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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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[a1enzo]

...and why, pray tell, can't they?

"Danny! What's the next cheat after here?"

[goinghost.livejournal.com]

"It's right up ahead, in the Car Graveyard on Desolation Drive, inside the bright red truck. You equip it as armor instead of a weapon," Danny said, ducking another laser blow, and laughing as he flung a handful of ecto back at the User. "Is that all you got? Seriously, if it weren't for the cheats, this'd be almost too--"

Slice.

It wasn't him slicing. For a moment, there was a red line across his torso.

"--easy."

He looked down.

"Ow."

Then he looked back up at Dani and Enzo and exploded into red fragments like the game sprites did when they got fragged, and disappeared.

[ami_imperfect]

If it were possible, Dani would go even paler than she currently is.

"DANNY!!"

[a1enzo]

Enzo's own cry of horror choruses with Dani's. Then his trollish features contort with rage and he blasts with all his might at the now unobstructed User.

[ami_imperfect]

And once her shock turns into rage, Dani's right there blasting away beside him. If there were ever any doubt about her powers they should be dispelled now as she's slinging full-strength (for after surgery, that is) ecto blasts at the User.

He killed her brother. There's no way she's holding back.

[a1enzo]

Well, that takes care of that life. Under the combined onslaught, the User explodes much as Danny did.

That doesn't mean it's gone, though. It's done the same thing half a dozen times already. It'll be reappearing at the start-of-level spawn point.

Enzo lowers his axe, panting rather. "Oh man oh man..."

[ami_imperfect]

Dani's panting too, but that may be because she's pretty damn close to tears.

"What do we do now, Enzo?" she asks, voice small.

[a1enzo]

He looks up at her, his tusky jaw suddenly set. "I finish the Game. You find somewhere safe."

[ami_imperfect]

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"Finish it, how?" she retorts. "And like it or not I am not going to leave you to do whatever it is you're thinking on your own!"

If he thinks that he needs to start protecting her now, then he's got another thing coming.

[a1enzo]

"Dani, this is my function! You two came to help me do my job, and he..."

Not gonna cry. Not gonna cry.

[ami_imperfect]

"But I'm still here, and as long as I am I'm not gonna let what Danny started go unfinished. I didn't come all this way and sprout whiskers and a tail just to sit on the sidelines when things got bad. I came to help you win this Game, and spamit I will, whether you like it or not."

Dani fixes Enzo with a firm glare.

"That's my function."

[a1enzo]

"But what if..." He sags. "Fine. At least you've got the vest. And you can zap from a distance."

He stoops to pick up an object the User dropped when they fragged him. It's a bladeless sword hilt. There's a button on the end. He presses it.

VWORMMMM. A double-edged blade made of purple light, the same one that did for Danny, extends from the hilt. Good.

"C'mon. Let's go find that cheat."

[ami_imperfect]

She nods, following behind him.