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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:16 pm
"Harass? I like to think of it as friendly chatter. Judging from the attitued you have towrads me, I doubt you'd make some."
Smiling at the waitress, Violetta copied Sionce's order (they were sitting together, so the waitress assumed they were dining together.) It was a wierd habit she had, to always get what the other person was getting. If she didn't, she knew she'd want some of it later. Now, if she was with her brothers or friends, it wouldn't be a problem, but she highly doubted Sionce was the kind of fellow to go halfsies on drinks.
Once the waitress had wandered away to get thier drink, Violetta focused her attention back on the man and his bunny mask while continued to mess around with his computer. "You're pretty pale, so I'm guessing you don't go out a lot, right? Probably inside, messing with your computers and hackers, and data packers- whatever those are- and other stuff like that. And you seem to smart to have an 'I'm so ugly' complex... Hmmm, this is quite a mystery."
Aiko stopped bouncing and looked up, thinking about what she could do.
Poking around the computer a bit, Aiko manage to bring up a blank internet window. Quickly directly the page to wikipedia.org, a page that, according to her mommy, had all the information in the known universe- or at least all the important stufff. After a few moments of searching through the site, she brought up a page on Frédéric Chopin. Scrolling down, she found a link titled: Étude in E major "Tristesse"
Aiko followed the link, which brought up a new page. Reading through it quickly then closing out the page, she turned back to face Trisste. Looking up hopefully at him, she asked about her work.
((I hope opening up internet windows and wikipedia'ing things is within a hacker's abilities xD If not, let me know and I'll edit my post. I also hope Violetta distracted Sionce while she looked it up xDDD))
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:35 pm
[ ...you actually FOUND it XD;;. Okay, okay...I'll let it play XD;;; ]
Trisste looked at the small hacker with wide eyes for a moment, but slowly narrowed them back down into a friendly glance that came with a smile. She'd impressed him with her quick thinking on her feet, that was for sure.
< Alright then. Let's let it play and see what Sionce does about it. >
Trisste closed his eyes and stood still and a few moments later a file appeared above his head. He'd had to hack a few things to get to it, as Sionce liked to keep her personal things seperate from work while here on this system, so it took him a little longer to get than it normally would have. All in all, maybe about five or six seconds.
< Here we go. This one is the violin duet along with the piano, so let's load it. Acessing. >
"Look here, if you really...."
Sionce's speech drifted off as a few strains of violin music floated out of his computer's speakers and slowly grew louder as Trisste enhanced the volume. His eyes ran over to to the two figures on the screen who floated, smiling, at the sudden reaction the young man was giving.
"Trisste, you...."
< Sorry Sionce, but she wanted to know the origin of my name. >
Sionce shook his head and sighed softly, listening as the music continued to play. It was a sad melody, one that often made his heart ache, but he made no effort to stop the filing from performing its intended task.
"You know, Violetta, if you close your eyes and listen...sometimes you can see beyond your wildest dreams."
[ Ph, if you'd like an Mp3 of this song, I can send one to you...or tell you were to get it <3. You should listen to it sometime. ]
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:12 pm
((Yes, fear my OCD xD))
Violetta looked slightly disappointed at first, not getting her questions answered, but quickly forgot about it as she listened to the music that was coming from Sionce's computer. The music she listend to was normally much more... energetic, you could say. Classical music wasn't something she heard everyday. Listening intently, Violetta's smile slowly faded.
"It's pretty... and kind of makes me thing of my adorable brother, he plays violin, but... it's kind of sad." Tiltiing her head to the side slightly, she studied Sionce, thinking over his last comment. "Beyond my wildest dreams... What do you see when you hear it?"
Aiko did a few back flips on screen, her mood the complete opposite to the mood fo the song she had discovered. Once her little victory celebration was over, she stopped to listen to actually listen to the song. Violetta's music was loud and fast and made her want to bounce around but this... this was different.
Aiko listened a little more, intrigued by the different sound of the song. She was used to guitars, drums, and odd techno-like beats with people singing along. Violins and pianos were soemthing new to her, and right now she found them rather fascinating.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:37 pm
Sionce opened his eyes at the question and let his eyes roll over to the pair of hackers on the screen, watching them before opening his mouth to answer the question.
"I dream of an endless road, one I can travel on forever and ever. A road that has no ends, only new beginnings, and places full of things I've never experianced before."
