Enzo Fenton-Matrix

She watches the two near-siblings banter with a smile. If Matrix dealt with his copy that well, she'd have a good few less headaches.

She seats herself on the floor, the more easily to converse. "You said you've been in a Game? What kind was it?"

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"Doomed. First version? Don't know if you guys have that one here. Technus--that's my really dumb enemy that declares all his plans--was trying to beat the game and then take over the internet--or something."

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Enzo hasn't heard this one before. He screws up his face in perplexity. "How does winning a Game help you take over the 'Net?"

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Danny shrugged and made a noise that sounded vaguely like "I'unno."

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"Probably just some weird User thing," Matrix says.

Matrix is something of a self-taught expert on Games, so if he doesn't know, then chances are it's gotta be something going on at the User's end.

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AndrAIa's brow furrows as she goes through her mental list of Games.

"Matrix and I haven't come across this 'Doomed' Game. What kind of game is it?"

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"Massive Online Multiplayer. But it has a single-player mode where you have to run around shooting things, beating monsters, even some platform levels..."

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"Massive online multiplayer?" he said. "Haven't heard of that before. Pretty much all of the Games we've been in have only had one User."

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"Give it a few years." Although, where would a game touch down on that one? Mainframe or in the server where it was hosted?

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AndrAIA shakes her head.

"Oh no, we've heard of networked Games from Bob's stories about the Supercomputer, it's just Mainframe hasn't gotten them."

She gestures at Matrix while continuing.

"Matrix and I were never able to come across them while Game-hopping because we were always in offline systems."

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The cube would land on every system involved, this mun thinks.

"Is that how this Technus guy was gonna use the Game to take over the 'Net? 'Cause it was networked?"

Not that this really explains how from the sprite end, but at least it makes more sense.

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A shrug. "Possibly? I tend to worry less about why the bad guys are doing something crazy and more about how to stop them. Sometimes the 'why' doesn't make any sense at all."

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"Either way, now you've saved the net for both Users and sprites."

She gives him another, special sort of grin.

"Very heroic."

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Matrix is well aware of his lover's antics, which is why, while the glare he's giving Danny certainly looks serious enough, it's actually all in good fun.

Just consider these two the "good cop, bad cop" of messing with people.

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C'mon, you guuuys, stop it.

"Well my very pretty and occasionally violent girlfriend thinks so."

Which is why he's not taking ANY joy in the babe thinking he was heroic. Nope. Lalala.

Blushing and not looking.

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Hmm...not quite blushing blue yet, maybe this'll get him. AndrAIa leeeeans over and places a hand daintily on Danny's shoulder. "Well, your girlfriend has very good taste."

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Matrix just grits his teeth, giving his glare an extra edge by making his eye glow faintly red.

Oh, he is good at this. Lots and lots of practice.

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"...Um, can you please stop touching me? I think Matrix is trying to make my head explode by sheer force of his hate."

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AndrAIa lets her hand linger on Danny's shoulder for a few moments while she stares at him. If one is watching closely, one might be able to see the corners of her mouth twitch. Finally she removes the hand and slumps forward, elbows on her knees, and begins giggling quite helplessly.

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Matrix's "glare" dropped at just about the same time, a smirk appearing on his face as he begins to laugh as well.

"Well...he did a lot better than most of them usually do," he says to AndrAIa.

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"Oh, I knew she was messing with me. I did," said Danny, and to Matrix, he went on, "I didn't know if you were in on it. Hence the fearing for my life."

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