[Shot of the Kubota house on a rainy day, and a car parks in front of it]
[Inside Kubota kitchen and front hall]
Mayumi: Okay, everybody. The movie's in thirty minutes! Screens off, raincoats on! D.I.N.! D.I.N.! Do it now! Do it now!
[Mayumi, Nica, Geoff, Lexi, and Lee grab their stuff and head for the door. Mayumi opens the door and notices a car outside]
Mayumi: Who is blocking the driveway? [phone rings, Mayumi picks it up] Hello?
Nica: Oh, that's Jay Wu. He's driving me. See you at the movies. Love you, bye!
[Miko rushes down the stars to the TV room]
Mayumi: Miko, you coming?
Miko: Movie, no. Game night, yes!
Mayumi: [sighs] What am I gonna do with you? Alright, bye Hugh! We're leaving!
[Hugh comes out from the basement door]
Hugh: Okay! Oh, do you know where we put all the spare storage boxes?
{Mayumi already leaves shutting the door]
Hugh: At the point, I'll be spring cleaning through next fall.
[Cloud the dog runs past Hugh barking, causing him to drop the boxes]
[Miko turns on the television, activating the Hinobi console. Hugh shows up from behind with boxes humming]
Hugh: Welp, just us kiddo. Perfect time for you to finally help your old man [switches to dramatic voice] PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF THE BASEMENT! [laughs]
Miko: Can't tonight, dad. I invited some friends over for couch co-op.
Hugh: Miko, another game night?
Miko: Not any game night. A one time loot drop event in Oversight Squadron.
Hugh: Regardless of who drops what, I'm concerned you're spending too much free time in front of that screen.
Miko: Come on, dad. You don't get it!
[door rings]
Hugh: Huh?
[Hugh answers the door with Five and Zahra appearing]
Zahra: Hey hey, we brought grub!
Five: Empanadas, baby!
Hugh: Five, Zahra, come right on in.
[Hugh is about to close the door, when Mitch's foot stops it]
Mitch: Five, buddy! You left your hoodie back at work.
Five: That's not my hoodie.
[Mitch throws hoodie at Five and chuckles maniacally]
Mitch: Is that Oversight Squadrons? Ha ha! Exclusive loot drops tonight, you know. Unfortunately for all of you, I happen to have my lucky controller.
Hugh: Uh, I'm sorry. You are...?
Mitch: Mitch Williams from the Hinobi store! I'm their superior.
Hugh: Oh uh, at work?
Mitch: At everything!
Hugh: Uh huh. Uh listen kids, I'm afraid...
[Bergy shows up through the door, and Hugh gets shocked]
Bergy: I'm Cecil Bergoch. I got a ping about an exclusive online event at this venue. Please tell me you're not a capacity!
All, sans Hugh and Mitch: Bergy!
Mitch: [unenthusiastically] Bergy.
[Miko bumps Mitch with her elbow]
[Bergy turns to Hugh and grins]
Hugh: Come on in. Join the party.
Bergy: Yay!
[Hugh sighs, while a "DEFEAT" banner pops in front of him]
Miko: Okay, selecting local multiplayer!
Hugh: Welp, I see you all have a big night ahead of you, so I'll just get back to clearing out the basement.
Miko: 'Kay, dad! Bye, dad!
Five: See you, Mr. Kubo...
[Five notices a box for an old Hinobi computer]
Five: ...OMG! Is that a shipping box for an old Hinobi PC?
Hugh: Oh, yeah from my old college computer.
Zahra: You had a Hinobi Hive?
Five: Hinobi's FIRST personal PC?
Bergy: Birth mother of all video game systems that followed?
[Bergy falls off Five and Zahra]
Hugh: Yeah, I guess. It's down at the basement.
Five, Zahra, and Bergy: WHERE'S THE BASEMENT?!
[cuts to a dark basement, Hugh turns on the light]
Hugh: There she is.
[Five, Zahra, and Bergy look in awe]
Hugh: Yeah, I just discovered her under this old junk.
