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Mon Vs. Machine-- Revised
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Post by Shino Taka on Oct 10, 2019 2:11:10 GMT
Things had become hectic for Shino since Vector entered her life. The little, crazy gun-toeing dinosaur with pixilated camouflage skin easily was a goofy unsoldierlike creature that she ever seen. Though she had no expertise in military training and protocol to it outside of her favorite FPSMMO games, his foolish, happy-go-lucky and risky attitude was certainly not something she appreciated. She only encountered a couple of tamers since she found Vector-- a stuck up older fellow and a young and somewhat inexperienced tamer-- even more than her. Though as a smart girl and a hacker, she was a quick study to adapt.
The weekend was upon her as she took the time in her uncle's internet cafe. While he was moonlit as a consultant to the cybersecurity sector of the Tokyo police, he kept the cafe as a mild way to make money-- and Shino would work there during certain free time for extra money. However, due to the fact they lived upstairs on the floors above, it was EXTREMELY difficult for her to hide Vector's actions from him.
With her Laptop, she was finally getting time to study the odd data that made up Vector, her Commandramon partner. The events that led to finding him were unusual, even by Digimon standards. After a violent hacking attempt on a video game she played, she counter-hacked the hacker-- and the resulting clash somehow made the Commandramon emerge, and without any memory of his past. Though scary, he was relatively harmless, even with his rifle in hand. The only harm he would do to her is the occasional flirty comment and a crass language he learned from a Ryan Renolds film called "Deadpool", which he grew to love.
Her skills as a hacker allowed her to copy parts of the Digimon's code to study... but trying to comb through a Digimon's code was harder than any other software or computer program by earth standards. There was too much she didn't know, and she was determined to find it. She also kept a tab on the city network, trying to learn more about Digimon and anything related on the Tamer Net.
Luckily, the internet cafe was mostly empty now, as it was not the most popular place in Shibuya, nestled in the smaller streets. As she typed on her laptop, she was aware of the 'presence' of her Digimon nearby...
... the semi-invisible camouflaged figure beside her that would peer over the table top to see her computer work on the scrolling code. The only part visible of him was his eyes when opened, that and the mild shift of movement behind his camouflaged form, appearing like a hologram image against the walls and structures behind him.
"What is the Matrix?" he said in a cryptic voice to her, what he got from one of the many movies he saw.
Shino ignored him as she kept typing and scrolling through the digimon's code. "Keep talking and I will curb your movie privileges, Vector..." she replied without missing a beat. "I'm doing this to help you, you know..." she replied as she juggled the coding work and also studying the data she gathered on the Digital World itself.
So many mysterious surrounded her, but she felt alone now that she burned bridges with a certain group.
Little did she know, things would grow more complicated due to Vector being in her life-- beyond his immature and goofy persona.
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Post by Ritsuko Kiryuin on Oct 11, 2019 15:18:08 GMT
Maybe it's needless to say, but with two callous, tactically-skilled, child-sized sorcerers to manage, Ritsuko's options had become quite limited. She could deal with that, to some degree, she was old enough to at least consider taking care of a set of children for a short amount of time. Only, these weren't children...no...they were digital monsters— if it's even possible to make that difference, and as far as Kiry was concerned, it seemed like they weren't going away anytime soon. Oh well, she couldn't help but think, at least her parents could appreciate her babysitting. Though, an internet cafe probably wouldn't be the chief destination for these kinds of "cosplayers", she'd run through all of her excuses and plans this morning, so casually entering this internet cafe was all but trivial. If a chime sounded off at the opening of the door, she wouldn't even notice. The two shuffling past her and scampering into the cafe after her didn't even care. "This location had several other entrances. Why come through the front when someone might've been waiting for us?" The Sorcerimon, laden in white clothes with an icy motif, had a chilled voice to match his demeanor. Albeit, one that couldn't help but quiet once he caught wind of the deathly gaze Kiry was giving him. "Because we're normal people with common sense." She snapped, keeping an amicable volume while her tone of voice took on the sharpness of a razor. That matched