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[justonezero]

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

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[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.

[justonezero]

We could do it manually, but... I wonder if we could make a program do it for us.

[Yoshi

That would be a virus.

Not that it matters right now because he's carefully putting a bit more weight on the right now!]

[latebluemer]

That's true. I was thinking of checking it out manually first, but we'll definitely need a program if they're as good as I think they are.

[Viruses are great! Viruses are great little friends to send on field trips!

Anyway, the D-board cuuurves gently over to the left, letting him make a little loop towards the right.]

[justonezero]

I'll see if I can make something to send in.

[He says it so nonchalantly... and applies more pressure to the left this time.

[latebluemer]

I'll work on it too. I'm still learning, but...

[She'll do her best. She's been observing and growing up alongside pros, after all. She's somewhere between a novice and a genius, just vaguely floating along and making progress when she can tear herself from her other responsibilities.

Also, she doesn't even blink an eye about the virus stuff, okay, did we mention her brother was a hacker. And her mentor. And literally everyone she's been hanging out with for her entire canon.

The D-board sways over to the right obligingly! There's a wee little wobble, just for a smidge more challenge.]

[justonezero]

[Let's tryyy slowly boarding around the room then!]

For me, all I have to do is follow the instructions like 1, 2, 3!

[latebluemer]

[Is he staying low to the ground? Probably the higher he goes, the harder it is to keep completely steady, but since he's all slow-like, he might be able to make the circuit!]

The instructions? [a beat] Oh, like the numbers that you see? Those are instructions?

[justonezero]

They can be!

[This is the slowest circuit ever but he's having fun.]

[latebluemer]

That sounds pretty convenient, like having a manual that you can just pull out no matter what something is or how complicated it is... or how secret it is...

[The hacker's ideal?! She's not even a dedicated hacker and she's like. Whoa.

In the meantime, she's going to turn with him as he makes the circuit and then gently clap when he completes it.]

There you go. You're getting better at that little by little.