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[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

[ A young man with blue hair and a scarf finds himself here, a bit startled and confused. ] Ah. I wandered into one of those strange sites again. Hmm. Now which is the way out?

[ KAITO stares up at the stars. ] Where is the X button? Minimize? Ah, maybe... [ He waves a hand in front of himself, and a blue, glowing keyboard appears. He wiggles his fingers over it momentarily, like a pianist about to perform. Then he starts hitting keys. ] Escape... Ah?

Alt. Tab. ... Control. Alt. Delete. ... No? How strange. I'd better get out of here before master gets home... [ Only then does he actually clue in to his surroundings. He stares at the other people there. ]

More programs? This must be a popular site. None of you are anti-viruses, are you?

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[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

I felt bad for the users whose anti-viruses I bipassed with ease. Weekly scans and a few firewalls aren't going to do any good against a virus who really knows what he's doing.

I'm lots of things, but I'm definitely not an anti-virus.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[She grins.] You're a hacker, aren't you? [She extends her hand.] I'm Fumie. I do some pretty good hacking, myself.

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

[ He takes her hand and shakes it. ] Nice to meet you, Fumie. My original programming involved hacking and data collection, but I'm more of a free agent now.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

So you're an AI program, aren't you?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

Of course. I was a virus once, but Maki-sama doesn't use me for anything like that anymore.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

Ah that must be so cool! You must know all the best backdoors past firewalls and everything!

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

Firewalls are nothing. My programmers coded me to handle just about anything to get what they wanted. There are very few databases I can't access.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

Ahh, wow! I managed to steal some information off an Encoder, which is pretty good for my world. [She feels the need to show off.] Oh, what are you called?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

Encoder? Is that a type of user, like a programmer?

Oh, that's right, you probably can't pull up my properties here. I'm called KAITO.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

Mhm! These glasses are a computer. Encoders can do super advanced programs and hacking because they access it with their mind rather than gestures. I can't do that but I can still hold my own against one.

Ah, Kaito! I like that name.

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

Those. [ He points to his own face, indicating her glasses. ] Are a computer? H-how..?

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[She decides to trust him with her glasses and holds them out.] Put them on. You can use the floating keyboard to get around and pull up as many screens as you want.

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

[ He puts them on. Whoa. ] A program with programs? This is a little intense. [ He toys with them a bit, typing and opening screens. ]

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm not a program! I'm a human. But for a fee, I can buy you a pair of glasses for your own! The fee would just cover the glasses expense and handling.

1/?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

They're neat, but I don't think Maki-sama would--

2/?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

3/?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

Did you say human?

4/?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

You said human, didn't you?

5/5

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

I'm here with u-u-u-u-u-u-u-users?!

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[Fumie crosses her arms.] What's wrong with being a user?

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

It doesn't-- I'm a program! Programs and users don't... they can't...

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[She pokes him.] You are though! You're here!

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

But users exist outside the network, programs exist inside the network! Only other programs can... [ He rubs the spot where she poked him. ] This doesn't make sense!

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

A lot of this place doesn't make sense. There's British people and time travellers and aliens and demons and stuff.

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

I can... I think I can handle British people.

[ He's not so sure about the rest. ]

Can-- does this mean, if I brought Maki-sama here...