Edna
*Dado flies into the Neutral Arena on his Keyblade Glider. He drifts sideways to a halt, setting his foot on the ground.*

"Thina, are you able to do AR stuff to simulate opponents?"
Elizabeth
*"Not really. Cid designed your glasses for UI elements, not 3D models. You'd need a much better GPU for that."*
Edna
"What about Id Tech 1? Anything can run that."
Elizabeth
*The following text element appears in the center of Dado's vision, rather than at his periphery.*

*"ANyThInG cAn RuN tHaT!! Do you hear yourself? Do you think I can snap my fingers and optimize Id Tech 1 for your nigh-documentationless glasses? WITH WHAT FINGERS, DADO?"*
Edna
*Dado laughs, putting his fingers to his temples.* "Okay, okay! What about on my Gummiphone?"
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Elizabeth
*"How is- oh, I see. There will be some visual delay, but it should be doable. Let me fork the engine now."*
Edna
*Dado sits down, waiting patiently as Thina finds a fork of the engine that runs on Gummiphone. She displays several windows with different documents in his field of view.*

"So, first we wanna rework the screen refresh."
Elizabeth
*Thina speaks through his Gummiphone, as to not further clog his vision.*

"Not quite! We'd best find an add-on for display configuration, first. Then, we can create a plug-in for your glasses."
Edna
"You said nigh-documentationless. Any specifics on that?"
Elizabeth
"Cid's commenting is a mess, and his code is... Well, I'd say prematurely optimized, but with anything interfacing with human vision, any optimization is welcome."
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Edna
"So it's unreadable?"
Elizabeth
"Pretty much." *Several new documents pop into the workview, under an folder labeled "API".*

"Here's an abstract API; I'll handle the back-end implementation. You worry about making the engine cuanges you want. Use your Gummiphone to type. Autocorrect is off!"
Edna
"Sounds good. Fuck, it's so much more fun doing this with someone smarter than me."
Elizabeth
"Thanks! I've never gotten to work with someone like this before. It's fun!"
Edna
"Same! I've always only-"

*The two chat onwards, working together and giving each other pointers.*
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Donald
*Three hours later...*
Edna
"Background drawing's disabled, display refreshes with transparent pixels if supported and black otherwise, HUD's disabled in favor of API calls, weapons are disabled, collision's manually determined by a blackbox, map's generated in real-time by another blackbox, render instructions for enemies gets sent through the API. Enemy behavior is another blackbox. Are we missing anything?"
Elizabeth
"Possibly! We won't know until we try!"
Edna
"Alright! Let's give this a spin." *Dado sits up and puts his Gummiphone in his pocket.*

"Boot it up?"

*A blue HUD slides up at the bottom of Dado's screen, displaying his Health. Several pixelated horned red monsters pop into existence, then start "Walking" Towards him. A minimap appears in the top-right corner of his field of view, displaying red dots representing enemies and their positions relative to him.*
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Elizabeth
*"Go ahead and fight!"*
Edna
"Alright! Let's go!"

*Dado materializes and spins Kingdom Key behind himself, stirring up a whirlwind. He lunges forward, letting the wind carry him as he bashes a demon's flat head.*

*The demon falls down, defeated. Other monsters continue their stride towards him, surrounding him. He only smiles at this, enveloping Kingdom Key in flames.*

*As they approach, he spins in a wide arc, alighting most of them. He floats up into the air, then bounces off the ground, sending an icy shockwave outwards as he does so. Thina ingeniously hueshifts them blue, freezes their animations, and stops them in place accordingly.*

"Lightning!" *Dado spins into the air, letting loose a barrage of lightning bolts that fly outwards around him. They leap from monster to monster, reducing them all to piles of dust.*
Elizabeth
*"Everything seems to work fine!"*
Edna
"You're amazing. Id've never gotten all of that right first try!"
Elizabeth
*"I compiled and ran it in the background a few dozen times while you worked. That's how I was able to point out the problems."*
Edna
"Ohhhh! That makes sense. Here, spawn another wave."

*More monsters appear around Dado.*