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[icequeen_aran]

Who: icequeen-aran, things-go-boom, pedaltothemetal, pkmachomega, noheroesinwar
What: TIME TO FIND METAL GEAR REX but what else will be found?
Where: ALASKA
When: DATE FLEXIBLE; let's say December 21st for now.
Warnings: Lash, Bounty Hunters, Alaskan Wolf Dogs and so forth.

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[things_go_boom]

Unbeknownst to one(1) Samus Aran, Lash had been installing a series of sniffers over the network ever since their spats with Capcom High had ended. Oh sure, now they had the whole exchange student thing going on, but it didn't mean someone from there wouldn't try to get into the network.

Which was her first guess, when something in her series of computers beeped loudly to announce to her that one of the computers on campus was being hacked. No one hacked into the network! No one but her.

"Nuh uh! Nice try, whoever you are, but I'm gonna be waaay better than you!" Commence furious typing action.

[icequeen_aran]

Hacking into Otacon's computer proved to be no easy task. In fact, Samus wasn't sure she was even half-way close when someone picked up her trail.

Shit.

Who was this hacker hacking her hacking? Hopefully not Otacon.

You won't stop me.

Samus began her own symphony of furious typing--dodging and evading this very determined sniffer in a virtual equivalent of a dogfight while pressing onwards for any old data on Otacon's computer relating to REX. She wasn't going to pull out of this so soon.

[things_go_boom]

This person was good. Really good.

"But I'm still better," she told no one but herself, glad neither Kumatora or Skarmory was there to see her. They might have accidentally gotten her out of this concentrated groove. "I'll give them something they'll really regret!" she added, pushing a few more things in.

Hey weirdo! Keep rummaging and I'll give you a real reason to start hacking!

[icequeen_aran]

Similarly, Samus was glad Falcon wasn't around--though she wouldn't count on that blessing for too long.

She would have preferred him to not see an skull-and-cross-bones with an afro pop up on her computer screen. What few people Samus suspected of trailing her were now quickly narrowed down to just one.

Lash, this isn't any of your business.

[things_go_boom]

OH they knew who she was. That only made it better.

Ha! I knew someone from Capcom High would still try to hack in anyway. Game's over, Tron Bonne.

[icequeen_aran]

Guess again.

If she could keep Lash busy with that menial task, she might be able to extract more data from Otacon's computer.

[things_go_boom]

Right. Tron would have been boasting about this. She looked at a few more readings.

I've narrowed you down inside the city. So either from this network hmm....Jeff? Nah Jeff doesn't go hacking around that much, I think...

[icequeen_aran]

Samus could see this communication was coming from inside the academy, thus eliminating and fears she was wrong in her assumption. For now, anyway. Lash was really good too, however, and made it nearly impossible to get any closer to information on REX. The bounty hunter wanted to keep her playing guessing games--anything to buy herself more time.

What do you think? I think you should watch yourself. Jeff wouldn't approve you mentioning his name to some stranger, I'm sure.

Samus paused in her data mining, and then focused her efforts on fighting back.

[things_go_boom]

Lash, on the other hand, did have the advantage that she wanted nothing from the system (currently) and thus all her efforts were being poured directly into this hacking attempt. Despite everything...it was kinda fun.

A game, a game! Oh you are sooooo on, whoever you are!

Just a bit more clicks and she'd be able to zoom onto their computer system and hopefully be able to use a security exploit of some kind. Her name wasn't Lash for nothing!

[icequeen_aran]

Damn it, Lash.

Samus' security was being pummeled left and right and forced her to drop everything just to prevent anything from breaking through. Samus REALLY WANTED THAT DATA and LASH WAS PREVENTING HER FROM GETTING IT.

In a bid for a very dirty distraction technique, Samus grabbed Lash's email from her records and started signing her up for the most inane weekly newsletters she could think of to flood her inbox.

Afro weekly, The Bees Knees, My life for Robots, Pink Dresses and Tea Time for Proper Little Girls, Bra coupons and more

Knock it off, Lash. I told you this wasn't any of your business.

[things_go_boom]

Nope!

You realize this just makes me even mroe curious, whoever you are? Although their aren't that many who can do this stuff normally. I guess this just makes it easier, tee hee hee! And it can't be the nerd, since you've obviously targeting him... hmmm....

YOU HAVE...55 NEW E-MAILS.

...what's with signing me up for beekeeping lessons for, exactly?

[icequeen_aran]

I Thought you could use a new hobby other than this.

Samus pressed onward in her hunt, looking specifically for hanger locations; but in her searching of any relevant terms to REX, Shadow Moses continued to pop up.

Shadow Moses... that's where it was originally, but...

She didn't have much time to think about it, as what little time she might of bought for herself was interrupted by her security finally being breeched.

Immediately, Samus pulled out of Otacon's computer, much to her frustration.

[things_go_boom]

TEE HEE HEE! I WIN!

Wait...this was....

[things_go_boom]

Ms.Aran?

A pause.

Nice background, tee hee hee!

Somehow the fact she had managed to hacked into Samus' computer was a sort of totally awesome tale she'd have to tell Jeff one day because DAMN she never thought she'd be able to pull that off. (Never mind the fact Samus was probably also fighting attacks from Otacon's own computer and was distracted. THE DAY WAS HERS.)

[icequeen_aran]

HOW DID SHE EVER GUESS???

Yeah two against one is hardly fair, Lash.

Are you satisfied now?

OH no wonder I couldn't find this I thought it was on the network SOB

[things_go_boom]

GROSS.

Lash being satisfied about anything? As if! There was going to be nothing more than digging to the very end of this hole that would satisfy her (wow that doesn't sound wrong at all)

NOPE! Mind telling me why you were hacking the nerd's computer for Metal Gears? Wasn't that huge thing he brought over during the Aparoid War?

Of course Lash would know more about REX than Otacon's name. One was a giant robot. The other peed in his pants.