《Hacking Reality (A teenage Mad Scientist's story.)》Turn 18
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--- Maya ---
Sneaking off for the day was easy enough, especially since Izzy had decided after one look that Maya was not going to be training with her that day.
And with the way she was feeling, she wasn’t willing to put up a fight about it.
“Once I get this stuff set up I seriously need to consider building some kind of armor.” She told herself, feeling the aches and pains of the various bruises and light burns across her body.
(If this is what Decker was capable of ‘playing’ with us, I don’t think we should pick a proper fight with him just yet.) Her inner logic warned.
“Yeah, I wasn’t planning on it.” She agreed, as she continued cleaning up the first room she’d decided to convert into her own at the hospital.
The place may’ve been creepy as hell, but hopefully it would keep people from looking too closely for her base. Admittedly there was a chance of her scaring off potential allies for the same reason, but she was hoping she’d have cleaned the place up enough to undo that effect by the time she actually started making allies with the other heroes of the city.
She pointedly ignored the fact that the room she’d decided to use was her third choice, and the first one without any dark patterns on the wall and floors.
(It’s also the dustiest.) Her inner child whined as she was forced to sneeze.
“Maybe, but since we’re going to be here awhile we need to get this place as close to useable as we can.” She reminded herself, sweeping another pile of dust and trash to the side before picking up a rag from a bucket filled with dark water. “Ugh, need to throw this out again.”
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She’d lucked out in the fact that after a decade the hospital still had some water in the pipes after the last decade, even if it was too stagnant to actually drink, it was still good enough to help her clean the place. Though this of course meant she had to carry the bucket back and forth from the windows to the bathroom and her chosen base, which happened to be a distance from both.
“This would be so much easier if we could just gather the water in the air or some shit.” She cursed hauling another bucket around.
(That sounds a few steps out of our current level right now…)
“Maybe once we crack the cold we could figure out how to use the heat and that to condense water from the air somewhere and then run it to our lab.” She thought out, whispers already hinting at how to jump that gap.
(That sounds plausible.) Her inner reason admitted as she got back to cleaning up her new lab.
(Ugh, how much longer are we going to do this?!) Her inner passion groaned in boredom.
“Until we have a workable space.” She told herself, “And once we do we can get started on our first couple of base expansions.”
She’d managed to scrounge together enough supplies across the hospital from abandoned machines and computers that she’d be able to make the absolute essentials of her base, as well as a few other bits and bobbles that would probably make her life easier, all things considered.
“Fuck.” She cursed as one of her bruises flared up when she wiped the counter at a bad angle. “Argh… I should’ve known my first fight would end with me getting my ass kicked. I mean I can’t even beat Izzy in a straight fight.”
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(Well, at least we kicked Decker’s ass!) Her inner battle nut cheered.
(While he was taking it easy on us.) Her inner logic saw fit to remind.
“Yeah, if we want to arrest him next time we’re going to need a lot better equipment to do it.” She agreed.
(We should also look up how Masks actually go about arresting people.) Her inner reason pointed out.
“Yeah…” She tried very hard not to think about just how embarrassing it was to be so thoroughly picked apart after the fight, the way he made it clear in no uncertain terms that she couldn’t actually touch him legally speaking.
(We should’ve kneed him in the face while he was bent over.) Her inner child growled.
(He might’ve slapped us with assault if we did that.)
(But we’re the heroes!)
(And he’s apparently a very good lawyer.)
(Gah! Fuck lawyers!)
“Come on, that’s enough of that you two.” She told the voices in her head as they continued to bicker, giving her the beginnings of a headache. “We’ve got enough space cleared out now that we can probably manage a bit of simple tinkering, so long as we don’t take it too far. So, let’s figure out what we need most importantly, and get to work on that, okay?”
(Fine.) Her inner passion agreed. (But only because we’re going to build something kickass.)
(Hmm… What are you thinking we need right now?) Her inner logic wondered.
“Well, there are few things we could do with. A memory storage for any programs we don’t need direct access to. We need to hobble together a power supply, though if we spend a few more of those parts we found we could probably turn it into something better functioning. And then there’s setting up training equipment and defenses too…” She listed off before sighing. “There’s a lot to do, and we need to figure out where to start.”