It was the first time he'd openly answered a question, even though it really wasn't one about himself, and inwardly he groaned a bit. If he gave her things about himself in little bits maybe she would eventually stop the questions.
"Here, when the notes shift...you can almost see a break towards the sea where your path continues...."
< Aiko, once again...Sionce is not my father, he's my partner. And as for his happiness .... >
The hacker looked up towards the figure, and from how he was resting on the screen he could see up through the bottom of Sionce's mask and at his bare face. As something shiney caught his eye he turned back towards the child hacker and smiled bitterly.
< He . . . will never be happy >
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:08 am
"Wow... that's so... deep." Violetta looked down into her lap, fiddling with her fingers. "I feel kind of bad... like, while I'm listing to Gwen Stefani singing about being a rich girl, you listen to music that actually has kind of meaning behind it. Something with, um... emotion, I guess you could say."
Ok, that may not have been the most eloquent way to put it (she had never been good with words, uless they were goofy and made up), but Violetta hoped she got her point across. Her music was shallow and sometimes rather stupid, but Sionce's was beautiful, and seemed to have meaning behind it.
Looking up at Sionce again, Violetta stared for a moment before letting out a soft giggle. "You know what? It's kind of funny, in a way. I'm sitting here, listening to sad music with a guy in a bunny mask." She giggled again, slightly amused by the randomness of it all. "I mean, I guess this is my new experience for the day."
Aiko looked up Trisste oddly, seeming kind of shocked by that comment. It seemed kind of like a terrible thing to say, that someone would never be happy. However, Trisste did not seem like a horrible hacker, so there was probably a reason behind his words.
A little frowny face appeared at the end of Aiko's text box, expressing her unhappiness of the thought. Though, if he never intended on being happy, it would explain why his favorite song was so sad. Violetta had told her that the kind of music someone listens to reflects who they are as a person, and Sionce's music seemed to say "I'm sad."
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:33 am
< Sionce will be happy someday, I'm sure, but I don't think he's sad either. He actually has some pretty happy music on his server at home...and as you can tell by his mask he does like rabbits and bunnies. One of his favorite shows that he records and watches is that one about...I can't remember, but it's about a rabbit. >
Trisste looked over at the child hacker as the music stopped, and then back up towards his partner who was asking the waitress for a straw so he could drink his drink.
< Did you know that Sionce hates carrots? Even though he likes rabbits and bunnies he avoids carrots like the plague. It's really amusing, actually. >
A small '=)' appeared after all the text clear out, followed by a little carrot image made from numbers and letters.
"You should never feel bad if you listen to things you like. You are who you are and no one can change that. If you have a reason for liking or something something, why should you have to explain it to others? You know your own reasons best, and don't need to try and persaude others to your viewpoint."
Sionce stuck the straw into his drink and slid it underneath his mask, enabling himself to drink the cool liquid before the summer sun had a chance to warm it into something...undrinkable. It as pretty good, he'd have to come here again sometime, hopefully without the addition of something as annoying as Violetta and her fifty questions.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:01 am
Aiko titled her head, a little confused now. Hadn't he just said Sionce would never be happy...? Oh well, apparently he didn't really mean it. That was good, who would wan to be sad all the time? Deciding to let it drop- being sad was not a good issues to discuss!- Aiko started to think about bunnies and carrots.
Looking up at Sionce's little numer-letter carrot, Aiko giggled and did a small back flip,
Continuing her copy cat streak, Violetta aksed for a straw as well, then plopped it in her drink. She didn't take a sip though. "I suppose not. Everyone always teachers you to do what you love, and to be bothered by what other people think. It's an ancient sitcom moral."
Looking down at her drink, she took the end of the straw between her thumb and her index finger and speun it around in the liquid some, stirring everything up. Something still felt off. "Still, most the time people won't appreciate your viewpoints on things if it's too different from theirs. I mean, it's cool to be who you are, but it'd be even cooler if people would accept you for who you are." Hmmm, what was a smarter word for cool? She'd have to look that up later...
Aiko looked over at Sionce, a little curious as to what was going on in the outside world. She hadn't really been paying attention to the humans around her, and now she was wondering what she missed.
'Good' seemed like kind of strong word to use, so Aiko decided to settle with 'ok.' Not great, but not bad either. That would do.
