The Cyber Hunt, Part 9

<LingXiao> ::so hmmm… we’ll say Ling already talked with Josie ‘n Lamb the other day after talking with Roxie. stories matched. but she has a query still about the entire scene. wants to see if someone can show her the route the cuberdemon took in the MBI itself instead of just describing::
<Roxie_Ryaan> ::is in McG’s old office. tinker tinker. work work. fix fix! yay, I have a purpose!::
<SypherSK> ::is puttering about in the spare office, his for the moment, since he now permanently occupies physical space::
<LingXiao> ((<Ling>::and wonders why Lamb bleated through half his answers… ponders if he’s like Goat Boy XD::))
<LingXiao> ((<Sy>::tries to sleep on top of the computers like Snoopy does his doghouse::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<LingXiao> ::enters the MBI and looks about the lobby.:: Hello? Anyone here?
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( ::Diiies. awwww:: ))
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> ::also sometimes puts on his aviator’s cap and pretends his computer flies and he’s shooting down the Red Lynx!;:))
<SypherSK> ::blinks, hearing her, stands and goes to the door:: Oh, Detective Xiao. What can I do for you?
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( <Tumbleweed> ::rolls past Ling:: <Halls> ::echo with silence:: <Smell> ::of Mama Bates Donuts:: ::wafts from the breakroom::))
<LingXiao> ((::deadboth::))
<LingXiao> Sorry to return again without advanced notice, but I was hoping to speak with one of your agents again… You see I would really like to actually see the crime scene for myself, mainly concerning with the cyberdemon’s first sighting to when it left… if that wouldn’t be too much trouble or against the Bureau’s regulations?
<Josie>::is out for the day. XD::
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<SySK> ((Ooooookay… That was weird. Paintshop Pro somehow locked up the whole shebang!))
<LingXiao> ((O_o; WB))
<SySK> ((::glares at untouchable @’d clone::))
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<LingXiao> Sorry to return again without advanced notice, but I was hoping to speak with one of your agents again… You see I would really like to actually see the crime scene for myself, mainly concerning with the cyberdemon’s first sighting to when it left… if that wouldn’t be too much trouble or against the Bureau’s regulations?
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((wow, you glared it offline. XD ))
<SySK> ((Ahahahaa! Fear my glare! ::hugs back:: ))
<LingXiao> ((::dead!::))
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<SypherSK> No. I can take back to the cellblock now if you’d like. ::contacts Prot:: <I’m bringing that Detective on the CyberKat case back there. Please try not to make a scene.>
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> ::sings her version of the blues loudly:: I got those lockedupbystupidbiologicalinferiors bluuuuuues… ))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Prot> ::manages to tie her sheets into a noose. ‘hangs’ herself cunningly so she doesn’t actually choke:: <Ling> …. <Sy> … eh, heh heh.. >_< ;;; ))
<Protocol> <… Like I WANT them to catch me?> ::makes sure to turn over with her back facing the cell bars, head over her head XD::
<LingXiao> ((::diiiesboth::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Sypher> Another insane comedian… Eh heh… Ana, stop faking. <Prot> ::makes gagging noises, lets self drool:: <Sypher> ::siiiighs heavily::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diess::))
<SypherSK> ::leads Ling that way::
<LingXiao> ((::DIES:: <Sherry and Leo> YEAAAAAH! Ding dong the witch is dead! <Ling> O.O! <Sy> GUYS! <Sherry ‘n Leo> I mean uh…. that’s so… so saaaaad… ))
<SypherSK> ((::SOOOOODEAD!::))
<LingXiao> Thanks a lot, Lt. ::follows him. likes him a bit better than Jason XD but figures all heads of law enforcement agencies must be grumpy by law or something XD::
<Protocol>::and that’s PILLOW over her head oy::
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Prot-chara> Oh good, ’cause for a minute there I was very frightened.))
<SypherSK> ::gets there and opens the door::
<LingXiao> ::looks around as they go peeking in any open doors (well save for bathrooms or something XD)::
<LingXiao> ((::dies::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Prot> I grew a second, good head! Now, what’ll I do with it controlling my left hand and leg and leading them down the path of goodness!))
<LingXiao> ::goes with him:: So this is where all your agents said they first saw the cyberdemon?
