KingJ.exe Wrote:Tarker breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried about Thane, and was afraid he had gotten hurt. With Spark carrying him the way she was, that just might have been the case. Tarker ditched Zec with his sword and started over toward Thane, in order to help Spark get him where she was taking him. "Are you okay?" He asked. "We've been trying to contact you for hundreds of microcycles!"

Spark held up one hand to stop Tarker's approach. "Stay back!" she warned. "He's been infected with a virus. You can't touch him until I get his code cleared." Spark helped Thane over to one of the couches, shooing Ayer off it. She gently pushed Thane down onto the couch and pulled his disk from his back. Sitting down next to Thane, Spark expertly flipped open the green program's disk and began to sift through the code. Thane's code was a familiar sight, as Spark had worked with it before, but there were glaring alterations that were obviously unkindly done.

Spark muttered a couple of curses as she tried and failed to pull the viral snarl out of Thane's code. She sighed and looked up the green program. "This is going to take a while, I'm afraid." she said. "They've managed to tie in into a couple of your core functions and it will take me a while to untangle it."

LWSrocks2 Wrote:Thane sighed. "Do whatever you can," he said. "Hey Zec, if you could get me a glass of energy that would be fantastic." His voice displayed a sarcastic bit of mock cheer. He layed his head back on the couch and shut his eyes. "Damn. I'm starting to wonder if it wouldn't be better to just go on with our normal loves and forget about Derrick and his attention whore shenanigans. If what he says is true, he's planning a massive DDoS. Obviously, he has the resources to do such a thing. Unless its a diversion again, in which case.... Ah, shit. I'm getting to worked up over this."

Spark looked up from the disk for a moment and gave Thane a gentle smile. Gentler than the looks she usually gave the green program. Normally she would have probably snapped at him, that was what she did when he got into a mood. But not this time. This time his troubles struck a bit too close to home for her. "Don't beat yourself up over it," she advised gently, placing a hand on Thane's shoulder. "You've got every reason to be upset."

The look Spark gave Thane was not pity, but empathy. She did understand what is was like to lose all control and feel lost. Not that she'd say anything, but still. "We'll work it out. I know it's hard, especially without help from our Users, but we can do it." Spark had lived and fought without User-help for over a thousand cycles, and she would have no problem doing it again.

Tarker pondered this new development. "As long as we free the enslaved programs later, I see no problem with using them to halt this DDoS. Hey Spark, do you still have that piece of derelict code Derrick disgusted as a detonator?" Here he put on his helmet and tapped the multiple circles over his left eye. "This little subroutine is supposed to be great at tracing the origin of things, among other things its supposed to do. I'm itching to give it a test run."where to buy abortion pill http://blog.bitimpulse.com/template/default.aspx?abortion-types buy abortion pill online

LWSrocks2 Wrote:Thane sighed. "Do whatever you can," he said. "Hey Zec, if you could get me a glass of energy that would be fantastic." His voice displayed a sarcastic bit of mock cheer.

"Of course! I will be right with you." Zec said, as he excused another program he was talking to and made his way over to the energy tap.

(OOC: I deeply apologize for not posting sooner. Just lots of RL stuff around Christmas/New Years. Glad to see LWSrocks2 back, this should keep the place going faster. Okay, so should I still expand on the sword part? I have got an idea on how the interface for fixing it should look. Or are we heading elsewhere with the story?)

Thane was struggling to talk as Spark manipulated his code. "Well..." Thane cringed. "I don't know if there's anything the 5 of us can do to stop a large scale attack... we're obviously going to need more people. I mean... OW!" Thane screamed in pain. "Let me... *sigh* let me get this clear. What's our first step? Are we trying to unzombify the programs, or are we trying to infiltrate Derrick's little group of terrorists? Both? I don't know what we're doing here," he said, straining to ignore Spark's code manipulation.

Then, he addressed Spark's response: "And sorry, I forgot you were the all-powerful wonder woman of super abilities." He addressed the rest of the group. "Let me just correct myself, guys, she's not only good with the stealth but she can also leap over buildings in a single bound."

ShadowSpark Wrote: trekking95 Wrote:(OOC: I deeply apologize for not posting sooner. Just lots of RL stuff around Christmas/New Years. Glad to see LWSrocks2 back, this should keep the place going faster. Okay, so should I still expand on the sword part? I have got an idea on how the interface for fixing it should look. Or are we heading elsewhere with the story?) {OOC: Yeah, you should expand on that. I have a few ideas on where to take the story, but it will take some time. For now, concentrate on getting everyone armed and ready to fight. That reminds me - is Zec going to pick up a disk and join the fight directly, or is he more of a behind-the-scenes type?}

(OOC: Well it seems a few of the family caught a cold (bad one at that) and I caught it too, so yeah. Okay, so I'm working on a post to to expand on that (and the other stuff Zec has been asked, etc.) so that should be up later today. I would think a bit of both for what Zec does. He works behind the scenes to make sure things work out, but when needed he isn't afraid to jump into a fight. (cane gun blazing! )

And did you want me to come up with the "distraction" or did you have an idea of your own?)

