Chapter 10: Invading Lifeinvader
Yang continued the game. The screen goes to a normal day with the camera going down on Michael, who's sitting down and is talking on the phone.
Michael: Hello, is this still the number for Lester Crest?
Lester: Who's asking?
Michael: Who's asking "who's asking"?
Lester: You're awful cagey...(blows nose roughly and snorts) even for a dead man, Michael.
"Someone doesn't sound very good," Blake commented.
Michael: Oh, you don't sound good, buddy.
Lester: Tactful and charming, even in death. Come see me, old friend.
"Is he dying?" Weiss asked.
"From the what I can hear, he sounds like one of those geeks who are often sick with mukuse and boogers," Blake replied.
"What makes you say that?" Yang asked.
"I met a few during my days at..."
"White Fang," said everyone.
"I was going to say middle school."
Lester: I'm living in Los Santos just like you. Merrieta Heights...
Michael: Whoa, whoa, wait... hey, how did you... hello? (Hangs up) You fucker.
"What happened? Why does he sound offended?" Ruby asked as she played with Zwei a bit.
"I don't know," Yang replied.
"If Blake is right, he's a geek who's good with a computer, and is really good at hacking," said Weiss. Yang ran to the black car and started to drive to Lester. Yang noticed three buttons on the center of the controller. She pressed the big one in the center and it opened up a large menu that paused the game.
"What happened?" Blake asked.
"I don't know," Yang replied. She pressed the button and it closed. She pressed the one on the left, nothing happened. Then she pressed the one on the right and it opened up a menu, showing a larger map. She figured out how to use it and set a marker to Lester's.
"That's pretty handy," Ruby commented.
"I know, I should use this more often," said Yang. She drove to Lester's and then Michael calls his therapists, Dr. Friedlander.
Michael: Hey, doc.
Dr. Friedlander: Michael, I'm looking through my appointment book, and I don't see your name.
Michael: Yeah well, I'm more of a walk-in guy. Doc, you know that.
Dr. Friedlander: Well, walk-ins are more expensive, but I'm happy to accommodate.
"I don't blame him for making it expensive, it's pricey to just suddenly walk in and have a therapy session. It takes scheduling for someone to set up a therapy session," Weiss said.
Michael: Sure, you'll accommodate me as long as I got money in my pocket, right? Hey, I'm in a bad way. I might come by soon.
Michael hangs up the phone.
"Man it's either they're perverted, trigger-happy, or psychotic," Weiss said.
"I don't think the therapist is any of those," Blake said,
"No, I mean everyone else, Michael, Lamar, Franklin, the tennis coach..."
"I do see your point," said Yang. Yang drove up the street and a women is yelling out for him.
Women: Hey! Stop! You have to help me!
"Wonder what she needs," Yang stopped the car, gets off and ran to the women.
Women: This crazy guy's smacking the shit out of his girlfriend. I don't know what to do. I think he's going to kill her.
"Then call the fucking police!" Weiss yelled.
Women: Come on quick. This way.
Yang followed the women and walked on the side of the house.
"Uh, shouldn't we go through the front?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know, maybe it's in the backyard," Ruby said.
"Then the neighbors should have called the police," said Blake.
Man: We got one! Go, go, get in there! (Three guys run in). You fuckin' move and your dead. Give me your fucking money.
"Shit, everyone here is psychotic. Remind me never go to America," Weiss said. Yang pulled out the weapon wheel and took out the pistol and shot one down. She aimed her pistol at the head of another one and shot him, she quickly aimed at the other one and shot him.
"Easy!" yelled Yang. She ran up to them and took their ammo and money.
"You can just steal the cash from the dead people?" Ruby asked.
"Something I learned from the shoot out with Lamar," said Yang. She got in the car and continued to Lester's.
Friend Request
When she got there, she walked up to the front door. Michael knocks on the door. A camera zooms in on Michael. Michael flips off the camera with both fingers.
"Haha, really fucking funny," said Weiss.
Michael: Fuck you, Lester. You gonna let me in or what.
Lester: Gimme a minute.
Lester opens the door and let's Michael in. Yang saw a bunch of random junk on the shelves, posters, collectables and any other nerdy stuff.
"I knew it, computer geek!" Blake exclaimed.
Lester: Was wondering when you're going to show up.
Michael: I was dead.
"I wondered how he survived and got away from the police," Weiss wondered.
"I don't know, a deal with the authority," said Ruby.
Lester: Praise be! I guess you weren't dead. (Rolls back on wheelchair). You... need my help.
Michael: How do you know?
Lester: 'Cause you came here. (Grabs cane and stands up). Why else would you.
