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A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: BIGDoor82 Date: November 29, 2024, 7:39 pm
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[float=right max=45%][attachimg=1][/float][center]Krypt1ck
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/>surprised me that there was an entrance to Anywhere Cafe from
the Digital web. It shouldn't, this place can be access from
literally anywhere...Hence the name, I imagine.[BR][BR]When I
enter I appear a s my icon, an android with red wiry hair, green
eyes that glow slightly, futuristic cyberpunk clothes that are
body hugging. There's a katana that is folded on itself attached
to my belt. It's black, with a glowing orange blade.[br][br]I go
straight to the bar and order my usual, a simple beer. I like
this place, it's one of the few safe places that exists, and
sometimes you just wanna hide from the Technocratic douchebags
who think they run everything. Especially Agent Smith...yeah,
it's a cliche, but they really do use general names like
that...[BR][BR]I pull out my ARC-Phone and slide the screen so
it opens into a full sized tablet. Sure, the masses have this
tech now, but I've had it for almost a decade. What they don't
have is the ARC system. I press a button on the ARC-Phone and it
pulled up my HUD. In reality 1.0 this is invisible, here, and in
the web, it's, from the observer's perspective, an 80's style
green heads up display. To me it's all modern UI interfaces. I
just flip through various screens with gesture commands, boredly
doomscrolling.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: Evil Squeegee Date: November 29, 2024, 8:14 pm
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[center]Abigail Prezley
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Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“...Amen.”
I excuse myself from the cathedral and calmly walk to the
ladies’ room. I hold the door with a smile for some folks on
their way out, and walk to the nearest stall.
I concentrate. I inhale. I open the door to the stall, step
inside, close it and when I turn around?
I exhale. I’m Anywhere again.
I walk up to the counter and proceed to order enough to feed a
family of five, complete with deserts and a diet Coke. It takes
a little bit to come out, so I’m just standing there in my
little white sundress looking around and taking in the patrons.
Mages are such a varied bunch! I love them. That one even uses
technology as magic. I’m happy for them - they can invoke their
powers without risking waking anything up!
I take my food from the counter with the skills of a waitress,
balancing all six plates (and a glass!) on my arms. I walk over
to my table and--
“WHUP!”
Trip over something mysterious and undefined, sending my food
flying all over the place. Oh no.
I just foodfought that technomage without consent…
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: BIGDoor82 Date: November 29, 2024, 8:24 pm
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[center]Krypt1ck
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[hr]
[br][br]I'm too engrossed in my doom scrolling to notice the
pretty girl trip and send food my direction...I do notice when,
however, when I'm doused in tea, soda, burgers, fries, and all
manner of cafe foods.[br][br]"Sonofabitch!" I exclaim as I leap
backward and onto my feet. I'm not worried about my ARC-Phone.
It's waterproof. I am worried about being covered in food. My
hands up as drinks, condiments, and food sloughs off
me...Luckily none of this is permanent... In fact, my Icon bzzts
for a moment, and it's all cleaned off me...[br][br]I look at
the pretty girl... My first instinct? Flirt. I start to smile at
her flirtatiously, but stop myself. "Are you okay?" I ask,
bending down to help her up.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: Evil Squeegee Date: November 29, 2024, 8:34 pm
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[center]Abigail Prezley
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1Elgdo9Jx6u8gViR4HWCRPrjrwIEiXQDWaRGjxnNdQ/edit?usp=sharing
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“I am so sorry, I--”
She BZZTs and she’s clean.
“--Oh!”
I let her help me up to my feet, and dust off my little white
dress.
“I mean, I’ll be okay. Still hungry, though.”
I pick up my purse and open it up, rummaging through it. No
money, though. Spent it all on the food.
“That’s okay. I’m just glad your thingy is good. If I got my
phone wet I’d be two grand in debt.”
I smile and offer a hand for a nice, polite handshake.
“I’m Abigail,” I introduce myself. “You can call me Abby.”
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: BIGDoor82 Date: November 29, 2024, 8:40 pm
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[center]Krypt1ck
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[hr]
[br][br]I glance over at my phone, soaking in soda. "Yeah, the
ARC is water proof. It took too long to build to risk is getting
damaged from something so preventable." I do take her hand when
offered. "You can call me Krypt1ck." I say with a smile that
does in fact reach my eyes. But...She's hungry...and well, I'm
middling rich. I own a business... [br][br] I smile. Order
whatever you want, on me." I tell her. I have the extra money,
it's not a big deal. I reach over and pick up the ARC, wiping
it's screen, and pushing it back to a normal phone size. I love
this thing. It goes into my...pocket?...I'm wearing
skintight...what appears to almost be latex, but not quite.
