[ WP ] You are the first and only patient to be given the cure for aging . 50 years have now past and you are finding it hard to become friends with people that look your age . Though you still maintain friendships with those who are your age .

I had met them while playing pool, a bunch of younger guys, what they did n't realize was I was several decades their elder. Still, I did n't want to be a recluse, and they *did* promise video games. ('Vidya', they called it. ) So that's what brought me to 421 Sycamore Street that night. 
 
 `` Hey everyone,'' I said. They were playing one of those AAA first-person shooters. Halo of Duty or something. I was hoping for something retro. 
 
 `` You guys ever play'Final Fantasy Seven'?'' I said. I could still remember the layout of Midgar like I grew up there! 
 
 `` I think my dad played that,'' said the host, he was a chubby kid, must've been in high school. 
 
 `` Your dad's a dweeb, Chris,'' said a gamer grrl, throwing a cheeto at him. 
 
 What these kids did n't know is I was probably the same age as that `` dweeb''. See, it all started when I participated in this crazy medical trial.'Doriangris', the substance was called, god, it tasted like paint thinner. Real clusterfuck that was, all the other participants went into seizures, some of them got real messed up on it. I got through okay, and it seems to have done something to stop my natural aging process. That's why these kids thought I was one of them. 
 
 `` Let me show you guys what you been missing,'' I moved to the console, fishing the gem out of my bag.'Final Fantasy Seven', it was time to show them some art appreciation. Show them where that Tifa Lockheart they've been jerking off to came from in the first place. 
 
 `` What the hell, man,'' said Chris, jumping off the couch and running up to confront me. In the game, Aeris the flower-girl was walking through an alley. `` What is this, a girl's game?'' He shoved me, we started fighting over the controller. 
 
 Then a voice from upstairs. `` Is that Final Fantasy VII??'' It was Chris's dad, and he came down to join us. `` Oh man, I have n't played this in ages!'' He gave me a high five. 
 
 `` Dad, make him give me back my controller!'' whined Chris, he was punching air as I held him away at arm's length. 
 
 `` Chris,'' said Dad, `` it's past your bedtime. All you other kids, git! You can stay,'' he nodded to me. `` You ever do a no-materia run?'' 
 
 `` Hell yeah'' I said, Chris's friends were grumbling and cursing as Dad pushed their jackets on them. `` Man, I *invented* the no-materia run!'' 
 
 `` Da-aaad,'' Chris threw himself on the floor, kicking and screaming like a toddler. Dad grabbed him by the arms, I grabbed him by the legs, and we dragged him to his bedroom. 
 
 `` And do n't come out!'' said Dad as we slammed the door shut. We could hear Chris sobbing and blubbering inside there, we rolled our eyes. 
 
 `` Why ca n't kids be more like you?'' he said to me, as we settled down to beat up some Shinra guards. `` I was never like that when I was their age.'' 
 
 `` I dunno, man,'' I said. `` I guess schools are n't giving out as many experience points as they used to.''
