[Hardison is sitting in a nondescript warehouse somewhere, chillin' at a desk, with a bottle of orange soda in hand. Clearly someone else must have gotten it for him, because he's still on Hypatia's shit list. He leans back in his chair and folds his arms over his chest--wait, the camera...he's using his netbook's webcam to broadcast onto the
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Oooh? You can understand what all that is saying?
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Uh, yeah. It's just remote management runtimes, nothin' particularly complex...are you using a video filter?
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Hu hu, sorry hon, I don't even know what a video filter is.
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At the moment, though, he's having a hard time reconciling that belief with what's going down.]
Yeah, tch--s'nothin. Just keeping an eye on things, someone's gotta. Code can go crazy at any time.
So...you're an alien?
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[She beams and laughs. With a blink of her eyes they've changed, shrinking to human size and turning acid green.] Hu hu hu hu! No, I don't think I'm an alien, though I suppose that's up in the air at this point! Maybe we're all aliens here? I'm a Folk, hon, an amorph. Didn't have them where you're from?
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But uh...[And, driven by his innate need to impress girls on the internet, and generally be a suave motherfucker, Hardison leans forward and types a few things into his keyboard. The screen flickers and suddenly he's a full on Klingon. The warehouse looks remarkably like a warbird.
It's actually a pretty good 'shop.]
I can do that pretty easy.
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[Her eyes widen at the shoop.] Eee! Oh that was clever, that was really clever! How did you do that? I like the forehead! It's very, hmm, very crocodile-spirit. I approve! [Two thumbs up!]
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This, man, ain't nothin. I mean, you can do it for real, that's way more interesting.
So, haven't seen much of you on the network...you new?
[Yeah, Hardison, that pick up line is still cheesy, even in space.]
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Heh heh, you could certainly say that, yes. Just landed. [She beams at him and starts trying to replicate the Klingon forehead. Mostly it's just a scaly, peach-colored ridge.]
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Call me Alec. [Oh man, if she manages to turn into a Klingon, his life is officially made.]
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