Where's the mute button?!
"Hey Heero, I was wondering about something…" said Quatre.
"What Quatre?"
"Is it possible to install an Audio Program into our Gundams too?"
"You mean you want to actually hear your Gundam back talk to you?!" said Heero in shock.
"No, I just want to know what Sand Rock's feeling every now and then…"
"Same here," said Wu Fei.
"Are you sure?" said Heero.
"You might as well put it in all of Gundams." Dou said.
It is a lot easier to ask their Gundams directly instead of having to get the mini Gundams to be a translator…
"Just remember that you asked for it!" said Heero, "When do you want me to install it?"
A week later, the other two chibi-Gundams were up and running. Heero was working on the Audio Program for the other Gundam pilots. Each of their Gundams were different, which meant that the voice program had to be different for each one. The real problem was finding the voice pattern that would fit the Gundam! The one thing he made quite clear to the others was that he would NOT give the Gundams female voices or anything that would make them homesick.
"Let's see…which voice wave fits Deathscythe? Should I pick one out of random or ask Dou?" murmured Heero.
It might be a better idea to ask Dou instead of choosing at random. He's the one who has to listen to the voice every time he pilots not you.
"Good point. Wing Zero, could you get Dou and the others to meet me here? If I want to get the right program for each Gundam I'll need their help choosing the voice."
Will do.
"So Heero, what did ya need all of us for?" asked Dou.
"I want each of you to choose a voice for each of your individual Gundams."
"Why can't you do it?" asked Trowa.
"Because I don't know your specific tastes and because Wing Zero reminded me of one important detail I forgot."
"What detail?" asked Wu Fei.
"I'm not the one who's going to be listening to that voice each time we fight or are in the Gundams, you are," answered Heero.
Each of you take a headset and go through the Audio files already on there and choose which one you want for your Gundam. Let us know when you're done.
An hour later, only three of the five Gundam pilots hadn't finished picking the voice they wanted for their Gundams. Wu Fei had already picked his, and Heero was busy working on the program using that voice. He looked up at Wu Fei and asked, "Do you want a learning program installed too? That way you two could practice Martial Arts together…"
"You mean Nataku and I would be exercising at the same time?"
"Exactly. Plus it could record battle experiences and use them for references."
"Then I guess you could install it…" said Wu Fei.
Another hour passed by and the only ones who hadn't picked the voice they wanted were Quatre and Dou.
"I'm having a hard time choosing between these two…" said Quatre.
"Let me see…no wonder you're having trouble choosing. Think about this then, when you choose your Gundam's voice it's permanent. This is going to be the voice that you have to listen to when you talk to your Gundam. Does that make it easier?"
"A little." Quatre said, still unsure.
"What problems are you having Dou?" asked Trowa.
"I found two voice files that might fit, but they sound too obnoxious when they back talk!"
"Which on…oh those. Well judging by your personality I'd say that the bottom file works best."
"That's what I was thinking, but the other one was pretty good too."
"Trust me, choose the second one. That one on the top is from someone who's a royal-pain-in-the-ass!"
"Heero, I chose which one I wanted!" said Quatre.
Finally the Audio Programs for the other Gundams were ready.
Heero went to each Gundam separately and installed the Audio that each pilot chose. Five minutes after he installed the Program the Gundam came to life and talked to its pilot. All of them were happy about their choice until…
"Heero! I have a major question I need to ask you!" said Dou.
"What?"
"Where the hell is the mute button on the Audio Program?!" grumbled Dou.
Heero looked at the other pilot for about two seconds before he started laughing. Dou was mad, as he was being dead serious!
"Why…do…you need…to…know…where…the…mute button…is?" he said between laughs.
"Because Deathscythe won't stop complaining about being bored! It's not our fault that we haven't been able to fight; yet he won't listen!" explained Dou.
Heero had finally recovered from laughing and said, "Take me to the Gundam and let me see what's wrong."
Look who decided to finally come back!
"Son of a…I don't freakin' believe it! You're Gundam has inherited the attitude of the audio file! What the hell did you do?!" said Heero in disbelief.
"I was running a maintenance check on him and then this little problem started!"
"Which maintenance program did you use?!" said Heero annoyed. He was beginning to suspect how this might have occurred.
"Program Death4CheckUp. Why?"
"You baka…that's what caused your Gundam to pick up that particular personality!"
"WHAT!"
"Program Death4CheckUp does something weird when it comes in contact with the Audio file…don't ask me why though."
"What can I do to reverse it?!" said Dou.
"You can't. The only way to fix it is to take the Audio Program out and put in a new Voice file. Even then I can't guarantee that it won't return!"
If you even think of removing the Audio File from my hard drive I'll never forgive you, Dou Maxwell!
"Is there any way to keep the Audio file and get rid of the personality?"
"No…and unfortunately I didn't think to install a mute command. You're pretty much screwed."
"Great…just great…so is there anything I can do now?" said Dou in defeat.
"Looks like you'll have to learn how to live with it for now. I could get you a pair of earplugs until you get used to it," offered Heero.
"Thanks…" said Dou as Heero went and fetched the earplugs.