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[arrives and falls over, spreading out her arms in a dramatic 'I give up' motion. after a moment she sits up and reaches into her pocket, opening an energy drink and downing it]

Maa, why is school giving such a heavy workload? We don't have time for cases anymore. I haven't had free time in forever. Middle school exams are coming up, too. I'm doomed.

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[Thinks for a moment] Less than a year.

Really? That's not very long at all.

I was working for my brother's swat team before that so there was no time for school.

...Swat team? Aren't they police?

Yes, though my brother acted more on his own than listening to orders. We specialized in hunting down storm riders with bad or illegal intentions.

Storm riders are related to your skates, right?

Oh, yes, sorry, I keep forgetting hardly anyone here knows about them. 'Storm Rider' is the name for people who use Air Treck.

Ahh, I see! So they are people who abuse those.

Storm Rider is used for everyone, abusing it or not. But yes, there are always people who abuse technology, or at least use it for their own convenience. There was a lot of black market sharing of expensive parts, but we also tracked down regular criminals who used Air Treck to get away from the regular police.

And then you've got the normal riders who use it in areas where it's not allowed. My brother was also strongly against big gatherings of Storm Riders, he didn't trust them. Although some times he would initiate them himself by having me battle against an A-class team just so he could arrest them and who ever showed up to watch after it. Uhm, he wasn't the nicest person around...

He doesn't sound it. But there's places you can't air trek in? Like indoors, right?

Oh, no, more like private properties, or old abandoned places where it could be dangerous. Or just places where they don't want the damage left by the skates. We do go up walls and stuff too, and that leaves marks.

That would make sense. So pretty much everyone uses them?

Actually no, mostly young people. But not everyone uses them the way we do, you know: form teams and battle each other to show who is the best. Some people use them as sports aids, like aerobics on Air Treck. There's even all kinds of sports that've been recently invented, like a combination of american football and AT.

They're not all that old yet and have been spreading through the general public for just a few years now. They're actually very expensive as well so not everyone can afford them.

Ah, but aren't I boring you with all of this?

Not really! I think it's interesting. It sounds like when glasses first came out. They're still expensive now but mostly young people have them.

What sort of things can you do with them other than go online?

Well, it's an augmented reality. So everything in Daikoku and any non-rural area actually has a virtual reality. With the glasses, you can see it. Most people don't notice it if they have their glasses off. But like one time, Daichi flooded the city because his stupid dennou fish got loose and was eating buildings. But if you had your glasses off, you couldn't see any of it.

That sounds really weird and confusing and at the same time really awesome!

Ah, it is! It was strange because with my glasses on, it was really like being underwater except I could still breath.

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