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Below you can find blurbs for each arc in Anaracho. Fracture Rating (Anarcho, #1) Theeeey’ve done it again! Max and Staxx have just hit the Tower Plaaaza just minutes ago, breaking CEO Tanaka Koji’s safe and baling with what’s estimated to be at least two point three biiiiillion in cash—not to mention the prrrriceless personal relics worth at least a second veritable fortune on the blaaack maarkeeet! Hooowwww do we know it was theeem? They left us clues! “Take it to the max” and “Staxx of cash” left behind, written atop a priceless Remvira painting in lipstiiiick from Koji’s bathroooom no doubt! “I don’t know…” Tanaka says as he scratches his head in evident disbelief while he nurses a broken lip. “One moment I was looking over the quarterly reports and then next thing I know I’m—I’m face down—eating tile and forced by two men at knife and gunpoint to open my safe!” It’s quiiiite a shocker for us over here, too! In case you don’t know, Tanaka Koji is the billionair heir and infamous playboy of the Tanaka Dynastyyy. They say his family’s worth at least four-hundred biiiillioooon and theyyy donnn’t skimp on SEEEECUUURITYYY! Soooo….. what does daad think about allll this? “I want them stopped!” Tanaka senior comments as he shakes a fist. “I am putting up a five-hundred million dollar reward for anyone who supplies information leading to the capture or death of those two thugs!” Weeell, there you have it, folks! Straight from the uuunicorn’s mouth! Again! that’s a whopping five-hundred million dollar reward for any tips that lead to the capture or death of those pesky thieves, Maaax and Staaaaxx! Any tips of information can be sent via public or in-home holo net devices by going to the page displayed—and don’t forget to— Staxx shut off the holo screen. “May called. She wants us to do another job. Tonight.” “You know we can’t. We got another one of our high and mighty overlords to visit at his luxury penthouse.” “That’s what I told her, too.” “Then stop yapping and let’s kick some ass!” “You know, Max, for such a small guy, you’re really intense. Don’t you wanna have some fun?” “Oh… we’re gonna have some fun, Staxx. We’re gonna have some fun...” * * * Hussy (Anarcho, #2) Max and Staxx board the ultrafine space cruiser Chylaxium in an effort to kidnap Kelly Hess, the daughter of the rich—but not a douche—Hess, who wants his daughter returned to him after she ran off with Laiwyn Scorr, a known smuggler and murderer whose evidently using her for her magical abilities to get to her father. Unfortunately it remains to be seen whether the little hussy will come easily. “Max, are you sure about this one?” “You know it’s a favor to May, after what she had to pull to get us outta that Yates thing.” “I know, but… just because you like her doesn’t mean we have to say ‘yes.’” “Come on, Staxx, it’ll be fun.” “Do we get to shoot stuff?” “Definitely!” “What happened to us robbing banks on the six o’clock news?” “Don’t worry—we’ll get to that after we do this thing real quick.” “All right, I’m down.” “Sweet.” * The Landfill Lich (Anarcho, #3) With independent, though highly discredited, news sources siting a dangerous creature killing people on the edges of Life City, Max and Staxx—in their boredom, decide to take up the investigation. They quickly discover that they may be in way over their heads, and that the source of this “terrible monster” or whatever, is in fact due to the carelessness of a mega corp—of course—and headed by—you guessed it—the mages. “Man, I’m so bored! Sure this thing’s even real?” “The bodies are real.” “If the overlords are responsible for whatever’s goin’ on, then somebody’s getting tossed out another window.” “That’s what you always say.” “’Cause it’s the truth, Staxx” “Well let’s check it out and see what we find.” “Takin’ guns.” “Hells yes, Max.” * Rescue Operation (Anarcho, #4) After taking out a Strogaus science mage and the monster he had created, Max and Staxx attempt to contact May—their ally and handler. But for the first time ever, a different person answers their call, indicating an irregularity that bodes ill for not only May, but for them all. “Damn! 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