Even the Devil Wouldn't Recognize You [Closed]

[meat_mooks]

With the information they received from Zetta, the hack team arrives at Programming, armed with the tools they'll need to make digital avatars of themselves to go into Stacy's programming, as if it were virtual reality. Cortana again reminds them of the danger, mentioning that if they die in this world, they will die in the real world as well, and that any injuries will translate, though more minorly, to their physical forms.

The hackers close their eyes and sink into the digital world. When they open their eyes again, they are inside the lobby of an empty hotel. According to the AIs, they must explore the hotel and find where the files are, which will hopefully manifest themselves as physical cabinets but are more likely to show up as something much more esoteric.

"Good luck," Cortana wishes them, and the hack team sets off and splits into groups.

Comments

[thedetectiveprince]

"Correct. Cortana has asked me to follow you, considering my knowledge and abilities as a detective," she pointed them at a panel. "While I have not discovered a map, I did find a hidden panel which contained these..." As she got off the Tiger, he stood up on two legs and grabbed Punchy's hand, shaking it happily.

"You can do it! You're grrrrreat! Let's be friends."

Naoto, on her part, signed before she opened what appeared to be a series of wires, her hands melting into the illusion, before yanking out a pair of small boxes containing a few keys marked with a 'KEYS, PAIR A' and "KEYS, PAIR B" in messy marker.

"I believe these will allow us to open up a few more paths in this electrical maze. However, there was no map nor any indication as to what they might open or lead. Regardless, considering their placement and the fact they were hidden away, it is obvious that it could lead to something that could be useful for our mission."

[nunpunching]

Punchy thinks a talking tiger that can handshake is the coolest thing since LL ___ J (hint: fill in the blank with 'cool'), and as such nearly forgets that he's on a mission in his attempt to get on said tiger's back.

"A'ight, let's split. Shawty and shorty, you go one way, tightwad and me'll take this way." He takes the keys marked 'Pair A' from Naoto and starts riding the tiger out to the zero-grav hallway, ready to do some exploring and not really waiting for Tim.

[OOC: new subthreads below. Cait, you can start Tim and Punchy's.]