Open; care to play a game?

[not_really_charlie]

 WHO: Charlie Bradbury and YOU
WHERE: Online~
WHEN: Throughout the week
WARNINGS: Hacking.
SUMMARY: Charlie's searching for her fellow hackers, mostly by putting up tempting targets for them to find.
FORMAT: action or prose

[Charlie doesn't even bother to tap anything on her keyboard. Her ability to mentally interface with her computer had advanced enough that it merely took a few thoughts to set everything up. From the high level challenges, to the easy to get into - sometimes with an actual cash prize, but more often with a mere illusion.

Of course, she's waiting to trace back anyone who gets in - hoping to at least send a message. It's about time she figures out what other hackers exist in this city. not least because she might need their help, with Vulcanus..]

Comments

at the apartment BEIN' RUDE

[egohalfempty]

[ Wow. What a perfect time for her roommate to barge in without even knocking. Gosh, Cyd, just because you share a face doesn't give you an excuse to be rude! Realizing her a mistake a little too late, she lets out an embarrassed squeak. ]

Sorry! Sorry. I, I was going to ask if you wanted to order a pizza, but clearly you're busy with —

[ Taking a tiny step in, peering at the computer. ]

Wait. What are you doing, exactly?

hfjkjgh Yes. Come. BE RUDE TO HER

[not_really_charlie]

Calling out all the local hackers. [She finished typing a few things, staring the screen.] Assuming there's any good talent around here....

oh she will be the rudest (just kidding she is too much of a sweetie)

[egohalfempty]

Isn't that kind of dangerous? [ Like she has so much room to talk. ] I mean, you never know what people are really like behind a computer screen... trust me.

A- and, anyway, why now? Is there some big Hacker-Con or something?

Come be sweet to her, then~ YOU CAN SERVE TIA

[not_really_charlie]

Um. I thought they might help. Against Vulcanus - make a deal, stomp them out or something...

Not like we're going to meet face to face. [And it's not like anyone can beat her.]

[egohalfempty]

"Oh, yeah, I'll neeeeeever meet this people. I've said that before."

Wow, could she smirk harder? With a laugh, Cyd starts pulling up a chair to sit beside her sort-of-twin and peers at the computer screen. "How does it work exactly? Like, I'm more than familiar with aliases, but... how do you know these people have any, uh... what it's called? 'Mad Skillz'?"

And, yes, unfortunately she is making an awful attempt at a gang sign. It is not easy to watch.

[not_really_charlie]

She's just shaking her head. "Seriously?" she shook her head, then turned back to the computer screen. "I set up trials. If they can't get through them? They're not really worth the effort.

[biwinning]

[Well, she catches someone's attention, even if it's someone she'd rather not have the attention of. He doesn't even bother with her easier challenges, skipping straight to the upper crust of puzzles and solving them with relative quick ease. Although he's beginning to get frustrated at the lack of actual prize, falling for only the ones with illusion prizes.]

[not_really_charlie]

[He's not exactly her favorite person, maybe - but he's good. So soon she's turning her attention more directly to him, opening a new channel. If he tries anything text book, he's going to find himself tangled up in traps. But if he's really good - genius-spark-that-can't-be-copied good, he'll find his way to a real 'prize' - a chat room with Charlie' avatar waiting.]

[biwinning]

[He's pretty well known for not being very text book, and he finds his way to the 'prize.' ...A chatroom. With whoever set this up, obviously, but man. He thought he was going to get some kind of cash prize out of this...]

ughhhh.
unle22 you're here two tell me about what ii've won, ii'm gtfo.

[not_really_charlie]

Other than me being able to find you? [Because she is totally going to track you down, mister.]

I'm putting together hackers.


[She could give you money, but anyone can get in there can hack a bank account.]

[biwinning]

two thiing2.
1. why the fuck would you do that.
2. why the fuck would you do that.
that'2 an awful iidea and ii'm already angry at you for wa2tiing my tiime wiith fake priize2.

[Maybe he has a bit more moral code than to just go into someone's bank account and steal their funds...]

[not_really_charlie]

Because I need help watching out for Vulcanus.

[Really? Charlie steals all the time. Mostly from corporations and political parties she hates.

...and then donates it all to charity, but still.[

[biwinning]

and why 2hould ii care??

[Well, he wouldn't do the donating thing, and he wouldn't steal from corporations or political parties, so. He wouldn't even be Robin Hooding, he'd just be straight up stealing, if he actually did do it.]

[not_really_charlie]

Because they want to brutally murder you?


[So Charlie's better person than him.]

[biwinning]

not my job two deal wiith them.

[Basically. He doesn't aim for higher than "morally ambiguous."]

[not_really_charlie]

So you'd rather be killed?

[biwinning]

no but ii'm 2ure there are plenty other2 here that can take care of them.

[not_really_charlie]

They're not hackers.

Don't you want to mess with them?

[biwinning]

...are you goiing two pay me iif ii agree two thii2.

[not_really_charlie]

Duh.

We get paid for super heroing, anyway. [Supposedly.]

[biwinning]

ok w/e fiine.
iif you're 2ayiing ii can get actual money from thii2.
then ii gue22 ii'm iin.

[not_really_charlie]

Good.

Just keep an eye out for them poking around where they shouldn't be.

[biwinning]

ugh that'2 2uch a broad thiing two a2k for.
viirtually anyone could be pokiing around iin anythiing and ii doubt the vulcanu2 people wiill liike 2tiick a biig a22 2tiicker on theiir a22e2 goiing "hello ii am the enemy plea2e follow my actiiviity."

[not_really_charlie]

...Just.

Tell me if you say anything suspicious, alright?

[biwinning]

maybe.