Already lost in his own world of quirky little fantasies, Deon didn’t even notice the two ‘newbies’ that had walked into The Spit. He had been working here long enough to know just who the regulars were and weren’t, but then again it didn’t take a nuclear physicist to figure that out just by looking at the person. If they weren’t pierced, tattooed or rough looking in anyway, they were fresh meat…Deon’s favorite kind to screw around with. The announcer had just broken over the stereo system, pulling both Deon’s lips and attention away from the girls for a moment.

“Llllllladies and Gentlemen! The night is still young, and we seem to be low on volunteers for cage matches tonight…”

A loud ‘Booooooo’ resonated throughout the bar, and Deon had to smirk. His eyes then wandered the crowd, scoping out anyone that might even be somewhat of a challenge for him before his bright golden eyes met with a man who seemed to have been looking at him for quite some time. But then the man was quickly intercepted by a girl that Deon had seen around The Spit on a few occasions.

[i]What was her name? Velandria? Venessa? Shit…[/i] He couldn’t remember. Practically picking up the girl on his lap, he set her aside and got to his feet, immediately swaying as the effects of the alcohol already consumed throughout the evening had gone through him. He quickly grabbed the bottle from the bar and sauntered over to the two individuals he had been staking out, practically creeping up behind the girl as she introduced her name.

“Bless you.” Deon said smartly as she said her last name and with a small smirky smile, pushed the bottle back to his lips until half of the contents had been drained. His eyes then darted back to the man who he was SURE he had never seen before. This guy looked just about as clean as they came.

“You lost little boy? From the way that you were lookin’ at me earlier, I might be able to direct you to a gay bar down the road a ways…”
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Infuriated with her current situation, Kate just wanted to stand there and scream at the building. But she was better than that…more dignified. So with a quick double middle finger she was off in a heated walk, shoving her hands into the pockets into her fairly expensive fur coat she had thrown on for the bitter evening weather. She kept on walking, fuming in anger which then slowly started to turn into panic once she realized just what it was that she had to do.

“An entire main frame update? By tomorrow night? I’m going to need a miracle.” She said to herself, stopping alongside the Fourth District Park and took a seat on one of the cold, metal benches.

“I could call up my study group…see if they would want to help…but God they’re all just…stupid.”

She threw her head into her hands, tugging at her short brown hair in frustration.

“I can’t get arrested…no one ever comes out of prison here. I’ll have to run…but then my entire life would be ruined. I would have achieved nothing! My entire life would have been a total waste!

I could leave though, try to see if there are any other cities out there. Is there? We’re not supposed to know about life ‘out there,’ so I either end up dying here in prison, or die out there trying to run…

Or…or maybe I [i]can[/i] do this. What’s the problem Kate? You built your own defense robotic system for your parents when you were 8, you can do this…a small update should be a cake-walk for you. Hell, you helped design this stupid model, they took the blueprints from the school…THAT’S IT!”

Kate stood up straight, a rather confident look on her face.

“The school! The school will have all the information I need. Someone must have hiccuped on their part of the design, I just have to pinpoint the blue-prints, sign on to the main computer and it will be done!”

Kate grinned, a pulse of adrenaline pulsing through her body as she felt her feet starting to carry her to the Third District where her school resided. Sure it was after hours, but being one of the best students in history, Kate was granted full access.