<LingXiao> ((::DEAD!::))
<Protocol>::lifts the pillow a bit so she can hear ‘em. otherwise pretends to be asleep::
<SypherSK> Yes. Agent Ryaan said she and Lamb remained at the doorway. ::looks about, gestures to the half-repaired, half-plywood covered wall:: And, you can see where one of the jailbreakers got out…
<LingXiao> ::blinks, goes to look at the half repaired walls:: Kats alive… they really DID go straight through the wall…
<LingXiao> ::turns:: You sure the jail breakers themselves weren’t cyberdemons?
<SypherSK> I wouldn’t think so. The CyberDemon managed to come in and out without leaving entry or exit holes and fired some sort of energy/electrical bursts. They were armed with knives… ::gestures to wall:: … and brute strength.
<LingXiao> ::nods:: I see… ::sighs:: Were there any witnesses in the cells here or where they the only prisoners at the time? ::since Htragcm had left, only Jigsaw ‘n Mazor were in there::
<SypherSK> ::shakes his head:: They were the only ones.
<LingXiao> ::nods:: Alright then… so lets see… ::glances at Prot but only a moment. goes to the door again:: So Lamb and Ryaan were here… and Lyons was further down the hall… here?
<LingXiao> ::goes to stand at a place::
<LingXiao> ::looking around to see where the outlets are… are there any in the hall?::
<SypherSK> ::thinks, goes to the cell by the hole in the wall:: The prisoners were here. As she’d been talking to them, I’d imagine she was in that general area. ::uhm… maybe a couple in the wall between cells, got me what for::
<LingXiao> ::nods:: I see. ::making notes scribbling a sort of map of this area::
<LingXiao> By the way… I’m trying to find out more about those two as well… though I haven’t pulled any names in the Enforcer database. ::meaning Jigsaw ‘n Mazor::
<LingXiao> ::well and Maws ‘n Xander too, based on descriptions of ‘em::
<SypherSK> If you happen to find anything, would you mind letting me know? We’ve been trying to fathom what that entire business was about. ::still needs to talk to Prot about that, but figures any other info would help::
<Protocol> <Psh… you should have asked them, Sypher. Again the MBI fails to do its job.> ::feels she could do much better XD would be willing to tell him later::
<SypherSK> ::ignores her::
<LingXiao> ::nods:: Sure thing, anything to help in their capture. IF they’re after cyberdemons themselves, that is another monkeywrench in the works we really don’t need. ::sighs. turns and goes to the hall::
<SypherSK> ::nods and follows her::
<LingXiao> So let’s see… one of the two men who came to break out the other guys ran through this hall according to reports… where the cyberdemon was heading after according to scanner reports… ::talking aloud as she goes. stops at a place:: Then when the team arrived its signal vanished… and said suspect escaped…
<SypherSK> ::blinks:: You could tell where it was at all times? ::as tho’ this is a surprise, of course, shouldn’t know where it went once the Megs couldn’t see it anymore::
<LingXiao> ::looks up from her notes:: Yes, well not at all times, as it managed to disappear so quickly… The scanners detect certain amounts of electrical energy, as from what I’m told we’re basing our tracking systems on that technocriminal Hard Drive’s “surge suit” technology. ::shrugs and leans against the wall:: I myself don’t really know how they came to that conclusion that their energy IS electrical… sure they seemed to use electric blasts but I want to know what are they made of, are they the result of some lab accident or something else.
<SypherSK> Hmm… Well, if it’s any help, someone thought the jailbreaker who was stunned looked “singed” after it blasted them.
<Roxie_Ryaan> ::headphones on. singin’ to herself in her ‘lab’. She’s got it. Yeah, baby, she’s got it! I’m your Venus (etc)::
<LingXiao> ::blinks. ears flick hearing someone singing…::
<SypherSK> ::blinks::
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( XD <Roxie> ::kareoke style! pose! sing into blowtorch:: OW!!! >_<!! ))
<LingXiao> ((::DEAD!!::))
<SypherSK> ((<Ling> It’s nice you have such a cheery work environment. ::peeks in there, finds Rox amid McG’s disaster of an office, surrounded by exploded machines and things that look like tactical warheads, singing into a blowtorch:: o.O!)
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD Rox!::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((( ::Diiiieees::))
<LingXiao> ::nods:: Right, which is what the two kats at that so called trial of Dark Kat’s were like as well from that Protocol’s attack… and… is someone injured or…? ::XD don’t beat Ling, her mun’s not sure how good/bad a singer Roxiechar is XD::
<Roxie_Ryaan> ::roxie-chara is pretty good. not good enough to become a star, but shouldn’t offend anyone but a purist XD::
<LingXiao> ::ah well then:: No wait… nevermind… someone just enjoys their work and… sings. ::chuckles::
<LingXiao> ::continues down the hall near the singing heading out:: I might be over investigating things, but my assignment or rather mission, is to not just seek out cyberdemons, but to find out if they are indeed sentinent. If they are then what is to be done with them once they’re captured needs to be considered more.
