AU that Dyson spends his free time playing Animal Crossing on his Nintendo Switch
Tron plays Nintendogs on his 3DS
….aaaaa.
Tron HAS a Nintendog (except in that universe they’re called EncoDogs) in-system, it’s the behavior emulator for the virtual pet game and it manifests as a lil dog-shaped program inside the encom system.
it’s from the second year that Sam Flynn played his pranks. first year the prank was a MIDI of “dont stop believin” that played on everyone’s computer. second year it was an animated Marv-shaped dog, made from the virtual pet game code, running across everyone’s desktop.
both years, original Encom copy of Tron was devastated that he somehow failed his Directive as a Security Program and got defeated by this hacker slipping through
until he realized… he knew, deep down, who the hacker was, and was subconsciously letting him win. For the Users.
from then on, they work together on the pranks. Tron has adopted the EncoDog (named Mal, even though he’s not really malware). he is an excellent Assistant Watchdog for the Encom Security Suite. and he can catch and retrieve Tron’s disc like a frisbee.