ShadowSpark Wrote: trekking95 Wrote:(OOC: Well it seems a few of the family caught a cold (bad one at that) and I caught it too, so yeah. Okay, so I'm working on a post to to expand on that (and the other stuff Zec has been asked, etc.) so that should be up later today. I would think a bit of both for what Zec does. He works behind the scenes to make sure things work out, but when needed he isn't afraid to jump into a fight. (cane gun blazing! ) And did you want me to come up with the "distraction" or did you have an idea of your own?) {OOC: I have a few ideas for a the distraction, but all suggestions are welcome. Have Zec call in his friends - some random programs or something - and Spark can explain just what she needs and they can hash things out then. Whether Zec wants to actively participate in things or just hang out at the club and help coordinate things is up to you.}

(OOC: What were your distraction ideas? And I can call some programs in, maybe we can get some new members to eventually RP as some of them. And Zec could do both participating and hanging out, it depends on if his User feels up to it.... )order abortion pill morning after pill price where to buy abortion pill

trekking95 Wrote:(OOC: What were your distraction ideas? And I can call some programs in, maybe we can get some new members to eventually RP as some of them. And Zec could do both participating and hanging out, it depends on if his User feels up to it.... )

{OOC: I was thinking something that would clog up the streets and make normal transport impossible. Maybe an impromptu lightcycle race through the city? Oh, and in case anyone was wondering what a Navi-bit is, click here.}

LWSrocks2 Wrote:Thane winced as Spark messed around with his code. "Ahem... Spark, you're forgetting something important. We have no idea where Derrick's actual hideout *is*. I've been there, obviously, but I don't recall how to get there or what it looks like. Finding it will be a pain in the ass, not to mention infiltrating the damn thing; who KNOWS how much firepower Derrick has behind him." Thane paused for a moment to think. "Let's be honest. If he's orchestrating attacks on such huge sites with such powerful servers, he either has an extremely strong botnet or he has alot of collaborators with their own formidable armies; maybe a combination of both. Depending on what he has behind him, you could be dealing with quite a bit of security in this "hideout". There could also be a total lack of security and we could just bust everything up...." Thane took a moment to think about a plan. "I say we wait. We'll let Derrick make the next move. Keep an eye on the skyline, follow torrent sites and tech news aggregators, blogs, et cetera.... wait for the next attack. If what they say is true, and they're gonna be taking out all major piracy sites and networks, they're obviously not going to be doing it all at one time. They'll take 'em down one by one. If we just keep an eye out and wait for the next attack, we can follow Derrick and his forces from there, maybe hold him back, and prevent future attacks."

Spark sent Thane a flat look as if to say: Do you really think I would forget something that obvious? She pulled the last of the corrupted code out of Thane's disk and opened a quarantine sphere, shoving the viral leach inside and slamming it shut. With a last brush and check to smooth out the code, Spark closed Thane's disk. She levered the hacker around and replaced the disk on his back, checking to make sure it synchronized properly. She pulled off the quarantine patch and put it back in her pocket.

"There, you should be okay now. As for where Derrick's hideout is, this-" she held up the quarantine sphere with its grisly contents, "-can't be made just anywhere. To make this kind of viral-patch, you'd need materials and equipment that can't be carried around. I'll make you a Navi-bit to follow to where this was made. Even if that isn't their hideout, it will be an important spot to them. If we can destroy that, we'll cripple their ability to subvert programs. Besides, you're not going in guns blazing - in fact, you're not going in at all. You're just planting a beacon, remember? When the signal tower goes down, we'll meet you there and plan our next move."

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trekking95 Wrote:(OOC: OK, sounds cool. So should these programs Zec calls in have names? I'm not great with program type names, mine would have RL people names. Is there a way to make the names sound Tron-ish?)

{OOC: PM me with a list of names and I'll see what I can do.}

trekking95 Wrote:(OOC: I don't really have any "starter" names for them yet but I will see what I can do. Was there a specific number of programs needed?)

{OOC: Maybe 5 or 6? I don't know. I'm kind of making this up as I go along. How many do you think would be good for a fairly exciting race through the city?}