<SypherSK> Do you have any ideas how many you’re talking about?
<LingXiao> How many what? Cyberdemons there are?
<SypherSK> ::nods::
<LingXiao> Well… it’s estimated from at least… ::reads reports:: four to a hundred… but as far as an actual number, we’re not really sure.
<LingXiao> We know there are at least a handful different ones though.
<LingXiao> Did you have a guess as to the actual numbers Lt.?
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((wow. I’m tired. ::read, “we’ve exterminated at least…. four to a hundred…” <me> OMG how much rpg stuff have I *missed*?? ))
<SypherSK> ::shakes his head, ponders what he could say to further help the C-Kat cause:: Obviously, there were two at the trial.
<LingXiao> ((::DIIES::))
<SypherSK> ((::DIESDEAD!:: <Sy> ::horrified:: And, how much have *I* missed?!))
<LingXiao> ((<Prot>::engraged! gnawing at the metal bars madly before she’s the next one to go::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::dyiiing::))
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> Didn’t you pick up on my rage?! ::to Sy:: <Sy> Yes, but since that’s your usual emotion, I’ve learned to ignore it.))
<LingXiao> Right. And there were two sighted a few nights ago… well one at first until another joined it and both left… not sure if it was the same two or not… then the one that was here. And I assume since the one that was here was “helping” as your agents reported, then it has to be a different one from the two at the trial.
<LingXiao> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> ::nods, thoughtful:: So, maybe three to five confirmed….
<SypherSK> ::his mun wonders where Static’s been::
<LingXiao> Right. I’m definitely sure there were three. But HQ is treating each sighting a different cyberdemon. so they guess up to five.
<SypherSK> ((<Static> ::is taking another of her infamous naps in Jessie’s apartment, hasn’t moved in three weeks, except when Jessie lifted her to vacuum the couch cushion::))
<LingXiao> ((<Static>::hiding in Jessie’s TV::))
<LingXiao> ((::DIES!!::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( :: XD ))
<SypherSK> Are you sure that’s an accurate way to count?
<LingXiao> ::shakes head:: Probably not, but its hard with a case like this. I haven’t even seen one in person, so its hard to judge… though files say they appear like regular kats, save for when scanned.
<LingXiao> The Mayor is under the impression that there could be thousands of them… but really… that’s a bit overboard to have so many and just now getting about three sightings.
<SypherSK> ::nods:: I would think there’d have been more reports if there were so many… ::is mentally pondering how many there are, isn’t sure how many demons DK has anymore, doesn’t think it’s many::
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Ling> I’ve never seen one myself – <Sy> ::SNort! recovers quickly. composed expression:: <Ling> …excuse me? <Sy> Sinus condition. Continue? <Ling> So, anyway, we assume they always look like one of those lightning globes in kat-form- <Sy> ::SNORTcough:: … n_n <Ling> … ))
<LingXiao> <Protocol>::probably would know… though her mun isn’t sure either XD::
<LingXiao> ((::DIIES::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<LingXiao> The thing is… what is their purpose? I mean, the one on the tape of the trial before it cut off was disgruntled about the justice system apparently… but was she and the one with her sent there by someone else or on their own accord? ::sighs:: I could solve this one better if I at least had some sort of MO.
<SypherSK> ((I dunno… Mebbe there’s fifty to a hundred of them total if Freq leads about twenty and DK has the rest.))
<LingXiao> ((LOL I was thinking probably 50… DK wouldn’t want too many as any number of ‘em could cause trouble XD but you guys made ‘em so up to you XD))
<SypherSK> ::looks thoughtful, trying to think of anything else he could say::
<SypherSK> ((50′s prolly best since part of them got wiped out early on and DK’s not very happy with them anymore.))
<LingXiao> Well, I better get going… not sure if this information will help any, but I’m taking every scrap of information I can find to help on this one. ::smiles:: Thanks for being of great help to me, Lt. Greypaw.
<LingXiao> ((::Nods::))
<LingXiao> ::what song is Roxie singing now? XD::
<SypherSK> It was no trouble. We’re curious to see what comes of this ourselves.
