Snippet #2371014

Samuel wasn't exactly sure why he was in Japan. All he knew was that his presence had been requested by a man named Tobimaru Shinra, and the higher-ups at Newton Specialized had approved it, so here he was. "Here" was apparently a large tower, with a courtyard at its base. After confirming that this was indeed the place that he was suppose to be, the large man thanked the driver and paid him, before stepping inside. The building's interior was much as Samuel had expected, and he approached the front desk. The secretary seemed to have noticed him yet, as he was quite busy tapping away on a computer console. After a short and awkward, at least on Samuel's part, pause, the Nigerian cleared his throat to make his presence known, before speaking.

"I'm Samuel Obodo. I'm here to see Mr. Shinra. Is he here?"

"Yes, Mr. Shinra is waiting for you and the others on the top floor. He said to tell you to wait in the room just outside his office. Just take the elevator all the way to the top, and you'll step right out into the waiting room."

Thanking the front desk clerk, Samuel turned and made his way to the nearest elevator. Once inside, his infolink sounded off, notifying him that one of his bosses were contacting him. Sure enough the voice of Michael Church, one of Newton Specialized's head security chiefs, sounded off. "Obodo, are you in yet?" "In the building sir, but not the office. Apparently he's expecting more than just me, and I guess he wants to let us all in at once so he doesn't have to give the 'I suppose you're wondering why I've called you here today...' speech more than once." "Alright. Keep me posted." "Will do, sir."

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Amelia wasn't entirely sure what to do next. For the first time in her brief existence she was completely alone and had no direction. Daddy- That is to say Dr. Rutan, was confirmed dead and Amelia herself was being chased across the net by whoever it was that had been chasing her. Speaking of which, was that virus attacking one of her firewalls? Quickly, she deleted the thing, making a copy of it for possible use later, but it was followed by two more. Amelia repeated the process, but more viruses, and several worms now, bombarded her firewalls.

Seeing no choice but to retreat, the AI disabled as much as she could of that network, before sending off a few of the copied viruses off as a decoy. Jumping from server to server as quickly as possible to evade capture, she eventually detected a wirelessly connected communications device that was currently in use. With a little adjusting of her code Amelia dove inside to hide.

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Just as Samuel's conversation with Mr. Church ended, he was overwhelmed by a burst of static that was loud enough to be painful, while his HUD twisted, writhed, and eventually rebooted entirely. Moments later, it was as if nothing had happened, save for the fact that Samuel was now leaning heavily on the wall of the elevator. As much as he should get himself checked out to see what had just happened, and as much as he wanted to for that matter, Samuel still had a job to do, and he couldn't leave until it was finished. When the lift finally stopped, he stepped off and took one of the chairs in the waiting room.