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[becomemod]

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[becomemod]

I see...
Well, I'm sure some of it goes into bank accounts. That is how you have to pay for things in the city, isn't it?

[ballies]

why do you not know where your money is coming from?

[ wait ]

is that the same thing that’s happening to us, why we suddenly just have Money and no clue where it’s coming from??

[becomemod]

It sounds like you shouldn't be judging, after all.

[ is that a joke? ]

But yes, that's probably the case.

[ballies]

hey, I’ve been here less than a week. there’s a loooot to take in in that short an amount of time, y’know.

[becomemod]

Believe me, I understand. But at least this means one less thing to worry about, right?

[ballies]

yeah, until they hit us with interest or hold it over our heads somehow…

[becomemod]

Well, if it comes to that, it's a good thing that we're the ones with special abilities and they aren't.

[ballies]

i love being on the run from the government with my hacking powers.


oh, actually that would be kinda handy.

[becomemod]

Would it? What is "hacking," anyway? It doesn't sound like you mean cutting things.

[ballies]

yoooou don't know what hacking is?

[becomemod]

No. Should I?

[ballies]

...

it's a little surprising, given you're using modern technology to talk to me right now. hacking would be something like...

[ how to put it. ]

say you and nico were having a private team talk, kinda like we're having now but with more secrets. like-- you're talking tons and tons about your secret room and team powers.

hacking would be me, who isn't involved in that conversation, managing to break my way through all the encryption, aka the stuff keeping that conversation private, and reading everything you've said for myself.

[becomemod]

It took a big to get used to technology like this in the first place. The others were very helpful.

I had no idea that was even a possibility, but it does sound useful. So it's to gain information?

[ballies]

so, not something you have back home then. got it.

well, that depends on who's hacking and for what purpose. and how they use what they find. you could hack to track a criminal and catch them in the middle of something bad -- or someone could hack you and steal all your credit card information and bankrupt you.

[becomemod]

Some of it exists, but access to it is relatively limited.

Versatile, then. So how do you plan on using it, with all of these options?

[ballies]

as in... you're not totally in the middle ages, but cell phones were a bit of a culture shock?

i guess that depends on what i feel for the place. hacking and controlling things sounds useful, so does info gathering. i'll just go with whatever feels the most relevant. or possible.

[becomemod]

Cell phones exist, but I'd never used one myself before.

Good answer. I am curios to hear what you end up deciding on.

[ballies]

… are you an anti-technology technophobe?

[ you have phones and you don’t use them?? damn. ]

guess we’ll find out! if everyone’s really nice to me it’ll be easier to be good. [ said like she’s not a good girl ]

[becomemod]

You could say that I used to be, but I've been learning. It's also just not easy to come by, where I'm from.

Toying with the idea of villainy already? It hasn't even been that long.

[ballies]

like... only rich people have it, or...?

maybe I'll be like one of those kid's cartoon villains. y'know, where they cackle and don't actually do anything too evil but the good guys get some credit for "taking them down" weekly? maybe I can have my own weekly spot where I cause a little chaos.

[becomemod]

I don't really know, but I can say that where I'm from, we don't have a lot of money to spare in the first place. It's very different from living here, with sponsors.

I imagine your leader would have things to say about that. But as long as no one's getting too hurt, I don't see why you can't have some fun.

[ballies]

that would explain why you wouldn't question a source of money falling into your lap. if i didn't have the money to throw around in the first place, i wouldn't question a surprise source coming out of nowhere.

please, if I actually hurt someone i'd feel terrible. but teaching kids to cross the road by nearly getting hit by a car? i could do that.

[becomemod]

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure where the money comes from back home, either.

[ do not put crimson phoenix in charge of the finances. ]

So you're the type to let them burn their fingers so they learn not to touch a fire? It does work.

[ballies]

... how do you function?

[ b l u n t ]

oh, no. i'd be the one getting hit-- or grazed, I suppose? then they'll know to avoid that happening to them!

[ there is no way in hell she'd want a kid to get hit by a car. ]

[becomemod]

I do my jobs, and everything else is handled by others.

That's not bad either, as long as the lesson sticks.