<Roxie_Ryaan> ::oh, goodness. Probably “walk like an egyptian” mun is on an 80′s kick XD::
<SypherSK> ((<Roxie> ::burned her finger, isn’t really singing at all:: <Ling> Goodness, that one has rather attrocious lyrics, doesn’t it?))
<LingXiao> ::Nods heads to the door:: And I’ll let you know if we get anything on those goons who were after the cyberdemons as well.
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( ::Diies::))
<LingXiao> ((::DIIIES::))
<SypherSK> Thank you.
<LingXiao> Good day, Lt. ::exits and goes to her car to head off back to HQ::
<SypherSK> Good day, Detective. ::heads back in, ponders::
<Protocol>::is available for talking if Symun and Roxmun are still awake XD. don’t sing for Prot though::
<SypherSK> ::goes to see Prot, might as well get it over with::
<Roxie_Ryaan> ::wouldn’t bless you with my song anyway, goober-program. XD but mun is awake::
<Protocol> ::hrmph! XD::
<Protocol> ::sits up. smooths hair down:: She leave then?
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> ::serenades Prot, hoping to get her inna good mood:: <Prot> ::in a reasonable mood, tolerates it, so long as he dyes his fur black and she can pretend he’s Driver::))
<Protocol> ((::DIIES!::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diiiiees:: ))
<SypherSK> Yeah. ::shakes his head:: She’s not going to come up with much. Nothing new anyway. Unless Dark Kat sets loose his demons. To my knowledge, all the others have left the city.
<Protocol> Save for four… well more like two.
<Protocol> ::doesn’t know about Static’s habits. assumes she left too::
<Protocol> ::in fact Prot doesn’t know about Shrap I don’t think… just knows about Trix, Sy, ‘n LB.::
<SypherSK> I actually don’t know where Static is. I think she’s found some way to hide to sneak up on Matrix.
<Protocol> ::shakes her head:: That one has major malfunctions…
<SypherSK> ::doesn’t mention Shrap, assumes his shape-shifting tactics are keeping him safe… from the Enforcers and any new duties from Jase::
<Protocol> You just better not report me to the Enforcers.
<Protocol> ::has been a good prisoner XD::
<SypherSK> She’s definitely… different. Anyways, I’d been meaning to ask you. What did those goons who kidnapped you want? And, I won’t. It’s not like they’d believe me since you won’t scan anyways.
<Protocol> ::smirks:: You don’t know do you? I wasn’t sure if that lack of knowledge was an act or not… ::stands now. leans against the wall next to the bars::
<SypherSK> No. None of the agents caught it all.
<Protocol> The main one who is their leader called himself Dr. Nowun. An odd tom indeed. Brite tech as you all may know is an energy corporation. Seems this fellow wants to get rid of competing companies such as oil and other fuels so that his electric company can take over the energy business.
<SypherSK> ::arches a brow:: He thought he could harness Cyberkat energy?
<SypherSK> ::which would be a bad idea since C-Kats just store it, not make it::
<Protocol> ::Nods:: Precisely. But its worse than that. ::leans off the wall, looks serious now:: How does one get rid of competition for good? By destroying it completely. Nowun captured me hoping to find out how it is we cyberbeings are made, in order to create his own personal cyberdemon army to help him get rid of any competitors.
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( <idea> ::flicker:: Maybe LB does. <Mun> ::SQUASH idea;: no. <idea> x_x just trying to help…. ))
<SypherSK> ((::snorks!:: <Roxmun> ::is learning things from Mattmun::))
<Protocol> ((LOL she might, since Matrix ‘n Sy programmed her who knows))
<Protocol> ((::dead!::))
<SypherSK> ((<Matrix> Yeah, well, I programmed her to have NO feelings for me whatsoever and look how well that worked. Tho’ at least she doesn’t consider me an eligible guy to drag down the aisle.))
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( ::will put it into the box of “discarted ideas that aren’t so bad that they need to be burned and melted down, but aren’t so good as to go into the ‘maybe’ box either”:: XD ))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diies:: ))
<SypherSK> Joy… Did he learn enough from you to try it?
<Protocol> THEN he planned on using them to help with his energy needs further… how I’m not quite sure, we never got to that part. One thing he did mention to me as a desire of his, is a transferrence of sorts… I think he wanted to make himself a cyberdemon as well, to stay… immortal as it were, to I guess rule this corporation forever.
