'you don't know that I can't help!' she replied, 'you don't know because you haven't even discussed it with me! No, no one ever does! Why do you think I live alone?' shaking her bead, she disconnected it all, not wanting to here any excuses. That's all she had ever heard. You've been through enough. Let someone else do it. Don't worry sweetie, It will be okay! We will just keep on doing what we're doing. All her aunt, despite her aunts view that a woman should be able to look after herself, she'd wrapped Lily up in bubble wrap and protected her.

She didn't need protecting. She wanted to help, wanted to be involved and not on the side lines. Was that too much to ask? They'd been sneaking around it all day, and she was tired of it.

Looking to the tutor, she said "no, I guess not" she glanced back at Angeo and Kristopher, "unless you can teach me how to chose good friends, there's nothing I need" unhappy, and hurt, she headed out, refusing to look back.

She'd just go home.

Angelo sighed loudly as he rubbed his eyes in exasperation not able to deal with her at the moment he turned to kris "lets just get this meeting over with so I can try and help lily later. lets get to the party already" Angelo said getting annoyed and wanting to hurt someone so he may need to go ahead and burst link later on and just beat on some players. Angelo would need to talk to lily tomorrow about this and see if he cant smooth things over by getting her to help later right now he made a promise to only go with kris.

Kris attached the cable back into his Neuro Linker and sat back down. "Ah...about that, my bad for writing something to be taken too literally. I'm not much of a party animal myself, you see...and Ochre hasn't explicitly asked to see us in person. However, there's an internet cafe nearby, you may know it yourself, that's a popular hotspot for Burst Linkers to duel and...meet with contacts. Anyways, assuming we don't require outside help for what is basically our local problem to fix, how should we trace the bot, and confirm its owner? A tablet is still an ambiguous start."

Lily shoved the doors open, and burst out of the building, letting the doors slam shut behind her. She made her way home, not expecting either of them to come after her. She dashed her hands at her eyes, and within moments was home. She fumbled with the locks, hearing Moe barking excitedly, she couldn't help but smile, and scooped the little puppy up before he could run out. He seemed content for that, and wriggled until he could lick her face all over.

"Hey buddy, hey little guy. I know, I know. I'm late. We'll go for a walk, to Aunties, okay?" She said, as she put her pack down

Angelo sighed as he got the cable back with kris and he shook his head "what we need is to figure it out ourselves, if we need to see a contact then we will but like I said before we know that if they were using a network they would be doing it on an old mobile device. An old computer would be to easy to find and if they used it they would need to hide it well. We need to find out who still uses the old devices first so we need to study whoever we see." Angelo told him through the cable hoping that lily will be okay and will help them tomorrow it isn't like they could study the whole school just by themselves...

"...And how do you suppose we "study" people? Maybe I gave you the wrong idea when I gave you the drop earlier in class, but I'm barely a spy enthusiast -- you won't find me peeking over shoulders nor planting bugs. There aren't many places and times during school where students leave their belongings unattended, and I hope you're not proposing straight up searching bags for a single tablet, let alone even separate one from their owner. Though, I can think of one class that may be easier, PE for the locker room, but normally juniors should've finished that class last year...unless someone you know happens to have flunked that class."

Kris grinned almost evilly as he thought out that last line; he still had something over his angst-ridden 'seniors'. "Of course, there's after school sports practice as well, but I doubt you nor Lily are the jock type, nor am I."

Changing out of her school clothes, Lily changed into shorts and a shirt, deciding to go for a run with Moe, feeling that it might make her feel better, but even if it didn't, she enjoyed running. Grabbing Moe's leash, she attached it to his collar.

Tying her house key to her laces, she headed out, Moe's leash in her hand. She started them off a fast trot, then to a smooth jog, increasing her speed, and making sure that Moe wasn't having any trouble keeping up with her. The pup seemed to enjoy the running, but Lily made sure he was okay.

When Moe began to flag, she slowed to a walk, feeling, if not entirely better, satisfied in herself.

