When no one yelled or pointed fingers or came flying across the room to attack him for being the host of such stinky Dark Evil, Riku finally managed--after several minutes and lots of deep breathing exercises--to get his utter mortification under control.
"Computer," he continued to speak quietly. "Set your self-destruct. I want this whole place wiped out in uh...what's the maximum time you can give me?"
FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO HOURS, the computer's voice boomed.
"..."
Okay. Just a little longer than he thought they'd need.
"Then how 'bout..." How many minutes were in an hour, anyway? "...100 minutes?"
SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED, AUTHORIZATION CODE ALPHA. OMEGA. SIX. SIX. SIX. T-MINUS NINETY-NINE. MINUTES. AND NINETY-SEVEN. SECONDS TO SELF-DESTRUCT.
His ears ringing, Riku wondered if he should help make sure everyone else got out. ... Nah. He'd done enough hero work for one day. They had plenty of time.
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When no one yelled or pointed fingers or came flying across the room to attack him for being the host of such stinky Dark Evil, Riku finally managed--after several minutes and lots of deep breathing exercises--to get his utter mortification under control.
"Computer," he continued to speak quietly. "Set your self-destruct. I want this whole place wiped out in uh...what's the maximum time you can give me?"
FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO HOURS, the computer's voice boomed.
"..."
Okay. Just a little longer than he thought they'd need.
"Then how 'bout..." How many minutes were in an hour, anyway? "...100 minutes?"
SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED, AUTHORIZATION CODE ALPHA. OMEGA. SIX. SIX. SIX. T-MINUS NINETY-NINE. MINUTES. AND NINETY-SEVEN. SECONDS TO SELF-DESTRUCT.
His ears ringing, Riku wondered if he should help make sure everyone else got out.
...
Nah. He'd done enough hero work for one day. They had plenty of time.