Fate was only making a half-hearted attempt to hack vids and see this "stripping". His primary focus was on keeping them secure, and THAT would involve patching a software update into Sascha's comp. "And tell her to--ah." He blinked at the screen for a moment, his nose crinkling.
Wonderful. She's back to typing. In green-lady lingo.
>>Ah, then I think I've figured out the problem.
>>You're not supposed to date the medbot.
He had options. He could send one anyway, just in case. He could ask Kreska to loan his friend one of her devices--or he could backdoor Sass's comp thru the network and just continue bothering her through Kreska...he could send warm booze courtesy of his broken fridge or he could hack some serving bot from topside...decisions made.
>>Beer soup it is.
>>Ask Sass what she wants.
Now that he had her back, he wasn't about to take the risk of losing her--and it seemed prudent to keep tabs on Kreska as well. He'd recorded over the tapes as soon as Sass appeared on them, but if any of the hunters had seen them together........
"I'm uncomfortable with those two hiding someplace I can't secure."
Not that he couldn't commission some hardware for beefing up external security. Not that said commissions weren't already underway. It just...if he had to put them into play, they'd draw attention. This was back to a game of balancing.
"Going to have to keep an eye out for an increase in Greenie's payday," he continued to muse aloud.
Hack done and carefully concealed from Sascha--an intrusion she'd notice sooner rather than later--and serverbot sent, a similar search on his friend's recent activities pinged his tablet. It returned nothing more than that single, albeit grandiose, bounty. There had to be more, but if there was, it was hiding behind so many firewalls he'd be looking for days. The price tag alone did not justify the mobilization of an apparent hodgepodge of hunters now systematically making their way through every nook and cranny on the level.
Anyone with a brain knew bounty hunters did not operate well in large teams. They certainly didn't have military carriage and precise formations. "I know that last job was gonna be challenging, but what the fuck did she get herself involved in now?"
--
Sascha snorted. "I think he realizes he's got limits when inanimate objects are concerned. And then ignores that important fact."
>>Yep. Limits? Who needs limits?"
"I wouldn't have said anything if I'd known he was listening, and not just chiming you repeatedly on your tech." She rolled her eyes. "No, you're right. No point. He's like the most obnoxious older sibling in the galaxy."
>>She loves it.
>>For the record, we're not related.
>>And I'm also not keen on being in the "bro zone".
>>In case she's giving you ideas now.
She ran a hand through tangled waves of brown and black and dared to take her first deep breath in a whole 24 hours. Good thing #1: At least now she only had one corporation on her tail, and it wasn't the one with the giant mechs that decided to level the upper floors of unsuspecting dance clubs. Good thing #2: Fate was alive, having escaped whatever madness had befallen him when he'd shoved this job onto the Net. Good thing #3: She was still breathing, and no one was yet knocking down the door.
>>I would, but it'd blow out your eardrum.
>>I'm thinking you probably want that.
>>Ear.
>>For listening to whatever the fuck that ~noise~ is.
"Yeah, sure, no prob." She turned to retrieve the case and when she reached the other woman's side, she stared. "That looks awesome."
No point in understatement or even clinical assessment, when they both knew the correct word was 'mangled'.
"I'd rather have met you topside." She paused, then dropped to sit closer to Kreska without appearing to hover. "So you're here and your hand looks like that and you're tangled up with Fate...I'm not gonna ask what happened because, well: I'm here and my outfit looks like this and I'm tangled up with...anyway. Is there anyone you need to call? To like...let them know you're alive? I've got a closed comm--the goons outside won't be able to run a trace if you need to use it."
>>Tell her you're already talking to the only wench who matters.
>>On second thought, don't.
>>She's right, you probably have other wenches who matter so that's just rude.
>>The posh rats who live at your place, maybe.
>>Maybe I just haven't gotten that far on my research yet.
Wonderful. She's back to typing. In green-lady lingo.
>>Ah, then I think I've figured out the problem.
>>You're not supposed to date the medbot.
He had options. He could send one anyway, just in case. He could ask Kreska to loan his friend one of her devices--or he could backdoor Sass's comp thru the network and just continue bothering her through Kreska...he could send warm booze courtesy of his broken fridge or he could hack some serving bot from topside...decisions made.
>>Beer soup it is.
>>Ask Sass what she wants.
Now that he had her back, he wasn't about to take the risk of losing her--and it seemed prudent to keep tabs on Kreska as well. He'd recorded over the tapes as soon as Sass appeared on them, but if any of the hunters had seen them together........
"I'm uncomfortable with those two hiding someplace I can't secure."
Not that he couldn't commission some hardware for beefing up external security. Not that said commissions weren't already underway. It just...if he had to put them into play, they'd draw attention. This was back to a game of balancing.
"Going to have to keep an eye out for an increase in Greenie's payday," he continued to muse aloud.
Hack done and carefully concealed from Sascha--an intrusion she'd notice sooner rather than later--and serverbot sent, a similar search on his friend's recent activities pinged his tablet. It returned nothing more than that single, albeit grandiose, bounty. There had to be more, but if there was, it was hiding behind so many firewalls he'd be looking for days. The price tag alone did not justify the mobilization of an apparent hodgepodge of hunters now systematically making their way through every nook and cranny on the level.
Anyone with a brain knew bounty hunters did not operate well in large teams. They certainly didn't have military carriage and precise formations. "I know that last job was gonna be challenging, but what the fuck did she get herself involved in now?"
--
Sascha snorted. "I think he realizes he's got limits when inanimate objects are concerned. And then ignores that important fact."
>>Yep. Limits? Who needs limits?"
"I wouldn't have said anything if I'd known he was listening, and not just chiming you repeatedly on your tech." She rolled her eyes. "No, you're right. No point. He's like the most obnoxious older sibling in the galaxy."
>>She loves it.
>>For the record, we're not related.
>>And I'm also not keen on being in the "bro zone".
>>In case she's giving you ideas now.
She ran a hand through tangled waves of brown and black and dared to take her first deep breath in a whole 24 hours. Good thing #1: At least now she only had one corporation on her tail, and it wasn't the one with the giant mechs that decided to level the upper floors of unsuspecting dance clubs. Good thing #2: Fate was alive, having escaped whatever madness had befallen him when he'd shoved this job onto the Net. Good thing #3: She was still breathing, and no one was yet knocking down the door.
>>I would, but it'd blow out your eardrum.
>>I'm thinking you probably want that.
>>Ear.
>>For listening to whatever the fuck that ~noise~ is.
"Yeah, sure, no prob." She turned to retrieve the case and when she reached the other woman's side, she stared. "That looks awesome."
No point in understatement or even clinical assessment, when they both knew the correct word was 'mangled'.
"I'd rather have met you topside." She paused, then dropped to sit closer to Kreska without appearing to hover. "So you're here and your hand looks like that and you're tangled up with Fate...I'm not gonna ask what happened because, well: I'm here and my outfit looks like this and I'm tangled up with...anyway. Is there anyone you need to call? To like...let them know you're alive? I've got a closed comm--the goons outside won't be able to run a trace if you need to use it."
>>Tell her you're already talking to the only wench who matters.
>>On second thought, don't.
>>She's right, you probably have other wenches who matter so that's just rude.
>>The posh rats who live at your place, maybe.
>>Maybe I just haven't gotten that far on my research yet.
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