Disclaimer: I do not own any Ghost in the Shell. That is proudly owned by Shirow Masamune. This goes for both the original and Stand Alone Complex. Nor do I own any characters created by the Wachowski Brothers. However, I do own this piece of drivel, three chapters with no ending in sight. Scary, but actually beginning to have a plot.

The Secret Diary of Motoko – Modified 4/28/05
Chapter 3:
(I decided that ASCII was too complicated, may go with an eight-bit binary system)
Yet again, if I catch you hacking this diary, you will wish that we still had the death penalty.

Entry 21:
Well, found out why you should never lock a Tachikoma in the compound for the night. They hold grudges. Won't come when called, ordered, or pleaded with. WON'T save your butt when you're in a jam. The only way to get back in their good graces is WacDonald's Apple Pies. Flowers would have been cheaper.

Entry 22:
Came home tonight to a horrendous mess. One damned window in my cube, and someone broke in through it and tossed my bed. Called the police, then realized I WAS the police. Filed the report under "domestic terrorism," that might have been a little over the top.

Entry 23:
Togusa let me stay with him last night. One little burglary and the big tough police bitch becomes all soft and shivery. One of the few things I cannot stand about myself. Damned Ghost can't seem to forget what it's like to have mortality. On a lighter note, Togusa snores, really loudly. Not that I would normally take advantage of someone who is doing me a favor…but he is still up by one.

Entry 24:
Not only do I feel violated; but this bastard took 1 of my favorite pairs of shoes. Not 1 pair, 1 damn shoe. Now I'm going to have to spend valuable time looking for another set of my favorite shoes. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find genuine Doc Marten MP boots in a Size 3 mens?

Entry 25:
Have decided that when I find the asshole who broke into my home, I'm going to fuzz his brain. Not fry it, but fuzz it. Leave him wallowing in half-in/half-out misery forever. Not brain dead enough to allow a reboot, but fried enough he won't be able to function. Asshole took the clips and ammo to my guns, but left the guns. One is required for the other. I went to pull on someone today, and if Battou hadn't been there, I'd have died.

Entry 26:
Ko is freaking my shit out. It'll turn and "stare" at something. I look, there's nothing there. It goes back to its normal programming, than suddenly stares at that spot again. I'm already a little unsettled about my cube, this isn't helping.

Entry 27:
Episode 70 of the human batteries. That little twerp we put in Bellevue last month has friends. Apparently we have quite a cult of delusionals who think they are batteries. Some chick who going by the name Trinity (as in the religious, or because she thinks she exists in 3 places?), ran into me at the club. Looked interesting until she started whispering about how she knew that I was searching. Big light over my head, I think Battou could see it across town. I'd heard that before. When I turned to question her about her apparent insanity, she was gone. Why do I feel like this one is going to come back to haunt me?

Entry 28:
Got to talking with a real cutie today. However, the surprise was on me. Not who I was expecting. Neo was the name, should have known by the lack of hips and ass. But from the back, and looking at the way he walked… Oh well. Guess what the best part is… he's one of those battery cult people. Yippie, skippie!

Entry 29:
I feel like a third wheel at the Togusa household. His wife is a wonderful woman, but I just don't feel like I fit in to their idea of suburban bliss. Plus, the demon in my head made me say something about Togusa's snoring habit, which got me a cross-wise glare from the little lady of the house. Since she's obviously pregnant, and hormonal to boot, I don't need to be adding stress to her life. I told Togusa I was going to be out of their house by the end of the week.

Entry 30:
Going to be going off-line for a few. Doing some zoning to discover what I can about this battery cult. Batou is going to watch my bod while I'm gone (it took forever to get him to promise not to touch it). Who knows, maybe I'll run into someone cute.

A/N: Modified to correct a major OOC issue with Togusa. It was not my aim to alter the characters that severely, not even for humor.-TK