Day 43 - [Text]

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[One day, something shows up on the screen. It looks like a pixel sprite of something.

In the background, there seems to be falling poffins of many different colours. After a while, text begin to show up and a small Porygon is bouncing around at the corner of the screen.]

Poff Poff Poff!
Poffin!
Poff Poff Poff!
Poffin!
Press the BUTTON! Poke the Poffin!
Make more Poffins!_

[It seems like someone wants people to make more Poffins. And that someone is Fortran, Atsuro’s Porygon, who’s hijacking its trainer’s PokeGear. It has been a while since it did it.]

How many will you make?
But don’t cheat or I will know, you jerks!_

[It can totally make better stuff than whatever Atsuro’s making for that programming business.

After a while, his trainer may show up...]

(OOC: Poffin version of Cookie Clicker by Fortran. Warning: it’s easy to waste time on Cookie Clicker. Just let me know if you want Atsuro to pop up.)

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Okay, Chiaki!
That's right. I think!
Stupid trainer named me that. Maybe because he likes typing a lot._

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So he's a programmer...

[ ...NANAMI, COME ON, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS GEAR NUMBER. ]

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Yep. Yep.
Thinks he's so big now he's going pro.
But he's still just a Minor Error._

[OFFLINE ACTION] 2/4 actually

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[LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, COMES A TRAINER.

Okay, he doesn't mind letting Fortran chat but did you really have to bring that stupid nickname up again.

...Plus, you know, it's just a reminder of an old departed friend.

Departed as in left this world and not, you know, dead.

ANYWAY FORTRAAAAAAAN]

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ERROR IS COMING
ERROR IS COMING_

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[Okay, someone else is typing on the screen.]

Sorry about Fortran, Chiaki. And please ignore the "Minor Error" thing.

[Is that Fortran dancing at the corner of the screen? Probably.]

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Is that your nickname...?

And it's fine...he was fun to talk to.

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Definitely not my nickname. More like an insult than anything.

[It's not as bad as other things Yuzu called him, but it still feels like Fortran's disrespecting him.]

Good. Since he might be annoying to deal with.

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Not really...I mean, we just talked about his game...

So I think it was fun.

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Poffin Click, huh? I'm glad it's fun for you!

Fortran worked hard and fast on it, since he finish it sooner than I expected.

[Then again, Atsuro can't exactly manipulate the codes directly like a Porygon...]

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Mm, we talked about a few changes to make it more challenging...obstacles and that sort of thing.

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[Okay, giving a quick scan over the conversation so far.]

Considering what the gameplay is like, those are good ideas. Of course, knowing Fortran, they'd need to be looked at by someone other than him.

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Well, you can double-check it for him, right?

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I could! I'm pretty interested in seeing how he put it together.

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You mean in looking at the code...? That would be interesting to see. Although...coding...I only really know about it because of my dad, so I don't know how to do it myself...

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That's right! Porygons probably have their own way of coding, so it'd be fun to see what Fortran use to put it together.

Coding's not that bad, if you start from the basics.

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Perhaps I'll try to learn sometime, then.

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If you want! I could teach you too, if you don't mind it as well.

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...That isn't something I would mind.

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We can start whenever you want, just let me know in advance. Since I'm over at Kanot at the moment.

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Sure, I'll text you about it sometime.

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Got it. I'll look forward to it!