Michael: I haven't been a good friend for you, Lester. I know that.
"Not a good human being in general," Blake said.
Lester: And you're gonna make it up to me by doing whatever I ask.
Michael stands up and Lester was starting to sound scared.
Lester: Or rather, I-I mean... I need something done, you need to know something so why not help each other.
"Seems legit," said Yang.
Michael: I gotta make some dough.
Lester: So you're backing the game?
Michael: I guess. Look Lester, about whatever happened before...
Lester: I know you never mentioned my name. I know that I'm not in any lists anywhere. I know you never betrayed me. As for you, you gotta figure out the I never told anyone. That instead of gently decomposing in North Yankton, you're angrily decomposing in Los Santos with a shrink... and a wife that don't love you no more. (Airs back on wheelchair
"Wonder who was buried in North Yankton," Yang wondered, "and whatever happened to the thirt guy, Brad?"
Michael: Yeah... yeah, well...
Lester: Shut, I'm getting a Eyefind alert. (Looks at comouter). That little college boy, sack of shit, phony, fuck!
"Woah, take it easy," Ruby said.
Michael: Who? Jay Norris?
Lester: Yes. That fuck is a lying bastard, I've read his fucking emails. He's a fucking cheat!
"Why are looking at his emails?" Weiss asked.
"I met a lot of hackers who do that stuff, he might not be that different," Blake replied.
Michael: I-I heard he save America...
Lester: What? By outsourcing all the jobs? By selling us little bits of plastic, restricted-access shit?
"I'm guessing that's bad," Ruby said confused.
Lester: Well now it's payback time, you lying turd.
Michael: The hell are you talkin' about?
Lester: You are going to get that white collar gig that you always dreamed off, Mikey. (Grabs backpack and hands it to Michael) Here, take this err, fashionably retro, 'weird-for-a-forty-year-old-man-but-I-cannot-let-go-of-the-1980s' bag and dress yourself up like a billionaire math genius with low-level Asperger's. You better be ready for the minor glitch of your repulsive pseudo-messianic life.
Michael: Okay, Lester...
Lester: Get out of here!
"Shit, take a chill pill," Ruby said.
Lester: Call me when you're ready. We are about to put Darwinism back into socail Darwinism and brother, it's going to be fun.
"What's Darwinism?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know, I think its a thing in the Foriegn areas," Ruby said.
Michael: You fuckin' kidding me. I'm a bank robber, not a web-designer.
Lester: So we'll go robbing... soon. I'll find something, just like the old days. (Uses inhaler and coughs afterwards).
"Wow, someone doesn't sound good," Yang said. The game tells Yang to go to the Surburban store. Yang getsout of Lester's house with the backpack, gets in the car and drives off.
"Man, I still can't believe I'm stuck here for the whole summer," Weiss commented.
"What makes you bring that up?" Ruby asked.
"Well, it's been in my mind before we started playing. I think about it when Yang is driving to the location."
"I'm trying my best, I sent countless emails to Ozpin and any others, but they're not coming here."
"Well shit, we're stuck here. I wonder what everybody at home thinks where we are."
"Isn't there a communication tower somewhere?" Weiss asked.
"It's closed off for the whole summer, so there's no point."
"Ugh, might as well make it the best indoor summer."
"Agree," said everyone.
"When will we play?" Blake asked.
"When I finish the game," Yang replied.
"Shit, that's going to take some time."
"Once I'm finish, I'll let you play your games, alright?
"Fine."
Yang reached Suburban, which is a clothing store. She walks inside and greets the employee.
Michael: Ah, excuse me. (Walks up to the employee). I got this interview for this tech company. I'm thinking I need something, I don't know... geeky, youthful.
Employee: Lost your job and the world's moved on, huh? That's too bad.
"Wow, all you needed to do is tell me what you would you prefer for a interview," Yang said.
Michael: I didn't lose my job.
Employee: Of course. Got too old, got outsourced.
"So helpful," Weiss said sarcastically.
Employee: Same thing happened to my dad.
"Will you help us!" Blake yelled,
Employee: Now you gotta fit in with a different generation.
"Ugh, just help us," Ruby said softly.
Employee: What about... a vest and some cargo shorts.
"Thank you!" yelled Yang. Yang walked up to the vests, and got herself the Rearwall yellow gilet and some khaki cargo shorts.
Employee: Yep, that's as youthful you're gonna get.
"Okay, we are set," Yang said. She walked out of the store.
Employee: Good luck at the interview.
Yang got in the car and started to drive to the Lifeinvader officers. Michael started to call Lester.
Lester: Michael.
Michael: I'm all dressed up. Now, you wanna run me through this thing?