<Protocol> ::shakes her head:: No. I don’t have the programming like Matrix does, and he didn’t get the chance to examine me either.
<SypherSK> ::sighs in relief:: I hope you didn’t tell him it was even possible for him to become a CyberKat…
<Protocol> … I didn’t realize it was… ::tilts head at him slightly:: permenantly.
<SypherSK> It can only be undone the same as what was done to us, actually.
<Protocol> How do you mean…?
<SypherSK> Once a kat is a CyberKat, they are a CyberKat. But, they can be made normal again through the same process that made you and me normal.
<Protocol> ::grabs ahold of the bars:: You mean you’ve seen this before?
<SypherSK> Which, coupled with the danger for the programming to run down and our natural weaknesses, is probably why Dark Kat never made himself a CyberKat. ::blinks, looks at her::
<SypherSK> What this?
<Protocol> You’ve seen a biological become a cyberkat.
<SypherSK> Yes. I made my father one for a time. But, he was accustomed to bonding with me and let me do as I please. He didn’t even realize it for a while.
<Protocol> ::narrows her eyes a bit:: And is he, this “father” of yours, still a cyberkat or is he a biological again?
<SypherSK> He’s a biological now. Just as well too.
<Protocol> ::hrmphs:: Myes… ::sighs:: I assume then Matrix has done the same with the biological he thinks of as his father as well?
<SypherSK> No. Matrix’ father absorbed one of the demons in one of Dark Kat’s early experiments… before he realized how much trouble allowing us to bond with kats was causing him.
<Protocol> ::leans back from the bars:: Well good, because Nowun’s mainly after him now. ::says not looking at him as she sits on the cot in there::
<SypherSK> Matrix? You told him that?!
<Protocol> I had to. ::then looks up at him:: I had to tell him something satisfactory to get myself and Driver out of there.
<Protocol> And I didn’t want to be proven wrong for him nabbing the wrong cyberkat, then we’d all be experimented and disected.
<SypherSK> ::sighs:: That information needs to be stored somewhere else. Or deleted. ::though, is slightly hesitant to do that since he nearly died, it might prove helpful if someone else developed the same problem::
<Protocol> Don’t delete it!
<SypherSK> ::blinks:: Why not?
<Protocol> ::stands:: Because! YOU might want to remain a biological but *I* don’t! Plus that has all the information on our innerworkings! It might even have something on that virus of Driver’s if Frequency can’t get rid of it.
<Protocol> It would be like deleting every known medical file or something to a kat.
<SypherSK> We have the same program we used on you to undo this. ::sighs:: But, you’re right about it being like a medical file. We’re programmed not to be able to quite understand it, but so long as we have it, we can copy it’s codes.
<Protocol> Then COPY the codes, put them on a hard drive or something. Heck, put them in that little brat your agent made if you must, but don’t delete them.
<SypherSK> ::glowers:: Little Byte is the same as us, by and large.
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( ::dying:: <LB> O.O She called me a brat! <Mun> ::petpet:: <Roxie> XD Oh good, I was hoping not to have inadverdantly unleashed a monster of Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice dimensions. I’d never live it down. ))
<Protocol> I doubt she’s entirely the same as we are. Give the little cyberdarling a real function then as a storage unit.
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Protocol> ((::dead!::))
<SypherSK> Matrix and I helped with her program too. She’s as sentient as us, not a spare hard drive that happens to talk.
<Protocol> ::grins:: Well that explains her childish behavior.
<Protocol> She’s obviously got some malfunction if she wishes to remain a kitten most of the time.
<SypherSK> Driver did too until he met you.
<Protocol> Not surprising, being under Frequency. I helped him to grow up and act properly.
<SypherSK> ::snorts:: That’s… beyond debatable. Besides which, there’s nothing wrong with being a child. None of us have as much life experience as an adult kat.
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> Lookit you. You still haven’t realized that no one but maybe one in a billion, who is also very disturbed, is going to obey you when you yell at them to “DIE!”.))
<Protocol> ::won’t dare inform him of the time she turned into a kitten herself when with Driver that one time XD::
<Protocol> ((::DIES!::))
<Protocol> But honestly, a kitten? It’s like… reverting into something… I don’t know… going backwards….
<Protocol> vulnerable…
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diies. obey XD:: ))
<SypherSK> ::shrugs:: It has its charms.
