text; un: panoptes

[sisterswitch]

Wow, that weather outside sure is frightful, huh? Seems like a good time to chat, since you're all snowed in.

I've been watching your little slumber party here for a long time now, and I noticed you haven't managed to do anything about the problem of Admins on this network - which I've encrypted, by the way, for the next hour. After your sixty minutes are up, this post and all comments will be scrubbed, and as far as the Admins are concerned, it will be like nothing ever happened.

Now, I can make that encryption permanent. The real question is whether you can make it worth my time.

So let's talk business. Unless, of course, you're comfortable with this kind of cyber-strangulation. And if you are? Fine by me, no judgement, it's just not my kink.

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[sociallychallenged]

Depends on who you are.

Trust is running thin after the shit he pulled with Travis and a bunch of our guys have gone missing. I don't know who you are and we've lost a lot of people.

Some security would be useful as fuck. I'm interested. But what suddenly makes you interested in helping us?

[sisterswitch]

Mostly? I’m bored. Do you know how tiresome it is to watch a group of people collectively wring their hands about “what they’re going to do” for months while their friends and roommates are kidnapped and murdered from right under their noses? At first I thought at least a few of you would be contenders, but so far, you’ve only turned out to be disappointments.

Coming in a close second is the fact that I would LOVE to see the Head finally get dismantled. And while I’d also love to do it myself, it’s a bigger job than one person alone can reasonably tackle. I’m good, but as much as I hate to admit it, I’m not quite that good.

You’re smart to be wary, though. Most of you act like you’ve never even heard of what a surveillance state is, much less take precautions against it. I’d bet that’s why you’re still alive.

And my name is Jack, by the way. Pleased to meet you, Former-Detective Anderson. :)

[sociallychallenged]

Maybe it'd help if shit-for-brains stopped playing 20 Questions with skills or intel rather than share what they can, which is what we'd been dealing with. If you want to now, good. If you're going to be a fuck about it, pretty sure you'll get snuff filmed like everyone else eventually.

[Hank's temper's gotten shorter in dealing with the Heart. He's also unsurprised yet another person's been watching them.]

How long have you been here? And some kinda of verification would come in handy.

[ferrokinetically]

Why should we trust someone that's only now stepping forward to offer their help? How do we know we're not going trade one voyeuristic overlord for another?

[sisterswitch]

Oh please. If I were an overlord, you would’ve known it before now. Those types love to throw their weight around.

And to answer your question - you don’t know that you can trust me. Do you ever know that you can trust anyone? I doubt it. So trusting me is a risk you’ll need to decide if you’re willing to take.

[ferrokinetically]

Seems like that's exactly what you're doing. Letting us all know you've been watching, doing shit all, and then going on about how you could have done something all along. But hey what do I know?

I make it a habit to not trust anyone. So what do you need from us that you'd finally offer your help?

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[notalive]

Yes, you're both more skilled than anyone else at encryption and also understand the gravity of the situation more than everybody here. You might be the smartest person in this whole city.

[He doesn't know why so many people in this place need their egos massaged to get anywhere, but he is so very bored with it. But he'll start with the easy part and work his way up:]

What do you want in return for bothering to do something that could help people?

[sisterswitch]

Sweet summer child, I am in no way the smartest person in the city. I just have certain talents that give me an advantage.

As for what I want, that’s easy - I want a story. A true story, from one of you, about the worst injustice that person has committed and gotten away with.

[notalive]

[If Connor knew what a The Office reference looked like, he'd be glancing into an imaginary camera at that first line.

But anyway. He falters a little- he's got exactly such a story. He's not not open about it. But.]

What do you want something like that for?

[sallyfaced]

if you waited until now after "a long time" to say anything than you gotta want something specific, right?

[sisterswitch]

That’s exactly right - what I want is a story. A true story, from one of you, about the worst injustice that person has committed and gotten away with.

[sallyfaced]

like a confession?

dude

what're you even gonna do with info like that?

[be_notorious]

Sister, while I am a fan of a good fight and banging knuckles, you sure that this all is necessary?

Never played out well when I saw it before.

That said, how do you mean 'worth your time'?

[sisterswitch]

Where exactly did I say anything about fighting? Show me your sources, pal.

And what I mean by “worth my time” is an exchange - a trade, if you will. The proverbial “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.” I set up a secure network so you can safely plan your revolution, and you give me something I want - a story. A confession. Sounds more than fair to me.

[be_notorious]

Those words are hostile words, sister. Ain't nothing diplomatic or salesmanlike about them.

Too steep a price for me.

But, let me propose an alternate deal. You've had time to work out a way around the network. Now, I've had other focuses. One of those focuses could be of good benefit to you.

You give me the way you hack the network, let me do something with it. I can check your numbers and verify it, and I impliment it. I give you a short-range teleporter. I'll even throw in a motion detector for free. They work like a pie shape. Once somethin' comes within danger range, that region on the detector shows up. Simplified but it's quicker than your average warning system.

How's that sound? That one is within my price range.

[firacrux]

Are the Admins really blocked, or are you just pulling the wool over our eyes in an attempt to get us to out something stupid so they have more reasons to come hunt us down like dogs?

[Honestly he's waiting for that comment alone to be enough to rile them up so... Let's see.]

[sisterswitch]

The Admins are tools of the oppressors - do you see any of them barging in here to shut me down?

[firacrux]

They ain't gonna bust someone working for them.

Got a way to prove this is really locked down?

un: nerdbird

[mrsarcastic003]

yes, but the fire is so delightful.

You're really good. How are you doing this? [He hasn't been able to find a system that would let him keep Big Brother's scary AI out yet at this scale.]

[sisterswitch]

Magick, obviously. ;)

[is she kidding? it is a mystery.]

Nice to find someone who appreciates my work, though. So far, everyone else just wants to yell about how much they’ve been screwed over with their own stupid choices. How did you manage to stay sane while living with this group?

un: shay-la

[uglyminded]

Well isn't this bubbly?

What's your time worth?

[sisterswitch]

Just a story. A confession, actually. But that’s not so much to ask, right?

un: lsfkdj

[fuckregularpeople]

This is great news. If a dumb whore like you can do it, anyone can.

[sisterswitch]

If any of you were capable of doing this, you would’ve by now, but you clearly haven’t. Also? Calling someone a whore in a derogatory way is misogynistic, oppressive, and demeaning to sex workers. HTH!

[sisterswitch]

[ok kiddos, your one-hour free trial of a secured internet is now over. as the overwhelming majority of responses were negative, jack’s offer is no longer valid. as promised, the post and all comments vanish from the network and are not recoverable. any search for jack’s username turns up no results.]