"Sweet," Ogre said. "You'd better be up for some gaming though. It's better beating people in the same room as you."

"You probably will, too," Diana admitted.  "I'm used to writing macros to do the fine controlling for me.  I've been writing them for the sword's guidance system..."

"Aw. That's no fun. How about something we're equally bad at?" Ogre asked.

"How about a new game, then?" Diana suggested.  "We'll at least be equally new to it."

"How about the new Mario Kart?" Ogre asked.

"I could go for that," said Diana.  "Sounds like a plan."

"Okay, I'll get to dling it," Ogre said.

"All right," said Diana.  She crept back to the lab.  Just a little bit more to go....

There was some cosmetic bits to finish up,but you were done within an hour and Ogre called down to let you know everything was ready. Including the mountain dew.

"All right!" said Diana.  "I threw a controller together for you.  I hope it's strong enough..."

"I'm sure it's fine. You get a lot of practice with muscle control being this strong," Ogre said,

"All right," she said.  "So let's do this."

You were behind for this final race, but then you got it. The blue shell. With it, you managed to snipe Ogre on the finish line and win.

"Good match!" said Diana.  "So, want to see what I've made for you, Titan?"

"Sure, though I feel I have to shout about the evils of the blue shell," Ogre said. "Seems to be the proper tradition."

"That's quite fair," said Diana.  "It brings a lot of luck into the game."

"Eh, it's part of the game. I've heard you can dodge it if you're good," Ogre said. "But let's go try that equipment."

Diana lead him down to the lab to try on the gear.

Ogre then proceeded to try them on.

"I like it!" he said. "Fits well and looks good."

"Good," said Diana.  "I like the way that my armor came out.  I hope the sword holds up in practice, though..."

"How'd you fancy it up?" Ogre asked.

"Oh, all kinds of things," said Diana.  "Lots of electrical discharges, gyroscopic guidance system so I don't have to master swordplay, special shielding, that kind of thing."

Ogre whistled, or at least he tried to. The teeth made it hard.

"Fancy."

"Well, it's a change of pace for me," Diana said.  "Last time, I was just directing flying drones.  I'm having to improvise more, but I like how it's coming together."

"i'm sure you can make it work," Ogre said.