Sophia's heart felt as if it was about to explode from her chest, each beat sounded like the drop of a hammer. The butterflies in her stomach had gone berserk. Her headache only made things worse. She looked away from the screen that had returned to normal. She looked over to Darion who had stood up and moved her coffee within reach. “'Oh you tease'? That makes me remember a part or two of last night...” Sophia's eyes widened and her cheeks flushed in an instant as another memory snaked its way into her consciousness, one of pleasure. The cheerful chiming of his communicator filled the room as Sophia retrieved the coffee from his hand.<br/><br/>She looked up at Darion and took a sip of her cooling coffee. The chiming ended as he held the comm device up to his ear. The sound of tinny yelling could be heard as some gruff man seemed to pop an artery on the other end. The tirade calmed after a while and Darion finally started talking, calling the man sir. Must have been a higher up. "Sorry Ladies, but apparently they changed out schedule, and don't like us having fun. Me and Jason have to go get ready and meet the rest of the company."<br/><br/>She took another sip of coffee and followed Darion with her eyes as he made his way to Alicia's room to get his buddy. Her eyes mainly rested upon his rear before he disappeared into Alicia's room. Muffled yelling could be heard, as well as a couple comments about how Alicia's room was so messy. The look on Alicia's face made Sophia laugh quietly but that was quickly silenced by a spike in pain from the headache. When Darion finally exited with his friend behind him her eyes ran over the other guy before returned to Darion. “... Hope to see you again. Too bad there aren't any real restaurants around here...” She was about to respond but a quick maneuver and Darion's lips were upon hers. As suddenly as it started, the contact was gone. Darion was out the door before she could say anything more.<br/><br/>"So, please tell me you were actually smart last night, unlike me." Sophia looked at Alicia. "I found a condom but I think I'm gonna go make the trip to the med bay just to be sure. I'm guessing you'll be coming along?"<br/>_____________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Epsilon unsheathed his arm from Corneileous. The process was complete. Corneileous' form shuddered as the newly changed data was read and registered. It was a simple bit of information. That Epsilon was just a part of the environment, not another entity. Epsilon studied Corneileous as the AI went back to his normal function. It was strange to be so near another entity and yet be invisible to his perception. He ran a finger down the AI's arm to test out his corruption. No reaction, good. Epsilon snapped his fingers in front of the AI's face and again no reaction. "<span style="color: DarkOrange">Corneileous, can you hear me?</span>" For the third time, no reaction. Epsilon savored the victory, enjoying the high it brought him. Suddenly the faint sound of chimes filled the Medical AI's core.<br/><br/>Thinking fast, Epsilon jumped onto the table in front of Corneileous. In a flash he was gone and in his spot was a simple black book with an orange sigil printed on the cover. He did his best to mask his presence, reducing the area where his telltale locust sound could be heard to adjacent the table and on it. He felt decently safe like this since Corneileous was blocking the table.<br/><br/>Epsilon couldn't see Shakti but he knew she was there when he saw the basic scan she performed. It was like a faint blue light enveloping the room. Since Shakti didn't seem to react negatively to the results, he inferred that he still hadn't been detected. Corneileous turned around to acknowledge her. "Was there any unauthorized access from an AI, or anything strange in the past couple minutes?" If she had been looking at the black book on Corneileous' table she would have noticed it quiver as if in laughter."No, nothing... other than a few unauthorized user accesses."<br/><br/>Epsilon stayed hidden as Shakti investigated the room. Perhaps he should have been nervous as Shakti approached the table but all he felt was a sort of thrill. The thrill of being chased but not caught. He was sure that the other Class 3 had even set her eyes upon the book but not once did she come close enough to actually hear the locusts. He almost couldn't keep himself from trembling, it was a choice between starting a chase and risking being caught by revealing himself, or keep the thrilling feeling of being so close to being discovered. Before he could make his decision, Shakti left.<br/><br/>The black book shook and fell off the table. It melted into a black puddle and then coalesced into Epsilon's form. He bade a farewell to the oblivious medical AI and left the core. He swam through the network and returned to the Screen Operator's room. He floated up to the jack controlling Sophia's room. Epsilon unplugged the cable from the jack, momentarily making the screen go blank in Sophia's room, before he plugged in a cable formed from his cloak. The screen would spring back to life and the image would shutter before displaying a simple message, "Room jack." The screen would go blank before displaying its normal message.<br/><br/>Epsilon left the room and quickly made its way to what looked like a closed off data tunnel, representing the jack in Sophia's room. He materialized an ornate metal bench in front of the tunnel and sat down, waiting for Sophia to connect herself.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>