Introduction
His fingers dance busily over one of the keyboards arrayed on the desk before him. A bead of sweat glistens on his forehead, despite the sixty-eight degree climate-controlled room he occupies.
"Ah, Oracle, sweet Oracle.. I'll find you sooner or later, dear. Let's see.. I calculate a 95% probability you are female.. definitely American or Canadian by your mannerisms.."
A chime announces the arrival of an instant message, but he ignores it for the moment.
"As long as you've been around doing this, and considering your level of education, you must be over the age of twenty - and no doubt, you graduated with top honors from a computer science program. "
He pauses to consider. "Well, perhaps you're self-taught, or didn't complete the program, but it's a place to start, no?" Entering his search parameters, he sets his computers to work on the problem, correlating and assembling data.
"Seems to be well-trusted by the cape community at large, too - may have to cross-reference with known associates of superheroes.." He grabs a PDA, and jots down a note to that effect.
The flashing taskbar on his rightmost monitor finally catches his eye, and he moves to examine the message.
Tr|xt3r Yo, C@lx, n33d nFo!
Oh, lord. Stupid little punk kid..
Abacus2.0 I really wish you'd type like a normal person, Trickster. And I'm afraid your bank accounts are running a bit low this month, so I won't be able to help you find more gimmicks for the Flash..
Tr|xt3r n0, d00d! n33d |-|@x!
Abacus2.0 What? In English, or you get nothing.
Tr|xt3r okay man! geez. playing city of villains, want to create my likeness. need to unlock hidden costume options.
Abacus2.0 Are you honestly wasting my time to help you customize a costume? You know they frown on duplicating actual superheroes or villains in the game anyway, because of the legal issues..
Tr|xt3r oh? got nothing, huh?
Noah heaves a sigh.
Abacus2.0 Use "/costume_beta 1". When you get banned, don't come crying to me.
Tr|xt3r Thx, d00d!
Noah grits his teeth. Little punk.
"Now, where was I? Oh, yes.. Oracle.."
Grinning, he watches the list of names scroll by on the leftmost screen. Not quite as many as expected - not a bad start.
"Ah, Oracle, sweet Oracle.. I'll find you sooner or later, dear. Let's see.. I calculate a 95% probability you are female.. definitely American or Canadian by your mannerisms.."
A chime announces the arrival of an instant message, but he ignores it for the moment.
"As long as you've been around doing this, and considering your level of education, you must be over the age of twenty - and no doubt, you graduated with top honors from a computer science program. "
He pauses to consider. "Well, perhaps you're self-taught, or didn't complete the program, but it's a place to start, no?" Entering his search parameters, he sets his computers to work on the problem, correlating and assembling data.
"Seems to be well-trusted by the cape community at large, too - may have to cross-reference with known associates of superheroes.." He grabs a PDA, and jots down a note to that effect.
The flashing taskbar on his rightmost monitor finally catches his eye, and he moves to examine the message.
Tr|xt3r Yo, C@lx, n33d nFo!
Oh, lord. Stupid little punk kid..
Abacus2.0 I really wish you'd type like a normal person, Trickster. And I'm afraid your bank accounts are running a bit low this month, so I won't be able to help you find more gimmicks for the Flash..
Tr|xt3r n0, d00d! n33d |-|@x!
Abacus2.0 What? In English, or you get nothing.
Tr|xt3r okay man! geez. playing city of villains, want to create my likeness. need to unlock hidden costume options.
Abacus2.0 Are you honestly wasting my time to help you customize a costume? You know they frown on duplicating actual superheroes or villains in the game anyway, because of the legal issues..
Tr|xt3r oh? got nothing, huh?
Noah heaves a sigh.
Abacus2.0 Use "/costume_beta 1". When you get banned, don't come crying to me.
Tr|xt3r Thx, d00d!
Noah grits his teeth. Little punk.
"Now, where was I? Oh, yes.. Oracle.."
Grinning, he watches the list of names scroll by on the leftmost screen. Not quite as many as expected - not a bad start.