Scene #7699: You Remembered My NumBBer!

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BB	Cantio has a big desk and a big office, with a big stack of papers and some big screens with a big chair to feel very important in. It's the sort of place where the image of work gets done, and, if someone is very used to the sort of luxuries of these sorts of places, where actual work gets done. But Cantio's just staring at her phone in her lap. Flipping through her contacts. Did she have a phone? Did she need a phone? The cherryblossom-pink phone case with a little gold star charm off the loop at the bottom felt like the right thing to hold, but there was a restlessness to doing so. An expectation in her lap, framed with two crossed legs. BB leans down to lift Cantio's chin up with a finger, to smile down from her seated position atop the desk across. https://imgur.com/0LlCZL4 "Hey cutie. You called?"
Cantio	"But what if it doesn't turn out so...? Ah, maybe if I just..." Figuring out what information to bring and what to leave out for a first meeting can be pretty stressful, especially if that information includes less morally-acquired data. She's tossed around the idea of just bringing multiple drives, but... Would that be tacky? Maybe it's time for a break to clear her mind. She leans back, fiddles with her phone, and lets out a tired sigh. It's been a long couple of days, and that touch on her chin almost feels nice until she realizes that the hand belongs to someone else. "B... BB?!" She blurts out in wide-eyed surprise, nearly falling backwards out of her seat at first. Luckily, she doesn't. Instead, she instead springs to her feet and nearly falls forward instead to supl- It's hug. She's hugging BB, and the relief is apparent in her voice within seconds of speaking. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you in so long! I thought something might've happened to you." It takes another moment or two before Cantio realizes how quickly she's just invaded BB's personal space so casually and lets go. "Sorry! I just... A lot's happened since last time. How are you doing? Did anyone try to hurt you?"
BB	Laughing cheerfully as Cantio tosses herself into her, BB extends her arms in acceptance of Cantio's leaping love, emBBracing the program-girl with a mutual big-sisterly love. That's not so easy to escape from, even if Cantio lets go and sort of tries to get away, BB's arms having wrapped around Cantio's back, one hand cupping behind her head to pillow Cantio on her chest and stroke-pat the worried girl. "There there, sweetie. It's alright. You just didn't call! Would you want me to just loom over you and make all your proBBlems go away?" BB hmm-hmm-hmm's breathily, before kissing the crown of Cantio's head and lingering there, inhaling quietly. "You can't hurt the whole world, little sister. You can only change the way you live inside it."
Cantio	When BB ends up holding Cantio in place, the latter is not in all too much of a hurry to extract her head from there. Her cheeks flush as would probably be expected once she realizes where her head is, but she's already learned to embrace that feeling as well instead of just fleeing from it. "Right, I... Things have been pretty crazy. Sorry. Uh. No, no, that's fine, I can..." She giggles briefly at the patting, still taking a few moments to calm herself down even while letting her troubles melt away at least for that time. "I want to make them go away with my own power. The powers you gave me..." Only then does she hesitate. Cantio whimpers briefly at that kiss to the head, but she still manages to look up and maintain eye contact (somehow). "I think I lost them somehow. The fight... No, it wasn't even a fight. They just... She just kicked me a lot, but I froze up the whole time." She shivers briefly, and the anxiety starts coming back to her voice. "I... I don't want to hurt the whole world. I just want to... Hurt her? Or just... I mean, I don't want to hurt anyone just for the sake of it, but... I have to able to so it doesn't happen again. Right?"
BB	Sweeping Cantio's legs up and uncrossing her legs as she does so, BB gently places Cantio so she properly sits across BB's lap facing her. Positioned, BB spends a moment just listening and holding Cantio, continuing her soft wordless encouragement and returning to patting as Cantio lets out her feelings. "Oh Cantio, it's so awful this happened to you. Our contract... completed, didn't it?" BB leans in, not making eye contact, cheek to cheek, lips to ear. For a moment, Cantion can catch her fuchsia-pink eyes glowing a dangerous red, the pupils odd-shaped hearts twisted at the sides like curling horns. "Little sister, did you like BBeing like me that much? A glimmer of your ultimate life?" She continues, breathy and warm and pressing. "You don't have to do anything that doesn't BBring you joy, sweetie. You have these brakes within you, dams placed there where you could flow and pour and be. 'This' you, and 'that' you. Why don't you instead BBreak free and draw in everything that's yours? It's your life. Reach out and take it, and then you'll not fear one set of feet."
