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Alice watched Solomon leave, giving him one last salute as the elevator doors closed. The minute they did, the hologram vanished and the AI behind it set to work, though for some reason, she still found herself watching the leader of the Programers through various security cameras, and later the public ones, once he made it to his appearance. Thankfully, one of the advantages of being an autonomous Artificial Intelligence was having a lot of attention to split. Indeed, far too much to ever have it all focused on one thing.

First was Solomon's computer; Alice didn't want to break into it, not yet at least, as that would be an enormous violation of the trust he had placed in her. Instead, she merely poked around its security systems, testing their strength. She found them to be surprisingly resilient, and they almost detected her investigations. Any true attempt to break in without being noticed would take a level of skill that the AI wasn't sure even she possessed.

After a short while of waiting, Alice grew unbearably bored. There didn't seem to be any Hacker activity at all, either that or it was so low-key that even she couldn't pick it up. Rather than wait and be bored until Solomon returned, and from what she could tell, he was only just now beginning to speak, the AI decided to take a more proactive approach toward this Hacker business. First, she began scanning and hacking into the highest traffic areas of the network, most of which rolled over fairly easily. However, there seemed to be one part that put up a massive amount of resistance. Logically this was probably a section of the network that had been reinforced by the Hackers, to prevent whatever it was from being accessed by any outsiders.With a little work, the AI managed to virtually get her foot in the door, so to speak, and slip in a message.

"A message to Hackers:
I hold sensitive information about the Programers, information that could turn the public against them in a heartbeat if proven correct. If this interests you please come to Club 21 as soon as possible; I will not be able to wait there for very long, as the Programers are aware that I possess this information, and will do all they can to silence me.
Alice."

Hopefully they would show up, otherwise this little undercover operation was going to be very short-lived. Alice projected her chosen avatar, a four-and-a-half foot tall version of the hologram she'd used to speak with Solomon, garbed in a lab coat, into the club, and waited for the message's recipients to arrive. This form was a bit more solid, giving off the impression of an actual person to anyone who happened to brush into it. Unfortunately, the illusion wouldn't hold up against any heavier contact than that, so she had to be particularly careful if things went badly, lest she give away her true identity. She also made sure to build up a massive amount of coding in her appearance, so to discourage anyone from digging through it too thoroughly.