PE it is then' Angelo thought to him he wasn't a jock and he was Hardly social with to even be in a regular club. 'Aren't you a hacker? I was given to believe that you could hack simple school cameras or was I wrong to think you could manage it? Simply hack the camera's to give an alert to your cell whenever a mobile device is seen. If you don't get any kinds of alerts then we can narrow the search down even further into places that the cameras can't get to'

"Ehhh...as I mentioned before, all the hacks I download are from my contacts, and for that program specifically I'd have to pay more than a pretty penny to obtain, not to mention if I can find someone willing to cross the line of legality. If you want to mess around with cameras, maybe bring an old camera phone along and hold it out like you're texting, wouldn't draw too much suspicion (no guarantee for attention). You should be able to buy one on the cheap anyways..." Kris's right hand was a flurry across the screen as he brought up the app for Internet, and surfed for used phones on sale nearby.

His hidden left hand however, methodically tapped the messenger app, and at a painstakingly slow speed typed in Lily's email; hesitation gripped Kris as his finger hovered over 'Begin Conversation'. It's true that for the life of him, Kris couldn't keep Lily from rubbing him the wrong way, especially during a crisis like this. He'd only wish he could go back to yesterday and alter a certain chain of events that led them all to this moment. But in the present situation there were only bleak and vague options ahead against the hacker, if Angelo and Kris were to continue without the help of anyone else, ready and willing to. Plus, it really was bothering Kris that the former had so willingly shut away his Protoge and possibly only friend (or close acquaintance)...he wasn't sure, but he had the strong feeling that maybe he could help fix that.

Kristopher Cherry has started the conversation.
Kris - hello lily...
Kris - sry i know this may sound rude coming from me
Kris - but im asking u out sorta...ummm tonight
Kris - pick an online game, anything, and wait for me in lobby
Kris - i think...we better get to know each other, personally
Kris - sounds cool?

"...Oh hey, there's a nearby pawn shop with some cheap, refurbished smartphones from the 20s, you could pick one up right now if you want. Sorry, but I don't get an allowance."

Lily was ust winding her way back home, Moe trotting along, the ever energetic ball of fur happily doing so. She stopped at the ping of the messenger app, and opened it, with a slight frown. If it was Angelo, he could just wait and wonder why she wasnt replying. She stared at the screen upon reading Kris's name.

She blinked, reading the message. A sorta date? She read the message again, just to make sure that she hadn't misread it. What the heck was Kristopher doing? She stared down Moe, "Is he trying to mess with me?" Moe looked up at her, tongue lolling out.

Well, she'd never know if she didn't agree.

So she replied, taking a few moments to do so.

Lily-Hi, Kris.
Lily-Ah, Sure. A good idea, actually.
Lily-See you later, then

She suggested a game, before heading on home, letting herself in, she gave Moe some food, before showering, and getting into some comfy clothes, before cooking herself some dinner. She spent some time on the phone with her Aunt, before settling down.

If it will work then I don't see why not. I'll go buy one if we need but I still think the school cameras are our best bet. Since I want to get home eventually I think we are done here. Message me if you need anything" Lorenzo thought to him as he took off his cable giving it back to him as he left. Lorenzo went to the pawnshop Kris was talking about and went but 3 cheap. It cost Lorenzo a good chunk of his allowance but he wanted to take down this hacker.

Once Lorenzo bought the 3 phones he went home to eat dinner. This was a long day for him and he stayed to feel like it will be the same for tomorrow...

Kris headed home, fighting a rising tide of nervousness with each step up to his apartment. He'd do his homework first, so nothing to distract him...or would he need one if things turned sour between him and Lily? And he still had to make an account for the game, so should he just rush the details, or make a character to actually play a few rounds with? "...I'm thinking too hard," Kris muttered to himself, "I'm only going to have a conversation with my illogical senior and Psycho's girlfriend-in-limbo."

Dinner came after homework, and making an account turned out to be a breeze. So he settled down in bed for his usual "study time", and entered the game lobby in his Virtual Avatar form, a tiger cub prowling for answers.

Lily was already logged into the game, a bowl of popcorn beside her on the couch, and the puppy in her lap. Moe didn't appear fazed by the fact she was playing a game, and in fact seemed to take it in stride as he lay in her lap, on his back, paws on the air. One twitched, as if he itched to chase something. She smiled, and turned back to her screen.

She took a handful of popcorn, eating it as she waited for Kris to log in. She was merely just wandering about, staying in what was termed a safe zone, so as not to be in the middle of a fight.

Humming to herself, she waited