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Meeting of the Nerds

Who: Donatello and Chris Kratt
What: Donnie and Chris do techie things
Where: Donnie's Room
When: 1/28 in the afternoon

Do you have to do this nerd stuff now? I have a headache and I can't handler your nerd talk today.

And how is this different from any other day?

It's not, but I have an excuse this time.

Well too bad, I already agreed that I would try to help him with the transferring process so I'm going to help him. Besides do you know how long it's been since I've gotten to do anything like this? Too long!

Yeah, fine. One question, are you gonna be able to do this since,... you know, your fingers are all huge now turtle boy?

Yeah, I do it at home. Why?

No real reason. I mean I figured you couldn't handle it since you know... your out of touch with your real body and all.

Excuse me?!

[Meanwhile, Arte sighed] I hope he gets here before another fight breaks out...

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[Chris headed down the hallway, his two Digimon trailing after him. Coming to the door he raised a hand to knock, but paused at the sound of sharper voices inside.]

Forget how to knock?

[A glance at Nes that's a cross between flat and amused, and then he raps his knuckles twice on the door.]

[And the door is opened by Arte. THe little green monkey smiled]

Hello, umm... Chris right? Give Donnie just one second, he and Paolo are... having a dispute right now.

It's not a dispute. I'm just seeing how much I can annoy Donnie before he loses his temper.

You know I am really starting to miss when you were an egg.

Starting to? You didn't from the seocnd that I hatched.

[Donnie nearly growled, but eh instead took a deep breath] We'll talk about this later, I have work to do right now. [He turns to Chris] Hey, sorry about that. Paolo and I have... issues sometimes.

[Which was putting it kindly]

Edited 2014-01-29 02:39 (UTC)

[Chris held his hands out, waving them lightly.]

It's alright, don't worry about it.

[New subject anybody?]

So, I guess we should get started, huh?

Yep, I'm all ready to start. All I need is your D-Termianl and device and I can get the transfer process started.

And while you do that I'm gonna go get dinner. You comin' Arte?

If only to keep you out of trouble. We'll eb back in a little while Donnie.

Alright, be careful. Be careful crossing streets, or get into any fights with anyone, and don't talk to strangers, and-

We'll be fine Donnie, promise. Alright Paolo, lets get going.

[And with that the two Digomon were gone.]

[Chris stepped aside as the Digimon headed out and walked into the room, trailed after by Sylvia and Nes. Reaching into the slot on the power suit glove he was wearing, he pulled out the creature pod and handed it over, then followed it up with the D-Terminal.]

Here ya go.

Thanks. Alright, I'll start getting things ready for the transfer.

[He then proceeded to do the things that eh needed to to set up the transfer process. He had his tongue sticking out form the corner of his mouth, clearly focusing on the task which wasn't as simple as before due to his large hands.

After a few minutes, he let out a relieved noise before leaning back into his chair]

There, the transfer is in progress. It may take a little longer than normal since the device doesn't work, but all the videos and stuff on it should all upload onto the D-Terminal no problem.

[Chris sat on the edge of the bed while Donnie went at it, wondering at one point if he should ask if he needed help. But he seemed to be doing it well enough on his own, and when he updated him on the progress, Chris grinned.]

Great! Thanks Donnie, it's nice to be able to access all the info on them again.

No problem! It should take around... 10-15 minutes for the process to finish up. So all that's left to do is kick back and wait.

Awesome! D'ya think you can walk me through what you did real quick? I wanna be able to do Martin's later, to surprise him.

Sure, no problem. All you have to do is...

[One long scientific explanation later]

And that's how you do it. You get all of that?

[Chris hopped off the bed and walked over, following along with the explanation. At the end of it he nodded, flashing a thumbs up.]

Got it! Thanks.

Don't mention it. [Looks at the devices] Should only be around 7.3 more minutes now until it's all done.

[He grins, standing upright.] Cool!

In the meantime- [He gestured his hand along the front of his chest, at the vest he had on.] -this is the creature power suit.

Whoa, that's it? [He stares at it a little] It looks so simple, but really hi-tech too. So... all you do si put in some kind of disc with DNA and it turns you into an animal?

