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[ahogarse]

There's a ghost, peeking in the doorway

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[a1enzo]

And a familiar face is peeking back at him.

Now that's unusual. It looks like a ghost from a particular type of Game, the kind that looks really silly but is terrifying to be in because it makes things so easy for the User. (On the other hand, the Game sprites in those are pushovers. Bob would say that the best approach in those Games is to try to meet the Game objective, rather than defeat the User head-on.)

[ahogarse]

"Hola."

You can't see it, but you can hear the smile.

[a1enzo]

Dude! "Santi! What're you doing out of the woods? You totally look like a Game sprite ghost. Are you gonna come in?"

[ahogarse]

He shrugs, kind of dubiously. Like he's not really sure yet. Maybe. Possibly. Kind of.

[a1enzo]

Well, if Santi is solid enough to wear a sheet, he must be solid enough to touch - and even if he isn't, the sheet is. "C'mon!" insists Enzo, tugging gently on a bit of sheet that seems to correspond to an arm. "It's great in here! And you still haven't had your free... well, you don't eat or drink, but I bet Bar will give you something free instead of a drink."

[ahogarse]

"No puedo, Enzo."

There's a sheet in the way, after all.

[a1enzo]

"Oh, she can give you all kinds of stuff, not just food or drink. I got the mad libs from her. Usually your first drink is free, but since you can't drink she'll probably give you something else. Unless it's something real expensive."

[ahogarse]

He nods, and follows him towards the thing. He wonders why the bar is a 'she.' Maybe it has a name?

[a1enzo]

Enzo leads him to the bar. "Bar, this is Santi. He's deleted so he can't eat or drink anything, so he doesn't need a free drink. Can you give him something else?" He turns to Santi. "What do you want?"

[ahogarse]

"Un juguete, por favor."

A small toy car appears, the dime-store kind. It's shiny and red and lovely.

[a1enzo]

"Oooooh." Enzo admires the shiny. He has learnt much about classic cars from Bob. "That looks like a PX-25! 'Cept the wheels. Cars in my world don't have those."

[ahogarse]

Santi makes a 'what?' noise.

How does a car drive without weels?

[a1enzo]

"Our cars fly. So they don't need wheels. I've seen cars with wheels in Games, though." He pokes the back of the car, and giggles as it rolls forward a centimeter or so.

[ahogarse]

He gasps, lifts it, and makes it fly around. Whoosh.

That sounds really cool.

[a1enzo]

Enzo makes a brrrrrrrm noise to go with it. "Bob's got a really cool new car. His old one was awesome too, but this one actually works."

[ahogarse]

"Si."

He swoops it around, and then sets it down again.

"Bob... bueno."