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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 19:21:39 GMT -8
"And why, exactly, would you chop off yer arm?"
Gidget's brows furrowed as she stared at the woman. That seemed a bit extreme. Of course, if violence was as rampant there as it seemed, and people needed to do as many crazy things as she had gathered, she supposed chopping off an arm wouldn't be that big of a deal.
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 19:29:09 GMT -8
She swallowed hard and put her food down for a moment to unclog her sleeves from the clasp at her upper arms and slid down the sleeve to her palms. Gidget would see reflective crystals and heavy scaring poking through lucky’s skin. “Over loaded a Qi crystal once it exploded and seeped into my bones, fed on the over abundance of energy and grew in me. Impossible to remove unless I decided to chop my own arms off. They’d grow slightly after a while and it was all I can do to keep my arms minimally exposed to the Qi naturally occurring around old world. Had plans to make my own bionic arms if I had collected the pieces I needed and doing the deed myself. But obviously didn’t happen.”
She covers her arms once more and started eating again.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 19:32:16 GMT -8
Gidget stopped and stared at the woman's arms. They were interesting, to say the least, even if she didn't fully understand the implications of them. Her head tilted to one side. Qi this, and Qi that, and Qi crystals, and blah blah blah. It was strange, hearing so much about Qi. She rubbed her forehead slightly.
"Honestly, it sounds as if all that Qi bullshit is just... more trouble than its worth."
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 19:38:38 GMT -8
“Be a double edged sword... high amount of power can be obtained and a kind of infection can be created. It’s used to build and destroy heal and damage... so on I don’t want to sound philosophical or anything but I’d say like electricity you can use it for great things but man if it isn’t a jolt to the bones.” She spoke as if she understood. What a story on how lucky might have found out what getting electrocuted felt like.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 19:43:54 GMT -8
She snickered and gave a little shrug of one shoulder. "Alright, sure. I guess I can understand it better if you put it like that. I still don't understand why you'd want that kind of power. Seems way too easy to corrupt."
In fact, she would probably be one of those corrupting it. After all, just look at what she does on the internet.
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 19:53:54 GMT -8
“Well... yes actually... that’s the very reason we’ve had multiple apocalypses, many wars, and now our world is gone. Qi users did that, people seeking Qi power did that.” She shoveled the last bit of her food into a final tortilla to clean her plate of every chunk or grain left. “I’m not going to say Qi users are entirely at fault or that I blame them. But what I will say... we did this to ourselves.” She shrugged.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 19:58:36 GMT -8
She nodded, falling into a thoughtful silence. She had learned more about Qi from this woman than she had from anyone else, but it still wasn't really much. She pushed her barely-touched plate across the table towards Lucky, offering her what remained of her food. It seemed like she probably needed it more than she did, anyway.
"This world ain't all that and a bag of chips, either. But it's more peaceful here. Corruption comes in more mundane ways, like politicians and bullshit internet predators."
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 20:32:05 GMT -8
“So I hear... Thank you for the meal.” This place was chill and peaceful if she was willing to give away her own plate without knowing there was more food in her near future. Lucky wouldn’t try and argue or be overly modest in her gesture. Certainly not a luxury she felt she could afford. “The internet is something new to me... I’ve ranted on about my world but I’ve barely gotten to peak at this... worldwide web. I’m not a technical expert so I’ve not been able to discover it much unless I’m in the apartments. But I have trouble knowing where to even start.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 20:53:03 GMT -8
"It's not difficult, once you get the hang of it. Most people here use it all the time, whether they necessarily need to or not. It's a luxury that people kinda take for granted. It can be dangerous, though... People called 'hackers' can use it to find out basically anything about you, if you ever put any of that shit online. Even the stuff you think is secured probably isn't."
Gidget shrugged.
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 21:03:15 GMT -8
“Now that sounds like more trouble than it’s worth. But then again I’m not against it. How do I prevent the Hackers?” Lucky remembered how Gadget was eating her food and tried to copy that with this new plate.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 21:06:40 GMT -8
Gidget snickered and shrugged.
"Most hackers are going to be professionals. They do this shit for a living. To be able to stop them, you have to be better than them."
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 21:10:53 GMT -8
“What do they want from me?” Lucky raised a brow.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 21:13:33 GMT -8
"Your information, your identity, your money... if you have any. Or, honestly. Probably just entertainment value."
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Post by Lucille "Lucky" O'Donnovan on Dec 26, 2020 21:21:39 GMT -8
“Hm... Okay can’t say it’s any different than what I’m used to dealing with seems worth the risk while I decide to carry what caution I can take. Any advice?” Lucky could absolutely think all of that happening with the right Qi user crossing her path.
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Post by Gidget on Dec 26, 2020 21:23:29 GMT -8
"Yeah. Create a fake persona. Let that person be the one on the Internet. Don't put any of your personal information on anything, if you can avoid it. It won't keep you totally safe, but it will keep you safer."
And, of course... she could always hire Gidget. However, she figured that this stranger that was looting through the garbage earlier probably didn't have the money to pay her astronomical fees.
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