<SypherSK> ::isn’t about to tell Prot he likes his Daddy to hold him, doubts she’d comprehend that… tho’ she prolly likes being held by Driver, but that’s different::
<Protocol> Like whot? ::folds arms:: Getting the biologicals to take pity on you and do as you ask? ::which hey … that could have advantages… ^_^ <Driver did say I was cute then…> thinks to herself XD::
<SypherSK> No. But, it offers one of the choice of doing things I’m sure you have no interest in. Y’know, playing games and other frivolities I’m sure your busy take over the world schedule doesn’t allow for.
<Protocol> ((<Prot>::once gets her powers back, charms the MBI agents, and has them under her influence. stands on a table:: Gather your weapons for me! Get that uniform straight! Get me an icecream cone! <Jason> Maw… the cute lil’ dictator ordering us around… <Sherry> She’s so cute when she bellows out orders. ::pats her head:: <agents>::go about their buisness:: <Prot> >.<! ::stomps her foot::))
<SypherSK> ((::SOOOOOOOOOOOOODEAD!:: <Sherry> ::is secretly torn tho’, it’d be so easy to just drop kick her like a soccer ball in this state… but his nicer sensibilities say drop-kicking children is barbaric… but then, it’s really Protocol… fights war with self::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diiiees:: ::both:: XD ))
<Protocol> Games? Well I’m sorry but I don’t get the point of games. Its not like Dark Kat ever sat down to play chess or Monopoly.
<Protocol> ((::DIIES::))
<Protocol> ::probably never played a game in her short life XD::
<Protocol> ::except Zap the Biological XD::
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Sy> I don’t wanna know about that. <Prot> But, the best part is when their hair stands on end and sparks!))
<SypherSK> It’s relaxing.
<Protocol> ((::dies:: <Prot> I can play mind games too! @_@ <Sy>… ))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Sy> here… let me show you Thumb War! ::helpful and generous with his time:: <Prot> ::winds up injuring Sypher:: I win!! <Sy> ::clutches jammed finger:: >_< The point ISN’T TO BREAK FINGERS!!!! <PRot> You should have explained this beforehand, wot? ))
<Protocol> Relaxing? Sleeping is relaxing. How can you relax when yu’re trying to beat your opponent?
<Protocol> ((::DIIES::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEADDEAD!::))
<SypherSK> Because it’s not something where it matters if you win or lose. The goal is to enjoy what you’re doing. The outcome is inconsequential.
<Protocol> But… I like to win.
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> Oh, yeah… Then, why do the people on TV start beating the crud out of each other during sports competitions? <Sypher> Uhm… Those games are different.))
<Protocol> ((::DIES:: <Sy> Do I LOOK like a soccer hooligan? <Prot>::shrugs::))
<SypherSK> ::shrugs:: I just like playing. Tho’ I do enjoy challenging Matrix to see if he can outdo me sometimes.
<Protocol> Psh… I bet he cries when he loses.
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Prot> No, you look like the guy that tells them to stop and they then beat up.))
<SypherSK> Nah, just vows revenge.
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Matrix> ::somehow overhears. introduces Protocol to the sensations of “gross and icky and swishy” in her bed:: #_# ::puts that unidentifiable sludge he found in the basement in her bed::))
<Protocol> But you just said the point was to enjoy yourself… how is swearing revenge part of that…?
<Protocol> ((::DEAD EW::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::)
<SypherSK> ::cocks his head:: I guess it’s a different sort of revenge. He’ll certainly try not to lose next time, but if he does, it’s no great loss. Because there was nothing important at stake in the first place.
<Protocol> … then why play? ::is confused XD::
<SypherSK> ::shrugs:: Maybe just to do something where winning and losing doesn’t matter. We do so many things, especially lately, where losing means we die or face something else awful. It’s nice to do something where losing just means the others tease you a little.
<Protocol> … ::lowers her head and sits back down:: guess you’re lucky to be such a winner then as of late then, huh?
<SypherSK> I don’t think this situation rates as winning, just hanging on. I don’t mind it so much for myself, but I hate that all the others have had to go into hiding.
<Protocol> ::looks up at him:: Then maybe you’re just playing the game all wrong.
<SypherSK> I don’t see that your type of playing has gotten you much further.
<Protocol> No… I suppose not. ::sighs::
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> ::pause:: You’re right! I should have bought the railroad and put houses on Park Place! <Prot> ::stare::))
<Protocol> ((::DEAD!:: <Sy>::goes to find Matrix and drag him for a game of Monopoly to avenge himself!::))
<SypherSK> ((::SODEAD!::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::diiiees:: <Prot> ::flips into SD and flails and goes >_<!!!! :: ))
<Protocol> Its the only way I know how to play though.