Yeah, here. I brought them too.

[He reached into his jacket and pulled out a collapsible, green, disc holder and expanded it. Selecting one, he handed it to Donnie.

It was a pale teal and a little smaller than a CD, patterned all over with white circuitry. The darkest part of the disc, the middle, had a black silhouette of a winged lizard.]

That one's for draco lizard power. All I'd need to do to transform is put that in the suit, find a draco lizard to touch- [He held up his hands, wiggling his fingers.] -and then I'm off and gliding!

[Donnie took the disc and examined it as Chris talked. Looked simple enough.]

Wow, that sounds awesome! Ugh, if only there were any Draco Lizards in the Digital World...

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I dunno, he might qualify a little. [Snickering softly Chris gestured sideways to Nes, who'd taken to sniffing around under the curtain that separated sleeping areas. Hearing him being acknowledged he looked up, and having been underneath the curtain at the time it, of course, draped over his head as he moved.]

That's where his name came from, too. It's Nes, which I shortened from Indonesia. Native home of the draco lizards.

[His partner grinned broadly at that.]

Heh, maybe. Well... maybe if your lucky the Indonesian Rain Forest will appear here int he Digital World. On my way here I found a restaurant from my world in the Server Continent, and since places like San Francisco appeared then it's possible that some kind of place like the the rain forest could just show up. You'd just have to go and look for it.

That's actually something Martin and I have been talking about doing. [He watched his Digimon for a moment more, snickering a little as Sylvia went over to help a freshly-curtain-tangled Nes. Chris turned back to Donnie with a smile.]

Hospitown's too small, too... quiet, and we never were ones for cities anyway. We've been gathering supplies and doing scouting missions around the area, setting up to go exploring.

I mean, who knows what we'd find out there, right? There could be anything out there!

That makes sense. From what I saw on the way here there is a lot. HospiTown is kind of small compared to what I'm used to, being from New York and all. Still, getting out there would probably be good for you and your brother... as long as you don;t run into any rogue Digimon or something like that.

Oh yeah don't worry, we're getting that covered too.

[His smile is still eager, but it also takes a fond turn, and he gestures aside again.]

Our Digimon have been practicing, getting up their stamina and abilities, just in case the worst happens. Sylvia and Adele, one of Martin's Digimon, have been used as transportation in emergencies, for example. But we don't want them to wear out of energy in the middle of a situation, or for any of our Digimon to get exhausted trekking across the land.

Wow, that's playing it smart. Sounds like you guys have a pretty good idea what your doing then.

Aw yeah, you gotta know what you're doin' out there. Martin and I have been at it for YEARS, even before we became part of the Tortuga crew and formed the Wild Kratts team.

Oh yeah, I think Martin mention that you guys go around the world and look at wildlife. Must be really cool to get to go around the world and see so much.

[He may have sounded just a little sad when eh said that. Being limited to a sewer and one city at home really did stink sometimes.]

Yeah, it's really awesome. [He chuckled a little, leaning on the table with both hands, balancing most of his weight on a particular hand.]

You know, a lot of people always think that it's so cool, and so special that we get to see the world and the different creatures out there. It is cool, y'know? But somethin' a lot of people don't seem to get is that your own backyard can be just as cool!

Hmm.. I guess that's true. Still, getting away for a little while is nice... of course Mikey and I can't really dot hat since we're well... mutants and all.

[And he pointed at his current scary mutant turtle body to emphasize his point. He's still surprised that no one has screamed in horror yet.]

Ah c'mon, what's so bad about that? Alright well, Mikey has told me about how people don't usually accept your appearance, but I don't see anything wrong with it.

You guys are happy and healthy, right? You certainly look it. So... [He half-shrugs, leaning on the table with a smile.] It's alright.

[Then he grins, gesturing a finger of the other hand at him.] Besides, turtles are cool! [A bright smile.] Y'know anythin' about what species you are? Or ah, were, dependin' on how you wanna look at it?

Well... I guess you have a point there.

[And then when Chris asked that question, the genius perked up instantly.]

