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Byte-sized is a drabble collection, which means each story posted under this title will be precisely one hundred (100) words in length. At the moment, each drabble is self-contained, meaning you don't need to read anything else I've posted for it to make sense, but for what it's worth, unless otherwise marked, they all occur within the same general continuity. My OTP is Matrix/AndrAIa, but I like the other canon 'ships, too, including the unrequited (see also: Hex/Bob, Megabyte/Dot), so as far as romance goes, that's probably what I'll be posting. I like gen, too, and I love the Matrices, so expect a lot of that as well.

Right now I'm doing a self-imposed drabblefest for the month of November, for which I will write a drabble each day for the duration of the month. It's a panfandom challenge, so I won't just be writing ReBoot fic, but let's face it, chances are good most of what I'll write will be for this series. All of that will wind up here.

The first drabble, Fish out of water, was originally published on its own as a complete work on 10/18/2009. Obviously I've absorbed it into this collection rather than let it sit out, the lone drabble separated from the others.

Fish out of water

How strange Mainframe was, how dry.

"You do not have water?" AndrAIa stared out at the energy sea, which flickered and pulsated, entrancing and thoroughly deadly. "Where do you swim?"

"Swim?" Enzo wrinkled his nose. "Well, there's a sim, but it's mondo boring. Hey!" He turned to her, eager. "Maybe we could get Bob to take us Circuit Racing!"

She drew near, answering to his smile. "Is this Circuit Racing 'fun'?"

"Yeah, it's a blast!" Carelessly he added, "If you want, we could check out that swimming sim, too."

AndrAIa's heart trembled, stricken.

"Yes," she said. "I would like that."

This story was originally posted at livejournal on 10/12/2009.