AOI PCS;

[justonezero]

Yeah this seems like a better system. All PCs for Aoi go here!

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[latebluemer]

Thoughts and feelings? That's almost like you're--

[An AI, she kind of wants to say, but even their AIs aren't quite that advanced. Also it's a good thing she cut herself off, because that would have been rude and all. You don't just call somebody a robot, even if they're an unqualified disaster person. Anyway.]

--Did you just...?

[He totally did?? Now that he's only half an invalid he definitely gets a cuff on the head for it.]

If you look again, you're going to need another nap. You don't just look at an idol's numbers!

[justonezero]

Not the head!

[He laughs, as he is cuffed. This kid.]

Anyway, I can see stuff like that!

[latebluemer]

[This kid!!! She ignores the urge to cuff him again, it would probably just make him worse. He needs all the braincells he can get.]

... Hmph. And you can see this... data... for just about anything. But not the staff.

[That bears some thinking about. Staff security?]

Did you see anything weird on the way here? With the blizzard, and the road.

[justonezero]

Uh-huh! That area where we started? I noticed the numbers kept repeating themselves. Kind of makes me wonder if the area would have repeated too, if we went the wrong way.

[latebluemer]

There was a wrong way, wasn't there?

[In all the excitement and snow and the understandable total confusion over virtual reality versus real reality she'd barely noticed -- but they were... drawn here? Something like that.]

... And there isn't a way out of here. Not a normal one.

[Please see: couch pile.]

[justonezero]

What do you mean by that?

[He's a shut-in, he hasn't even tried to leave the building.]

[latebluemer]

I tried to fly out, and I think some of us tried to walk out or clear the roads. We... got teleported back here.

[And somehow all ended up on the same couch. Worst return point ever.]

[justonezero]

So your wings are functional?

[That's more than he'd expect from an avatar. How does that even work?]

...You're sure it was teleporting?

[latebluemer]

No, these are decorative. This is what I use to fly.

[The wings ruffle with her movements, but that’s as far as their motions can go, for the most part.

Instead, she has an arm up, palm spread, and her D-board phases into existence a moment later against her hand.]

There are a limited number of things that could get to me up where I was. I was in the air, and then... I wasn’t.

[justonezero]

Whoa, what's that?!

[It looks like some kind of hoverboard, maybe...?!]

[latebluemer]

[When she lets go, it rights itself from where it was leaning against her and floats up in the air a wee bit. It’s very much a Blue Angel-themed board.]

My D-board. We use these to duel in the sky in Link VRAINS.

[She’s totally proud of it. Maybe a little distracted from the topic at hand.]

[justonezero]

I don't know what dueling is, but can anyone ride it?!

[He super wants to ride it.]

[latebluemer]

[She looks amused, but also pleased. Have a casual wave, and the board orients itself towards his side of the room.]

Go ahead.

[justonezero]

[HOPPIN ON THAT THING how exciting!]

How do you make it go?

[latebluemer]

Well, normally, it would respond to my directions even if I didn’t say anything, but it can also respond to body movements. Try a little bit of that to start.

[Note: It takes some balancing act and it can get wobbly..... Don’t faceplant!]

[justonezero]

[Surely this will go well.]

Body movements... got it!

[Leaning... just a little bit forward!]

[latebluemer]

[Nothing could possibly go wrong!

The D-board... sliiides a little in the opposite direction, curving up behind him in response to the change in weight. Would he like to dive into the floor, Y/N?]

[justonezero]

[He slides impressively into the floor with a thud!]

Ow!

[latebluemer]

[And she bursts immediately into giggles. The board rolls a little with her laughter, probably poking Nanashi while it’s at it.]

Haha, that’s still a little better than some people’s first time on it, but then again, you’re not even riding the Data Storm yet. It needs a lot more practice.

[justonezero]

[He is thus poked.]

Maybe I'm just a natural failure?

[He doesn't seem too upset as he sits himself up, at least.]

[latebluemer]

... Are you the type of person who gives up before really trying? Because you don’t want to fail.

[Is she being too blunt. It’s spoken in a light tone, at least, as she gets up to right the board in case he wants to try again regardless.]

You can try again. If you want.

[justonezero]

Not always! When it comes to games, I'll stay up however many nights I have to until I win!!

[That's not exactly something to be proud of, though... still, he gets up and carefully tries climbing up for attempt 2!]

[latebluemer]

Hmm, technically this is a game, but I can't exactly let you hog my board all the time.

[The board obligingly lowers itself for him to clamber on while she keeps talking.]

Buuut maybe if you help me with some things, I'll let you ride it more.

[justonezero]

Hm? Like what kinds of things?

[No leaning this time! He just wants to make sure he can stand on it first.]

[latebluemer]

[It doesn't wobble! Since like she said, there's no Data Storm or all that many drafts in here, it stays perfectly stable beneath him.]

There you go. Just practice controlling your movements. [she's walking around him now like some kind of schoolteacher] And I just wanted... to see if there was some way to probe their network and the tablets and whatever else for information and other things. I'm mostly good at working with electronics, but I'm not as good as my brother. The more of us there are, the more chances we have to find something useful.