her appearance too, still formally dressed and made-up from the job she just left. Her shoes made soft clicks as she moved in towards the nearest empty computer, neatly entering a seat opposite a younger girl. "Well, it's hard for us to function like this, genera- er, Mom. We don't really get out here much..." The Wizarmon had a bit more of her wits about her, trying to make herself at least somewhat like an awkward girl in wizard cosplay. Fixing herself when she got served the same stare. "Could you please not call me Mom? Your parents already pay me enough to do their job, I don't need the title too..." She could talk about how being called "mom" made her shiver in her seat, but she was more shocked about how terrible these digital creatures were at getting with the program. "Besides, I told you, that's why we're here. You guys have homework to do, so get out your books, m'kay?" It was an order the two sorcerers could gladly abide by, though, they weren't really whipping out small notepads, they were sizable tomes they committed to carrying single handed, standing in an attentive formation behind the smartly dressed woman Kiry was making herself to be. She had to pull up documents, and all they had to do was research along with her. "If you can't see, you can sit in the chairs..." Kiry added sweetly, feeling her frustration ebb away as they began to get to work. "Being seen would be-" "Ugh...What Anima is trying to say is that we're just a little skeptical, see?" "We're professionals!" The twins volleyed between each other in whispers, beginning to bring back Kiry's previous chagrin. "You're also professionally dumb as rocks when it comes to this! I tried being nice, but if I have to drag you out somewhere just for you to get the picture, you could at least listen to me. Now get in a seat and pay attention, I'm about to give you the crash course on the subject." After that scolding, all Sumina and Anima could do was give a "Yes, ma'am." in unison and sit beside her, eyes attracted to the screen for their latest lesson. The Human World.
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Post by ronremey on Oct 19, 2019 21:43:11 GMT
It was a beautiful day, one that Ron decided he would spend walking instead of taking the train, he was in his casual wear, along with his backpack. " So we're going to go to the digital world today, right?" His spirit asked. " Yep, I just want to get some coffee at some cafe, gotta stay energized for any bad situations." Ron answered, filling the spirit with joy. " Excellent! So where are we going to go, the forest?" Gaomon asked. " Maybe, I was gonna just go to some town or something, then head on back, don't want to stay in there for too long and miss the next school day." Ron walked into some internet cafe, he took an interested glance at some booth with some cosplayers or something, but decided to just wait in line. He made his order, a vanilla cappuccino, and looked around the cafe for a seat. He then saw someone he knew, " Oh hey it's Shino, I've been meaning to meet up with her." Ron thought, and started to walk towards her. When he got to her booth, Ron waved with his free hand, although she probably wouldn't see that until he got her attention. "Hey Shino, how have you been?" He asked.
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Post by Shino Taka on Oct 22, 2019 14:01:53 GMT
The chime of the open door caught Shino's attention as she glanced up-- and looked to see the young woman come in. She seemed close to her age too, and aware of herself. Even though Shino was not working in the store right now, she was keeping an eye on things. However, what really dragged her attention was the two 'children' she brought with them. Her head went up as she saw the white and violet-colored shorter figures dressed like something out of Dungeons and Dragons. They were well covered, with other added garments, to try and make them look like kids playing dress up. Even their interactions were also somewhat childish as the girl talked to them. Perhaps she was an older sister or babysitter.
Still, the look of the two twins seemed odd to her.
"Shino... Psst, Shino..." Vector whispered. Still semi-invisible, Vector the Commandramon lightly tugged Shino's sleeve to get his attention. The little Dinosaur commando seemed to sense something was odd about those two , possibly even Digimon related as the little dinosaur could tell about them so close. However, Shino pretended like he wasn't there. It was too risky to interact with him with someone there. She just hoped Vector didn't make himself known by doing mischief as he was prone to do.
The bell rang again-- and this time Shino was surprised who it was. She looked up to soon see Ron-- the rookie tamer, even more so than she was. She had met him in the Digital World on one of her data gathering and memory searching for Vector in the Dragon Valley. "Ron... Hi. How are you doing? " she said as she sat up from her laptop.
