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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:08 pm
Rown He sat himself down at one of the outside tables, opting to stay outside where the weather was nicer than go inside where he risked being frozen to death by a rogue air conditioning vent, and after a few moments of finally settling himself in he took off the massive sidebag that was draped about his shoulder. Ignoring the chatter and the giggles of the people that surrounded him he set about a task of pulling out the bag's contents, preparing for a small afternoon of enjoyment.
So as it was Sionce took out his usual carrot-colored laptop and set it against the table's top, quickly and quietly hooking up various cables into the sides of it so that he could have the internet...without having to access the wireless network said to be provided. He didn't need something to trivial - he could make his own internet network anywhere out of almost anything.
"...It's a little hot today. Maybe I should order a tea...." Vendetta Angel Violetta skipped happily down the sidewalk, humming a sweet little tune to herself as she headed towards her destination, a nice little shop that sold the most interesting creatures. Gripped tightly in her hand was her hot pink iPhone, a device that contained her current most prized possesion. Mr. Fiatch had warned her about putting a hacker on her beloved phone, that the little pet would eat up her numbers and pictures, but what could Violetta do? Her laptop was just to big and bulky to carry around everywhere, and she certainly wasn't going to leave Aiko home alone. The hacker was still a baby, and she certainly didn't want it to get traumatized or something like that! (Could hackers be traumatized from neglect? She'd have to ask about that.) Seeing as she had a collection of old cell phones anyways, Violetta decided she just have to bring back an old one from retirement and make her iPhone Aiko's new mode of transportation.
As she headed down the street, not really paying attention and almost hitting several people as she skipped, she just so happened to catch a glimpse of a familiar bunny-masked man. Without thinking, she ran across the street, not even bothering to look both ways, and headed over to the cafe.
"Mr. Bunny! Mr. Bunny! It's me, Violetta! Look, I got my hacker!" she called to the man, waving her phone out to emphasize her point as she ran into the cafe area. Sukinichiro Kyuuchan Suki had just stepped out of the huge building. As a sunshine hit her eye, she immediately covered her face with one hand. On the other, she held her cerulean PDA, where little satoshi was placed. Continuing the song she was humming in the office a while ago, she put on her skates and skated throughout the town.
As she was skating, she stopped as she smelled something fragrant. As she turned, she was face to face with a cafe. At the sight of the people chatting and drinking their coffee, a low grumble was heard from her stomach "C'mon now, you don't have plans, right?". Before she knew it she was giving orders to a waitress. While she waited for her coffee, a girl and a man who is wearing a bunny mask talked at the next table. She can't help but overhear what they were talking about. Rown Sionce felt his blood run cold as a familair voice chanted out a familiar nickname, and as the chanting got louder as the girl drew closer he noticed the hairs on the back of his neck were standing at attention like soldiers would before a march.
Slowly turning his heads so he could actually take in the image of the girl who was probably huddling only a few inches away from himself, Sionce swallowed deeply and did his best to remain in control.
"Oh...is that so? Well congratulations Ms. Violetta, and I hope things go well for you."
He was about to actually start shoving his things back into his bag and go when another girl skated up to the pair and flashed her teeth in a grin that made him pale, also claiming she had a hacker.
What the hell, he thought, is Fiach handing these things out like candy now?
"That...too is nice."
He wanted to die. Fast. Vendetta Angel "Oh, really?" Violetta was now right next to Sionce, looking over at the new girl. Really, the red head had no idea who she was, but she did have a hacker. Today she was not wearing a skirt, but a white tank top that read "Pump It" in bold, black letters, a pair of blue jeans with dirty tennis shoes and a long, knit rainbow striped jacket that almost hit her knees. Improvising, she grabbed the edge of her jacket and used it to give a quick curtsy. Once that was taken care of, she grabbed the nearest chair and sat down (uninvited) at Sionce's table, placing her phone down so the other two could see. "Isn't she cute? She's still a baby, but she's already really smart! She even knows how to make my phone play music!"
