D13: Encrypted audio to Parker

[geekage]

Alright, I'm at the mission location. They gave me a telemetry suit that looks like something outta Tron and the vouchers for permission.

Were you able to get anything on the security system from IntSec?

Comments

[whosalicewhite]

[Whatever works for them.]

Tell me what you see.

What?

Come on?

[What do you mean everything's not done in 10 seconds? That's slow in Parkerland.]

[geekage]

Give me a sec.

[ He actually takes a lot longer than that to spot the lasers with the sugar and get the foil in place. He spreads out the lasers enough for them to crawl through, right until his knee depresses a square in the floor. He freezes.

Parker might hear him audibly swallow.]

We're halfway through, but I think I might have depressed something. Can you see us on the cameras?

[whosalicewhite]

[Parker is quiet for a second -- then there's a hmmmm followed by a ahhhh, and finishes with an ohhhhh.]

I see you.

You shouldn't've done that.

[She's lecturing. ]

Do you have something long and hard and not thick at all?

[That is a literal statement, no matter how it might be taken.]

[geekage]

[ Hardison almost chokes before he answers. ]

Hold on, hold on, I have a screwdriver in my pocket.

[whosalicewhite]

What was that noise for?

[He doesn't look like he's eating on the job.]

Wedge it in the space between the depressed tile and the floor. Shove it in as far as you can, one quick stroke.

[Clear, totally innocent instructions, right?]

[geekage]

Nothing. Not important.

[ At least not at the moment. He lets out a huff of a laugh at her words, but does as he's told. ]

Got it. It's in there.

[ If big brother could only hear them now...]

[whosalicewhite]

Okay.

[He may be her pretzel but sometimes he's weird.]

Take a deep breath, and while you let it out, slooooooooowly try and move off the tile. If you feel the move with you, move your equipment around a little more until it's properly wedged.

Most pressure sensitive floors can handle slight adjustments of weight, otherwise it would go off with the wrong air vent setting!

[geekage]

[ Yeah, this is bringing back some serious memories that he really shouldn't be thinking about when he should be focusing. He clears his throat. ]

Stepping off... [ There's a moment of silence a scrape of metal and then a small sigh.] I'm off. I got off.

[ Now he's doing it.]

[whosalicewhite]

[Parker, being very sensitive to others and full of decorum, will make this so much easier for him: in an alternate mirror universe, perhaps.]

Of course you would. I will always get you off.

So, what now?

[geekage]

Nothing. I mean, I don't see anything else except for a door about three feet away.

[ That was too easy, right? Even if it wasn't that easy? ]

Wait a minute... [ There's a small scraping sound. ] Hidden keypad.

[whosalicewhite]

Any powder left? Blow it on the keypad?

[This is child's play now.]