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_{{ And suddenly, Aeris is behind her shoulder, pointing at the screen. }}

What's that?

[She jumps, surprised, and of course loses concentration, and lost the game.

You survived 25.329 seconds !]

Damn it!

[Turns to look at Aeris.]

Huh? Oh, it's a game.

_{{ A bit surprised at the sudden pop-up window, thanks. }}

Sorry about that, Rikku. _{{ Blink. }} What kind of game?

It's okay.

Well, you gotta click on, and hold the red square, and then keep it from touching the walls or blue blocks. I used to be really good, but I haven't played it in ages.

_{{ Furrows a brow, taking a closer look at the screen }} But how do you win?

Well, you dont. Not really. Just, see how long you can go without letting it hit anything.

_{{ Blinkblink. }} Oh? _{{ Inspects the screen a l'il more before looking back at Rikku }}

Is it okay if I try?

[Grins and gets out of the computer chair.]

Sure!

[oh is that a computer? lemme see...]

[Aaaaand, she lost again. The pop-up window coming up and telling her how long she survived.

You survived 28.157 seconds !]

I cant believe I've gotten so bad at this...

[Oh hi, Roxas! How long have you been standing there?]

Hey.

Is that a computer?

[it's so... low-tech.]

[Hey, just cause the game is bad quality, doesn't mean the computer is.]

Yeah.

[not bad quality, but... wow, the computer in the lab was so much more... shiny.]

But the picture is projected on a screen. Like a TV.

[Chuckles.]

Yeah, kinda low-tech, huh?

[nods.]

I've never seen anything like it.

[Shrugs.]

Eh, it's alright. Even if it is kinda low-tech.

[lightly knocks on the screen.]

Weird.

[Watches him, amused.]

You wanna play?

[Nods to the game on the screen.]

Oh. Sure. How do I...?

[what is this, why is there no touch screen?]

[She gets out of the computer chair.]

Use the mouse.

[Points to said mouse.]

Click and hold the red box, then move it around to keep it from touching the blue blocks and the walls.

[s-sits down, putting his hand on the mouse and tries. ah, not even a second. okay, try again-- five seconds. and again...]

[Watches, smiling.]

Back home if you wanna pilot an airship, you gotta get at least two minutes on this thing.

[look at that! 12,5 seconds.]

Two minutes?

[is it cheating if he memorizes the pattern of movement of the blue squares?]

[Awesome!]

Yup. I used to be able to get much further than that though. But it looks like being stuck here has put me out of practice.

[Nope. Just about everyone does that. Sometimes without even meaning to!]

[oh, okay. he'll just do that, then. oh but what those squares are speeding up aren't they?]