AOI PCS;

[justonezero]

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

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[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.

[justonezero]

Pretty much! It makes creating apps super easy!

[Yaaaaaay he did it!]

Now I just need to learn how to do it at high speeds!

[latebluemer]

I'm not sure how fast you want to go, especially in here. We probably want to keep your room in one piece.

[But she might let him try it outside, if they get that far -- or if something else happens such as the sudden existence of Duel Monsters to trip her Extra switch. Accept my foreshadowing.]

Anyway, how much does that let your apps interface with the environment? I'm going to guess that this place isn't nearly as hooked in to its network as it should be, but...

[Could they write a program to open doors and shit, there are possibilities here.]

[justonezero]

Can I try it again outside sometime?

[But not like actually outside. Just the lobby!]

Hmm... I haven't checked! I'd have to see if anything's hooked up to the network. It seems like this building's pretty old fashioned, though.

[The keys, for example...]

[latebluemer]

Maybe we can try it around the resort, or by the bunny hill.

[She's totally interpreting it as outside-outside, because they don't want him crashing into chandeliers or people's heads, either.]

And yeah, I think a lot of it is analog -- but I was talking to Snake-san, and there has to be some way they're tracking us, right? That's how these things work.

[That's how you get kidnapped and experimented on or something.]

[justonezero]

Er- don't you think we should take baby steps first?

[PLEASE DON'T MAKE HIM FACE THE OUTDOORS AGAIN SO SOON, HE HAS A SHUT-IN'S PRIDE TO THINK ABOUT.]

Tracking? Like some kind of chip or implant?

[latebluemer]

The bunny hill is a baby step, I thought.

[She's like, an unofficial shut-in but in this form? She will go fight the elements for card games. RIP Nanashi.]

And I mean, even without chipping us -- ew -- there has to be some kind of surveillance. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to make us play this game.

[justonezero]

More baby step! Think, like... super tiny baby steps!!

[Please, he'll die.]

Chips are probably the most likely though, right? I haven't noticed any cameras.

[latebluemer]

... The courtyard?

[That's like, sort of outdoorsy but fake outdoors?

At the very least they won't be a hazard to the furniture or the lighting out there. Still cold, though. Bunny would have to bundle up. Try not to shrivel up and die anytime soon.]

Ugh. Would any of us be able to tell if there was a chip or something? Would you?

[MATH EYES???]

[justonezero]

...

Do we really have to? The inside is so warm and cozy! Besides, I've got a shut-in pride to think of...

[Goddammit Yoshi.]

Oh. Probably! I mean, it's something physical, so the data should be there.

[latebluemer]

[He's probably still on the D-board or something but she's going to pop up there just to noogie him a li'l bit. Luckily, since she's good at controlling the board, they don't go flipping off of it.]

Yes, we have to! I don't want to deal with the staff.

[Like, at all, usually; but also if they get all huffy about the Resort's structural integrity. That sounds like a pain.]

... Have you seen anything like that, though? Evidence like that.

[justonezero]

[Noogie'd! There's a yelp, but luckily her keeping it steady means he isn't in any danger of falling over.]

Mmmmnoooo, I haven't.