Crud, she couldn't remember! It was to be scanned for something, right? Aiko wasn't quite sure. Resuming her normal nonsensical floating, she decided to just let Trisste answer. He'd know, he was smart and he was the one runnig the scanning, or whatever it was, on Aiko.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:27 pm
< My job, as well as Sionce's job, is to provide recovery for both hackers and their regular servers to owners and non-owners. So to answer your question, yes we do. I must have met a good deal of hackers in a short amount of time, but the trouble is after a while you don't remember everyone. >
Trisste smiled and floated a bit in a single spot, as he was growing a little tired of moving back and forth like he had been before. His wings were flared behind him to give him a sort of angelic look
< We try not to get too attached to any of our clients, as that's all they are - clients. we're not there to be their friends, We are there to fix a mistake or correct a problem that has come their way. I also am responsible for helping though in need on missions of various sorts, but you won't really have to worry about that yet. You're too little. >
"Maybe you're not as dumb as I thought you were."
Sionce gave a sheepish sort of grin from beneath his mask and went back to drinking his ice coffee. He gave it a few more sips before dropping his attention to the hackers on his screen, tapping it gently with his finger to gain Trisste's attention.
"Any problems?"
< Nope, none at all. She seems like a healthy, growing data factory to me. She may want to be taken off that phone soon though and perhaps placed in a palm pilot, as her point data is starting to grow rather rapidly. >
Trisste put his hand on top of Aiko's head, patting it twice before lifting it back off and away.
< Also ...Violetta, was it? You need to watch out for her and do make sure she's not eating any of your files. While you may not think any of them are corrupt you will be in a world of hurt should she get a hold of and consume something with the slightest bit of infection. >
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:04 pm
Violetta picked up her cup, as if she was actually going to take a drink of it, but still didn't. Instead, she just stirred it up a bit more. Looking down a bit, she smiled at Sionce's comment towards her. She was tempted to say something back, but held her tongue. In a way, she'd probably already said too much.
Aiko continued her floating around, but didn't move quite as far back and forth so that she could stay withing a small area. She watched watched as he flared his wings, wondering if someday she'd look that big and cool to other hackers.
Really, she had no idea what missions even were, but obviously she'd have to worry about them someday, when she wasn't too little. After all, she wanted to see Trisste sometime again. It made her a little sad, knowing he'd probably forget her eventually, not that it was his fault. If she had to help out tons and tons of little hackers, she probably wouldn't remember them all either.
When Sionce checked up on the hackers, Violetta leaned over to peek at what Trisste had to say, setting her cup on the table while doing so. Nodding as the older hackers message appeared, she repeated the important parts while she commited them to memory. "Right, get a palm pilot and don't let her eat my files or she may get sick. Got it."
Palm pilot? She'd never even heard of one before. Tonight, she'd ask her brother about it, and go get one tomorrow. But wait, if Aiko couldn't eat her files then what would she eat? "Um... if my stuff is off limits, what will Aiko eat? I've been letter her chow down on old school papers and music files I don't listen to anymore. Does that mean she can't have that stuff anymore?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:39 pm
"When she starts on missions she can eat the data frmo there. Until then just let her continue to eat what's she eating now. Shouldn't be much of a problem. Trisste, send Aiko back into her original port if you're done with your scan."
< Roger that. time to go back to the phone Aiko, our playdate is over. I may or may not see you again sometime soon, so behave yourself and don't eat anything that you feel uneasy about. >
Trisste opened a file and pointed Aiko towards it, indicating that it was her way home and back to her mother.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:09 pm
Aiko nodded at Trisste, trying to think of some kind of parting words, but nothing came to mind. So, instead she quickly headed through the portal, back to her iPhone home.
"Ok, got that!" Violetta grinned as Aiko appeared on the phone. Once Sionce had the phone disconnected from his computer, Violetta took it from him, still smiling down at the screen. "Good to have you back, baby!"
Once that was taken care of, Violetta quickly reached into her pocket and yanked a $20 bill. Thowing down on the table next to still full drink, she smiled at Sionce, speaking rathe quickly as if she was in a rush. "Hope that's enough to cover the drinks, and thanks for all your help, Mr. Sionce. Don't think I dind't notice you dind't answer any of my questions, though! Not that it matters, our paths will cross again."
Saying that last part as if it was an undeniable fact, Violetta grabbed the edge of her rainbow coat and gave a small curtsey. "I hope the rest of your day is pleasant, and filled with some happier music, too. Now, I'm taking my leave. Good bye!"
And with that, she turned around and literally ran out of the cafe, as if she was terribly late for something and needed to be there ASAP, gripping Aiko in her hand tightly as she ran.
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