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((omg, Ven... you made me choke on my cereals with your impersonation xD;; ))

Raven could help himself but laugh at Violetta's impersonation. It just sounded funny the way she did it, even if she had a point on the entire credit-stuff. He usually minimized his own skills, almost sounding as if everyone was able to do what he could. Okay, maybe he could do a little more than average, but that was all Raven would allow himself as credit.

"I guess it's true. You don't need history and geography as much as the things I'm good at. It depends what job you wish to do.", he thought for a second. "They might be useful to create contest-software, or games, where you'd need it. Or as teacher, for sure. Or as traveler."

Seeming the girl suddenly turned her head, he looked over her shoulder to see what was happening. The boy - Kristian, was it? - seemed to have some troubles with Mr. Fiach, and the smoke from the computer quite made it obvious what it was.

"I'm sure your brother would talk much more if your mother wouldn't have encouraged him to be silent. It would be good if he spoke more, not only for others but mainly for himself."

He stood up and walked over to Mr. Fiach, beackoning Violetta to come along. As he made his way, he answered the question about his siblings.

"I have one sister, aged 18. She's one of my best friends, despite her being my sibling. I guess it's our small diff' in age that helps there, with only three years and a half of difference."

Nearing Fiach and Kristian, Raven looked at the damage done to the computer but kept quiet. Although he hadn't said a word about his parents, he knew now that they had something in common. His mother tended to underestimate him too, or rather embarass him claiming she felt embarased.

"Need any help, Mr. Fiach? I could take a look at it, if you want. I have my laptop with me."

Dean nods his head at Fiach's words, though not really understanding what was going on with the "White Rabbit" and other things. He just knew that Zest may be infected with something. Honestly, he wasn't awake enough to care about the details anyway. Reaching down to his side, he unzips his laptop case and pulls out a 12-inch metallic computer with a glowing apple on the top showing that his computer was in sleep mode. With one hand holding his laptop from beneath, he uses the other to open the computer and press the space bar.

The screen of Dean's laptop loads up, the background being an assortment of gingerbread men and women. Zest moves toward the screen, making a little pouting face at Dean as a text bubbles pops up.

With a sigh, Dean shakes his head and admits, "I only know so much about computers, so I brought you here to the shop where Fiach can help you get better."

Another text bubble appears as a confused look appears on the little hacker's face. Little red question marks pop around her, further showing her confusion.

Dean laughs softly and explains, "He runs the shop that cares for hackers. It's Adalia's brother. Don't worry." With that, he partially closes the laptop, though not fully so that the machine doesn't enter sleep mode. "Okay," he says to Fiach, "let's do whatever we have to... I'm a little out of it and I'd really rather go back to sleep. Coffee would be bad."

Suki is still staring at the computer. Rubbing her cheeks with her hands, she is still deep in thought about giving Satoshi his required attention. Suddenly, she entered a place with her memories tied on it. As she walked on the endless pathway, she eyed every memory, which takes a shape of television screens, and remembering the good times she had with her life. As she watched her memories pass by, she stopped at the point where all memories of Satoshi is compiled. She saw the time she first got Satoshi, and met Fiach. There was also the time when she met Violetta, Aiko and Sionce. And, she also saw the time Satoshi ate her finest masterpiece file. "Sigh...good times..." she thought, now recalling other good times she spent with Satoshi.

Instantly, she snapped out of her imagination into the real world. As she slapped her face with her hands to wake herself completely, however, her mind is still stuck to her memories. Once her mind is ready, she focused on the computer. Her lips released a smile for reasons she herself doesn't know, and turned her head to look at the office. Seeing that he already finished his business with the little boy, Fiach seemed to be entertaining a newcomer. As she glanced one last look at the computer, she whispered a goodbye and goodluck to Satoshi and all the hackers, and stood up from the chair. "Wow, did I sit there for an hour?" thought Suki, for her butt seemed to ache a little.

Approaching Fiach, she waited for them to finish their conversation and butting in for the second time. When Fiach offered a chair to the newcomer, she excused herself. "Excuse me for interrupting, but I need to say something to Fiach." she said, "Fiach, can I leave Satoshi to your hands for a short time? I'm sorry but I really need to go." Remembering that she forgot to do her homework, her eyes widened as she remembered to do them. Instantly, she began to wear her skates, and seemed to have forgotten that it was forbidden to skate inside a building. As she did so, she said, "I'm very sorry, but I have important things to do. Please take care of Satoshi for me, and thank you very much, and goodbye! I promise to be back ASAP." She rolled out of the office quickly as she waved goodbye to the people in the office, not waiting for Fiach's response.

(( Yay! My longest rp post evah~ XP ))

Dean nods his head groggily in response to Fiach's offer to sleep in one of the chairs. He moseys over toward where some other computers had been hooked up, finding a vacant place to set his own. He fumbles about for an ethernet cable before finding and plugging one into his laptop. With a sigh, he rubs at his eyes and mumbles toward the computer, "I guess you'll have to find this white rabbit thing, Zest. Think you can do that?"

The newly adult hacker nods her head sternly, appearing rather serious. Oddly enough, she started acting more adult as well as looking more adult when she upgraded. she replies with a text bubble. Quickly following the first bubble, she posts, Zest frowns at Dean, noticing the absence of his eye patch. <He must be REALLY tired.> she thought to herself. Assuming it better that he not notice and freak out, she leaves it alone for the time being and waves goodbye to her sleepy owner. In an instant, she darts through the LAN connection into the mainframe, gone from his sight.

Dean nods toward the screen, mumbling once again, "Thanks, Lemonhead. Do your best." With Zest gone, he moves into one of the chair he'd been promised, slumping down into the nearest one to get comfy. He flicks his hand up over the back of the chair, calling out, "Wake me if I'm needed." Having said what he needed to, Dean closes his eyes and easily drifts toward sleep.

Dean's eyes begin to open as Fiach shakes him a little. He blinks his eyes slowly, trying to focus on what Fiach was telling him as he gradually entered back into reality. "I don't feel rested at all," he jests quietly to himself, nodding toward Fiach in understanding. Dean slowly gets to his feet, stretching his arms upward toward the ceiling lazily. Noticing the time, his eyes widen. "s**t," he mutters, "I don't have time to sleep..."

With nimble hands, Dean disconnects his laptop, being that he would need it whether Zest was on it or not. Quickly, he slides it into his laptop case and zips it up safely within. Slinging the strap of the case over his shoulder, Dean makes his way toward Fiach instead of the door. With a small awkward wave toward the shop keeper, Dean merely says, "Hey," to get his attention. "I've got a meeting with a property owner today and I'll need my laptop," he states clearly, though his voice was still slightly raspy from sleep. "If you could tell Zest to navigate back to my laptop, I'd appreciate it. I'll have my wireless on. If she's not back by the time I'm done with my meeting, I'll just come back here though." With that said, Dean smiles weakly and gives a polite nod toward Fiach. For some reason, he felt awkward around him now. Of course, Dean knows the reason, frowning a bit once his back is toward Fiach and he's walking out the door.

"I guess it's back to the three "S"s again, just like every morning," he says quietly to himself as he walks off briskly toward his apartment.