Private PonKon! A Day in the Life of Foxes and Racoons

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By the time she came back, Neon's laughing fit was gone, but he still shuddered from the aftermath of extended laughter. He found a little time to stick the digital silk to the boy's forehead. "S-Sorry, it was s-so scary, yet the c-cause and effect i-is so silly I j-just... Broke.", Neon has been analyzing Symlink's codes for a very short while, and still chortling a little.

"A-anyway, remember when I was doing a small tweak with the computer to help it boot up faster, but when overclocking it most of the overclock settings resulted in the system hanging after some time of use and would get really hot? Seems sweets overclocked Symlink until his body forced sleep to prevent damage from heat.", Neon took the opportunity to apply the ice packs, as the aftereffects from busting his sides with laughter wore off. There was a light sizzle when the ice packs touched the boy's ears briefly.
 

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Izumi nodded, recalling how Neon did some computer wizardry on Symlink awhile back. She really didn't know what it was that Neon was doing other than it was suppose to help Symlink.

"So... what your saying the cause of this was... the sugar?" Izumi let out a long sigh: Symlink had a literal sugar rush. She almost wanted to join in on laughing with Neon if it wasn't for the whole being scared half to death but a few moments earlier.

"I guess we are not going to be buying any more sweets for awhile. At least until you are able to fix the issue." she winced a bit small momentary hissing of the ice pack being placed on Symlink like when one throws cold food onto a hot pan. The poor kid was probably as hot pan as well.

"You don't think it would cause any... permanent damage to him now would it?"
 

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"He had a lot of sweets back at uncle's, but nothing happened back then. I suppose what happened is that all the energy from then accumulated with the energy from now until it became overwhelming. So his body came with its own solution: Burn out all the energy.", Neon still laughed internally while analyzing his son's data.

"Permanent damage? Well, seems like his body is just really hot so far, but the temperature is lowering because of lack of activity. Like with most computer hardware nowadays, his body has a safety mechanism that shuts it down when the temperature reaches a certain point.", Neon explained and thought for a while, "What I can do is set a hard coded limit for how long he can stay overclocked and a cue... I think 30 minutes should do and perhaps have his projectors display red instead of green when overclocked."

"Oh, by the way, he has finished his homework while overclocked from what I read here. Even the ones that should be for the next week. His brain gained THAT MUCH of a processing boost there."
 

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"Well... that is a relief then." sighed Izumi as Neon explained everything to her. As much of scare they had had earlier, she was at least reassured that Symlink wouldn't develop any permanent issues. Well aside from limiting his access to candy for now on.

"Well we shouldn't make it habit him overclocking. We are going to have come up with the plan and I am going to have to bring this up with the school so that he doesn't have any incidents in the cafeteria or something. Oh and I'll fill in Rin on the details laters."

Izumi would take a step back and stretch out her arms.

"Once Symlink has cooled down we should let him rest in his bed. In the meanwhile, I could use a drink to help relax from all the stress you just put me through."
 

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"I'll explain him as well. I'm sure he wasn't aware of what exactly was going on, for him it would probably look like the world around him was moving really slowly or frozen. If he knows what happens he might be able to learn to not act like an excited puppy if this ever happens again.", Neon continued to check and cool Symlink down, by now the sizzle was gone, his temperature was comparable to a high fever and yet... He just slept so peacefully...

"Ah, please, sis, get me something to drink too. A soda should do, but I think there was vegetable juice mix I prepared too, but had no chance to drink yet.", Neon soon found it possible to hold his son and take him to rest on his bed, "I'll go give the finishing touches to the codes."
 

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"Hrmmm that I can do. One soft drink coming up." hummed Izumi as she walks back to the kitchen to grab a can of soda from the fridge for Neon and a bottle of sake for herself.

An entire bottle however was a bit much even for a day like this so she pulled out small cup for herself. Once the cup was filled to the brim, she gulped the sake in one go. It may not have as good as the sake as Kiroku's special brew bit it did the job. Shaking her head a bit, she puts the sake and looked to soda on the counter. With a bemused smirk, Izumi suddenly poof into a puff of smoke only to remerged dressed in high class server one would see serving samplers on silver platters fancy parties hosted by the wealthy. Adjusting her new bow tie, she would return with the soft drink in hand.

"Here you are sir, I present to you the finest carbonated beverage flavored with only finest extracts of - " Izumi then checked the ingredient labels, squinting at the tiny print "... natural ingredients."

With a wry smile, she holds out the soda can with presentation and care as though it were some expensive, vintage label for Neon to take.
 

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Neon tried not to laugh, but given how he shuddered while grinning it was clear he barely managed to. Taking the soda and gulping down some, he gave a happy sigh, "Thanks, Sis. I needed it.", and after another sip he would continue with some explanation: "I expect Symlink to have a headache once he wakes up, his mind processed way too much information, and that information will have to be allocated in his memory during his sleep. Like that one night I downed mugs of coffee to stay awake for as long as I could to study for a test."
 

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After handing over the soda, Izumi puffs into a cloud of smoke and reverted back to her more familiar clothing.

"Ah yes, I remember that night warning you not to push yourself so much. Well we should probably take Symlink to be so that he can sleep comfortably. Not sure how to explain what happened to him when he wakes up. Is he safe to touch now?"

As Izumi asked, she reached out her hand to feel if there was any hint of radiating heat coming off of Symlink.
 

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"Basically we tell him to hold back on his sweets if he starts feeling his stomach aching even a little. That and that if he starts seeing things stopped and silent, and if he feels a sudden rush of energy, after eating, that he should find someone who can drain his energy and take things slowly. Like... It was disturbingly fast how he were moving, a meter per a hundredth of a second?!", Neon rose an eyebrow, kinda horrified at how Symlink must have been perceiving things.

Speaking of... Symlink's body temperature was still high, but more along the lines of a low fever. "His temperature is going to normalize now. So yes, it is safe now.", Neon's look softened as he saw his son sleeping so peacefully, "Good thing it didn't hurt him..."
 

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As her hand hovered over Symlink, she felt that he was no longer radiating as much heat as before. Judging that now safe to do so, she placed her hand on his forehead, relieved that it didn't instantly burn her hand but found that the boy was still very warm to the touch.

"I can't imagine how someone can even move that fast. He still feels a bit warm... but at least he is safe enough to touch now." Izumi retracts her her hand, looking to Neon "We I can probably be able to get into contact with people whom have abilities that can drain Symlink's extra energy if this ever comes up again. But in meanwhile, we can probably help him off to his bed to help sleep this off."
 
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