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"Hello Mokuba." I said, small smile in place as I peeked at the corner of my eye to see the boy. "Awww, I was hoping I could get you." Said the teen with a wide grin as he came over, a bag in his hand. "Not quite as sneaky as your brother." I muttered, clearing the end of my desk to allow him plenty of room, iPad already propped up on it's case pointing towards us, my brother's face taking up the whole screen. "I brought food." Said the teen, opening his bag and pulling out what looked like a sub. "I wasn't sure what you liked, so I got a few different things..." Said Mokuba, pulling out three different sandwiches wrapped and taped to go. "I have a ham and cheese, BLT, and italian." I blinked. "You didn't have to get me anything. That's so sweet." He gave a bright smile. "I wanted too! Besides I was already picking up something for Seto and I. Speaking of, I should run this to him." He stood once more. "Be right back!" He jogged down the hall and I looked to my brother. "Boy, I wish I could just have a selection at my disposal." I said with a chuckle, deciding on the ham and cheese. "Now now, be nice." "I am, I am." I dismissed, leaning back in my chair to unwrap the sub. "I didn't even think they made these here." I grunted, taking a bite of the end. "I found a place that serves American food. I thought you might like it." Said Mokuba, coming back and grabbing one of the remaining sandwiches. I felt touched. He'd gone to so much trouble. The boys were chattering back and forth for a bit while Mokuba finished eating, allowing me to think over this week's proposal to the CEO. Now that it went directly to him instead of directly in Kiko's trash can, I felt a bit of pressure. Staring at my screen in thought, the words didn't come to me as easily as they usually did. This week was just a simple change in the number of staffing for janitorial, so I wasn't quite sure how to express it. As my computer's screensaver came over, it caused the boy beside me to look over in wonder. "Whoa, what's that?" Breaking from my internal struggle, I looked at the screen. "Oh, it's just a drawing of a D and D character I drew up a few years ago." I replied. "D and D?" "Dungeons and Dragons?" Offered Damian. "Like...30 year old playing in the basement?" Giggled the boy. "No, it's not quite like that." I said with a chuckle, moving the mouse and going to locate the file. "This... is Madrish. An elf paladin. Like a knight." "Super religious though." "Right." I confirmed. "How do you play?" Asked Mokuba, leaning forward to see a few of the drawings I had put onto my computer to break the bland undertone from the workspace. "Little more to it then duel monsters... you draw up a character, roll dice to get your stats." "You pick from a bunch of different races, then you have classes." "What are classes?" "Like...jobs." I flicked through the folder. "Like that's a druid, kind of like a nature witch...that's a rogue, which is like an assassin." "Personally I like the monk class." I nodded. "He does. This is Nami his monk from the last campaign." I flicked over to show a yellow and red robed figure. "Wow! That's so cool! These are really good too." Said the teen. "Milo's really good at stuff like that." "I like drawing characters." I said with a shrug as I once again flicked it to my nearly blank report. "Could you imagine a game like that though?" Said Mokuba. "They have a couple kind of like it, but they aren't quite so interactive. You know what would be cool is virtual reality. Imagine if you could create, and play this character. Think about it, you connect it to the internet, you could campaign with anyone anywhere." "What about a DM?" "DM?" Asked Mokuba. "Dungeon Master." I clarified. "They're the ones that usually will decide the fate of the players. He controls the dice rolls and decides how challenging something is..." I looked to my brother. "If you took away the DM and replaced it with a set plot, you really wouldn't need one. Dice rolls wouldn't really exist, with a game you just do it, you know?" "How long would that last though?" "Well as long as you wanted it too. I know games like Oblivion you have the main plot line, but you can spend years doing all the side quests, not to mention little personal stuff like getting married and buying a house. If you think about it the possibilities are endless-" "Wait here!" Suddenly the dark haired teen was up and bolting for the office at the end of the run.
"What's his deal?" "Not totally sure." I sighed and rocked in my chair. "I'm not really functional today though." "Why?" "Not sure on that either. I think now that I know he's going to read it, it's messing with me." I said with a nod to the end of the hall. "So?" "What do you mean so?" "I mean it's not your job to decide whether or not something is worth his time." "It kind of is..." "No, but really. He asked that you give him everything you've got right?" "More or less." "So do it. Just keep doing what you're doing. Pretend like it's just going to Kiko's trash." "Yea but-" "No buts, if he doesn't like it hecan let them know. Or pay someone to let them know, y'know, whatever works." I snorted and cracked a grin. "Could you imagine being that loaded?" "Considering you and I both know what it's like to live on foodstamps, no." I chuckled, swinging my chair back and forth as I talked. "Dad give you an answer on whether you might be moving?" "No. I think something I said hit close to home though, because he hasn't brought her up in like a week." "Nice." "She was ugly anyway." I had to laugh. "That's not nice Damian." "All that make-up doesn't make you pretty on the inside bi-" "What is with your mouth lately? I swear if you teach my boss's brother English swear words I'm going to be very upset." "You aren't the only one." "Dude, you need to make more noise, you made mejump." Grunted Damian as Mokuba sat back down beside me. "Damian." "Look Seto!" Mokuba turned my screen as my screen saver popped up once more. "Mokuba I don't have time for this..." "But think about it! You've been looking for something to release with the VR console!" My brows pinned as I looked to the teen. "Wait, what?" "What if we made a game? Take your idea about playing a character and combine it with a game Seto's already been making?" "I don't understand." "Dungeon Duel Monsters." Said Damian with a clear look of interest. "That's cool, I like it." "D and D has been around for years I can't imagine we're the first to think of this..." "VR is new." Said Kaiba, leaning over and grabbing my mouse and minimizing the blank sheet and finding the folder still popped up containing all the drawings. "Right!" Confirmed the younger Kaiba. "You are always complaining there's a ton of games that come close but don't quite do it." Said Damian. "Yea but..." "You have more of these?" I looked to the older man who was flicking avidly through my collection. "Tons. Just look at all the ones she's sent me." The boy on the screen vanished for a minute before coming back with a thick binder. Opening it up he flashed a rough sketch at the camera. "Since you can have literally anycombination of class and species and background..." He flicked through a couple. "Those are all copies I've scanned and sent...the originals are at my apartment..." I said softly. "Think about it Seto! A character you make, an adventure you decide on." Said Mokuba. The look on the older man's face was different then it was when I'd visited his office. This one was calculating. You could tell he was mentally going over every option, every combination. "I want to see them." My brows pinned. "See what?" "The originals. I also want to know about this D and D. Rules, how you play. Everything." "Well um... I mean like I said, I've got all this stuff at my apartment. I'm sure I've got my player's handbook stashed somewhere too." "Let's go then." The man stood up and my heart stopped. "Wha- Now?" "My time is valuable and I need to know more before I make a decision." He said, as if that explained why it couldn't wait until even the following day. Giving a small sigh, I started packing my things. "Okay...Damian looks like it's time for me to go." "Okay! Call me tomorrow." "I will. Love you." "You too. Bye guys!" The boy waved from his spot on the screen before it flicked closed. Grabbing the iPad and everything I would need at home, I stood, the younger Kaiba following suit. As I started for the lift the Kaiba brothers paused. "Where are you going?" Asked Mokuba. "To my car?" "I'll send someone for it." Answered the older brother before continuing the other way towards the secured doors. "Oh...Okay." Jogging to catch up, I followed them into the office and to one of the set of doors.
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