Posted by alicia on 12/8/2007, 10:40 pm, in reply to "tCCGH Part 3"
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my, my, my! You are a productive one! these are all awesome, way to go. I'm so glad you keep everyone in character.
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: Lestrade and Holmes picked their way back
: through the metal jungle, Lestrade flipping
: through the note pad as they walked.
: �Well Lestrade, your thoughts.
: �Another run of the mill virus Holmes, maybe
: someone trying to get even with the company.
: Most of these droids are on loan it wouldn�t
: take too much of a genius to slip a virus
: into one of the updates wired from the hire
: company.� Holmes gazed thoughtfully at the
: pair of dancing droids and tapped the
: giant�s leg.
: �Not all that run of the mill Lestrade.�
: �Fine but I still say��
: �BETH.� The shout came from near an up-link
: point on the wall. A group of Tec�s in white
: overalls and masks were leaning over small
: screens linked to the main system. One
: separated from the others and fought his way
: over to them through the metal. Beth groaned
: slightly.
: �Hi Doyle, fancy seeing you here.� Doyle was
: slightly portly and seemed to have developed
: a sheen of sweat from standing at the heated
: terminal. He also wore a pair of dark
: bulbous lens over his eyes that resulted in
: most of his movements missing their mark by
: several inches.
: �What! Miss the chance to examine a virus
: that got through a Mark 96 Firewall,
: practically every Tec in the force is on the
: consoles of this system six deep.�
: �Who�s this?� He nodded at Holmes.
: �Holmes, Doyle, Doyle, Holmes. It�s just
: Doyle Holmes ok, Just Doyle as in Justin.
: Holmes is a recently revived Detective�yes
: like the one in the old books. Holmes, Doyle
: is a computer�something.�
: �Computer Recovery, Investigation, Detection
: and Restoration Technician 019-765-489
: Series. The armchair Detective of the
: virtual world�� Beth grimaced slightly,
: she�d heard the speech before and raced to
: cut him off.
: �Doyle why are you wearing the goggles out
: of the lab.� Doyle touched his face as if to
: confirm they were there.
: �Most of the older Tecs wear them, the
: daylight hurts your eyes when you spend most
: of your waking hours in the labs staring at
: consoles. Plus they�re like bugs eyes, for
: most of the stuff we do you need to see more
: than one screen at once, and they look good
: to boot.� Doyle poised catalogue model style
: for a second before turning to face them
: again. One of the Tec�s whistled at him.
: �D it�s just gone into Hark�s tri numero,
: you�re missing a split code over seven
: sectors of programme get over here.�
: �Woah that is next level.� He began backing
: away. �Beth you�ve got to come down the lab
: once this is broken down�you too sir�this
: could be a new virus wave. We can talk over
: the droid your friend brought in too. Bring
: burgers�� Saying that he tripped backwards
: over a pipe rolled and scrambled to his
: feet, pounding back to the small screen.
: Beth shook her head.
: �A friend of yours Lestrade?�
: �An old tutor Holmes who walked a bunch of
: us through the basics of cyber theft crime
: scene detection. Brilliant but a complete
: Tec head, practically exists in the virtual
: world. He�s only ever heard of you because
: the Robot museum runs an online Sherlockian
: detective game.�
: �I see. Nevertheless I suggest it would be
: to our benefit to take him up on his
: invitation to view this virus again, I very
: much fear he is right about a �virus wave�.�
: They walked in silence until they were
: outside again. Holmes turned to face the
: building holding the head of his cane up
: along his sight line and smiled.
: �Notice anything interesting about the
: building Lestrade.� Lestrade frowned.
: �No.� Holmes sighed exasperated.
: �Sometimes Lestrade I really do wonder why I
: try to teach you yardies anything. Didn�t
: you hear anything or more importantly see
: anything suspicious?�
: �Okay Mister High and Mighty Detective, what
: did you spot this time?�
: �Flattery will get you nowhere Lestrade�eyes
: and ears remember.� Holmes gestured to the
: building front with a dramatic sweep of his
: arms.
: �Look over the entrance, it seems the arc
: welder has decimated a few of the letters
: but you can still just about deduce the
: company name.�
: Lestrade looked up. The arc welder had been
: busy, most of the sign was blackened and as
: Holmes had pointed out a few of the letters
: were gone, and at least one had fallen onto
: the concrete below. But as she stared the
: remaining letters seemed to jump out at her,
: something clicked. Holmes smiled as
: understanding dawned on Beth�s face like a
: new day.
: �I don�t believe it. Its Swifts taxi firm.�
:
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