Lester: The prototype is somewhere in the Lifeinvader office. Find it, and fit it with the device in your bag.
Michael: They just gonna let me In?
Lester: Why wouldn't they, if look apart? Hang around till someone opens the door and act entitled.
Yang drove up to the parking space near the office. She walks up to the rear enterance and Michael waits there. He takes a smoke and a Lifeinvader employee walks out.
Michael: Hey. (Lights Liveinvader employee).
Lifeinvader employee: Oh, great. PM's pushing for more functionality, but we are maxed. I mean if anything we have to strip features, especially if we're planning on releasing a fully priced update a year later.
"What's he talking about?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know, tech stuff," Yang assumed.
Michael: Yeah, well, you gotta do what you gotta do. (Liveinvader employee: You know, it's all this...). You know?
"Michael has no idea what he's talking about, and he doesn't care," Blake commented.
"So are we," Yang added.
Lifeinvader employee: Err, I mean we're talking beta in Q4, maybe Q3. Look milestones are one thing, but when design is changing its mind seemingly overnight there's not much you can do about it... You know what I'm saying?
"I still don't understand, I'm not a big tech wiz," Ruby said.
Michael: Look, my Union-allocated smoke break is about up, so...
Lifeinvader employee: Wait a minute, do I know you?
Michael: Yeah, I think so.
Lifeinvader employee: I-IT temp right?
Michael: Yeah.
Lifeinvader employee: You know you gotta do something for me. (Opens door for Michael).
"That was easy," Weiss commented.
"Let's invade Liveinvader!" Yang said loudly.
Michael: Ah, you gotta put it in a ticket.
Lifeinvader employee: Err... no. I'd like to keep this one out of the databases, if you know what I mean.
Yang followed the Liveinvader employee through the office. She noticed the signs sticking out telling what room is which. Some doesn't make sense like "Invader Zone," and "Tech Stop." Some rooms shouldn't be in a office like a yoga room and a sweat lodge.
Lifeinvader employee: I'm turning consultant when we release- consulting the consulters.
They walked upstairs where they saw an arcade machine and a bean bag chair.
"Wow, taking geeky to the next level here," said Weiss. They walked into a room with a bunch of computers set up. The employee showed Yang the computer she's going work with,
Lifeinvader employee: Here you go. If you guys let me use the OS I requested this wouldn't be a problem.
Michael gets in the computer and saw a horde of porn on the computer screen.
Michael: This is a filthy hard drive bro.
"I agree," Yang said.
"Even in a geeky office, there's always a perv," said Weiss.
"Why the hell would you do that in a work place!" Blake loudly said.
Michael: Huh, got any antivirus software?
Lifeinvader employee: I think so, behind this junk, on the left. Click an NSFW link, bro. But me on the ass.
"Nasty," Blake commented.
Michael: Yeah, not safe for work. You know, my son's computer runs into the same problem.
"Dirt minded," Weiss added.
Michael: I'll close the popups, see what I can do.
Yang started to close the popups slowly, but they keep reappearing.
"Huh, maybe close them faster," Ruby suggested.
"Yeah, alright," said Yang.
Lifeinvader employee: Your son codes? Start 'em early bro. You write the best stuff in your Tweens. After that, it's a hack job.
"He said he clicks on NSFW links, not coding," Blake said. Yang finished closing the popups and went to the antivirus program and clicked it. She clicked "scan computer" and it scanned. When it finished, she exterminated the virus in the computer.
Michael: And that should do it. Why don't you try and keep things "strictly safe for work" from now on.
"Just wow," Weiss said. Weiss looked at the wallpaper, a girl wearing some fantasy gear doing a seductive pose. The Liveinvader employee was making noises and is doing air guitar. He stopped and look at Michael.
Lifeinvader employee: Hey, have you seen the prototype in the demo room? When Norris announces it at the keynote, minds are gonna blow. (Continues air guitar).
Michael: Yes, they are. (Gets up).
The game tells Yang to rig the prototype. Yang walks into a small room with the prototype device. Michael opens the briefcase and grabs the prototype. He zipped open his backpack and took a small device. He opened it up and insert thesmall device in it.
"Wonder what it is," Blake wondered.
"I don't know, it could be a device that just shoots out small fart noises," Ruby guess.
"Only in the childish mind of Ruby," Weiss said. Yang had to leave the building. She went to the rear entrance. She walked pass a guy who kicked something at another person. The man said something like he needs to learnt his to get a job here. She walked downstairs and a girl was yelling about her milk, how it's not the kind she usually drinks and she's going to drown in snot or something like that. She walked outside and got in the car. She drove off and Michael called Lester.
