I hope you don't screw like you type.

[sibyllant]

WHO: g h o s t, ZATANNA!, Maggie Mui, & ФЯДCLЗ
WHERE: the control tower
WHEN: after this post
WARNINGS: Hackers quotes
SUMMARY: Oracle let her physical location slip during the HIGH ACTION HOLLYWOOD HACKER BATTLE. Now what?
FORMAT: starts with paragraph, continues with whatever you like. Suggested posting order: Ghost, Oracle, Zatanna, Maggie. Don'

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oh burn

[stealthvirus]

He books it to her location, freezing before entering a wall, peering in from the ceiling first. Once his eyes land on the woman, he feels... a sense of guilt, to be honest, but he shoves it away and continues sliding through the wall, until he's floating inside the room.

Ghost approaches, slowly, not saying anything. Just surveying the scene.

fff

[sibyllant]

It's all soundless, so Barbara remains unaware of his presence. She wonders how long she'll maintain this illusion in hopes of having drawn her opponent to her — and if she's made a miscalculation with her operatives. Any of them would be welcome, but if this hacker shows up, there's no telling what they'll be like.

[stealthvirus]

Approaching one of the terminals, Ghost looks it over. He's intrigued by the model, of course, wondering if the stranger selected it herself. He remains totally silent, still in his intangible state, being cautious - though he's now basically phasing into the terminal, checking it out from the inside.

[sibyllant]

The intrusion triggers her awareness, but she keeps those senses carefully inert. It feels different from when they hacked her; it feels like they're inhabiting her systems. Anything she can do to him now would probably only be temporary at best, and absolutely ineffective at worst. So she continues playing possum, both technopathically and physically.