-FUTURE-

His phone beeped again - "Hang out?"

He considered it, then decided against it.

He was nearly done with the boss. Just 2 more levels, and he should've garnered enough experience to pummel him.

Whilst delivering his last hit on the Marlboro, his room was suddenly engulfed in a white light, and a loud boom emanated through out.

When his eyes adjusted again and the light faded, there stood a man in the middle of his room, with all his papers scattered around him.

"What the fuck?"

The man looked surprised himself, before he jumped up and shouted, "I DID IT!"

The boy stared in surprise at his new visitor, and there was something strikingly familiar about him.

His eyes, his hair, his features... they kind of looked like...

"Oh shit."

The man turned to face the boy, and they had a moment of silence.

"Oh my god," they said simultaneously.

"I don't remember being that short."

The boy was taken aback by this remark, as he observed his new visitor.

A small frame, glasses, with a shirt tucked in.

Nerd.

"Shit."

The man replied, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Hunter Gray."

That's me.

"Hah. I can see the gleam of recognition in your eyes. Yes, I am from the future. I successfully built a time machine, and I am here to teach you, or myself (at this point he chuckled) how to make the time machine in order to utilise my time wisely, that I may save all the time I spent between now and then researching how to bend the continuum, that I may be able to spend my life pursuing more meaningful pursuits!"

The boy stared agape at his visitor, and the visitor scanned the room.

"Ah... so nostalgic. Oh! I remember this fight! You're farming Marlboro tentacles right?"

The boy stared at the screen, and remembered what he was initially doing.

"urh.. yeh..."

"OH! Let me try! I haven't played this in ages!"

The man ran over and sat in front of the tv.

"I remember this! You had to farm 20 tentacles to build squall's final weapon! Although that would hardly be necessary if you had Selphie on overdrive, just open the disc cover and search for the End and poof, there goes the bad guy. But i guess you could..." and he babbled on.

The boy stared at his future self, and he decided he had two choices.

He join his counterpart, and learn how to build a time machine and how to effectively farm Marlboro tentacles.

Or he could 'hang out'.

The man suddenly broke out into hysteric laughter, and snot fell out of his nose unto his shirt.

"SOrry sorry this always happens when I'm too excited."

The boy stood up, and walked towards the door.

"HEY! Where are you going? I'm about to fly Ragnarok to get Bahamut!"

He turned around.

"Sorry. There's just no adventure in that."

And he walked out.

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granted, this is very bad. i just had the idea
allof a sudden

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