Five: Original CRT monitor!
Zahra: Duel floppy disc drive!
Bergy: Dial-up motem!
Five: My dad used to repair these, but we never had one of our own.
Zahra: It played all the classic games.
Bergy: Zonk, Freeloader, Bolypius Chess...
Miko: What are these floppy things?
Bergy: Discs, to save programs on.
Mitch: Word Surfer? Math Surfer? Financial Spread Sheet Ninja? These don't sound worth saving.
[Miko skims through the discs and notices one with a sword and shield label]
Miko: Awww! What's this one with the little sword and shield doodled on it?
Hugh; Oh you know, just college files.
Bergy: Can we turn it on?
Hugh: I doubt it even still works.
Zahra: Good thing we're tech support.
[anime-style sequence of Five, Zahra, and Bergy grabbing their tools to help repair and clean Hugh's PC]
Mitch: Uh, I invited myself here for online gaming! Not dumpster diving!
Miko: Yeah, not to side with Mitch, but this a limited time loot event, guys.
Zahra: Fan looks good.
Bergy: Connection is good.
[Five, Zahra, and Bergy assemble and clean the whole computer while Miko, Hugh, and Mitch watch from behind]
Five: Trust me, guys. When you see what this old system can do...
[zooms into the computers chips and right to the processor]
Five: It's gonna bow your...!
[the processor zaps, thus blowing a fuse, then zooms out to the Kubota house having a blackout, and zooms out further to the other houses in the neighborhood suffering said blackout. Cuts back to the basement, now dark, with everyone in it feeling shocked and disappointed]
Mitch: It blew something alright.
Bergy: Until this block's over, you can all play at my houe if you want.
Miko: Dad?
[Miko and her friends, sans Mitch, look at Hugh with innocent smiles begging for his permission]
Hugh: Okay. I'll stay and try getting the power back on.
Miko: Yes!
Hugh: Yeah-heah!
[Miko and her friends leave outside]
Hugh: Just be home by bedtime. And-and-and take some umbrellas!
[cuts to Miko and friends outside in the rain wearing jackets]
Five: You sure your father's not upset we broke his computer Miko?
Bergy: There are so many rare games he could play on it.
Miko: My dad, play games? Trust me. The only thing he used that...
[Hugh walks downstairs to the dark basement with his flashlight on whistling]
Hugh: Ugh! Where is that fuse box?
[Hugh uses the flashlight to locate the fuse box, and then Hugh opens it. Suddenly, Hugh hears his computer rebooting]
Hugh: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. The power's out, isn't it?
[Hugh notices the start up screen in his monitor]
Hugh: [gasps] Mother of dragons! They did get it working! Well I'll be!
[Hugh grabs his dungeon program disc, blows away the dust on it, and inserts it in the disc drive. Then he types keys to start the program.]
Hugh: Whoa. Now this takes me back.
[Hugh hits the enter key]
Hugh: Ugh! Well that certainly was a lot to process, and you're saying that device on your arm can make me forget all of what's happened?
Miko: Pretty much.
Hugh: Huh.
[Cloud barks and hears the rest of the Kubota famly have driven back from the movies. Cloud walks toward the front door]
Hugh: Well, you know what? You better just go ahead and uh, well, just [sigh] do what you do because I-I-I do not want to have to explain all of that to your mother.
[Miko starts up her gauntlet]
Hugh: [sigh] I just wish I could just remember the part where you and I played together.
[Miko gives her father Hugh a hug]
Miko: I can do you one better!
[Miko and Hugh fist bump, and then Miko activates the mind wipe beam on Hugh]
[Mayumi and the rest of the Kubota children arrive through the door]
Mayumi: Okay, we're home!
[Mayumi sees Hugh and Miko playing a co-op game together]
Mayumi: Hugh, are you actually playing that thing?
Hugh: Uh. it's called a Castle Crawler, honey. I just took out a fire troll with a water mace! Ha ha!
Mayumi: Ugh, what am I gonna do with you two?
Hugh: [still playing] Oh, that's good!