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[a1enzo]

"Okay, I'm gonna use CORO to attack FTRIC," says Enzo, pushing two units along a line on the map. The random number generators click out the attack values.

The visit is now well into its second... second, and there's only so much you can do to keep yourself occupied around the house. Enzo has dug out some old circuit board games; they've already played Pixelnary, and now they're on RISC.

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[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Piece of cake," said Danny's voice in the air on the other side of him.

[a1enzo]

"I might have to pretend to beat them, since there'll be - "

[nofileext]

Pwing! A fresh vidwindow springs up in Enzo's path. "Guardian Matr- Enz- sir!"

[a1enzo]

Enzo pulls up short, just avoiding smashing through the window. "I'm on my way already. Are there new developments?"

[nofileext]

The binome looks miserable. "Not with the neovirals, but... sir, the sensors have picked up a Game."

[a1enzo]

"What?!" Oh, spam. Why do Games always have the worst possible timing? "Where?"

[nofileext]

"Floating Point. Somewhere in the outer sectors."

[a1enzo]

Enzo's jaw drops. "That's opposite G-Prime! W- I'll never get there and back in time!"

[nofileext]

Amid the background hubbub, Mouse's can be heard to shout something.

The binome glances in the direction of her voice, then looks back at Enzo. "Sir, Mouse says that if you're sure you can take the Game, she'll go with the CPUs."

[a1enzo]

Enzo is deeply torn. Those are his friends and family in trouble down there. But a Game can't just be ignored, and the usual contenders are out of the running.

[nofileext]

There's another shout from offscreen. "What? Yes, I'll tell him." The 0 looks puzzled. "Mouse says she's confident in your ability to handle the Game all by yourself."

[a1enzo]

"What does she... ohhhhh." Enzo smirks, then clears his throat and nods. "Roger that. I'll take the Game, she can have the neovirals. Guardian Enzo out." Pwing.

[ami_imperfect]

Even though you can't see it, Dani's grinning to beat the band.

She's going to get to go inside a Game!

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Been here. Done this," Danny said.

Going into video games was so first season.

But it had to be done. His code demanded he do it, and that he do it with a pearly white superheroic grin.

[a1enzo]

"Yeah, but you were playing as a User that time, right?"

Still, prior experience is definitely a plus. And with the ghosts' powers, they might even tie this up in time to still help in G-Prime. He makes a sharp right (hoping no one's in the way) and heads for the park.

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Does it make a difference? If the other guy won it still meant lots of people could get hurt."

[a1enzo]

"Yeah, but it might play different."

Though the Mainframers often win their Games by accomplishing the User's own goal, and doesn't the mun bet that confuses the heck out of the User?

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Every game plays different."

[a1enzo]

"Yeah, that's..."

The sky darkens. WARNING: INCOMING GAME.

"Here we go!" Enzo angles toward where the giant purple cube is descending from a sudden sucking hole in the sky.

WARNING: INCOMING GAME.

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"Whoa. Who's hoovering the sky?" Danny asked as they sped towards the dropping cube.

[a1enzo]

"The User."

His canon was devised by Brits. Of course he knows what 'hoovering' means.

[ami_imperfect]

"Whoa," gasps Dani as they get closer. "This...is so cool."

[a1enzo]

Enzo grins. "Uh-huh! I mean, I know it can hurt people if the User wins, but as long as we win... it's totally alphanumeric."

Aaaaand they're under! Enzo lands on one of the sector's floating islands and puts away his baud.

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

The game pressed down around them and started initiating. Tingly.

Then they were surrounded by green sky and broken buildings.

Very familiar green sky and broken buildings.

"Oh. Oh, this will be a piece of cake."

[a1enzo]

Enzo gives him an odd look. "How do you know? I've never seen this Game before."