Twin Signal Volume 8 Chapter 43: "Oratorio's Other Side" By Chibi Mokona Disclaimer: Twin Signal is the property of Sachi Oshimizu and this translation was done without his permission. This translation is translated into English using the Chinese version of Twin Signal. So of course, there are discrepancies due to the translation from the original manga script to Chinese and from there to English. I also took some liberty with translating some things that just can't be translated correctly to English so please forgive me if I get it totally wrong. If I have made any booboos, please point out it out by emailing me at chibi-mokona@geocities.com. Oh yeah, this thing is mine so don't copy it and put it up somewhere else. And a note of thanks to Jhiend who helped me with some errors here and there. < > - words on a sign or thoughts. [ ] - words that I am not sure of or have no idea how to translate and are approximations. p87 ORATORIO? Quantum... QUARTER You may call me by that name. KARMA Quantum? The Atrandom series HFR? PULSE Oratorio, is he really my predecessor? ORATORIO I can't say whether he is or isn't Quantum, but... p88 ORATORIO That guy...looks just like me! He is a clone of me! KARMA How can that be? We HFRs are very complex; it's impossible to make any copies of us. ORATORIO Karma, you're being foolish. In Professor Quesar's lab, anything could happen. Getting our design templates is quite easy if you have access. We need to be careful, your design specifics could be copied(stolen) too! p89 KARMA Our... PULSE Designs stolen? A person who hates Kyuju would copy his creations? ORATORIO That's right, Pulse! I believe that Professor Quesar's real reason to make clones of us might be... PULSE Oratorio, what is it? ---- Oratorio... p90 NOBUHIKO Dad, Mom, ready yet? MARIEL Kris-neesan! KRIS Why must I go baby-sit these kids at the amusement park? MINORU Don't say things like that! It's hard enough to find such an opportunity to go have fun. Let's enjoy it, hmmm? KRIS What do we do with all the robots? MINORU I'll go ask. I wonder if they're in the lab? CODE Minoru! p91 MINORU Code, what is it? CODE You humans are all going out today, right? MINORU Yes. Code, do you want to come too? CODE No! All the robots must stay here. MINORU Why is that? What has happened? CODE I'm not clear at the present. [ORACLE] seems to have been imprisoned. p92 MINORU [ORACLE]... Is it Oracle? Masanobu! Dad! MASANOBU Minoru... p93 MASANOBU Something has happened to Oratorio! SIGNAL Minoru-san, Master, Nobuhiko-tachi are getting impatient...Waa! What happened to Oratorio? ORATORIO No need for that, Signal! I just don't feel well. Please be quiet! SIGNAL Karma, what's going on? KARMA Oratorio and Oracle's connection is being cut off. p94 SIGNAL His connection...is being cut off? KARMA The super computer, ORACLE, is responsible for inter-network communication and storage of research information. Oratorio is his information analyst. Each of them is a separate entity but they can connect together to share their resources. The two have totally different characters, but they can work well together. p95 ORATORIO The line I've been using has been totally cut off. Someone has invaded Oracle's system and has cut off all communication with him. Whoever did this is very talented. I must destroy him. This is what I was made to do. In case Oracle stops operating... p96 ORATORIO For now, I have to leave this body and transfer to Oracle...Professor, Minoru, Masanobu...You can leave, but the robots must stay behind! PROFESSOR Ah, okay. Oracle is my research lab computer so he contains too much confidential information that could be stolen. Oratorio, you're responsible for taking care of this problem. We humans will only interfere with your work. p97 MINORU Been waiting long, Nobuhiko? NOBUHIKO I'm really bored...huh? Where's Signal and the others? MASANOBU No need to wait for them... NOBUHIKO Why? MASANOBU They all have work to do. HARMONY They've left... KARMA Can we start now? SIGNAL Pulse! PULSE Huh? p98 SIGNAL Even the Professor decided to go. Why leave me behind? PULSE So you admit that you're useless. SIGNAL What did you say? PULSE What are you going to do about it? CODE Shut up! KARMA What we are going to do can only be done by robots. SIGNAL What? ORATORIO We need to go into cyberspace to see Oracle. p99 SIGNAL Cyberspace? We can go there? ORATORIO We're robots, all we have to do is hook up to the network. SIGNAL Uhh---- ORATORIO Karma will assist us in cyberspace to make sure of my position. Pulse is responsible for protecting my body because once I'm there my body is susceptible to attack. PULSE Hai. p100 ORATORIO But I also need someone to support me in cyberspace. CODE I'm going with you! I used to live in cyberspace. I'm very familiar with its layout. ORATORIO I feel better already with Shishou coming along! SIGNAL I'm coming too! p101 HARMONY Signal, they're not going there to play around. KARMA You understand about what we have to do right? SIGNAL What do you mean by that Harmony, Karma? Of course I know. We find the invader and defeat him, right? I am the newest A-series HFR, so I don't have much experience in these matters. So I should follow you to learn as much as I can. We can do it together. PULSE So you admit you're an idiot... SIGNAL I never said anything like that! p102 ORATORIO Okay Signal, you can come with us! KARMA You can depend on me as your assistant. PULSE I'll protect all of you. CODE It's been a long time since I last went into cyberspace. HARMONY I'll look after the house. p103 ??? Starting transmission! p104 Three presences are entering this realm. They're A-series HFRs...A-O Oratorio...and two others? Well, let's see if you're good enough to find me... Finished July 1998 by Chibi Mokona.