Doug Ramsey (ciphersays) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-03-29 22:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | cypher, riddler |
Who: Riddler and Cypher
Where: Starbucks, Downtown Gotham
When: Friday, March 30
What: Doug avoids home, and is approached by Eddie.
Rating: SFW!
Doug found himself spending most of his days after school away from home as long as possible. Both his parents worked, and it was easy enough to do because he'd always leaned toward solitary activities and generally avoiding others. His eye was still a bit puffy and blue around the cheekbone, and he was hoping it would further go away before he ever had to explain what had happened to his parents.
It was the way they talked about 'the mutant problem' that made him hesitate. And the shame of having been beaten to a pulp. There was no way to talk about it. Except maybe through the filter of the internet, where you were faceless and anonymous and nothing could touch you.
Doug sat in the downtown cafe he came to most often, typing up small programs and random code... small things that would manipulate his computer or internet searches in weird ways. One was a fractal program that mimicked the frequencies made by radiation from the sun, energy spiking at random intervals in a pattern that felt like gibberish. Another was pulling data and articles on Batgirl sightings and other news... granted, there wasn't much, but he was growing curious about it. He could find nothing about a language made entirely of body movement no matter how hard he tried.
He went to take a sip of his caramel latte and realized it was empty. He set the empty cup down on the other side of his computer, and leaned back to rub his eyes.