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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 07:48:50 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

About a few minutes later, they ran into someone else as he turned the corner.

It was Zeke's polar opposite... Azazel.

"Oh!" he said.

"Hello, Lunet." he greeted Lunet.

He then looked at Chloe.

"And hello to you as well." he greeted her.

"You're a new face." he commented.

"...and you aren't alive, are you?" he asked.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 08:10:45 )


"Hey Az." Lunet greeted with a wave as Chloe nodded.

"Hello." She said.

"And no. I am not." She answered with a nod. "I am an android."

"This is Chloe." Lunet added as an introduction.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 08:24:50 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Ah, hello Chloe." Azazel replied.

"An Android, huh? Makes sense." he said.

"Can't sense anything close to a soul." he went on, before pausing.

"Actually, that's not entirely correct." he then clarified.

"There's.... something... there." he mumbled.

"But whatever. Never seen an android before." he told Chloe.

"Whatcha here for?" he asked.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 10:58:43 )


"I am meant to be a mobile security and information resource." Chloe responded after a moment or two.

"Pretty much. I heard about the cyber attacks and how they were... getting to rather frustrating levels." Lunet then commented.

"Went to Leo about it, and this is the result." She added, conveniently leaving out who had done what with her, leaving it off as if it was purely Leo's work.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 18:37:22 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"....well, he certainly IS a brilliant one." Azazel responded, looking Chloe up and down.

"Would never guess she's an android by looks alone." he commented.

"Anyway, I've probably held you up long enough." he then reasoned.

"I'll let you be on your way." he said, stepping aside.

"Welcome to the Unit, Chloe." he then told the android.

"Name's Azazel." he introduced himself.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 22:05:20 )


Chloe nodded with a soft smile.

"Pleasure." was all she said in responde.

"Catch you later, Az. Do me a favour, will you? Remind your boy about dinner tonight to make up for him bailing the other night. His treat this time." Lunet said before her and the android started to head off.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 22:29:08 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Az watched as they walked off, and nodded.

"Got it!" he called back.

He then paused for a moment, as some gears in his mind started to turn.

"...nah." he mumbled.

"Couldn't be." he said.

Cain and Aedan had told him that Leo had been storing a project in their home for a bit. But that was unrelated.

...right?

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 22:32:06 )


The rest of the trek was rather uneventful, but that was likely for the best. Lunet dropped Chloe off in the tech department, before sighing and parting ways as she started to get settled in - and the general unease of those that worked there was being worked through.

As she made her way back to Jake and out, she sent a text.

Hey Dad. Dropped her off. Reception to her seems mixed. She sent simply, knowing he'd get it.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 22:55:12 )
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They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

-A few months later-

Chloe had been there for a while, and it seemed things were running more smoothly than ever before.

Sometimes she needed maintenance, but it was always done in house.

Expect for this time.

She needed a bit of extensive work done on her, so she was offsite for it.

And everything seemed to be fine... until there seemed to be a system-wide alert on all the machines in the Unit.

"Damn it!" Hal cursed, as the message displayed on his machine.

"Of all times!"

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/8 22:57:59 )


There... was a lot on the screen of the machine. Most prominently that there was a system breach, and the defences couldn't exactly find it. Whatever it was, was quite well done. There were too many for it to identify which was first, as it seemed like multiple happened at once.

Or had been being chipped away at for some time. There was no way to rightly know without some extensive testing and searching.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 00:55:16 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Unfortunately, they didn't have time for extensive testing and searching at the moment.

His tech team was coming up with nothing, and getting firewalled at every avenue they took.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Hal repeated.

"Why now!? DAMN IT!" he yelled.

He then pulled out his cell, and texted his daughter.

Is Chloe finished? he sent.

The situation here is getting worse and worse by the second. he then added in the next message.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 01:05:48 )


She's already on her way there Was the reply Hal received. A few seconds later, there was another one.

Do you need me to make my way in to help? Of course, the question was whether or not anyone would actually give her a chance, but over time, Hal had learned that she was quite efficient when it came to the security. She'd been doing remote work to help as best she could - just crediting it all to Chloe.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 01:39:59 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

We need all the help we can get. Hal responded.

Whatever you think will make you more efficient. he finished.

He then leaned forward, and growled to himself.

"Son of a..." he muttered.

"I swear, if THIS is what brings us down..." he went on, trailing off and shaking his head.

"..." he was then silent, and composed himself as best he could.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 01:41:51 )


Chloe will likely be there within ten minutes. I'll be there within an hour. Was what he received in response.

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She stepped into the entryway and approached the desk.

"Hello, Jake." Chloe greeted.

"May I be allowed entrance, please?" She asked, as she always did. There were few people that asked as nicely as she did. Despite, or perhaos because, she wasn't a real person, she was extremely polite. Blunt with a lot of things, but polite.

It was actually rather odd.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 02:05:59 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Jake made a quick check, before nodding.

"Of course." he replied.

He then made his way to the door and used a special set of keys to unlock it.

"Opening system is fucked." he said.

"Have to do it manually." he told her.

"Please, go in." he went on.

"This place is starting to fall apart, I swear."

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 02:14:36 )


"So I have heard." Chloe commented as she approached the door. As she stepped through, she sighed lightly.

"I am going to see if I can help, at all." With that, she headed off, back to the department she was noramlly in. She didn't know if there was going to be anythingspecific, but she did know that she was created to help, so she would be there to help.

As she stepped into the department though, there was panic. It wasn't hard to tell either.

"Tell me how I can help." She said as she approached one of the higher ups for the department.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 02:29:04 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

The man looked at her, and sighed.

"We don't know what's causing this." he said.

"Something is causing all of the functions connected to the computer system to systematically shut down." he told her.

"If you can figure out what it is, or where it's going to strike next, that would help." he went on.

"But we ultimately need to stop it, and quarantine it." he continued.

"If you can do ANY of those things, you'll be saving our bacon here."

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 02:36:58 )


Chloe was silent for a moment, several things running through her head before nodding.

"Of course. I will see what I can do." She then said before looking around.

"You can use the computer in my office." He told her. She nodded before heading off to the location in question.

Once there, she sat down at his desk, logged in with her ID before pulling a cord out from behind her ear and connecting to the tower.


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Voltie — The Dude Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 03:19:32 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

As she started to work, a pair of eyes were upon her. They were a bit in the shadows, and were deadly silent.

'...that damn robot...' they thought, before silently slinking off.

Meanwhile, when Chloe connected, she found the system in a right mess.

And it was getting worse and worse.

She needed to act fast, before things collapsed altogether.

She also noticed that something was actively trying to boot her off and disconnect her.

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Donator — Female Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/02/9 03:31:49 )


"The hell...?" Chloe wondered before shaking her head and getting to work. She had to do all she could, even if she wasn't a perfect fix.

A matter of half of an hour later there was a serious push against her, against everything she was doing, that caused a glitch within her. She let out a small cry of surprise, but it didn't last long. It didn't take long before it turned into a rather extremely distorted audio, before silence.

This hadn't been the first time that someone had been pressing against her, although it seemed as if the previous atempts had been learning experiences.


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