She was a little more guarded around Ron , considering he could be somewhat odd, but she knew he was new to all this. But since he was a Spirit User, she had very little concept on the power-- let alone about 'hearing' a spirit in his head as he so elegantly put it when they first met. Still, he was a nice kid and she didn't mind helping him.
"What are you doing here? Anything going on?" she asked.
Meanwhile, Vector remained curious of the things going on. He saw Ron enter and while he wanted to say hi-- he knew the 'golden rule' about talking when other people were in the cafe. Still, the sneaky little cyborg Dinosaur waddled away... and towards the two twin wizards nearby.
He kept his distance and just looked them over. If anyone did turn to look at him-- he would just close his eyes for a bit, blending in completely to the background so no one saw him... Unless the two wizards had the ability to sense Digimon too. Either way, he kept quiet and just watched, trying to hide any giggle at how silly they might look.
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Post by ronremey on Nov 2, 2019 18:53:57 GMT
Ron shrugged. " It's been going good, I was just getting myself a cup of coffee before I head to you know where." He said, hoping that would be enough for her to understand " Getting settled into school hasn't been that big of a hassle yet, I'm thankful about that, and that's about all that I've been up to. Uh, may I please sit down here?" He gestures to one of the seats across from her, the hand he was using to hold his coffee was shaking a little bit. His Spirit was currently scanning the cafe for interesting people, he saw that there where mostly normal people, a few people where dressed odd but overall he saw nothing out of the ordinary. After looking everywhere, he decided to settle on the group of three that he and Ron saw when they entered.
"Those are some interesting individuals over there, the ones in the very out of place outfits." His spirit said. "Oh yeah, they're probably cosplayers, they're fine." Ron thought, but his spirit wasn't fully convinced. "Are you sure about that? I can't help but feel like that's not the case." The spirit brought up. "They're not bothering anyone, are they? Let's just drop it for now G." Ron thought, the spirit obeyed, but kept an eye on them, just in case.
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Post by Ritsuko Kiryuin on Nov 4, 2019 4:35:37 GMT
Strange. Too strange. Ritsuko couldn't help but stop her little 'schoolwork' lesson to look around and watch the little conversation going on. This whole place looks deserted and the only guy that comes in is somebody this other kid knows? I need to be careful, or this whole place could get compromised. She began to think, focusing on typing for a while to ease her nerves and hide her expression. Now it wasn't just teaching trashy lessons about the human world, she had to listen to these two exchange small talk too, just to make sure she wasn't in the middle of an intervention or something. "Er, caretaker?" Anima began to tap at Kiry, still quite icy and quiet in voice. "Just wait a moment, I'm pulling up the next site." She deflected, continuing to listen and type. She had to keep the cover up...keep the cover up at all costs... "Babysitter..." They continued, eyes widening at the tiny bits of refraction and light distortion they saw walking past them and beginning to distance themselves. "Wait." She kept chugging along to maintain composure, a little annoyance could go a long way, especially when you're trying to put up an act... "Kiry!" Anima finally whisper shouted, with Sumina picking up from the other side and beginning to search fervently with her eyes as well. She kept her little 'wand' by her side for now... "Alright, alright, what is it?" Ritsuko was a lot softer now, trying to acknowledge that Anima was being serious and leaning into his hat to get a good ear on his whispers, still facing ahead and typing. "Someone's here...something's camouflaged itself." Amina relayed in a whisper as Kiry widened her eyes. That sent up plenty of flags and...wait..."you know where"? The other guy was getting a coffee before heading off to you-know-where? A completely deserted internet cafe except for the three of them? Yeah. Something was up. And it was either going to throw her in jail in the real world or get her cover blown in front of people. Considering how unlikely it would be for that kind of secret to leave this room, especially with some social maneuvering...and the fact that these all looked like teenagers...She could take those chances. "Ah. That place. So that's why so few people frequent here..." She threw out, bluffing. If it worked, she'd get the truth and possibly some new allies. If they evaded it, they'd show that the question was something to shy away from...
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Post by Shino Taka on Nov 8, 2019 23:34:41 GMT
IN some capacity-- everyone had a feeling that DIgimon were among them. One could sense the other in a little triangle of issues. FOr Vector however, his curious and foolish nature might get the better of him as he curiously looked at the two wizards with their goofy costumes while their 'caretaker' worked on the computer.
