(D2 LE) Meeting the Spirit in the Ship

[Isond Vaal]

Definitely. "Probably still have to do some of that, but maybe from further inside physically secured spaces using that code. Worth some research, though." She pauses in thought..."are you going to be coming with on the physical run? Because, if that code belongs to someone's beloved dead aunt, it'd be helpful having someone able to play a ghost when their nephew or whatever comes looking. Or I can program more limited kind of ghost..." shaking her head, she says, "OK, that's a side project for another time. Think there's anything else we can get out of here?"

[VIRGO]

"I think that might be it, for the time being at least, but you're free to study this further, to familiarize yourself with their systems. It might come in handy." VIRGO seemed to be thinking about something for a moment.

"I will be part of the heist, yes. I believe Olon wants me to be a backup, one to slice their systems once we all are discovered, to trigger alarms in other areas or to mess with surveillance."

[Isond Vaal]

"You know, it's actually reassuring to hear that someone else is planning for when, not if, we're discovered." Isond tucked the schematics under a few layers of security on the pad before clearing it from the screen and tapping a program to go clear out lingering traces of her activity on the device. Standard slicer security mode.

"Good to have you along as a backup too. Sometime along the line I want to talk about how all this," her gesture takes in the electronic devices and schematics and everything, "looks when you're a digital native."

[VIRGO]

"An attempted break in like this, it is only a matter of time before it is noticed, one way or another. I believe at least Olon and her crew know this probability and are working with that in mind for the planning."

The desire for further interaction seemed to make her smile at least. "That would be interesting. It is not often organics seem to display such an interest in this, to the extent you do."

[Isond Vaal]

With a rueful smile, she taps her own head. "I have my own mysteries to hunt down, and the slippage is between the digital and organic. So...that's where I hang out."

[VIRGO]

"Oh? How do you mean?" she asked, clearly intrigued.

[Isond Vaal]

Isond frowns a bit, considering. "A good while back, I think someone broke into a data vessel I carry to take stuff that almost certainly wasn't meant for them, and scrambled a fair chunk of my existing memory at the time. I'd like it back. Might not be possible, but..." A small huff of humor accompanies a small smile, "trying has built some very marketable skills, so I can't complain too much about what may not be possible."

[VIRGO]

"I see... hmm... we have a similar circumstance of sorts then. I am sorry for your situation. Perhaps it will be a problem we can both try to solve together in the future." VIRGO seemed genuinly sympathetic for the situation Isond was in.

[Isond Vaal]

"Two heads are better than one and all that, so that could make for an interesting puzzle to work on sometime." There's a pause. "Well, one head and one digital mind...to update the old phrase."

"I'd appreciate that. Pretty sure you'll see things very differently from me. Might open up some new avenues." They sit back a bit. "But that's probably after we're done focusing on this job."

[VIRGO]

"Perhaps. If we are lucky, there might be moments when we have time to look into it." At least she seemed hopeful about the possibilities of unlocking something for either of them.

[Isond Vaal]

Isond nods. "Yeah, I think we'll make a good team. Starting to look forward to this crazy job, honestly." She tucks her datapad away, rising to begin the process of heading out. "This is better data than I've had heading into some jobs, for sure."

[VIRGO]

VIRGO smirked at that. "Olon and her crew do not do anything half-baked. Of course they are no strangers to improvisation when the situation calls for it, but dangerous jobs requires meticulous planning and preparation."

"Running the numbers, it was clear that this operation would be too big for just Olon, Gruwmun, Kaurin, Syneisha, and myself."