A purple and black hacker was currently sitting in the corner of the screen of Violetta's phone, its eyes closed and looking as if it was sleeping. Unaware that the little creature had fallen asleep, Violetta's face took on a surprised expression. "Oh, she's taking a nappy-nap! Ah well, don't want to wake her! How about your guys'?"
Reaching across the table, Violetta went to grab the side of Sionce's laptop so that she could turn it to face her and look at his hacker, which she assumed was currently on screen. "Mine's name is Aiko! What about yours? I know Bunny-Man is something like... like... Trissy? Something like that!" Sukinichiro Kyuuchan "I'm terribly sorry to come here as a stranger. But since I'm here, my name is Sukinichiro. Suki for short!" Suki let out a huge grin in her face.
Suki held out her PDA for the them to see. In it, a little hacker seemed to be trying to reach the tube at it's back, round and round it goes. Suki looked at the girl and said "This is my little Satoshi. I'm sure he would like to meet you too!"
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:11 pm
Rown As Violetta touched the side of his laptop Sionce's hand shot out and grabbed her wrist hard, not pulling on her but not letting go either. He slowly turned his head and looked at her, and if she could see the face behind the mask she would know he had a deep frown on his lips and his eyes were narrowed sharply.
"Don't. Don't ever...touch my laptop."
He let go of her arm and turned his head away for a moment to let himself calm back down, not wanting to stay heated up over something that someone else might find so trivial.
"And as for his name, it's not Trissy. His name is Trisste. As for yours, I'm glad to see that you've both given your companions names - but think of it like this. They aren't mere pets - they're your companion."
He was irritated, honestly, but still doing his best to be polite.
"As for my name, it's Sionce, not Bunny-man. If you must address me, please do as such." Vendetta Angel Violetta drew her hand back, gently rubbing the spot where Sionce had grabbed her. It hadn't hurt or anything, it had just came as a shock. 'And to think, he's supposed to be scared of girls...' That had been a very interesting experience.
Looking up at Suki, Violetta smiled. "I'm Violetta! It's really nice to meet you and Satoshi. I'm sure Aiko will want to meet you, too, as soon as she wakes up!" Looking down quickly at her phone, Violetta checked on Aiko. The hacker was still snoozing in the corner, her head lifting up and down slightly as her mouth opened and closed, as if she was snoring.
"This is Mr. Bunbun. He claims to be called, Sioncey but that sounds like a person name, and he certainly doesn't look like a person, does he?" Violetta smirked a bit as she looked over towards Sionce, her voice loosing some of the cheerful childness it usually held as she studied Sionce's mask, wondering what reason he could have for feeling the need to hide his face all the time. And, what did his face actually look like?
...
Yup. That was settled. Even if it took months of hard work and dedication, he was going to take that mask off. Going into daydream mode momentarily, Violetta pictured herself as a ninja, sneaking into Sionce's house at night and creeping up on him while he slept, still wearing his bunny mask. Creeping closer to the bed, she was just about to lift up the mask when all of the sudden the sound of sirens could be heard. The neighbors had seen her break in and had called the cops! Police officers stormed the room and Violetta looked around, frightened, Sionce sleeping through the whole ordeal, a rather peaceful look on his bunny mask...
Shaking her head slightly, Violetta snapped back into reality. Now, what had she been doing? Sukinichiro Kyuuchan Suki watched Violetta rubbing her wrist, a slight worry in her face. As Violetta introduced the man wearing a bunny mask, Suki glanced at her own hacker, who by now seemed to be yawning of boredom.
"Pleased to meet you, Violetta and Aiko. You too, Mr. Bunbu-" She stopped short at realizing her mistake, "Sionce." She let out smile of relief at the end of that sentence. But then Suki released a small giggle, as she saw Violetta staring into what seemed nowhere, as if daydreaming. She managed to stop herself just before Violetta snapped back to reality and catching her giggling.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:19 pm
What the hell kind of name was Sukininchiro?
That thought also ran through Sionce's mind as he did his best to stay calm and not knock Violetta out; even though Sionce had a small (read: large) fear of girls/women, he did not however have the patience to deal with the stupid ones more than really needed...and Violetta was seriously treading on thin ice.