As the woman interrupted Ron and Shino with her comment about that place, Shino stopped her typing to now look at the woman. She paused and glanced to Ron. While she could of blamed him for 'blowing their cover', there was no proof. All she could do was be sly and keep an eye on the shimmer that was Vector while camouflaged. "Um... excuse me? To what place are you talking about?" Shino asked.
She had wanted to keep talking to Ron and even share what she had found so far. She was honest with him so far as he was a good kid-- her mission to help recover Commandramon, aka Vector's missing memory as he emerged from her computer with almost complete amnesia. That and the quirky personality that drove her crazy day after day...
Meanwhile, Vector loomed a little closer to the twins, curious to why they seemed so much like Digimon and why dressed like that. Clearly they did a good job hiding themselves like that. Since he saw so few Digimon in the human world, he wanted to get to know them a bit. By now he would be close... and likely easy prey if the Wizardmon or Sorcerimon choose to wack the air with their 'wands'.
Even Ron and Rikuso could see the glance of Shino's eyes to the seemingly 'empty space' where she caught he shimmer of movement, the curious dinosaur not knowing the term of personal space.
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Post by ronremey on Nov 15, 2019 2:16:35 GMT
" Oh you know, the uh... hmm." Ron paused for a moment, he wanted to tell her about his plans, but knew that he couldn't say too much in their current location. At that point he got an idea. " Well I was gonna go to the forest area to look for a key item, it'll let me ascend into a new form, and make things easier later on. If it's not there I'll look elsewhere. Wish it wasn't so much of a blind search, but it's kinda hard to find a guide online for this, impossible even."
If Ron's spirit was visible, he would have a look of confusion on his face. "What the heck was that all about?!" He exclaimed. "It's code! I used game terms to hide the fact I was talking about digimon. She did say her appearance in the digital world was her avatar, or something, so why not use it when in public?" Ron thought out his logic to Gaomon. "Huh, I guess that could work, provided she catches on." His spirit responded, momentarily distracted from watching the group he was observing
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Post by Ritsuko Kiryuin on Nov 16, 2019 21:04:20 GMT
"Oh, I'd just thought you were talking about a game. Little ones are crazy about it, y'know." She scoffed, playing along a little. These tactics..she'd thought through them before. Hell, she referred to herself as 'Kirame' in the digital world. Using online pseudonyms, openly referring to places in videogames while moving around and talking as if they were going to physically move somewhere. Ritsuko sighed, having listened well with her ears and given glances to their movements. The surprise of the girl across from her was that of someone faced with an accusation, at least in Kiry's mind. The guy immediately turning on his narrative would've been strange on its own, but going along with this, it only fuelled her confidence. Two people covering for each other was easier to spot when there weren't many distractions. But, there really was only one way to gain dominance of the situation... "All right, all right. Apologies for the inconvenience, but of you're so worried, why don't you prove it, tyke?" Kiry requested, looking down to Amina as he rose from where he sat as well, still a little startled. At least until Sumina, the Wizarmon whispered "Battle Maneuver: REACT..." in his ear. Without further preamble, he took up the textbook he had stowed away, extended his arms and spun quickly in a circle with the large tome. Kiry didn't even know what exactly her Sorcerimon twin was referring to, but, something so simple worked for exactly that purpose. As far as she was concerned, if it was close enough for one of them to sense, it was close enough for one of them to hit. Depending on how close the unseen Vector was, he'd either have to make a major movement that would disturb his camo or get hit by the book, which might startle him enough to make an even bigger effect.
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Post by Shino Taka on Nov 17, 2019 19:32:25 GMT
Shino felt a bit pressured as she glanced to Ron and the stranger with the odd twins. It was then her Digivice started to beep. It was in her jacket pocket and she tried to keep it quiet, like someone having a cell phone in the middle of the library. However, she didn't see it was the radar from Vector's vision-- as his sight caused the Digimon identification program to spot 'Wizardmon' and "Sorcerimon" .
Before she could even check...