As a matter of fact, I do. My brothers and I were, and still are at least to an extent, freshwater turtles. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that we're derived from the diamond-back terrapin, but it's also possible that we're common box turtle. I wanted to do some tests to find out for sure, but I got busy with some other stuff, and.. I guess it slipped my mind after a while.

Ohoo, that's pretty cool! [As he stood up he put a hand to his chin, starting to idly pace around in thought.]

I wonder if there's any way around here to test for sure. [Facing Donnie he tilted his head slightly, scrutinizing him.] I could certainly see the terrapin. I'd have to know more about your brothers to be able to guess more...

[He was looking pretty eager now.] This could be a whole new thing to look into! Discovering your original species, pre-mutated DNA.

Hmm... I don;t know of anywhere here that can do that. I mean I could try to build something to find out before the glitch wears off, because when ti does I don;t know if my turtle DNA would still be a part of my human body or not.

Good point. [He rubbed his chin, doing a few moments of intense thought.]

I wonder if we could find a way to sample your DNA, now, and have it on hold for later experimentation...

Well... maybe if we take a saliva sample while I'm still like this, then it's possible that the DNA will stay the same even after the glitch wears off, then if you salvage that somewhere it could be tested later.

That's true. That would probably be easiest.

[He looked aside to his Digimon sitting on the bed talking, and you can practically see the lightbulb go off.]

Y'know, it might actually work in our favor that we're in a hospital! [He was looking back at Donnie with a grin.] There's the possibility they could keep it on file here. We may be able to find everything we need for keeping it here, and hopefully they'd be willing to help out a couple of Chosen in need!

[And when Chris brought that up, Donnei grins with equal enthusiasm.]

Oh man, you have a point! That's too good a possibility to pass up!

Alright! Then I think that's definitely something to look into, at least so far as DNA collection goes. Luckily saliva samples stay viable for longer and in better conditions than others do, so that oughta be simple enough to take and store.

Right, but we better take the sample as soon as possible. I don't know when this glitch is going to ware off, but the longest is a week. So we definitely want to take it before I turn back into a human.

Okay, so let's see. [He looked up, ticking off on his fingers.] We need a sterile vial, a swab, and somewhere to store it...

The swabs we may be able to find in here. We may have to ask for a vial though, and as for storage a dry environment is best.

Or we do this.

[He then stood up and pulled out a medical kit, He then pulled out a swab before reaching into a drawer and pulling out a sterile vial.]

We'll need to look for a dry enough environment t store it, but as for all that stuff... well I always liked to be prepared for anything and everything.

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A kit! That's just what I was thinking.

[He's definitely eager now.]

Our rooms oughta be good enough to store it? I haven't taken a reading on the actual humidity levels in here- [A momentary glance toward the creature pod. Oh if only.] -but hopefully the river's far enough away that it doesn't affect the air here.

Though if worse comes to worse and we can't find anything drier, we could use a freezer. That'd keep the sample even longer for us too, just in case we need it.

Sounds good to me. What could go wrong?

[A little pingiong noise then went off. Donnie turned back to the devices.]

Oh, the transfer's done! [He sat back down and typed a few things before handing the devices over to the green-clad human.] There,e everything that was on your Creature Pod should all be on the T-Terminal.

[Chris turned when the alert sounded, and he grinned brightly as the devices were brought to his hands. The D-Terminal was slid back into its pocket, and the creature pod into its slot on the glove.]

Great! And thanks again, Donnie. I really appreciate it, and hope I can repay ya sometime.

Hey don't mention it, happy to help. If you need help with anything else, then you can come ask me. I'm more than happy to do so!

I'll be sure to!

[He turned at a slight beeping noise and removed the D-Terminal from his pocket, checking it.]

Alright, that's Martin. We made some plans for later on. [A quick reply and he put it away again, looking up with a smile.]

I'll get back to you on the DNA test, alright? And we'll see if we can't figure out what species you are, between the two of us.

Alright, sounds good. I'll see you later then.

[Chris turned, holding his arm crooked out slightly. Sylvia looked over and then crawled up onto Nes as he headed over, springing off his head and onto her partner's shoulder. Raising the same hand Chris made a little half-salute Donnie's way, beaming.]

Later!

[And with partners in tow he jogged out of the room, off on who knew what adventure now.]

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