No. 2 [text, unfiltered mostly]

[hackeralastair]

Hey, hey - can anybody do me a favor? If you speak any language other than English or Japanese, can you come talk to me? I need to check something out. It may be just a weird coincidence but I gotta know.

I've got this system mostly figured out, there's still a few things I want to try to hack but I've got the basics down. That's a start. But while lurking my way through everybody's posts, I've learned a few things. One, this superhero crap is a lot of bullshit. You guys got more villains than heroes, honestly. Two, you've got too many hackers. My talents are gonna be useless here, nobody needs to hire a guy for his skills because everybody's already got one. So, I'm screwed for jobs. Three...I need money. Flirting to get dinner works but it's getting old.

[edited after some conversations]

Anybody need a pilot?

[private, filtered to Duo]

Shinigami. Damn it, I can't wait around for a better offer. Hook me up, I'll do whatever I have to in order to pay.

[end filter]

Comments

[satisfiedsigner]

Hey, you. I could pay you for teaching me.

...I hadn't tried flirting...[laughs] The could be interesting for a couple days.

[hackeralastair]

Hey, yourself. It wouldn't take much, you could probably just feed me in return. I think I'm all settled in, you got time to hang out?

...it only really works on men. Chicks expect the guy to pay out of some notion of chivalry.

[satisfiedsigner]

Heh, feeding you wouldn't be a problem.

Maybe. I'm showing someone around, but she seems like the type who wouldn't mind...I'll have to ask her.

[laughs] Yeah, that's not a problem at all.

[hackeralastair]

Awesome. Don't worry about it, if it's a bad day, we'll just pick another one. Right now I've got all the time in the world.

...really, now. Then all I'll say is, watch your back and pick the right ones. Some of 'em are real softies and believe in wining and dining their way into your heart. Or pants.

[satisfiedsigner]

Wanna come by tomorrow, then? I'm pretty sure I don't have anything planned.

Really. [This smirk is practically audible.] I'll be sure to pick the interesting ones.

[hackeralastair]

Sure. I'm there.

...heheh. It's a fun little game, sometimes.

[satisfiedsigner]

Sounds like it. I can see why you'd get bored with it after a while, though.

[hackeralastair]

Yeah, since there's only so long they'll fall for it before they realize I'm just being a first-class jerk. But a guy's gotta eat, right?

[satisfiedsigner]

Ah well. Food's more important than manners. But yeah, you can mooch off of me whenever you want.

[hackeralastair]

At least you're good people, in my book, Kyosuke. If I mooch, I'll do it for something in return.

[satisfiedsigner]

[laughs] You're the only one who seems to think so.

Either way, it's not problem for me.

[hackeralastair]

Yeah, well, my book has a lot less rules than most.