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- Takka takka takkity tak tak takka
- >It was a perfect day at summer's end.
- Takkity takkity tak tak
- >Lincoln was outside throwing the ball around with Lynn and Clyde.
- >Lori sat outside and let Leni tend to her hair.
- Takka tak tak takka
- >Lisa was over at Darcy's house and Lily was with her parents.
- >Lola was at a pageant, Lana played in Mud.
- Takka tak tak takkity tak takka tak
- >Luan was tasked with following Lucy to her "playdate" with some of her witch friends.
- >And Luna sat in her room and programmed in BASIC on a Commodore 64.
- >She'd been up for about 28 hours now, only leaving to use the bathroom.
- >It had to be done in time for the school year.
- >Maybe she'd get extra credit from the computer science class?
- Takka takka takka tak
- >Tim and Geoff Follin's prog rock-inspired tunes played on repeat in her ears.
- >The silver surfer theme burned itself into her mind.
- >She had to erase work multiple times when she realized she was just copying that song.
- Takka takkity tak tak TAK.
- >It was done.
- >Luna looked over her work.
- >It was crude, poorly optimized, and needed a few fixes here and there.
- >But it was good enough for now.
- >Luna opened her window and shouted into the street.
- >"Oi Lincoln! I got something to show you!"
- >It occurred to Luna that she hadn't spoken since yesterday.
- >And she needed to wash herself.
- >But that didn't matter.
- >What did matter was that she was going to have her first audience.
- >Lincoln was steady coming up the stairs, with Lynn and Clyde close behind.
- >Ever since Luna's depression started, she had spent more and more time in her room.
- >Even with him being her manager of fun and happiness, there was only so much she could do.
- >Especially since she got into these old british computers.
- >Lincoln opened the door to Luna's room, seeing her standing there excited.
- >A massive smile was on her face.
- >That boded well, at least.
- >Lynn wasn't having any of it.
- >"Okay, Luna, what's more important than Footbasesoccer?"
- >"Lynn, I thought it was Tennissoccerbase?"
- >"Shut up, Clyde."
- >"So, uh, I put this together for you, Lincoln. I, uh, yeah..."
- >Luna typed a command into the computer.
- >"Ah, dammit, wrong filename. Okay, hold on..."
- >Finally the computer rattled a bit and started the video.
- >A city skyline at night was shown, with heroic music soaring over the visuals.
- >A lone shadowed figure perched on top of the tallest tower, strong in stature.
- >A slow, confident theme played as the figure was shown.
- >It was Ace Savvy, but with the face of Lincoln.
- >And a few other nicks and nacks added on to be legally distinct, of course.
- >The art was impressively on-model, and reflected Lincoln as both boyish and manly.
- >But ultimately, it showed him as a Hero.
- >The video was short and lasted only a minute.
- >But it got its point across.
- >Clyde was awestruck.
- >Lynn peaced out halfway through.
- >Too mushy and lovey-dovey.
- >Luna turned to Lincoln.
- >"I, uh, made this for you, because I love you and you're nice and you've been so understanding-"
- >Luna began to tear uo and cry.
- >Lincoln only hugged her and cried too.
- >"I love you, bro!"
- >"I love you too, Luna!"
- >This was all a bit much for Clyde, who peaced out midway and left the two alone.
- >The siblings hugged it out for what seemed like hours, simply happy that the other was there.
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