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[hacker_twins]

(Continued from here after Release 88 made the first post unusable)

The only thing that grates on Techno worse than when people notice how obviously he resembles Forte, is when it dawns on them he resembles both Forte and Mega. He isn't really sure how to feel about the person responsible being dead, as now he'll never get to have that nice loud 'what the hell were you thinking' talk he'd sometimes fantasized about.

But for now the Twins skirt around that topic and onto one of pets, as they follow Zero towards X's room.

"I still think we should get a puppy."

"We live in a treehouse, Middy. Canines can't climb."

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[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

Forte's response is the same. Why wouldn't the old man die? He's starting to like the idea of going against Weil in the VR simulation. It'll be more challenging if he's this tough.

"If force energy isn't at work here, I don't know what is. There's no way a human, modified or not, could do what he just did." Pulling the human card is just stupid, at least in Zero. Now if it was pulled on a Lightbot, then there'd be issues.

"Guess he had to eventually. And there's your timer," Forte notes the numbers counting down in the corner.

[vengeancechild]

"It would explain him deciding to kill everyone, too. I read the reports on Giga City... there was some quote in there from the copy. 'What does not become part of me, shall become one with the void' or something. It fits Weil here..."

"Guess I spoke too soon about them forgetting it," Zero says. Then he proceeds to ignore the timer in favor of trying to beat Weil. Eventually, with about some thirty-odd seconds left, the monstrosity that still tried to claim it was human starts to flash in that 'got pwned' way, and the timer disappears.

"Good riddance," says Zero. And then sits through the drama afterwards, occasionally rolling his eyes at parts of it. He figures the whole lost connection thing is just drama. At first...

By the time the credits are rolling and game-Ceil is sobbing under a tree, though, he's starting to feel a little awkward.

[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

"So if he can't win, he'll try to take out everyone with him. Tch, sore loser."

Forte thinks the drama's a bit much since he's certain Zero will come out of it fine. He's the 'hero' of the game. Even if it looks like he's died, he's fine. Battered, but nothing some repairs and an e-tank won't cure.

He's about to complain about it being dragged out, but stops himself at Ciel crying. Zero's not the only one feeling awkward.

"Well shit," is all he has to say to Zero's trashed helmet at the very end.

[vengeancechild]

There's a bit of uncomfortable silence, during which Zero saves the game data and switches it off. "I was hoping for confirmation on Weil's death. Still, I guess that explains why there isn't a fifth game..."

The Twins just fidget and keep quiet. Because, really, what can you say about something like that.