<Protocol> ((::dies!::))
<SypherSK> ::sitting in a folding chair, rests his chin in his hands:: Maybe a CyberKat needs to talk to that detective… It’s her findings that could sway Feral and the Mayor. And, she seems more reasonable than both of them. Not prone to acting out of terror like the Mayor or so trained to be distrusting like Feral…
<Protocol> ((<Sy> And you guys have the same mun… <Prot> Stop with the Monopoly babble, even I know you can’t have the same game piece. pick the top hat and let him have the bloody car. ))
<SypherSK> ((::SOOOOOOODEAD!:: <Sy> I want the car!))
<Protocol> Whot are you suggesting…?
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((( ::DIIES:: car ))
<SypherSK> I might could re-integrate with my CyberKat half temporarily and talk with her. The trick is just convincing her we’re not programs, acting out someone else’s agenda.
<SypherSK> And, knowing how much should be said. The more kats that know about us, the more like your Dr. Nowun will crop up.
<Protocol> Is that wise? And what about that other guy who was with her the last time she was here? Isn’t he her partner?
<SypherSK> Yes, that’s the other problem.
<Protocol> I don’t know Sypher…
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Sphinx> ::sniff distainfully:: I’m a “that”? :P ))
<Protocol> ((::dead::))
<Protocol> You really think either of them would listen to you after they realized whot you are?
<SypherSK> I think I’d have a chance if I played it right. They want to know about our motives. They won’t learn that from an autopsy.
<Protocol> So… how would you go about it? Arrange a meeting with your powers restored with them and explain everything THEN tell them who you are?
<SypherSK> ::sighs:: That’s the main reason why I’m hesitating… It might help with the city officials… but anything the Enforcers know someone else will learn soon enough. Someone else who thinks we’re the key to immortality, an invincible army, or just nifty batteries.
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Kaeru> ::hopes mun spelt that right. is tired:: ::blinkblink!:: What, you mean you’re NOT nifty batteries? o.o ))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Kaeru> Why, I was already planning how I could package that little one up and send her to my Mom for a birthday present.))
<Protocol> ((::dead!:: <Kaeru> You are still gonna be my tech support? Right?))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::Dying XD:: ))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<Protocol> Its too dangerous. Their orders are to find and destroy us Sypher! Are you that trusting of them to put yourself at risk? And then whot… they’ll search the MBI, get rid of Matrix, Little Byte, and myself… then that will anger Frequency and his bunch might have the claws to finally come out and do something but for whot?
<SypherSK> That’s not their exact orders. They’re only to destroy if they find we’re dangerous machines. ::glowering, then slumps:: But, you’re right that I can’t endanger the others… Maybe if everyone lays low, it’ll blow over and the Enforcers will file the case away as another weird thing that happened in MegaKat.
<Roxie_Ryaan> (((<Frequency> … I’d do it for a box of donuts! <Protocol> >_<! That’s *not* the kind of “for whot” I *meant*! <Frequency> … You didn’t specify. ))
<Protocol> ((::DIES::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> ::then decides Roxie’s right, there’s something just plain wrong with those donuts, will stick to pie::))
<Protocol> Are those THINGS they’ve put out about the city look like the result of something that will “blow over” that easily, Sypher?
<Roxie_Ryaan> (( bwhahahaa. XD ))
<Protocol> ((::dead!!::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Roxie> ::wonders what would happen if she just-so-happened to ‘fix’ these machines so that they started giving off false readings… the project could be scrapped and the CK’s free to go about their normal routines!:: <Mun> ::mumble something about maybe cameras recording? vague memory of this:: <Roxie> ::MODAD *would*:: ))
<SypherSK> If their “things” get no reading for months. How long do you think they can waste manpower on hunting for something that people will start thinking doesn’t exist? Especially once Dr. Viper and the rest come out to terrorize the city again?
<Protocol> ((LOL!! ))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD:: <Roxmun> Can Roxie touch it? <MODAD> Only if you have a backup char. <Roxie> NO! No touchy! No touchy! <Roxmun> Uhm… okay.))
<Protocol> ((::DIIIIES::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((( ::Diiees:: ))
<SypherSK> ((<Roxmun> ::tosses Roxie over the fence around the array:: <Sky> ::begins to cloud immediately, lightning flashes:: <Roxie> Nooooooooo! ::climbs fence::))
<Protocol> Alright but what’s to say Dark Kat won’t have Mainframe or any of the others still with him out and about to set them off?
