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pslplz2016-08-19 09:14 pm
oneblackcat) wrote in pslplz2016-08-19 09:14 pm
Futureverse
PSL with Athena. AKA That Game With Insane Amounts of Worldbuilding.
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Chasing ghosts at midnight
>>Target: Doolittle. Affiliation: SSK.
>>Field: N.U.
>>Tech support: N.N.
>>Target acquired.
>>tracking......
The hours go by slowly when there is not much happening, but that doesn't mean Nagi is any less alert. He sits at his work desk, which is basically a giant holo projection monitor that covers the entire wall, updating location, surveillance, audio capture, social media, news feeds, everything in real time. One slip of information that he misses could have consequences, even if it doesn't look like anything exciting is about to occur any time soon. Criminals don't always have the most predictable patterns, or else Nagi could've written a program to do his job.
That doesn't mean he's got to put his eyeballs on everything, though. He's written a program to alert him to any anomalies that should trigger further investigation, like a phone call made to any particular numbers, or avatars that sign in to certain locations on the VR. Meanwhile, Nagi himself keeps most of his attention on the map that lights up half the wall, which can pinpoint the location of a mouse within a meter radius of that neighborhood, in three dimensions. Nagi created this map himself, based off of one he once programmed back in high school of their academy.
His gaze pauses on the dot that signifies the location of his partner, who is currently following a lead on the streets.
"Ever wish you were the one sitting behind a desk at midnight?" he muses thoughtfully. The rainy weather has finally let up today, at least. A damp stakeout can be messy.
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He keeps a good distance from his mark, a distance afforded him by virtue of technological advancements in night goggles that could track not just heat but heat trails. So much the better for enabling him to chat while he tracks. This job would be a lot lonelier without that constant connection.
"I dunno. I could see it having some advantages! Never having to deal with the weather, you can snack whenever you want... No worries of being seen by someone you know that doesn't realize you're in the middle of a job."
Naru might have sounded a bit awkward about that last one. Ah, the pitfalls of being popular! Getting distracted like that was risky, though. Every magician knows you only need one second of averted attention to pull off a trick. It wasn't as bad if you were waiting anyway, but when you were following like this, it could be the difference between keeping tabs on your target and losing them to the night.
"Why? You wanna try being out here on foot?"
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He snorts softly at Naru's awkwardness.
"Maybe you should think about curbing your dating life a little bit. For professional reasons."
He's teasing, of course.
"Anyway, I was just asking." Tech supports suits him better, which they're probably both aware of. He's trained in the field too, of course. You can't be an agent without the proper credentials in every facet.
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"Haha, I'm kind of glad to hear it. You would totally rock field work, but it'd suck balls to lose you on tech supports!" He's so knowledgeable about systems operation and infiltration, more than anyone else on the force Naru can think of. This is really where they most need Nagi.
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"And you're better out there, even if you get distracted sometimes."
An agent in the field is much more valuable than a drone or a bug. Programs can only do so much, when following a real person. People are unpredictable. Naru is good at reading them.
"Are you still dating that girl?"
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"I mean we still talk, but I'm seeing a girl named Mimi now. Tall, light brown hair, really good at karaoke!" Naru pauses to take note of his target making a turn and adjusts his course to shortcut over in the same direction.
"...You know if you're interested, I could totally hook you up with her. Mina-chan is a blast, super friendly."
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"Do I look like I'm interested?"
When was the last time Nagi showed any interest in anybody? He's too busy with his career.
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Really, he knows that Nagi is focused on his career, but that's sort of exactly the dilemma to Naru. It doesn't seem healthy for career to be the only important thing in a person's life. And he knows Nagi isn't as much of a social butterfly as he is. That's why as his friend it only makes sense for him to use his own charm to help Nagi meet more people.
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"You weren't interested."
If that's a prompt for Naru to discuss why he wasn't, he can take it as such. Generally though, Nagi doesn't quite understand Naru's thought process in his dating life. Maybe because for Nagi, becoming interested in anyone at all is such a rare occasion. How can one become disinterested so quickly?
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"Anyway, why does that matter? We're different people."
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Point being, Naru can be interested and disinterested in lots of people. Nagi isn't the same. He's always been slow to make connections with people. Maybe that means he doesn't date around much, or at all, but that suits him just fine. It's probably better this way. The last time he had a real interest in someone, they were interested in someone else.
"Your target is on the move."
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"Yeah, yeah, I'm watching," he says as a rounds a corner in pursuit.
"You down for a game tourney in a few weeks? Thought it'd be fun to get a big group of gamers together, order pizza and watch each other get pulverized."
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"Are you going to be on my team, or the losing team?"
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