"It's good to see that you have your hacker, but you may wish to take her off your phone. She's cute now but when she grows larger and starts to require or demand more data to feed her growing network you'll be the one to suffer from file loss."
Sionce was not really speaking from experiance, as he and Trisste had never encountered a problem with one another in any way. They had a mutual understanding and plenty of things in common, to be honest, and Sionce had made many systems for the now fully evolved hacker to romp about in and enjoy himself.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:38 pm
Violetta leaned back in the chair and gave an odd grin, almost as if she had a sinister thought on her mind. "Don't worry about it, Mr. Bunbun"
Reaching into her pocket, she quickly pulled out another bright pink phone, this one a razor. As if she was afraid such a flourescent phone may be missed, she threw it up in the air and let it spin a few times before catching it as it fell. "I've brought Razzy out of retirement to handle all my phone callin' needs. My iPhoney is all for Aiko. Carrying around bags is annoying, so I needed something small to carry Aiko around in. I mean, I have her USB thing, but I can't interact with her on that. Besides, I think it would be dark in their, and she might be afraid of the dark. Not sure y-"
"If I was a rich girl, nana nana nana na..."
A loud ringtone filled the air, cutting Violetta short. Looking down at her iPhone, Aiko had awoken and set off a song to catch some attention. The child hacker floated from side to side on the small screen, then did a little backflip.
"Oh yay! She's up! See, I told you she could play music on my phone!" Violetta held up the phone triumphantly, just to make sure Aiko could be seen. Seeing that she had gotten the attention she wanted, Aiko let herself drop to the bottom of the screen and sat down, tilting her head back and opening her mouth wide as if letting out a big yawn.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:03 pm
"Continue to call me that, Violetta, and you'll find yourself missing something more than just data."
Sionce's tone was sharp and he snapped quickly, more annoyed than he had been before at the girl sitting next to him. How could humanity make so many mistake in one single being, honestly.
"You should really watch what she does as well. It may be so cute now, but will you really be thinking that later? If you let her walk all over you you'll regret it."
He snapped his palm pilot into his computer at this remark and waited for a 'load' icon to pop up before clicking on it.
< ...Irritated, are we? >
A figure appeared on the screen, one that was new to being fully grown and was enjoying every moment of it, and it opened its mouth to allow the chat box to appear.
< Who is it this time? Someone new? >
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:25 pm
At this moment, Violetta got the sudden urge to jump up on the table and dance around in circles, yelling "Bunbun! Bunbun! Bunbun!" However, she was in a cafe and that would be awfully akward, having a man in a bunny mask attack you in a public place. She'd have to save that endeavor for another time.
Instead, she decided to focus on his second comment. "What do you mean she'll walk all over me? You wouldn't play me like that, would you little Aiko?" Looking down at the phone, her voice regained it's cheerful, perky tone as she spoke to her hacker. The small creature looked up at Violetta for a second, as if thinking, and then gave a quick nod.
Giving a satisfied smile, Violetta peered back over towards the bunny masked man, curious about his laptop. Since she knew trying to touch the device might just lead to the loss of a hand, she instead stood up from her chair and leaned over towards Sionce, trying to see the screen. "Whatcha' got there?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:50 pm
From his stationary position on the moniter in between several dozen fuiles and blockers, Trisste looked up at the ever closely peering woman and he frowned deeply, causing a set of '. . . .' to appear instead of speech in his chat box.
< ... I see. I take it this person is soon to be one of our customers, and a frequent one at that? >
Sionce nodded in regards to Trisste question, allowing the elder hacker to continue to make his own assumptions on the situation. It was only because Trisste was near him that Sionce was able to calm down a little more, not really paying attention tot he annoying figure.
"She's got a hacker named 'Aiko', one that seemed to be on her phone - ready to eat files."
< Have her put Aiko on here for a while. I can run a test on her programming to prevent that from happening... >
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:14 pm
Violetta watched the screen intently, a large chunk of red hair falling into her face as she bent over to see the screen. Her face had a rather blank expression on it as she watched the hacker, and she didn't speak up until he made the comment about Aiko. "Oh, can my little baby go in your computer and play with yours? Though, he really doesn't look like a baby... Anyways, my phone has wireless internet. Can she go through that? That's how she got onto the phone, anyways."