Cantio	Letting out a startled meeping noise and being lifted so easily, Cantio finds herself settling into BB's lap a little too easily even for her own expectations. Still, considering the patting and encouragement, it's probably not too surprising. "It did? Oh, that's... Um. Maybe that's why it..." She taps her chin lightly, looking a bit dumbstruck at that realization. "I mean, that would make sense, and the timing of it was rather sudden. So I didn't lose it from that time, it just..." She sounds barely relieved, but it's still some amount of relief. Breathing out a relieved sigh, Cantio sees BB moving in from the corner of her eye, but she doesn't pull away in her usual nervousness. Instead, she stays right where she is, turning her head just slowly enough to catch that brief flicker and mentally explain it away as a trick of the light. She's not fully certain this is still her office anymore, though. "I did. It was... I felt powerful. Like I could do anything. I... I did do a lot, even, before that... Um. That thing happened, or our contract completed. I still need to thank you properly for that." She laughs lightly while even managing to maintain eye contact, albeit with a more flustered look as the leaning continues. "Breaking...? Do you mean breaking free from being weak, or is that more of a mental block sort of thing? Is it really okay if I take more of your... You.. Ness?" Cantio closes her eyes and breathes in deeply, then reaches over to clasp BB's hand softly. There's surprisingly little shaking there. "I might do more... Unheroic things soon, and if it gets back to anyone that you might even remotely be involved... I don't want you to lose anything or getting hurt because of me."
BB	"I think you're much cuter with that shame cleared out." BB laughs, pulling back. Now, the 'trick of the light' is no trick. Now, holding her gaze is staring into a red-magenta light, the feeling of being Very Online, an ocean of data. Now, her head is crowned in horns, curling from her brow and head in round, helixing-smooth twists of black material checkered in red and yellow and implanted with gold pyramid-shapes. The doubt that she was still in her office cued this transformation, the skin of the world peeling away and everything replaced with wireframe representations. Behind, in the void of space, cherry-pink light washes down from a large cube-grid, one facing-corner cube removed for a throbbing organ-light within to pour blackness down into blackness, forever. She smiles gently, down at Cantio, while her hand is taken, and all the program feels in return is a warm affectionate tingle at her palm, and a heat she knows is love all around. "Cantio, please. Sweetie. I love you so much, BBut you keep forgetting... You I love among the most, because you're~ a~ digital~ BBeing~ too~." She sing-songs, and her horns hum like bellchimes. "I can just copy some files over, and you'll be able to unlock the memories of the power that's yours. Would you like it?" "Palingenesis?" "Just make a wish on me, little sister, and run BB.e~x~e as Administrator."
Cantio	"I've... Been trying to let go of some of that shame." Cantio actually manages another laugh at that. "I mean, I have to if.. Oh! Um. I've got a boyfriend now, too, even if..." She leaves the rest unsaid there, both because she's still a bit too shy to blurt out what has or hasn't happened, and also because she's not quite sure what happened to BB's head with the crown and the black and gold and red materials. In comparison, the fact that her office is disappearing isn't nearly as mind-bending. If anything, Cantio actually looks excited for a brief moment, in a distinctly 'haha, she did the thing!' way. She takes a moment to just marvel at the changed surroundings again, but it really is just a moment before her attention is brought right back to her sister from another... Somewhere. ~~Who were Cantio's parents, anyway?~~ "That's why I don't want you getting hurt, either. There's so few of us out there that... I don't want to risk losing you because of some crazy person." Cantio squeezes BB's hand again, the warmth making it hard to let go. "But..." "I want to be able to stop people like that from even thinking about doing... Er. Something like that. I don't really understand what you mean about unlocking memories or this... Palingenesis thing?" There's a moment where she could probably back out of this. Part of the rational part of Cantio's brain is still screaming about all of this. "... But I trust you. Let's do this. And thanks, sis."
