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[codes]

Hey Digilosers, a lot of you have a number of questions about this world as well as the events that brought us here that haven't been answered before, right?
I'll help you get those answers if you give me your word you'll remember how I helped you out in the rare situation that I'll ever need help with something.
It's important to understand the value of equivalent exchange and in a world where the skilled are highly valued, I suggest you also learn how to market your abilities in this way.

TLDR: If you could have any question answered, what would the question be?

PS: Don't give me any of that philosophical bullshit like 'what is our purpose for living' or 'the meaning of the number forty-one' ok?

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Comments

[fuhrinkaed]

Rin!

Um...

This is kind of a gigantic mega-huge deal!

Do you remember any weird rules about that simulation that worked differently than the normal world?! How to hack it?! Anything!

[codes]

Of course I remember the rules. I was the one who hacked into it and made it so that we could have access to the Moon Cell in the first place.

[ Hmph. ] It's just... I've run into a few complications here, is all.

[fuhrinkaed]

What kind of complications?

Anything a paranormal specialist could help with?

[codes]

It's not so much that as I am having to relearn a new set of coding and with it, the perimeters for hacking. Infiltrating something as complex as this world's version of data is no easy task and it doesn't help when I keep getting blocked as I'm learning.

I was looking for a remote place while we were outside the city in hopes I could study in all honesty.

[fuhrinkaed]

Oh... I wish you'd told me. I would have kept an eye out.

I know a little bit about computers, so I could have maybe found something.

Though... you'd think you'd be able to hack wirelessly, since even the air is data.

[codes]

That's right, but what good is hacking the air unless I wanted to be some kind of cheesy villain that monopolizes on something we use every day?

[fuhrinkaed]

Well... digimon convert the data around them into attacks... basically, magic out of thin air.

If you could hack the air... or if you could find a way for us magic users to do it with our energy... we could access some form of our original powers again?

...

Or something. You're the expert here.

[codes]

[ That idea is so stupid it probably will just work. ]

Great, now I'm going to look like an idiot running around with a device in the air.

[fuhrinkaed]

And if it works, you're going to look like an idiot who can throw fire at will. [Nodnod.]

[codes]

Why would I throw around fire? [ WHAT A WASTE OF MAGIC. ]

[fuhrinkaed]

Because it inspires a sense of shock and awe, and can leave burns on a target which are hard to heal as opposed to a simple stabbing injury from something like ice.

I guess lighting is an even better choice, since it's cheap and tends to seek things, and it can leave burns too and screw up someone's fine motor control.

[SURELY IT IS NOT SUSPICIOUS THAT ED HAS THOUGHT OUT COMBAT APPLICATIONS FOR MAGIC THIS MUCH.]

[codes]

[ What a nerd. ] We've already got a pretty beat up city.

I'd like to not add to the damage we're still working to clean up.

[fuhrinkaed]

...Oh, yeah, that's why I was sticking to the small, directed effects.

If you want to hit someone and don't care about collateral damage nothing beats dropping a meteor on them.

[codes]

You know what beats a meteor?

[ Placing one of her boots up on the desk in front of him. Enjoy that peek right up along the absolute territory. ]

Planting these in someone's face.

[fuhrinkaed]

[...wh-wh-wh-wh-what are you talking about I clearly don't care DO YOU NOT SEE ALL THIS NOT CARING GOING ON]

Th-th-that can occasionally be a little bit difficult to do. I mean... sometimes the enemy can f-fly or something and... y-you know.

[codes]

[ Suddenly stuttering huh? ]

So I'll just learn to jump really high to kick them. It's the only thing that makes sense!

[fuhrinkaed]

[It's a fear response.]

[Usually.]

I am r-really not sure you'd be able t-to jump that high.

I-I mean... flying.

[codes]

Then I unzip my boot like this...

[ Reaching up and drawing the zipper to expose her bare leg underneath.

PS: She has no idea how sexy this is coming off. ]

And then I throw it at their stupid flying face!

[fuhrinkaed]

[Ed's brain: FKLASHGK;AJFLHAL;GJASFLFFF]

[BUT YOU CANT LET ON THAT YOU'RE PANICKING. ITS FINE. SHE DOESNT LIKE YOU THAT WAY. THIS IS NOT TRYING TO HIT ON YOU.]

[...I THINK.]

[THIS MIGHT BE THE VIDEO EQUIVALENT OF BOOB GRABBING??]

[AUGH THIS IS COMPLICATED.]

[NO SHUT UP YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ED. STARING IS WRONG.]

Y-yeah... I guess in that case you'd h-h-hit them right in the face... And then they'd fall... a-a-and I guess you'd have another boot, huh?

[codes]

That's right. [ Pulling her legs back off, she claps in excitement. ]

And my fists too! I'll give them a good pounding they'll never forget!

[ She's so socially unaware of what she did that it doesn't click even after the fact. POOR GUY. ]

[fuhrinkaed]

[oh my stars i still have tha vapors.]

I... Yeah.

YES! [Clears throat] I mean. Yes.

Punching is also a thing you can do to enemies!

[codes]

[ Completely unaware. ]

Yes, that's right. I'm really good with my hands.

Want to see sometime?

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[fuhrinkaed]

[...nope.]

[Nope I can't do this anymore.]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIgottagobye!

[HE BLUSHES FURIOUSLY, THEN HANGS UP AND FLOPS OVER ON HIS BED.]

[She didn't. She couldn't have. That's not. NO! BAD ED! YOU HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT WITH THE WRONG CROWD THAT IS NOT WHAT SHE MEANT.]

[OKAY. HAVE TO ANSWER. POLITELY.]

[Tapping out a message on his d-terminal...]

That sounds great! I'd love to see anything you'd like to show me!

[YES OKAY THAT IS A PROPER ANSWER.]

[...]

[NO BAD THOUGHTS THAT IS NOT HOW I MEANT IT.]

[...well okay I guess if that's how she meant it that's how she'd take this and then at least I'd know...?]

[...]

[.....]

[He hits 'send' at last, and flops onto the bed, his energy all but spent.]

[codes]

If you needed a bio break, you could have just said so.
My feelings wouldn't be hurt.
Guys gotta whip their thing out every so often so I get you.

[ She's not upset at all if it helps. ]

[fuhrinkaed]

[OH MY GOD.]

OH MY GOD.
WHAT.
LOOK I JUST.
GUILMON JUST BROKE SOMETHING AND IT WAS ABOUT TO SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE THAT'S ALL.

[...I told a lie.]

[I'm a terrible person.]

[...better than the alternative, I guess.]