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         Much to his surprise, and pleasure, he saw Caliamara's vibrant hair briefly before she hopped up and sat on the railing before him. "There you are. And you got the results? Let me see here..." Reaching out, he carefully took the papers in his right hand, Reisenlaster covering it. Its old model was a bit bulkier, and was a much more protective tool than a weapon. It was a new thing, and Solomon was proud of his creation. He wondered if his sister would notice, since this was his first time wearing it.

Flipping through them, he seemed serious and cold, but, as he finished with his last page, a grin creased his lips. "Excellent Cali. Excellent indeed." Solomon smiled and nodded once to Caliamara, placing the results under his arm.

((OoC: Short post is short. =~=;))

         As he stepped down and out of the Programmer's tower headquarters, he was met by a chauffer, the door to a rather streamlined and expensive look to it. Solomon gave a wave with his left hand, concealing Riesenlaster for the moment, as he stepped forward and slipped into the vehicle. Without pause, he spoke up as soon as the door was closed. "To Unity Square, on the double." The driver gave a nod before taking off without a trace. A police escort joined Solomon, following and leading him to the place for his appearance.

A short while would have to pass while he waited. Shifting a bit, he lifted two fingers on Reisenlaster, the VR construct in the car registering this and bringing up the privacy shade and darkening the windows to where they were one-way. Reaching up and behind the mask, he shifted a bit unlocked a few parts of his mask, the smooth and streamlined mask showing lines now. The mask opened in the back, and Solomon pulled it forward, the only portion left being the respirator, which went up the bridge of his nose. The audible hiss of the excess CO2 pouring out was heard as Solomon's hair fell down a bit. Turning the mask over, he looked down to it. Memories of the past rushed to him, and he sighed softly. "...You fool...You could've walked away..."

         As ordered, Alice began monitoring the city's virtual reality construct the moment she had registered the command. Solomon's next words surprised her. "Also...Feel free to look around the network, the more we know, the better. And by we, I mean you and I." Unless she was misinterpreting this, he had just given her free reign over the network. Alice's professional attitude dropped away for a moment, as a gleeful smile danced across the hologram's face. "I think I will, sir. Thank you." Besides the initial delight at being given permission for something she had been doing anyway, the AI was also glad that the commander trusted her.

With that said, her previously subtle attempts to take control of the programers' network became much more aggressive and obvious. The additional processing power would make the task assigned to her that much easier. Alice's takeover was designed in such a way that anyone not actually observing the codes would have no idea it had happened, as it did not prevent the network, or any computer connected to it, from functioning normally. It just allowed Alice to take up residence there and use them whenever she found it necessary. It also had the effect of making her significantly harder to simply delete. It wouldn't be impossible, just much more difficult.

"Just be careful of where you go digging around on your own time...You might find somethings you shouldn't be tampering with..." If the AI had a physical body, it would have jumped. Instead, there was a momentary flicker in the projection that would indicate Alice's surprise. "Of course, sir. I will be very careful not to open anything that I shouldn't. It might help, though, if the somethings in question were clearly marked as such, else I really can't prevent myself from accidentally stumbling upon them." Though whether or not Alice would be able to resist the temptation to see what was in the somethings, was debatable. "Anyways, I've patched into the VR construct. I should be able to pick up anything unusual from now on."

         "Yes. There is a secret ally you can make that is invincible, and can take care of a lot of enemies in the later levels." Asher responded as he changed the coding to prevent any real injuries from occurring. "His name is Lucian, and he is able to manipulate shadows. But he wasted away mana do you have to constantly give him mana potions, and he also doesn't protect you at times. So, you'd still have to defend yourself from the hordes of enemies.

"I can show it to you now. I already made my character data and my equipment." Asher added after a minute of typing. "Ready?" He is now standing up, and his finger is on the left-mouse button. "Oh yeah, there are also references to old video game characters. My model is one of the optional costumes for one of the secret characters."

         But your message, it is so long ago T-T

         Cali had to admit, Asher was right. She had spent several weeks creating and installing her eyes, and had never attempted anything like it since. She started working more carefully through her code as she installed the Mod.
When Asher mentioned teh recruit her eyebrows flew together in a scowl and she turned away from her monitor.
"Yea I thought we were getting one today. Either I was wrong, or somethings happened...." She trailed off, looking angry. She was barley listening when Asher proposed his new game, but caught the last bit and perked up quite a bit.
"I'd love to!"