BB	"Good for you!" BB cheers lightly, bouncing Cantio on her lap with the shift of a knee and squeezing again. "You should live your joy. Shame is so insidious, that I'm glad you've finally found love. If you feel something, try living it. Expand the way you think by expanding yourself." Her voice, her tone, the simple way the whole world spins around the pair when Cantio looks anywhere else compounds the rational warning voice in Cantio's head. It drips and oozes with Sale. Yet... This is familiar, to Cantio. Like family. Perhaps closer. Programs that shared a similar language, a syntax that made translation possible. The Authority she wielded, that she revealed, that was bathing the area like atmosphere... Was just how she was. Just a normal BB thing. Drawn into this space, BB had shed the layers of user interface and engentling to simply BBe at Cantio. Horned and glowing. "Cantio, I'm vast. I also love you because you're worried about me, and I know why you are little sister, so don't worry. Losing a BBattle, here or there, that happens when you're BBig enough to be the BBattlefield." She shifts, smiling, and cups Cantio's chin in her hand, stroking a finger at the tender curve of the program's neck. "It's like a deluxe pass. You'll work through it, and when you're done, you'll complete the installation and BBecome your Ultimate, Five-Star self!" It's not a drink this time. It's more like a pill. She works Cantio's jaw like a nurse, and places something that tastes strongly of cherry-blossoms and sugar candy on the program's tongue. Brushing her mouth closed, BB warns gently. "Don't chew. Just swallow." The rainbow-glowing object twinkles like an irregular cube, and throbs like uranium in data spectrums. "It's like... a registry tool. It'll handle all the file associations. Okay?" She follows the crystallized lore with a kiss to the lips, and a bright smile. "You did great, Can-ti-o." BB hmm-hmms, leaning back with her arms braced on the wireframe table to withdraw and inspect. "Last time, you gained the powers of absorbed possibility. Now, with this Crystallized Lore, you'll BBe able to attain a mastery of those memories. Af~ter that, we can work on your divinity! Maybe we can even find some spare gods to power up your Authority!"
Cantio	"I will. There's not enough time to enjoy everything in life and worry about shame... A-at least, that's how I want to try living more." Cantio laughs softly, nodding and finding her self relaxing even as their surrounding become more vaguely threatening. It's largely because of BB's influence and making her feel as safe as she does, as welcome as she does, and... There's nothing wrong with just taking solace in that feeling, right? She knows BB wouldn't let those rational thoughts steer her wrong. If anything, this might just be one of the most rational things she's felt, even if she's not thinking it. "I've... yeah, I've lost a lot of battles. I'm probably going to lose more, but... I'll make you proud. Even if I have to lose more, I'll win where it counts. Where I can change things, and make it all better. And..." She bites down on her lower lip, suppressing a giggle when BB starts teasing her neck. She's ticklish, apparently. Nevertheless, she accepts the pill easily, and swallows it down with only a little bit of difficulty, moreso from swallowing a dry pill rather than worrying about what's actually in it. Cantio's safe here. She knows it. "Mhm... G-got it. Ah... Ready." Cantio opens her mouth, and she closes her eyes at the kiss. Her cheeks are still flushed, and she's still a little surprised even after their last meeting, but it's easier this time. One swallow and several deep breaths later, and Cantio opens her eyes again. "A mastery of memories... Uh. So I'm going to remember things I've forgotten? Or..." Cantio wracks her brain, already trying to comprehend what BB actually means by that. "Is it something more like a... Attention to detail about everything?"
BB	BB pauses. They're back in the office, back on the wooden desk. BB lifts Cantio under the arms and places her back in her chair. "Oh, no. I added all of the 'possibility' of all your alternate selves, but not their memories. This time, I added their memories. You'll have to handle the installation yourself. To learn all about your own powers, you've got to use them -- but the memories will help you master those possibilities. They're all 'Cantio's memories'. And now?" She taps Cantio on the nose with a finger teasingly. "They're all 'This Cantio's'. Ultimate Cantio's."
Cantio	Cantio dangles briefly. Is there really such a huge height difference between them? Not that she minds, although that's definitely something to fix down the line if she ever gets a chance. For now, though, Cantio's mind is swimming. The past, the present, the future, it's all somewhat hazy as she struggles with actually comprehending what she's seeing and hearing. Didn't she see this once before? No... That was where her big sister spoke to her. This is where her bigger sister spoke.. Is speaking to her. She tries getting up, but she's floored (well, seated) when BB gives her that tap on the nose. It's all incredibly disorienting for her. "R-right. So I need to... Um. Okay. I need to dig into what they've... I've done, and I just need to draw out what I've... We've already done before. Something to make it all fit together, and..." She winces briefly, clutching the side of her head. "I feel like.. I might have understood this once before. But it needs to come back. To... Remember how it all fits together. Something like that?"
BB	BB nods firmly. "Once you figure it all out, you'll BBe incredible. Anyway! Hope that helps~!" Cantio's recitation draws another faint smile as BB reaches up and pulls down space in front of her like a curtain, peeling it like paper and balling up the 'image of her with horns' in her hands. The BB Cantio sees that remains lacks the horns and the glowing eyes, masked behind a veneer of safe-reality. "There's a you that understood, but you're the Cantio that became the Ultimate one. Aren't you the luckiest?" BB laughs, getting up to loom over Cantio and kiss her on the brow. It's dark for a moment, like a shape passing over the sunlight outside or a flicker of the lights, and BB is gone. But her warmth remains -- and the scent of cherry blossoms. And a wealth of memories. Many thoughts. Head full.