Lester: Hey... Michael... hold on... hold on... domed! I domed you...
Michael: Lester? The thing is in the prototype. I'm going home to watch the keynote.
Lester: Teabag time, my friend!
Michael: Lester, did you hear me? Are you playing that game?
Lester: Yeah, yeah. Sorry... phone is rigged. What's your problem, you don't like shooters.
"There's a forgeign game where you just shoot, sounds like my kind of game," Yang said, "I think I should check out the other games."
"After you finish this one and when Weiss, Ruby, and I played a game," Blake said.
Michael: They're all the same, besides, you know me. I'm a movie guy, Classic Vinewood.
Lester: Classic Vinewood ended thirty years ago. Now it's just superheroes, romantic comedies, and remakes. None of which interests me.
"He does have a point," Ruby agrees.
Michael: Hey, I believe this country can still make interesting movies. There is no better way to define American life than a two hour plot in which the hero looks good and defeats evil.
Lester: Whatever you say... enjoy yesterday. Anyway, just call the device after unveiling it, and then we talk. (Hangs up).
Yang parked the car in the driveway and gets off the car. She walked out of the car and into the house. She walked into the living room with Tracey watching TV.
Tracey: Oh my god, you guys are so lame!
Michael: No! I'm watching Fame or Shame!
Michael: Tough fucking tits!
Michael fights Tracey for the remote. He grabs it out of her hand and throws her in the floor. She gets up and walks out screaming.
"Don't blame you," Ruby said.
"Parent of the year," Weiss said sarcastically. Michael sits down and the game tells Yang to flip the channel. She flipped the channel to the news channel, where Jay Norris is presenting the prototype.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen! Please welcome Jay Norris to the stage!
Jay: Hey, this company has come a long way since we started it in my parents' pool house in East Carraway. Today, you're about to witness a new phase. Full on, weapons grade, red alert, world domination!
"I though he's talking about showing off the prototype, not world domination," Weiss said.
Jay: We put a billion people's private data in the public domain, and we have milked every single penny in the process. We have one of the youngest work force in the world! An average age of fourteen point four years.
"Ruby, you could get a job over there," Yang said
"I'd rather be eaten by Grimm by working geeky boys," Ruby said.
"You've a geeky weapon loving girl, I mean you even think your weapon is an individual," Weiss said.
"Don't listen to them," Ruby said, holding her weapon.
Jay: That's not just impressive, it's revolutionary! (Crowd cheers). Today, right here. We are about to make the next step! Prepare to witness... the future. (Makes a small circle with one hand, point two fingers and puts the two fingers through the hand circle).
"Wow, just wow," Blake said.
"You know what it is?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, I do he do..."
"Just don't explain it," said Yang.
Jay: (takes out the prototype). The Liveinvader mobile device.
Yang took out the phone and called the contact, Jay Norris.
Michael: And... fuck you.
Jay: Hang on a second. I think someone is trying to dock with me. (Answers phone).
"Waiting for a far noise," said Ruby.
Jay: Hello? (Phone blows up on Jay's head).
"What the fuck!" Weiss yelled.
"Nice tactful killing," Blake said. Everyone looked at Blake. "What, it's true."
Jay layed down on the floor dead with blood on his head.
Michael: Oh! Ach! Oh! Jesus!
"Same here, Michael," Weiss said. The signal was lost and the TV turned off.
Mission pass!
Bronze
"At least someone died, unlike the one with Lamar," Yang said. Michael took out his phone and called Lester.
Lester: Hahahaha!
"Psychotic geek!" Blake yelled.
Michael: Lest! That was heavy! You watching the news?
Lester: I don't have to, I'm watching the markets. I'll be trading pure alpha till close.
Michael: Alright. Hey, about the other thing? You know, the score?
Lester: Oh yeah, yeah... absolutely. Let's do it. Put on a suit, and meet me at my warehouse off the LS freeway. Oh, and I'm about to send you a link for the exchange. You can put in some trades of your own.
Michael: I'll try to stay off the day trade, but maybe I'll take a look. (Hangs up).
"Stock trading, watching TV... what's next, crane operating, moping the floor?" Weiss asked.
"Maybe, we'll see. I'm going to dress up nicely," Yang said as she walks into the clothing icon.
Author's note:
Alright, was suppose to do this chapter yesterday, but I was playing Dynasty Warriors 8. So fun. Might have them play it. Anyways, I plan on uploading a chapter tomorrow or Friday. If I dont, then HAVE A FUCKING FANTASTIC THANKSGIVING! and don't forget to leave a review, and follow and favorite for upcoming chapters.