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[a1enzo]

Bob and Dot are overdue to return from their vacation. Hopefully, this just means they're having a good time. Enzo and Dani are having a nice time too, since they finally started sneaking her out for invisible looks 'round the city.

Still, there are some things that need to be done. Like packing. He'll be heading to the Academy pretty soon after she leaves. He can't bring an awful lot of stuff, which actually makes packing harder than if he were bringing everything he might want. And, of course, there are some things he really can't bring.

He examines an MPEG and a bunch of action figures. "Uh-uh. It's nothing like our Tron stories and half of it's in Userspace. My roommates would ask questions." He places them on the discard stack.

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[a1enzo]

"Kinda," Enzo nods. "I mean, sprites can be User colours. But you're not, when you're a sprite. And, I mean," he falters, looking down, "if you wanna visit..."

[ami_imperfect]

She nods. "Guess it'll have to stay here, huh?"

[a1enzo]

"Yeah." He sighs. "But I mean, you're my... best friend, and it'd be nice to have something..."

[ami_imperfect]

"Maybe I could draw another one..." she suggests.

She's not sure if she could get it done by the time Enzo has to leave, though; it took her a while to work on the one she gave him for his birthday.

[a1enzo]

"Nah, you don't have to..."

Oh, but hey! He brightens abruptly. "We don't we just get our picture taken?"

[ami_imperfect]

Duh, why didn't she think of that?

"Yeah! Do you guys have a camera around here?"

[a1enzo]

"Uh-huh." And another idea! "But why don't we go see Phong? He loves taking pictures, and you haven't met him yet. Don't worry, he knows."

[ami_imperfect]

"Okay," she agrees, getting up. "Is Phong a sprite too?"

[a1enzo]

Enzo nods, setting the picture carefully aside and rising himself. "He's the oldest sprite in Mainframe. He used to be the Command.COM once, but he's been the Executive Secretary since way before I was initialized. He's real wise, but he doesn't always make sense." He crouches back down and picks up one of the items that haven't yet been sorted. "He gave me this."

[ami_imperfect]

"Wow," Dani comments after reading the title. "Are you taking that to the Academy with you?"

[a1enzo]

"I think so," Enzo says, putting it in the box. "It doesn't take up much space, and it'll prob'ly be useful if I can ever figure it out."

[ami_imperfect]

She nods, but they can worry about that later. Right now they have to go see a sprite about a photograph.

[a1enzo]

They exit the room and head downstairs to the kitchen, toward which Danny tends to gravitate.

"Hey, Danny? We're goin' out," Enzo informs him. (He's found it's generally wisest not to panic the older boy, especially when it comes to Dani.)

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

Danny was, yes, in the kitchen, stuffing his face.

"Going where?"

[a1enzo]

"Principal Office. I'm takin' Dani to meet Phong."

By now, the fact that this will be sneaky and invisible goes without saying.

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Don't bring her back late." Or he'll beat you. "She still needs rest."

[ami_imperfect]

Dani sighs in exasperation. "I'm fine, Danny." Except for the part about Enzo going away, of course. "I can't stay in bed forever."

And if he tries to pull this in Milliways, she'll kick his butt.

[a1enzo]

Seriously, dude. What with rest and practice, her stamina's way improved.

Therefore...

"Race ya to the PO subsphere!" Enzo declares as he reaches the front door.

[ami_imperfect]

"Hey!" Sorry Danny, no time to hash this out now.

Dani takes off running after Enzo, transforming and going invisible as she reaches the door.

[a1enzo]

As far as the rest of the city is concerned, Enzo is out alone, patrolling the city or just cruising on his boogie baud, as he has been a fair bit lately. Several binomes wave from the ground; Enzo salutes them cheekily as he shoots past.

[ami_imperfect]

It doesn't take long for Dani to catch up to him; after all, he didn't get that much of a head start.

She has to muffle her giggles when Enzo salutes the binomes below them. But at least the sound lets Enzo know she's there.

[a1enzo]

Enzo smiles; she's definitely seeming up to spec by now, and that's more important to him than winning.

Which isn't to say he isn't going to try. He catches an energy surge and pushes forward.

[ami_imperfect]

And she puts on some extra speed and flies after him, supressing (barely) the urge to whip out her zipboard.

If they're going to have a race, it's going to be on semi-equal footing.

[a1enzo]

Hard to say which way would be more equal, but the zipboard would probably put Dani at a slight disadvantage.

It's an odd race; except for that one giggle, Enzo has no clue where his opponent is. Well, he'll find out soon; they're coming up on the PO, and from atop the subsphere, no one should be able to see them, or at least not clearly enough to realize Enzo's got a friend up there.

[ami_imperfect]

He'll have to assure her of that, since she won't go visible again without his say-so.