Xaviers!

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:18 pm**

To: cbeckett@xaviers.edu
From: aminamida@xaviers.edu

Mr. Beckett, when you get a chance could you come see me in my office?
Alternatively open ports 86800 through 86958 on a device with audio/video capabilities.
Thank you.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:39 pm**

To: Aminamida@xaviers.edu
From: cbeckett@xaviers.edu

Headmistress

My apologies, but I'm very busy with my recent projects, and I must sadly decline your offer to visit you in your office.

Best wishes with your future endeavors

--Cam Beckett

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:31 pm**

A couple minutes later his computer registers a spike in network activity as some kind of code injection executes itself on the OS level and a window with a fairly accurate 3D rendering of Ashlie's face pops up.

"I did offer an alternative." Ashlie's voice comes from the speakers. Apparently her request for open ports was just an odd form of politeness.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:22 pm**

"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to enter strange mainframes," Cam said, continuing to type.

He clicked and dragged the window with ASHLIE's face off to one side.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:05 pm**

"As a matter of fact she did. The trick is knowing when a rule needs to be broken." she says, sounding amused.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:32 pm**

"Did she also tell you it's rude to eat up a computer's memory? And I thought Chrome was a process hog."

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:41 pm**

"It'd run more efficiently if you opened the necessary ports." she says, ignoring Cam essentially calling her fat. "Regardless, I need to talk to you about smuggling a 'student' into the database. Did you know what she was when you created those entries for her?"

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:36 pm**

"I'm not entirely sure of what you speak.

Be assured, though, that, hypothetically speaking, I only act after all the relevant facts have been made clear."

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:47 pm**

"So hypothetically speaking that is a yes?"

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:48 pm**

"Hypothetically, it was a person who needed help. That person then received the necessary help. There are no other relevant facts, are there, headmistress?"

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:43 pm**

"Not at all. I'm not calling to reprimand you. I'm saving that for the incident that ruined numerous items in the entrance hall. But regarding our extra-terrestrial guest you did well."

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:11 pm**

"Well, of course. It was the only humane thing to do, after all."

Posted: **Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:33 am**

"Of course technically manipulating the student database is forbidden, but considering she lacked any paperwork it's... close enough to what I would have done to enter her into the system."

Posted: **Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:09 am**

"It's fortunate, then, that we're just speaking hypothetically. And that whoever has access to your system is a White Hat."

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:26 pm**

"How fortunate. Now then, what was the benefit of unleashing a rather... persistent projectile on the entrance hall?"

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:36 pm**

"I needed a test in real-world conditions. I believe you'll find that I properly secured a space, and marked out an area as being an experiment in process. It is hardly my fault that someone else opted to interfere with the experiment. My assistant was not around to secure the area, either."

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:52 pm**

"You do realize we have both a workshop and a hard-light simulation chamber for that kind of thing."

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:55 pm**

"A hard-light simulation chamber, even a highly-accurate one, is not as efficient as replicating real-world conditions as the real world. And in case of accidents, the workshop is much more important to keep intact than the foyer."

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:39 pm**

"The Danger Room also has reinforced steel walls when not active, but I do appreciate not unleashing whatever it was on my workshop."

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:40 pm**

"See? I'm conscientious. I'm a team-player. I'm working within the bounds of my stay at the university," he said, giving the world's least enthusiastic thumbs-up.

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:18 pm**

"You're good at justifying your actions. And I'm not sure if your fellow students would call you a team player."

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:26 pm**

"My shingle is out there. It's not my fault if people don't take advantage of it."

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:54 pm**

"Being helpful is not a replacement for social skills. Ask Mr. Stark. Or rather don't, because he'll think you want dating tips."

Posted: **Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:57 pm**

"I'm not sure they've yet invented a measuring device that can pick up how little I care about either dating tips or enforced social norms from the surrounding background radiation."

Posted: **Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:44 pm**

"Unfortunately you'll always have to deal with the background radiation of social norms. And more often than not it's actually easier to adhere to them than not. I assume you don't actually enjoy clashing with other students."

Posted: **Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:44 pm**

"I don't intentionally antagonize them, if that's what you're asking."

Posted: **Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:05 pm**

"It is not. I'm just saying there's value in trying to get along with people. Even if you don't think they'll be helpful at least they won't be obstructive."

Posted: **Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:10 pm**

"People are always disruptive. It's just a matter of degree."

Posted: **Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:44 pm**

"And some of that degree is in your control."

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:03 am**

"I was under the assumption you'd be opposed to me attempting to control the other students on campus. If you're amiable to that, I have some drawings," he said, opening up a drawer and digging through a stack of papers.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:06 am**

"Trust your instincts on this and leave those drawings where they are. I'm merely saying that you have some control over how people react by social interaction. For instance, people generally react poorly if you point out that their intellectual capabilities are beneath yours, especially when it is the truth. I am still banned from attending the annual Mathematics Symposium in Oslo for that very reason."

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:11 am**

"And how exactly are they keeping you out of the Symposium? And can the same techniques be used to block you from entering my computer?"

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:05 pm**

"Considering those are usually in-person events, I would imagine not."

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:13 pm**

"Pity. Well, one more thing to research, I suppose."

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:42 pm**

"Good luck. I look forward to testing your countermeasures."

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:49 pm**

"You may want to write to Muir before you get too excited for that," Cam warned.

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:30 pm**

"I trust you not to intentionally break anything or hurt anyone. Make sure that trust isn't misplaced and I will enjoy the challenge of your idea of a firewall."

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:56 pm**

"Hrm," Cam said, clearly unimpressed by these restrictions. "We will see, I suppose."

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:36 pm**

"Excellent. Saving the school is only good for tolerating so much collateral damage." she smirks.

Posted: **Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:52 pm**

"I'll keep that in mind for next time I'm required to protect everyone. Just so I can weigh that in the plusses and minuses."

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