There are pockets, but this icon has them hidden. It's more
inventory space than actual pockets...hammerspace, if you
will.[br][br]Anyway, if she starts to argue she will get cut
off... I'm going to pay for her food and drink. Simple as that.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: Evil Squeegee Date: November 29, 2024, 8:55 pm
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[center]Abigail Prezley
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1Elgdo9Jx6u8gViR4HWCRPrjrwIEiXQDWaRGjxnNdQ/edit?usp=sharing
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“I couldn’t possibly-” She cuts me off.
“But-” Nope.
“I can just-” Nada.
I slump in defeat. “It’s your wallet’s
funeral,” I smirk, and perk right up because it’s
time for food!
I order a burger and fries and a milkshake and an apple pie and
steak and eggs and a quiche and a fried seafood platter and
three slices of pepperoni pizza with a sprinkle of red pepper
flakes and a diet coke.
Then I look at the menu, eyes narrowing in concentration and
thought, finger on pursed lips.
“Hmm. And also… a Snickers.”
Then I spin back around to Krypt1k and flash a big smile, my
eyes sparkling with excitement.
“So! Krypt1k, huh? Does that mean you can’t tell me
about yourself because it wouldn't be in your particular
idiom?”
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: BIGDoor82 Date: November 30, 2024, 7:22 am
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[center]Krypt1ck
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/>likes to eat. I can dig it. Once she has her order in I add a
burger, fries, and a Coke to it, and pay. Once the order is in I
look for a clean table to claim, and listen to her ask her
question about my name.[br][br]"It's a hacker alias, and a
Shadow Name. You can ask any questions you want." I say smiling
as we sit at the table to wait for the food. "You'd be surprised
what some people can do with a name. It's always best to use a
Shadow Name with mages you don't really know, but I'll answer
most questions about me."[br][br]I pull the ARC out of pocket
and bend it in half so it sits on the table like a triangle. I
press a button on the screen and the just move the whole thing
to the side. It's recording. Listening for subvocal posthypnotic
words and phrases. Yeah, she's pretty and seems innocent, but
the Tech-asses are sneaky assholes, and after last month I'm
still a little paranoid.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: Evil Squeegee Date: November 30, 2024, 10:31 am
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HTML https://i.imgur.com/Ybh8xf2.jpeg[/float]
[center]Abigail Prezley
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1Elgdo9Jx6u8gViR4HWCRPrjrwIEiXQDWaRGjxnNdQ/edit?usp=sharing
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
“Ooooh.” I pause, tilting my head in thought for a moment, and
then finally ask. “How did you decide on your shadow name?”
Maybe I should use a shadow name. But I’ve already given my real
name out, here. The first name that comes to mind is Abbadon,
which makes my smile flicker for a moment before I re-assert
myself. No, I won’t define myself by them. I’ll just have to
come up with something else!
I watch as she plays with her phone, pressing buttons and
swiping through things. Her stuff seems so advanced compared to
what I have - a small part of me wants to pull out my smartphone
to compare, but it’s rude to use your phone when you’re talking
to someone.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: BIGDoor82 Date: November 30, 2024, 10:38 am
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[center]Krypt1ck
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[hr]
[br][br]That makes me think for a moment... How did I come upon
the name Krypt1ck? It' not an important name to me. Were it
compromised I would drop it and choose another... "I just
plucked it out of the ether." I say with a smile. "It's not an
important name. The more attached to a name you become the more
another mage can use it against you. At least that's how it was
explained to me." I've never been able to do much with a
person's name... The numbers associated with them? That I can so
something with...[br][br]I do notice her watching me futz with
the ARC though and I smile. "It's called an ARC-Phone. I do a
lot of my hacking through...you might call them workings or
spells?" The last bit is as much statement as question. I know
nothing about Abigail save her name... "Tell me something
interesting about you." I say with a smile.
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Re: A Krypt1ck Encounter.
By: Evil Squeegee Date: November 30, 2024, 11:26 am
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HTML https://i.imgur.com/Ybh8xf2.jpeg[/float]
[center]Abigail Prezley
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1Elgdo9Jx6u8gViR4HWCRPrjrwIEiXQDWaRGjxnNdQ/edit?usp=sharing
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life[/center]
[hr]
Something interesting about myself?
[s]Well I’m actually a vessel for The World Eater[/s]. “I’m a
secretary for a high-powered lawyer type. And I’m allergic to
cats. What about you? Do you do things other than hack the
planet?” I grin.
Yes, I watch movies.
The food arrives -- this time, brought out by a waiter who
doesn’t trip over anything mysterious and undefined -- and soon
the table is filled with a feast. I try my best to wait for
everything to hit the table to eat, and when it’s finally time I
dig in with gusto.
But even though I’m eager to swallow the table whole, I eat like
a lady: Half a fry at a time. It’s just… very fast. I’m so glad
it’s not my turn to talk anymore, because talking with your
mouth full is a no-no.
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