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 Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:52 pm
Athena let out a little nervous laugh. She would have a couple bruises, probably, but she was used to that. Sometimes she would get bruises without knowing where they were from... She rolled off of Ophi and sat up slowly. "...sorry," she apologized rather meekly, rubbing her hand behind her head.
She completely ignored Alec--then again, it was possible that she'd somehow not heard him in the process of comprehending that she had fallen onto Ophiuchus.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:56 pm
Alec was just glad to hear Seven talking normally again, and decided to turn his attention back to her. Alec put a hand on her shoulder and addressed her directly, looking into her eyes to make sure she was registering his voice. "Seven, you alright? I'm sorry if I made you do that. I didn't mean to override your system... or whatever it was I did."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:01 pm
"It was deadlock," Seven answered simply, looking back up at Alec. When one was this close to her, it was possible to see the lenses inside her eyes, always adjusting and readjusting slightly for the best focus and light. She smiled. "I'm fine now. I just needed an override. A permission request, really."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:03 pm
Since Alec wasn't really savvy with techno-jargon all he could do was slowly nod his head as he spoke. "....Alright. ...I don't exactly know what that means, but alright."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:20 pm
Nathan cleared his throat politely, and put his glasses back on. "Well," he said cheerfully, helping Ophi up off the floor - the difference between the two men was stunning, yet they were both related to Ialo. "Since that was all, I'll be on my way back home now." Any longer here, and he would want to find Silas and wring his neck.
He glanced at the computer screen, and could see that Seven was working much faster now - as fast as she was before the crash, but he didn't know that. "Seven, do pick up the pace. You're hardly trying."
Seven, for a moment, looked embarrassed.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:22 pm
...Alec heard the words come out of Nathan's mouth... yet his brain wasn't quite ready to process them.
..."Hardly trying?" Alec said disbelievingly to Seven as a befuddled and bemused look came over his face.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:33 pm
"Put some oomph into it!" Nathan cheered Seven on. "You're an Enlil computer, you put the rest of the world to shame! Put on a show for Papa, please?"
The machine looked flustered, and then she sat back in the chair, her eyes closed and her arms held out like she was preparing to play an invisible piano. In a sense, she was. The tips of her fingers began to glow, and little identical glowing lights appeared in the air. Thin glowing lines stretched, connecting each point until they formed a ghostly, holographic command center.
Nathan just grinned. He loved, LOVED watching his son's machines working. He was jealous - he had wished often enough he could combine magic spells and programming like Ialo did.
On the holographic display, appeared all the files Seven had gotten for Alec - and more, much more. There was pure code visible, and schematics and maps, videos, graphs, anything and everything even remotely related to S.Lyme Industries, Seven was finding it and was an unparalleled force in taking it for her own.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:36 pm
Alec's eyes grew wide as the sheer amount of data flooded the screen before his eyes in a matter of seconds. Alec wasn't even sure if most of this information was legal, and frankly he didn't care.
Only one word was able to escape Alec's lips at this display of technological mastery. ".........wow."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:40 pm
Nathan patted Alec on the back. "Math is the language of the universe. It seems Ialo's fanatical attention to numbers paid off, no? Much better Seven! Don't forget to run through the patent offices!"
What Nathan had failed to pay attention to though, was that Ophi's portal was still open. Ophi, however, did not fail to notice to that. In fact, he was the who sat back, and watched.
"Good evening, Elaine."
A woman had come through the portal - not just any woman though, Elaine Enlil (in a robe and silky nightgown, no less). She nodded to Ophiuchus, and stared down her husband unamusedly as he looked up and gawked at her, trying to place why his wife would be here... in her nightgown....
"You," she said, her Russian accent rather strong in her tiredness. "Bed. With me, now. We finish destroying problem child later." Unceremoniously, she grabbed Nathan by the collar and dragged him back through the portal.
"No! Wait! It was getting to the good part!"
"NO MORE MIDNIGHT COFFEE FOR YOU!"
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:31 pm
Alec couldn't help but gawk at the woman that had walked through the portal as well. He certainly wasn't expecting THAT to be Ialo's mother. But then again.. he was a dragon, and dragon's didn't age nearly as fast as people did. But Alec didn't have any time to say anything because Elaine left as quickly as he had come, taking Nathan with her. Alec stared at the spot where they had both vanished into the portal for a moment before shaking his head and turning back to Seven who was still hard at work gathering the terabytes of information literally flying across her readout. "...so yeah, that was something I should have expected from Ialo's family."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:46 pm
"Okay, show's over," Ophiuchus said, the portal disappearing with a pop. "Girls, out of the library." He grabbed Athena and Danni, and teleported away with them to the clinic.
Seven shrugged. "Most likely." She was finally distracted, having to focus on what she was doing. "That was preferable to his brothers coming in here, at least."
"So.... how much information do you need, anyways? Statistically speaking, even though I've highlighted for you as well, it will take you at least another seven to ten days to read through it all and form a case." There, again, were the emotions that weren't quite emotions.
"I... have information on what sort of imprisonment Master Ialo is in. Supposing you DO succeed in... in saving him... I don't think he'll make it."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:49 pm
Alec was confused when Seven began to talk about Ialo's incarceration. He wasn't sure just who had convicted him, and he wanted to know more. "What do you mean? What did you find?" Alec walked around and put his head closer to hers so he could see the display better.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:00 pm
She blinked. "You... Oh, right, you wouldn't know. Mrs. Enlil acted as Master Ialo's lawyer. She failed, which wasn't entirely her fault. She told me everything that happened earlier. The judge who handled the case, his name is Cerus Bellium. After Silas presented fabricated charges, the judge declared Master Ialo a 'danger to humanity in its entirety' and sentenced him to a life sentence in the maximum security prison dimension. Of course, keep in mind that, again, I am working from information I was given, but Mrs. Enlil sent me a copy of the list of charges. I... will not question her tactics, as she never questions mine."
And on the display, a list of everything from parking tickets to engaging nuclear war came up.
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:09 pm
"........................................"
Alec honestly couldn't even say anything. All he could do was stare at the OBSCENELY long list of charges that had been brought against Ialo. Half of them seemed ridiculous even by Ialo's standards.
Finally after a full 5 minutes of complete shock Alec finally collected himself and pointed at a few minor charges on the display. "OK, I can understand parking violations and whatnot. But nuclear terror? Global embezzlement? I mean, come on, espionage? How in the hell did they manage to pin Ialo for tha-..." And that was when Alec looked over at Seven and realized just what she was. A satellite, built to observe the entire world and gather information. Most likely disregarding national laws regarding privacy and secrecy.
Alec just stopped dead and let his hand drop to his side in defeat. "...never mind."
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:13 pm
Seven shrugged again. "I think he was reaching a bit on that one, because we're unregistered. There's no evidence that I or my siblings exist. Though honestly, we could do all of this. It doesn't take much to trick the Pentagon."
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