ic contact (mask or menace)

[hackitude]

"Hey! You've reached Skye. Leave a message. I mean, if you want to. Or uh, don't. Whatever."

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[hackitude]

They can't track individual signals, unless you're a villain. I found that out, too.

[hostage]

[Thank you so much for that, Skye.]

What is that, like a switch they flip? Why can't they do it for everybody?

[hackitude]

Don't know. Maybe they don't have the resources? I'm sure it's only a matter of time, anyway.

[hostage]

You sure all that stuff you found wasn't fake? 'cause if it was me, I'd be putting a whole bunch of shit that ain't true in there. Make anybody who went looking think they found something real when they didn't.

[hackitude]

Hmm. We could test it?

[hostage]

How?

[hackitude]

I've gotten into their systems once now. That's more than anyone else has been able to do. And... that means I can do it again.

I could see if I could get into their tracking system. You drive somewhere totally random, and I'll see if I can use their tech to pinpoint your location.

[hostage]

[...This may be slightly Not As Planned.]

You sure you wanna do that when you already got 'em looking for whoever broke in the first time?

[hackitude]

Trust me, it's going to be fine.

Do you want to find out for sure, or not?

[hostage]

[Ugh. Well, better to know she can track him than to not know and have her try it anyway behind his back.]

You wanna do it right now?

[hackitude]

No, can't do it now. [I need to get mod permission.] If I'm hacking the government, I'm not gonna do it from my own home on my own laptop. That's like... hiding the murder weapon under your bed. This stuff can't be traced back to me.

[hostage]

Right, yeah. Sorry. I don't really know how any of this stuff works.

[hackitude]

It's not really that hard. I could teach you sometime, if you want.

[Yeah, not that hard for people who are naturally CS geniuses, Skye.]

[hostage]

[Yeah...]

I don't think, um - Well. You know. I'm stupid, so...

[hackitude]

Hey. High school drop out, remember? I'm not exactly GPA 5.0 myself.

[hostage]

There's a difference between dropping out and flunking out.

[hackitude]

You don't know that I didn't flunk out.

[hostage]

If you did, I bet it's 'cause you were too smart to waste your time.

[hackitude]

[Skye laughs.]

Trust me, not at all. I was a pretty messed up teenager.

[hostage]

Ain't we just the perfect couple.

[hackitude]

[Skye takes his hands in hers and drags him in closer so she can kiss him on the nose, grinning.]

Well, I sure think so.

... Speaking of. Did you listen to my mixtape-that's-actually-a-CD yet? It's okay if you hated it. I need to know these things. For science.

[hostage]

[He smiles at the kiss and squeezes her hands.]

I think I listened to it like fifty times already.

[It took him a while to stop crying at every song.]

It's in my car right now, actually.

[hackitude]

Wait, really?

You're not just saying that? You didn't think it was kinda-- cheesy?

[hostage]

I'm serious. I could sing the whole thing for you start-to-finish. I loved it.

[hackitude]

... Wow. Okay. ... Guess I'll have to make you another one for Christmas, then.