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((<Kirkland> I still haven’t been bioed! <Roxie> Don’t give my mun ideas!!! <MODAD> ::Mr. Burns evil smile, lean back and fingertap. his munnish ways will infect all the other muns:: ))
<Protocol> ((::DEADBOTH!::))
<SypherSK> ((LOL!))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::dddyiing. fence::))
<SypherSK> ::frowns:: Well, that’s yet to be seen. Though I think Mainframe would balk at anything that might get him killed… The others, however….
<Protocol> Disobeying Dark Kat will get him killed quicker.
<SypherSK> He knows how many of us have left that *aren’t* dead yet. We’ve made the possibility look plausible. I seem to recall that *you* used to use that to explain your staying on too.
<Protocol> It… wasn’t as good of an explination as I thought… ::remembering the confrontation on the Moon ‘n how DK knew of her betrayl long before she made that attempt on his life::
<SypherSK> I’m sure he knows Mainframe is hardly loyal either. It’s not as if he likes Dark Kat… or anyone else, for that matter.
<Protocol> Perhaps not, but he did seem to enjoy his work. ANd perhaps Dark Kat won’t be stupid enough to risk HIS cyberdemons to the Enforcers as well as risk exposing himself more…
<Protocol> but he’s unstable and hard to read…
<Roxie_Ryaan> (((<Sypher> Oh, MODAD plays him? <Protocol> Yes. <Sypher> I’m sorry to say this to you, Protocol… but we’re all doomed. <Prot> ::sob:: ))
<Protocol> ((::DEAD::))
<SypherSK> And, has little to lose. It’s nothing to him to be known for creating another menace. And, it’s nothing for him to lose his CyberDemons since he considers them failures…. or for someone else to recreate them. He knows things about us we don’t even know. He’d probably assume he could destroy any made by anyone else if need.
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Protocol> … including Little Byte?
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> You realize you went from disagreeing with me to agreeing with me…. <Sy> You had a point… and there’s the MODAD to consider.. and it is nearly dawn and my mun’s trains of thought keep derailing or plunging into ravines. Absolute mental carnage, I assure you.))
<Protocol> ((::diies::))
<SypherSK> ::frowns:: Hmmm…
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::dies:: Speaking of… I’ve been taking five minute naps at the computer and this desk is not nearly so soft as pilllws, so I go sleepy and harrass you awesome people tomorrow before I type worse than I already am. <g> ))
<Protocol> She did follow all your guidlines, right? That is the programming Matrix has?
<Protocol> ((::dies:: Okiee! ::needs to shut down as well here in a bit::))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::begs a log o f what she’ misses:: <g> ))
<Roxie_Ryaan> ((::glomma lofa you both:: SD <– that’s not what I meant to type! XD even. garrrgh.))
<SypherSK> In part. Little Byte also other programming.
<SypherSK> ((Mebbe find a stopping point somewhere?))
<SypherSK> ((<Protmun> Okay. <Prot> ::go to sleep:: <Sy> ::blinkie:: I never knew she was narcoleptic…))
<Protocol> ((yeah we find stopping point lol mebbe Sypher’ll get up ‘n go talk to Roxie and pause there. <Prot> sure leave me a lone again! ;_:))
<Protocol> ((::dies::))
<Protocol> Other programming… perhaps some that Dark Kat wouldn’t know of or manipulate?
<SypherSK> ::frowns, getting another thought, mebbe she’s not traceable either!:: Possibly. I should talk to Agent Ryaan. ::stands::
<Protocol> ::nods. mun thinks Prot is still non traceable… isn’t sure XD:: Alright then. Just don’t go running off to the Enforcers before letting me out.
<Protocol> ::so if she is or isn’t, could tell Rox how to get LB to be the same perhaps::
<SypherSK> Don’t worry. You’ve been scanned and passed. They’re not likely to think anything of you.
<Protocol> ::if LB isn’t already ahahahah::
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> Not that they should think much of you. I don’t. <Prot> Same to you!))
<Protocol> I hope not. But you never know. If they know we can be disabled like this then they’d do the same to the rest of us.
<Protocol> ((::DIES::))
<Protocol> ::flops down on the bed:: But you’d be happy with that outcome.
<SypherSK> Hmph. ::quietly:: Not so much so as you think. ::leaves::