GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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Who we’re leaving here, right?

@Techspert

I don't know if we can do anything else with him anyway.

Myriad Reality

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Great. And I don't think the netmafia's going to be much of an issue either. So that covers everything, I think?

@Techspert

I really do hope so. Other than X himself.

Myriad Reality

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So we have a plan for the viruses. The plant might be a nonissue?

@Techspert

I couldn’t think of any reason it would be one.

Myriad Reality

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*Moves my mouth to one side*
You know, maybe you’re the supervillain.

@Techspert

Maybe I am cut out for that. Too bad I never intend to try it out.
*Shrugs*

Myriad Reality

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Sure, I don’t have anything against that plan. If it fails, there’s no huge downside either.

@Techspert

Exactly.
*Starts pacing, planning aloud half to myself*
And there are even a few ways to do it, including posing as an already trusted contact of the site and sending a message with their info. Which would be easy once I had a name. And names would be easy to get because I don’t have virtually any troubles with basically any data security here on your world.
*Snaps*
Oh yeah, it’s doable.

Myriad Reality

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That one is harder. So it’s a trade off.

@Techspert

I can do harder. What I can’t do is watch a plan fall through and a bunch of hard work and results crumble down around it.

Myriad Reality

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If they notice it. And at that point, it might just be too late.

@Techspert

That plan has many more points of failure than just getting in good with a writer.

Myriad Reality

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I see two routes. We could either pose as a good source and see if they really do their due diligence, or we could hack them and publish an article ourselves.

@Techspert

A hack would quickly get backpedaled on I imagine.

Myriad Reality

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Picture this: We publish one “breaking news! Exposé on the origins of the mutant viruses!” in one trusted news journal, and before you know it, everyone is going to be publishing it.

@Techspert

As an anonymous source. But to get published in a trusted news story, you have to be a trusted source for said reputable company.

Myriad Reality

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They may be just as confused as us. We could plant a fake news story.

@Techspert

That sounds like a whole darn operation. But possible?… Maybe…