the entire ceremony. And for your information, it's
Cécil!
(Everyone laughs.)
(Reboot music begins to play as the camera zooms out, and the ReBoot logo
appears.)
To Be Continued.
INT. 69TH FLOOR SHIN-RA BUILDING
Wellman: Your rein is over! Reboot!
(Wellman reboots to become a Cloud Strife-type character. He dives towards
Megabyte, pulling out an Ultima-type weapon, and attacks Megabyte.)
Dot: While he's distracting Megabyte, we can extract the game information.
I have a feeling that we've been taking the wrong approach to the null
situation. It appears that games decompress data when in use. When the user
wins, the data is recompressed. However, when the user loses, the data
remains uncompressed. Therefore, nulls are compressed data!
Bob: Of course! By creating a decompression applet outside the game, we'll
have the ability to convert nulls back into sprites!
Matrix: No time to figure out other things right now! Let's win the game!
Bob: Glitch! Portal!
(The tear is converted into a portal appearing to be lead into the
supercomputer.)
Megabyte: Finally! A pathway, to the supercomputer!
Mouse (whispering): (Tapping at a small panel.) Command com. Access data
files on current portal. Change coordinates to nine zero four two.
(Megabyte begins to walk through the portal as it is converted to one
leading back to the jail cell in the principal office.)
System: Game Over!
EXT. PRINCIPAL OFFICE SUBSPHERE
Dot: (Crying) Dad.
Wellman: It's great to have my old body back.
Bob: Glitch! Get me Turbo!
(Turbo appears on the small LCD.)
Turbo: Yes, Bob?
Bob: I need you to construct an applet capable of recompressing and
decompressing data.
Turbo: That's risky Bob. What're you trying to pull off now?
Bob: I've. We've figured out how to cure nulls.
Turbo: What?! That's incredible! We'll begin working on it right away.
However, it'll take at least two seconds.
Bob: Thanks, Turbo.
Matrix: What about Megabyte?
Bob: I had thought originally that we would've been able to compress him
into a null, reformat him, and then decompress him as a sprite. However,
it'll be difficult to keep him contained for two seconds. We'll have to
reformat him right away.
Turbo: Bob, we currently have a shortage of guardians after Daemon. We need
Ray to be uploaded to the academy.
Mouse: Turbo, I want to be a guardian, too. You're not taking Ray without
me.
Turbo: With all the services you've provided to the guardians, I can make
an exception just this once.
Ray: I'm not quite ready to go. There are a few loose ends I must tie up.
Turbo: Open a portal when you're ready.
(Everyone jumps on their zipboards, excluding Ray, who jumps onto his
board. They head for the principal's office, and down to the jail.
INT. MAINFRAME JAIL CELLS
Bob: (together) Glitch! Format!
Ray: (together) Axess! Format!
(Two beams travel from the guardian's keytools into Megabyte. Megabyte
glows as he transforms into a female guardian.)
Bob: Dixon?!
Dixon: I'm back, Cadet.
Bob: But how?
Dot: Megabyte must've retained the code of Dixon after he absorbed her
energy in the supercomputer. At the time that he stole her energy and code,
he had become gigabyte. When he arrived in Mainframe, he downgraded to
become Megabyte and Hexadecimal. Hexadecimal retained the energy stolen by
gigabyte and the absorbed power of the explosion, and Megabyte kept the
code stolen. His survival in the web wasn't just because of your guardian
code, Bob, but Dixon's code as well.
Matrix: It seems all is well again.
Bob: Don't forget, we still have to convert all those nulls.
Matrix: Count me out!
(Little Enzo runs out of the principal office alongside Phong, who is
greeted by everyone.)
Enzo: Dad?
Wellman: Hey Enzo!
Enzo: Dad!
(Enzo runs to give his dad a huge hug.)
Phong: Welcome back, old friend.
Bob: Everything seems back to normal, except for one thing.
Dot: What's that?
Bob: Matrix has something to say. Matrix?
Matrix: AndrAIa, will you marry me?
AndrAIa: Oh my. Enzo, of course I will.
Ray: Mouse. I..uh..
Mouse: Of course Sugar!
(Mouse kisses Ray)
Bob: Dot, let's have it go right this time. Join with me, and we'll be
together at last. Dixon! Take Glitch. It was originally yours. Tell Turbo I
must resign as being guardian. He'll understand. Goodbye Glitch.
(Glitch removes Bob's guardian code, and transfers it back to Dixon.)
Dixon: Thank you, Cadet. Glitch! Portal!
(Dixon gives her final farewells as she returns to the supercomputer.)
Dot: Of course I'll marry you, Bob.
(Cecil flies out of the principal office.)
Cecil: What am I, a wedding planner?
Bob: Hey Cecil!
Cecil: I must redesign the entire ceremony. And for your information, it's
Cécil!
(Everyone laughs.)
(Reboot music begins to play as the camera zooms out, and the ReBoot logo
appears.)
To Be Continued.