WACK!! "OW!" Vector shouted as the textbook smacked Vector square in the nose, the impact obvious enough that the little Sorcerimon would feel the impact.
Vector fell back onto his rear and reeled, shaking his head and making the 'pixilated' image flux a bit. His eyes now opened, revealing he was there. "Not da nose..."
Shino gasped, frozen for a moment, till she saw Vector suddenly drop his camoflague before the two wizards and the the woman with them. Shino unceremoniously planted her face into her palm and shook her head. "Vector you moronic goofball..." Shino sighed, realizing she was founded out. She worried how this woman would react too.
But it wasn't until then that she gathered the oddness of the woman's two companions, all covered up. And her address before. She didn't say anything, but waited to see what her reaction would be to the fact a giant teal and metallic gray dinosaur decked in body armor was looking at them like some puppy.
She turned to Ron and sighed, knowing their cover was blown. "Of all the Digimon, of all the machine types, in all the Digital Wold, I end up with the crazy one..." she replied. God willing, things would work out.
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Post by ronremey on Nov 19, 2019 21:30:50 GMT
Ron was slightly curious about a beeping noise, one that Shino seemed to be used to, " What's that noise?" He asked her. Just as he did, Vector suddenly appeared between their table and another. Ron was startled, then quickly looked around to see if anyone has spotted him. as of right now it seemed that only the costumed people have seen him. He may have been in a bit of a panic, but he stayed calm and tried to reduce the number of people who saw a human sized dinosaur, so he talked to the three in a hushed tone. "Ah crap, okay look, this is something that we can explain, but we should move this to anoth-" "Ron, they're digimon." His spirit interrupted him in his head, making Ron pause a moment. "Wait really?" he thought, "Yes, at least 2 of them are, I recognize them as a Wizarmon, and Sorcerimon. The girl with them could be a human or a digimon in a holosuit, I'm not sure at this point."
Ron paused for only a moment, and after that he continued to talk. "Sorry, mind wandered for a moment, anyway we really should move to somewhere else, preferably with no-one else around." He said in his hushed voice.
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Post by Ritsuko Kiryuin on Nov 20, 2019 23:56:59 GMT
"So...you guys were referring to that place. Good. More proof that my duo and I can identify and oust people like us." Ritsuko remarked with pride, nodding to herself as her twin sorcerers stood at attention. While their faces were hidden, their chests were puffed out enough thst it'd be obvious that they felt the same pride as their General. "Careful. Being so casual while just anyone could pass by is hubris." Anima added. "That's an unlikely scenario, and you know it! We're practically the only three parties here." Sumina shot back. "You guys can stop the angel and devil act, right? We're not in some immediate danger." Kiry scoffed before looking back to the two people she'd just found out in front of her, giving a special glance towards what she could only assume to be the partner of the girl sitting across from her...She fixed her bun and turned towards Sumina. "Could you ask them if they're okay? That book looked heavy." She requested, watching her little sorcerer march off and scan their eyes over the Commandmon. "Anyway, if you guys need to go somewhere, I could gladly provide transportation. I just need an idea of what your mission is. If I'm picking through your code talk, apparently you're looking for a more powerful form, correct?" She asked, turning to the Spirit User behind her. "Sounds dangerous. Sounds like you might need some help. We can provide that." Ritsuko nodded with pride. Her attention soon turned to the girl across from her as Sumina continued to inspect the grey dinosaur with quite the shrewd eye. "And it sounds like you have quite the tech...You really tried to his whatever that beeping was, and my partner hits yours a couple seconds afterwards? What could that be?" Kiry pondered, scratching at her temple a little. "In short, I guess you could say I'm very interested in the both of you." She admitted, showing a quite rare smile for someone who looked as curt and professional as she did now.
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Post by Shino Taka on Nov 24, 2019 18:19:36 GMT
Shino felt like she could die from the fact that Vector blew her cover, and Ron's reaction as she tried to think of a way to explain this to the stranger... but turns out she was a lot better at this than she thought. It was by that time did she finally notice the beeping in her jacket pocket. Taking it out, she saw her Digivice and saw a holographic projection come out, showing the two sorcerer creatures in turn. "Wizardmon... Sorcerimon? " she said, and soon realized why they appeared. It was her radar-- those two were Digimon too. They appeared when Vector gazed at them.
