Zane enthroned himself in his ergonomic computer chair in the living room as he, Elaine, Frog, Roger, and Hadaly all held an audience by the flickering light of the numerous monitors. Each one currently displayed scenes from different video games as they cycled through downloading all the various media feeds that Zane consumed during a … Read more
She waited for the girls to seat themselves before gradually descending back into her own. The sway-backed leather seat seemed to swallow her whole. “Today I received the most astounding surprise,” Fedora said. One of her spider hands scrabbled for her spectacles—a strange pair of glasses that looked entirely out of place on her thin … Read more
Frog grabbed her safari hat and snugged it atop her head. She flung the door to the hallway—she paused a moment there, a silhouette framed by the sudden brightness of the Computing Commons flooding into the dimly lit room. “I’ll tell Zane we’re going, I think he’s downstairs doing homework on the atrium computers,” she … Read more
The next day landed on a Friday, the results of the winners from the previous day’s DarkNet exploits would be revealed after the majority of classes for the day at ended 5pm. According to Elaine’s intelligence on the subject—from Zane via Frog mostly—it looked like his ARG team had tied with Brad’s team due to … Read more
A queue of people had already begun to form in front of the MU basement theater. The university had set up a small ticket office there adjacent to the gift shop along the corridor that led out into the amphitheater area—where the ASU Improv did their shows for larger audiences. The movie poster for The … Read more
The metallic voice of the robotic automatic message repeated what the earlier voicemail said about the subject of potential academic probation and she cut it off midsentence. “What is it?” Frog asked. “Academic services again,” Elaine said. “I didn’t know those automatic systems were so persistent. I might need to hack into it just to … Read more
“It’s a very competitive game,” Brad said. He gestured towards the laptop as he paced back and forth, waving his hands as he spoke. “I have a suspicion that the other teams have also received this message. Think about it. Why only offer the secrets to me? There’s nothing about exclusivity.” Zane tapped his finger … Read more
Frog, Elaine, Zane, gathered in one of the Computing Common’s many stairwells with Sarah Pilgrim, Larry Pilgrim, and Brad Wright. Frog took up a position high on one of the nearby stairs; Sarah stood midway down a lower flight; the rest of the group gave Elaine enough room to wave her arms as she quickly … Read more
After they finished, Benjamin stepped back from his work. Each box included not only the coordinates but notes on where to go. He held his cryptophone aloft, photographed the board, and sent the image to everyone in the group. “That gives us six good locations and two probably good locations.” Zane waved his finger at … Read more
Frog rolled her eyes and tapped a long fingernail on an empty soda can. “Might I hazard a guess?” she said. “It’s not like we don’t all recall the effects from the last time you used it. If you were going to kick yourself into la vida rapido we should have gotten you a few … Read more