"That's the last time i get into a drinking contest with an ai, they can't even get drunk" said the boy in the red coat, looking up at the roof of the shitty box he called home. He sat up and went over to his computer, it was a simple machine but probably more powerful than any cTOS or even IMC could cook up. He got the things he needed from his computer and left the house and instantly checked his bank account
"Shit, skint, hmmm..."
He looked around at all the people going about their lives and decided to introduce their bank account to Project Peirce, a hacking software he made himself. He was about to make a few hundred bucks when his phone was swiped from his hand and a little thief ran off with it
"Hey!, little shit" he said sprinting after him.
As the thief turned a corner a loud clang could be heard and as he turned the corner he saw a reasonably small figure in a dark blue and red cloak standing over the thief holding them off the ground, as he neared he could hear the figure say something that seemed to terrify the thief before the figure looked at him, With his phone in hand.
"Could I get that back, please"
"Give what back?" Asked the figure.
"The phone, ya daftie"
"Oh? This?" They held the phone up.
"Yes, that"
"Sure. Now what was this guy doing with it?" They said still holding both the phone and the theif, the good id the cloak hiding them from any attempt he tried to see their face.
"Stealing it, probably fencing it"
"What? And who even are you?"
"Who i am isnt important, what matters is YOU give me back my fecking phone"
"Alright fine. It's just a phone. Now you want to take this guy to the police with me?" Asked the figure. Who was still holding both. Almost like they had forgotten they even had it in their hand.
"Sure, i have a hangover so i need some fresh air" said the guy, putting on his black and red military style hat
"Ok. Do you know the way? Because I don't." Said the figure.
"Yeah, follow me and uh, gonnie put him down, you'll get wierd looks from like, half the people here"
"Oh? Am I? Sorry I didn't notice. And if I let him go? Won't he run?" They said pointing to the theif who said "no I won't. Just let me go."
"Alright just know that if you run your getting a bullet between your eyes." The thief looked positively scared at that and when let go didn't run away.
As the thief was put down he got a swift crack in the legs from a steel baton where he crumpled
"Dont steal my phone next time"
"Where'd you get that? And why did you do that. Can't he like. Sue you or something?" Asked the figure
"Even if he did I, technically, don't exist but even IF he managed to find me i would simply just hack into the law system and erase all crimes I have done, Oh and I hid my baton behind my coat, and if you're going to judge me on weaponry you're threatening to shoot the guy and, pardon me but don't you need a gun to shoot someone, ya daftie"
"Oh well i do though." said the figure while opening their cloak to reveal a G2 semi auto rifle hanging off their hip, but the only thing going through his mind was the fact that underneath that surprisingly un-revealing cloak was the fact that not only was she a simulacrum but she was IMC.
"Okay, so you're a sima-simue-whatever you call it and you're working for the IMC, have i got that right.
"Why yes how perceptive of you, now how about we had this person in."
"Well, no, i will not work with an IMC bot, so thanks for the phone but goodbye" he said grabbing his phone back and hurrying away.
" i will never, ever again work with the damn IMC, not after…"
His train of thought was lost as he summoned up his composure and went to work getting rich from other people's bank accounts.
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"Aaaaaaaw...feck"
The man in the red coat looked up at the 20 storey building and took off his hat and fanning himself with it as, he did when he was nervous,"Awww, feck" said the man in the red coat, as he looked up at the 20 storey building that, at the top, held the main cTOS tower for this district.
"Hmmm" he looked up at the buildings nearby and saw that one had a ladder, which he climbed.
"right , storey 1-5, done" he looked around for something to hoist him up and his eye caught a blue lift, the kind used for window cleaners, sitting beside the window.
It was lowered down as , he assumed, the driver was on break. He hoisted himself up and planted his feet on the floor of the lift.
"Right, time to get cracking, or should i say hacking" he said with a forced fake laugh.
He booted up Project Pierce (named after the famous earth hacker, Aiden Pierce) and it scanned the area for potential interference points.
After locating the lift he got hoisted up to the top of the building, waving to the people in the 12th storey restaurant, and climbed onto the roof.
"There you are…"
He looked at a giant black tower with a control panel just at the bottom but, unfortunately, in-between him and access to the public's very nice things, he had to get past the electric fence surrounding the entire thing.
"Well, lets see…". Said the man thoughtfully, as he went over to the edge of the building and looked for anything that could help him find the panel that controlled the door. At last, he found it, a silver panel which his phone was indicating was wirelessly connected to the door
"That was easy" he said to himself as he walked back to the door and opened it with ease, planting his phone on the panel and hacked into the tower giving his phone complete access to the surrounding area and beyond.
"Bingo now let's-" his thought was cut off by a buzz coming from his phone.
"Huh" he looked down at his phone and saw a message popup, which surprised him because his firewalls should not let anyone get into his phone, the message read
"Ooh, you naughty boy" - Irene
"Who the hell is Irene"
"I am~" said a metalic voice behind him as he felt a gun be pressed to his head.