Pikcing up the phone, Violetta moved it towrads Sionce. Aiko rose form the corner and the screen and floated to the middle, looking at Sionce as she moved. Opening her mouth a bit, as if to speak, an almost comic like speech bubble appeared at the top of the screen, words quickly appearing in it.
Her words stayed on screen for a few moments before the bubble literally popped, and then Aiko quickly moved back and forth across the screen a couple of times, the reason behind her actions unclear. Once she was done with whatever she was doing, Aiko settled back down to th corner of the screen again.
Obviously sensing Sionce's dislike for her 'mommy,' the child hacker attempted to help Violetta's case by telling of the girl's love of all things cute and fluffy.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:29 pm
< . . . . >
Trisste seemed to be slightly annoyed at the speech patterns of the woman her 'baby', as he assumed that's what she called the young hacker in order for the hacker to call her 'Mommy', but he made no clear signs to really show his distaste.
< Aiko, it's rude to address someone by a name that they have already stated before that they dislike. >
"...."
Worldessly Sionce held his hand out for Violetta to hand him her telephone, hardly caring that the child hacker was trying to patch things up. Since Violetta herself couldn't seem to grasp the common courtesty involved in human interatcion, he didn't feel it fitting to even try and greet her hacker with the same manners.
"I'll have Trisste check her out."
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:05 pm
Violetta smiled and sat back down, unaware of that Aiko had even said anything to Sionce. "Thanks Mr. Bun- err, Mr. Sionce." Not wanting Sionce to try and get revenge or something on her by messing with Aiko, Violetta decided it was time to call him by his real name.
"I hope Trisste and Aiko get along good! He'll be the first hacker she'll have met since she's been hatched. This is a really big even for her!" Violetta's smiled widened, obviously delighted at the thought of Aiko meeting another hacker. To her, it was almost like a parent sending their child off to daycare to be with other children for the first time- a huge step in teaching about ow to interact in the real world. Sure, Aiko couldn't leave the computer and would always be trapped in the virutal world, but it was somewhat the same concept, at least in Violetta's eyes.
Aiko slumped down in her corner, disappointed that her attempts to be sweet had failed so miserably. She new her mommy didn't mean to be bad, she was just having fun. Kicking one of her feet, another speech bubble appeared, this was directed towards both Trisste and Sionce- basically, whichever one of them would listen.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:50 pm
[ I'm ASSUMING she handed him her phone, so.... ]
Sionce clicked the cable into the back of the phone and then into one of the many ports on his system before turning to the keyboard, ready to let things start to work. It took a moment before the modem let out a faint humming sound and a pop-up appeared in the middle. With a double click he started it all.
"Sending her your way Trisste."
Trisste nodded and waited a moment before something small and purpilsh appeared next to him, and with a faint smile he floated over towards the child hacker.
< Bunbun isn't a name for humans. It could be used to address an animal or something that is inanimate...but for it to be used to address an adult MALE is rather insulting. >
He did his best not to really scold her since he was unaware of how she was being raised...and he didn't want her to be frightened of him and think all hackers were creatures with nasty personalities.
< Now, something such as us could be called 'Bunbun' and it would be alright. I jsut think the feelign Sionce has is that he doesn't like nicknames since he was born with a name of his own - just as you liked to be called by yours, correct? >
He smiled softly and patted the small girl-hacker on the head, a generally kind motion that Trisste was full of.
< Your name means 'love child', does it not? Trisste is another word for sadness, I do believe. >
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:21 pm
((-smacks head into keyboard- yeah, she did xD))
Aiko floated up close to Trisste, seeming almost awed that he knew what her name meant. Not only was he bigger than her, but at this moment he seemed like some kind of genius.
Seeing as Violetta was her 'mommy,' Aiko was still trying to prove her side. It also helped that Aiko was still a child, and her mental state seemed to match Violetta's in a way.
