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[hacker_twins]

(Continued from here after Release 88 made the first post unusable)

The only thing that grates on Techno worse than when people notice how obviously he resembles Forte, is when it dawns on them he resembles both Forte and Mega. He isn't really sure how to feel about the person responsible being dead, as now he'll never get to have that nice loud 'what the hell were you thinking' talk he'd sometimes fantasized about.

But for now the Twins skirt around that topic and onto one of pets, as they follow Zero towards X's room.

"I still think we should get a puppy."

"We live in a treehouse, Middy. Canines can't climb."

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[vengeancechild]

"We'd better increase our chances by having it on more than one crate," says Zero. "If we make it an ID number for a certain item, and come up with fake numbers for the rest so that it looks like a series, then it won't stand out and there'd be even more of a chance they'd all see it at some point."

"That should be easy," says Middy. Meanwhile, the video on the TV is cut off.

"I switched it off for now," Techno explains. "If we watch too long, a security check could spot the backdoor I put in. This way, we might get more use out of it later."

[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

"They shouldn't miss it unless they're not looking at the numbers at all," Forte grins. It's a simple plan that has more chances of working than not.

[vengeancechild]

"And they'd end up looking at the numbers when sorting the crates, if the numbers told them what was in each one," adds Zero.

X nods. "We'd better hurry. There's no way to know how long Fafnir will stay in that location, and then we'd miss our chance."

"How about you stay here and sleep, and we'll handle it," says Zero.

X sighs. "I know I should, but... Fafnir's there. Even if we can't get him home yet, I want to see him..."

[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

If X wasn't here or if he was still sleeping, Forte would tell Zero to stop saying that, if just long enough for him to get the game's dialog out of his head. But he can't without possibly raising questions.

And on that thought, he tries to nonchalantly scoop up the games they left scattered and get them back in the box without any of the covers being seen as he talks. "Well how long would it take to gather the food and label it the way we want? Couldn't you sleep until all that's done? Even if it's just a nap's worth."

[ekkusu_light]

X nods. "I'll send a message to Roll. She could organize that better than I could, anyway..." It only takes a second to take care of that, and pick the blanket back up off the couch to try to go back to bed. "You promise you'll wake me..?"

"I'm tempted to say 'no'," says Zero, "but then I'd be screwed next time I need repairs."

[builtforbattle.livejournal.com]

"You'll get woken up just go to sleep already."

[ekkusu_light]

X nods and then goes to bed. Techno and Middy leave the VR set there, but gather the rest of their things to leave the room and let X sleep.

Zero starts to head out too, and wonders how long the preparations will take... and what to do until then. He pauses, and scoops up the box of games and the one he was playing that's still paused. "We should go somewhere and finish this up while we wait."