perfectmatch | week two

Ringo and Poppy are taken to an electronics store, specializing in the vintage, with the aim to rebuild a vintage computer. They'll be given all the parts for it and advised that it's in perfectly good condition but they'll have to put it back together themselves.

Highlights

The store is rented out just for them to hang out and snoop as well!
There's no food allowed in the store. :(
But they can go next door for pizza afterwards.

[Wooooow!!!

Ringo blinks at the parts they're given and also just the general vibes of the store, and.

As she holds up a very old circuit board, she just looks baffled.]

... Isn't this, like. Stone age technology?

[ Poppy, meanwhile, looks delighted. ]

Pretty sure stone age involved actual stones. This is vintage! No, no — it's retro.

[ Said like it's the coolest thing in the world, which it kind of is. Retro. ]

I took a class on some of these in college. C'mon, let's rebuild it! It's going to be soooo cool.

Huh... right, okay, why not?

[Ringo doesn't really get it, but Poppy's excitement is infectious.]

You'll have to walk me through it, though. I've never done anything like this before.

[For obvious reasons.]

Besides, Figure's more on the data and tech side of things.

Oh, for sure. [ So Poppy gets to show off her expertise, huh? In front of Ringo, who remains so cool? There are no downsides. ] I'll help you! It's kind of like meeting your ancestors, huh?

[ .... was that insensitive

She's just gonna breeze right along, peering inside the open, empty back of the computer they've got to work with. ]

Who's Figure?

[Not me mistyping Ringo's sister's name LET'S PRETEND I TYPED FIGUE CORRECTLY.]

Ha ha, not even close! A floppy disk would be closer than an old computer like this. I'm data, all data.

[At least she's not offended at all, though.]

Anyway, she's my sister! The only other AI like me in the whooole wide world back home.

[ what typos I've never seen a typo in my life

Anyway, Poppy looks up from inside the empty computer to gape at Ringo. ]

You've got a sister... There are only two of you?

[ Probably a good thing?? ]

Well then! [ Recovering, shooting Ringo a grin. ] I guess this'd be like a house for your ancestors, which is also still really cool to build. Hey, hand me that circuit board.

[ The really old one! It's time to start putting stuff together! ]

[Probably a good thing.

Ringo just laughs at that, and hands over said circuit board.]

Yeah. You'd like her. Figue's easy to get along with.

But anyway! Use me at will! I'm ready to be directed, Poppy!

I don't doubt it! You're also easy to get along with.

[ If Ringo's sister is anything like her, well... then damn, that must be a fun hangout. ]

But alright — will do!

[ This is where I pretend I know literally anything about building computers, so Poppy does indeed direct Ringo around. Look at all the progress they're making! Until a different thought pops into her head. ]

Does it, uh... does it get lonely, when there's just two of you?

[ She's curious... it's a thought that does have her stop their work momentarily. ]

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