Floating from side to side, Aiko tried to get a feel for the new space she was in.
While Aiko floated around Sionce's computer, Violetta sat back and the chair and smiled. Looking over at Sionce, she started to speak again, "I hope they get along good! This is Aiko's first play date, but I think she'll do fine. She has a really fun, friendly personality, you know? What about yoru baby? Does he visit other hackers a lot?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:47 pm
Trisste blinked a bit and smiled again at the small hacker as he seemed slightly amused by her mood swings and her continued defence of her owner, even to the point of still calling the woman 'Mommy'.
< No, he named me 'Trisste' after one of his favorite pieces of music. 'Trisste' can be an alternate title for the song. Sionce is actually quite fond of classical music, although he doesn't let it on. >
"Don't forget that I can moniter and am monitering everything you two are saying. Let's try not to talk too much about me, okay"
Sionce leaned into his hand as his elbow rested on the table, allowing his jaw to be propped up without any discomfort to his position.
"And to answer your question, Ms. Violetta - Trisste does very well with other hackers. The main focus of our jobs is to assist hackers and their partners in any way we can...as long as it fits into our profit line of course. I can't always do things for free but something as simple as this - as a data scan for future recovery purpose - I don't charge for. I'll let it go as a playdate."
He smiled beneath his mask, and on the screen Trisste let out a little beep of bemused attention.
< So to answer your question in a roundabout way Aiko...I'm not sad, and neither is Sionce. And still about the nicknames, Sionce just doesn't like them. >
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:13 pm
Aiko bounced up and down at Sionce's comment, seeming kind of amused and excited.
Not liking to stay still for long periods of time- except for when she was napping, of course- Aiko began to float around again.
Looking up and then side to side, Aiko got an idea. She moved close to Trisste, as if she could whisper to him so no one else could tell what she was was saying. Trisste- the song, not you- on here? We could play that for him, and I bet it would make him happy!>
"Oh, shame on you!" Violetta waved her hand at Sionce when he commented on monitoring the hackers, "Don't eavesdrop, it's rude! How would you have like it if your mommy and daddy listened in on all your conversations when you were little?" She nodded and then leaned forward, copying Sionce's stance so that she could be eye level with him- or, atleast with the bunny eyes on his mask.
"Thanks for the favor, I won't forget it. Someday, I'll pay you back." Using her free hand, she traced her index finger along the table, drawing little invisible swirls on the surface. "Soooooo... I just have to know, why the mask? And why a bunny? Are you an ugly, Easter lovin' fellow, or is there a deeper meaning behind it?"
Really, he didn't seem like the kind of guy that would wake up and go, "I think I'll wear a bunny mask today!" He just wasn't goofy enough. There had to be some reason behind it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:29 pm
< Aiko, please. I'd like to respect Sionce's wishes if we could, and ...I think it might be better if you actually did too. You ARE in his system after all. >
"Why are you so interested in me? Surely you've got better things to do than harass me about my past and my reasons for my current situation."
Sionce turned his head towards Violetta, his chin still propped up on his palm. The movement towards her had caused the hair that normally sta propped atop the mask to move slightly, revealing a little bit of his forehead. It was a pale white, like the skin on his hands and neck, and didn't seem to be scarred at all.
"And as for listening to them, I'm not really paying attention to their conversation as much as you'd think. What I'm actually waiting for is for the scan Trisste is currently running to finish before I pull her back out. Also, you don't have to repay me with favors. Later on your payment will be in hard cash or data packets, depending on which of us you're going to be using for help."
Having managed to avoid answering those questions about his personal life he slowly raised his hand and flagged down a passing waitress who hesitantly walked over to the pair. After placing an order for an iced coffee he went back to looking at the screen, every now and then moving his hands on his keyboard to type a bit of information into an open and running data box.
< He does have this song on here...and if you can find the REAL name of it I may just let you play it. I'm sure he'd be surprised to hear it going after all this time since he doesn't really have much music on this particular computer. This one is generally sued for outdoor activities involving door-to-door check ups and the occasional trip to the main lab. >
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