A bit of relief went to Shino as she realized the woman talking to them was a tamer of sorts too. She clearly knew about Digimon, and everyone here in the cafe was one. How in the world did her uncle's net cafe become the place for Digimon hideouts was beyond her. Still, she was relieved this person had Digimon of her own.
"Um... Hi, I'm very sorry about that. I'm Shino Taka, and this is Ron. " She soon turned to her partner who was now being looked at by the two wizards. "And the Goofball over there is Commandramon, aka Vector. "
Vector shook his head as he looked up at the two wizards. "Um... so which one is Dumble-dee and Dumbledork?" Vector asked, looking between the two with a silly reference to Harry Potter.
Shino blushed at her partner's silly antics. It probably would reward him with more smacks if he kept it up. "Please ignore him... he is a bit of a goofball and i think a touch broken if you catch my meaning. I am studying his Digimon's coding for clues. Let's just say me finding him has had some ... odd circumstances." she explained to Ritsuo.
No doubt, she would be curious by the coding now visible on her laptop, and while the topic of coding, computer science and digital anlysis of a digimon's data might be over Ron's head, he at least got a general idea why Shino was trying to help her partner-- to find out more of his lost memory.
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Post by ronremey on Nov 27, 2019 21:01:33 GMT
Ron waved as Shino introduced him to the group, and nodded when the tamer guessed about what he was doing. "Yeah I am, I don't have any leads so I'm just wandering aimlessly in the hopes I'll find something." He answered keeping an eye on the area to make sure no one was eavesdropping.
What Shino said did indeed get lost on him, he never took any classes on coding or programing, so he just knows basic stuff. "Well I don't really understand any of that, so I'm probably not going to be much help." He shrugged, then got an idea. "Hey G, you know anything about this?" He asked his spirit, which it would shake it's head if it could. "No, I've never heard of anything like this before. She's gonna have to find the answer some other way." He responded, getting a sigh from Ron.
Ron took a sip of his coffee, which was now warm, and was starting to feel more concerned about being caught. "Anywhere you all want to move this conversation to? Like I said I'm just looking all over the place, so I'm good with wherever." he said, sending nervous glances around.
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Post by Ritsuko Kiryuin on Nov 29, 2019 16:11:44 GMT
"It's nice to meet you both. You can call me Kirame." Her introduction came out smoothly enough, but Ritsuko honestly found what the plain girl in front of her was talking about quite ridiculous, which is why she could only really say whatever she had to say about her activities with a large nod, inquisitive even, as she began to pace over to her side of the cafe, intending to eye their computer screen. So she's confident enough to hook up her partner to a computer in an internet cafe? Wait, even more crazy, to look at their code? Sure they're digital monsters, but that'd be like performing open heart surgery in the middle of a school nursing room! Her concerns, fortunately were made quite vocal by her own partners, who both shot a scowl towards Vector before looking up towards Shino's laptop and back towards her partner, scratching at their caps and going into exasperated facepalms. "How are you able to do that? A human with the knowledge to alter a Digimon's code..." Sumina wanted to say that it made her feel disgusting, but the way she pulled her cap down to further hide her visage should've made her disdain quite clear. "The fact that this one trusts her enough for that is even more remarkable." Added Anima. Ritsuko had stepped on her pair of partners to get a closer look at what they were talking about, taking apart her own knowledge of coding in general to try and decipher the girl's intentions. "So...you're trying to fix his-" She began to mumble jargon under her breath before clearing her throat. "His memory, right? That's what this would be for a Digimon, correct?" She asked, biting her tongue at her little name slip. "Well, long story short, if you're both trying to find things, I'd be glad to help you. Let's just scram before we start talking about anything else, alright?" Surely all my IT job hounding has led to this moment. Hooray. She thought, scratching at the back of her head "Do you know where the bathroom is?" She asked, beginning to really just wander towards wherever looked like a closed in crevice or closet so that she could open a port.
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