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The Power Within (Currently a closed story)

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:04 pm
by Power Sink
Power Sink sat in the school medical ward getting some minor injurys treated when he felt the rooms temperature take a sudden drop, Andy looked up in time to see Glacial Mass round the corner.

GM: *Sounding rushed* There you are. Hey do you know anything about computers ?
PS: *Vague curious tone* Yeah, why whats up ?
GM: The comm system has been compromised, someone got ahold of Scouts comm and their useing his frequency. Ginga ordered a blackout but who ever it is, is still transmitting to us. No one is around that knows the system, I'm worried they can use it to track other students down.
PS: So you want me to tamper ?
GM: Yeah, think you can do it ?
PS: Probly. Do you know where the the hub is for the mainframe ?
GM: I have some idea, lets go.

Glacial Mass leads them into a room full of massive high tech computers. Its aww inspiring the kind of tech the school has access to, these systems obviously run more than just the comm system students carry. Finding them under locked up tight Glacial decides to do the prudent thing or that thing he always does. Grabbing an access panel his tremendous strength allows him to press his fingers into the metal and get a grip, then with a swift jerk he rips the panel completly free and tosses it aside haphazardly.

PS: Careful man, thats sensitive stuff in there, if your just gonna smash it, you dont need me.
GM: I dont do careful.
PS: *Sighing* Listen, what your about to see, I've never shown or told to anyone and I'm not real comfortable with it. So you know keep it to yourself.
GM: Yeah alright, you know... secrets arnt my strong point.

Power Sink steps up to the open panel and reaches in, small electrical currents arching across his arms. As the circuitry pattern in this flesh comes to life his fingers seem to elongate. Glacial is suddenly aware that wires are sprouting from Andys arms and creating an interface between him and the schools computers.

GM: What the !?!?...
PS: *A quiet distant tone* Shhh this isnt easy, takes alot of concentration to get the nanites to work for me like this.

Andrews eyes roll back into his head glaze over and suddenly look like small computer monitors, data flashing and scrolling across them. A short time passes and the location the stolen comm frequency is transmitting from is determined. Glacial Mass heads out to recover it, calling any other students he can reach to come to his aid.

Mean while Andy is deep in trance exploring the massive mainframe of the school. From here he can gain access to other systems he could never get into from his PC in his dorm room. He falls in deeper and eventually finds somthing of great interest, something equaly interested in him.

PS: *Heard quietly over the school public comm frequency* Hello?... Yes.
PS: *A long pause then* No, dont. You cant come in here.
PS: Why not ? you came to me, let me all the way in.
PS: *Distant and quiet* I'm not ready, I dont fully understand... STOP!!!

Glacial Mass hearing this realises he left Andy connected with the schools computer and suddenly gets suspicious. Trying to talk to Power Sink on the comm he realises theres no signal from Andys end and rushes back to St.Josephs. Upon arrival he finds Andrew missing, the only sign of his presence being the open panel of the computer and some of the wires the nano-colony grew, quickly dissolving.

The Power Within

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:48 am
by Power Sink
Two days later Andrew showed up at the school going about his regular routine of classes and such. To those who spoke with him and asked what had happened he seemed oblivious to any unusual events and had nothing to say. Andy appears to be perfectly fine and behaiving as himself except for the occasional reference to himself in the third person or as "we" and "us". He neither denies nor acknowledges the occurrence of any odd events.