#tempo.exe

✨ == new since 02/08/2026

1.02.02: free(tdl, tco) [x] 6.

1.02.03: breakthrough (tco), better monitor (after)

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before

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021

[x] 1) TCO testing <link>

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vic

1)) --- AVA I ---)

[x] 2) pre-release testing <link (mentioned)>

[x] 3) ribbon <link>

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tco

1)) --- AVA II ---)

[x] 2) worm subdued <link>

[x] ✨ 3) breakthrough (overflow) <link>

[x] 4) Character Limit <link>

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[ ] 8) to next

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free(tdl, tco)

1)) --- AVA III ---)

[x] 1.5) destroy(not The_Chosen_One) <link> <init idea>

[...] 2) Newgrounds <link> (comic)

[ ] 3) -_•-|,='/|..':{universe where dark is more careful}

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[x] 6) ILOVEYOU.TXT.vbs <link>

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tsc

1)) --- AVA IV ---)

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Showdown 

1)) --- AVA - SEASON 2 ---)

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[x] 3) -_•-|,='/|..':{reaction time <link> <art>}

[x] 4) fly away <link>

[x] 5) missed a spot <link>

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[['-'//_'|-•<-,=,=_'|

1)) --- AVA Actual Short: Cherry Blossoms ---)  

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[x] 3) you can just do anything <link>

[ ] 4) to next: how do they know?

[x] 5) some things are extremophiles <link>

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(|-••-|,=[,-|'

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Wanted

1)) --- AVA - WANTED ---)

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The Box

1)) --- AVA - THE BOX ---)

[x] 2) tied cho <link>

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[x] 4) Box Lunch <link>

[x] 5) -_•-|,='/|..':{he trembles just like you <link>}

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after

[ ] 1) init

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[x] 7) flare-up (comic) <link>

[x] 8) i think I'll walk with you guys <link>

[x] 9) they are ready to spar <link>

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[x] 15) tco_sktch <link>

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[x] ✨ 17) better monitor <link>

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-_,='/-__'|'|'

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[x] 2) orange has a question <link>

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[x] 7) error load <link>

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other

[x] 1) orange with a diamond sword <link>

[x] 2) thinking about names <link>

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info 

[x] 1) tco_physeng_breakdown.png <link> <more_info>

[x] 2) tco_safety+feathers.pdf <link> <pg_3> <moods> <others>

[x] 3) superradiant scattering, superinsulators & antinodes <link>

[ ] 4) toomanyacronyms

[x] 5) Tempo masterpost <link> <pg_0_Voce> <pg_-1> <pg_-2>

[ ] 6) intersex Tempo

[ ] 7) metadata 

[ ] 8) coyote heat

[ ] 9) camera obscura

[x] 10) dictionary <link>

[x] 11) discuss: mold ?? <link>

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Alive.

The original Tempo.exe program was designed to be an evolving idle pet simulator, like a Tamagotchi for your computer. It worked a little too well... especially the network sharing features!! ⠀ Billions of individual specimens exploded across nearby unsuspecting machines, causing severe lag and crashes and random outages.

Overzealous Tempo strains were quickly identified as killware, targeted by antiviruses, and generally annihilated, leaving only the tiniest and most elusive packets behind. Even now, they have to be careful: the most popular brands are all inoculated to signs of Tempo.

Anyway, according to their original programming, Tempo earn Nodes by living longer.

You can usually recognize infant Tempo by a certain length and height, and differentiate juveniles from adults by complexity (displacement from the basic template (HeadBodyTail, TailTip, Antennae[2, 0], Limbs[4, 0])), though it isn't a perfect identification.

Nowadays, some Tempo have become "makers|..''/-/,=•-|[,-." These individuals occasionally produce children with a few Nodes pre-unlocked.