Aurrorian

A Tale of Thieves - Part One; Running and Hiding

Giving other players the go ahead to post before of me, so we're all working at about the same pace.

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"Well...he's given solid information before, and while cold, so I'm trusting there's been little change in his validity." Kris rested his shoulders on the table, interlocked his fingers, and pondered Psycho's hypothesis. "I agree with your reasoning, it is far fetched that students' Neuro Linkers have malware installed on them, and only the school has the authority to indirectly install programs for us within their network. However, we must now address the issue of which other computers (or related electronics) within the school have been converted into bots."

He unlocked his fingers and held up one for each point, "The library has Google computers for student use, also a main server to store all e-books and media for borrow; the technology lab has a course where retro PCs and Macs are used in the curriculum, plus the geeky teacher is known to hoard more antique tech; and most students know that secretaries within the main office use a computer as a student database to keep attendance and whatever, principals notwithstanding."

"And then there's related electronics. Tablets are used by multiple staff including teachers, and even here in the tutor program for us to physically interface with students. The surface tables used in physical education, you know the ones where the field changes for whatever activity like table tennis or air hockey, those can be converted into bots. Anything with the sufficient hardware and software requirements really can support an emulator for Brain Burst, however bad the AI is programmed to be." His hands held up eight fingers.

A Tale of Thieves - Part One; Running and Hiding

Josh gave a sideways glance at Shifu, taking note of his unease and making a mental note to discretely question him later. Then mustering a direct yet subservient tone towards his new founded superior, he replied, "To be honest, I did not expect an initiation at my young age, and I know my brothers from other families would not be expecting this. Nor do I understand why my family's honor has been chosen to be placed stake on, surely loyalty is the subject of the matter. But an honor it is to be noted by the Dragon Head..."

How old is he exactly? If Josh had been placed in any other informal situation, if would have been more fitting for Josh to call him Han Ge (Older Brother Han).

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@Caits Will your character be following us? If not, then @Jangel13, you may want to come up with a subplot for her to follow that leads into ours.

Welcome to the Fury Road! (mad max rp)

Name: Saul Walkabout
Nickname: Just call him "mate".
Profession: Mechanic, Tuner
Class: Black Finger
Sanity: About as crazy as your average Aussie, except more so when gasoline's short on hand.
Appearance: Just Google the obvious reference of his name, jeez.
Personality: Stereotypical Aussie. You what mate?
History: Let's just say Saul's life was officially ruined when the oil industry crashed. All he can live for now is the ride, the speed, and the thrill. At least the Outback's a wide open track.
Ride: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI
Weapon: Modified Rivet Gun, Wrench
Specialty: Crafter, Driver
Other: 10/10 - IGN: Such effort. Much wow.

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Kris came across Psycho already in front of the tutor program's entrance, and proceeded to nod and smile as he opened the door for him. "Come on in, I suppose we could get in some help with your Lit class before the 'party'."

At the furthest back table, he stretched out his hand for the Link Cable and attached it. Now in private, Kris's expression turned cold, and thought-spoke, "I've received an email from my contact, and I assume you have too since I handed you his address. If you need it, I can send you a VPN program to cover yourself in the school network while you check your private email."

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@Jangel13 I'm just going to retcon slightly so the instant I passed you the email address you sent a message saying hi to my contact, so you receive the same email in my post as I did. And also you won't have an easy excuse to Taser me. :P Makes up for you rushing the plot earlier.

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The rest of the school day was uneventful for Kris. As the debate team captain he'd finished outlining the arguments for cross examination on the upcoming tournament and gave research assignments to his other teammates. Then he went back to class and waited for the final bell to let school out.

Kris weaved his way through the rushing masses of students eagerly in pursuit of their after school endeavors, and slipped out a side entrance to exit the school network's range quicker. He opened up his private email to find one unread message from Ochre Technic:

To: Aurrorian
BCC: Jangel
From: Ochre Technic

hey duds,

i luked up like dat haxer man u told me about, da news be spreadin too, last time he got in a fite wuz round my place homie. i traced his bot ip, turns out they be pingin from a server round daly city, lukin up on gps tell me prob from dat city's private hi school. now i dunno if student neuro linkers be haxed (cuz dat sum serius shit rite there), or mebbe sum ol infected computer gotta bot program installed, so dat will be up 2 u 2 find out. k im out till u got more q's, peace homies.

ps sry man so stoned rite now, cant type strait 420blazinit

Kris went back inside school to meet up with Psycholangelo in the tutor program and discuss their course of action. He was silently thankful for Ochre's vital information, but he couldn't help but keep a hand over his face the whole walk back.

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Jeez, you are a man needing of more words and maybe a curb on the actions. But I suppose my reservation in another of your blooming RPs wouldn't hurt, as long as sufficient interest in other RPers is generated.

Also, Kris is in a club during lunch, so I'll leave it to you to tie things up. @Caits character hasn't had a decent characterization dialogue yet (unless she enjoyed pouncing on my fragile ego), and Accel World does stress the importance of Guardian - Protoge relationships. So go ahead and show @Jangel13 what you're really made of, @Caits!

A Tale of Thieves - Part One; Running and Hiding

And from Sypherkhode's above message I assume he'll be put on freeze. So that makes four of us again, once Mega Birb gets approved we'll be able to roll out from there? Also would there be significant IC retcon needed, or (started with LPFan) we finish up this round of posts?