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[team_sociopath]

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[Tommy's sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by a tangle of wires and lit only by computer monitors scattered here and there. Computer equipment looms in the dim light, and now and then he turns to check something on one machine or another. Actually, he seems to know what he's doing. Mostly.]

So--

[he begins, turning to face the camera, moving to push his goggles up off his eyes, when suddenly something behind him explodes in a shower of sparks.]

Nonononono, not again!

[Whatever he was going to say is anyone's guess, as he fumbles to turn off the video feed and stop whatever is melting down from melting down.]



[ooc; duude, idek the first thing about the genre, really. ._. but hacker Tommy is here to... accidentally blow his shit up, more than anything else |D please imagine this was earlier (wednesdays suuuck) and it is massively backdating friendly!

also, he believes all this is untraceable and on secure channels, but it's just. not. <3]

Comments

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[team_sociopath]

Maybe. I was in a hurry, who knows what happened.

[deadly_legacy]

You are? Are things blowing up common then?

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[inmyothertights]

Man. You know you shouldn't hurry.

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[team_sociopath]

[He pauses and looks up. If nothing else he's fixing the system up pretty quickly, explosions or no.]

You get that close and try to stay calm, bro.

[team_sociopath]

No!

Sometimes.

It depends.

[deadly_legacy]

[Smiles] It must be dangerous.

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[inmyothertights]

If you had we might have been sitting on the ticket out of here.

[team_sociopath]

Only if you get caught.

[deadly_legacy]

...By an explosion?

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[team_sociopath]

Yeah, yeah. I can do it again, we'll just rig a better cooling system.

[team_sociopath]

...well, that too.

By the cops, or nastier hackers, or worse.

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[inmyothertights]

You mean I'll rig a better cooling system. No worries, man.

[deadly_legacy]

...You're doing something illegal?

[team_sociopath]

You can't make laws over pure information.




Well, you can, but it's ridiculous.

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[team_sociopath]

Keep working your magic, bro, we're back in business in no time.

[deadly_legacy]

Then why would the police be looking to catch you?

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[inmyothertights]

[Rigging is happening]

You ever think we're going about this the wrong way?

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[team_sociopath]

Whatcha mean?

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[inmyothertights]

Well, like.

Are we using our admittedly spectacular abilities for good or evil, here?

[team_sociopath]

....Because maybe technically it's.....

Okay, so let's say it's illegal to do something, but the reasons it's illegal are bad reasons, bad people made the laws. If you're breaking bad laws aren't you doing kind of a good thing?

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[team_sociopath]

How can you even ask that question. We are totally on the side of righteousness and stuff.

[deadly_legacy]

[Thoughtful pause because that is...VERY familiar.] I've always believed in trying to reform the system from within.

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[inmyothertights]

Because maybe this is a little selfish.

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[team_sociopath]

Everyone wants out of this place, we're gonna find a way. I don't see the problem.

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[inmyothertights]

Maybe we can put the results up on the Network. After all, if we're gone, at least other people can figure out a way out.