<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/JCoNFHJ.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Lily Jimenez<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021, 9:00 AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>SOPHE Headquarters, Mess Hall<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Albion, Nerissa, Toshiro, Kyless, All the Others<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>The Lady Doth Protest<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Her usual T-Shirt and jeans, and a bomber jacket. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture-cdn.wheretoget.it%2F1houij-l-610x610-jacket-black-bomber-patch-women-summer-beauty-cool-black%2Bbomber.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwheretoget.it%2Flook%2F2277461&tbnid=M05SnUBK42DD-M&vet=10CA8QMyhtahcKEwjAivXW6_DqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg..i&docid=C2N3n6H8A4jfiM&w=433&h=610&q=bomber%20jacket%20woman%20&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CA8QMyhtahcKEwjAivXW6_DqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Oh, Snowball. But I had my eye on this lovely Givenchy number that would look absolutely fabulous on you." It was fun to see anyone squirm, but Albion just did it so well. Of course, what Nerissa had just roped him into would get almost anybody's panties in a twist. Imagine, for example, Ryusei in a dress. Or Leasick. Or Kevin. Suddenly Lily was biting her lip to keep the laughter from coming out. This was supposed to be mission prep after all.<br/><br/>She couldn't help but notice old Snowball sour as he got sight of the new girl. This was a demon with a rep, a serious one from the looks of things. And besides the term<em>dangerous prisoners</em>, that hit a little too close to home. And then it hit her. Lily's eyes widened and pointed at Kyless. "You're the black box!"<br/><br/>Perhaps a quick explanation is in order.<br/><br/>The information technology people at SOPHE did not like Lily. They did not like how she was brought aboard. Most IT meetings' Q&A sessions included the question, "When are we sending the bitch in the hoodie back to jail?" They appreciated her mad skills. They respected her big time. But the idea of Lily on the same network as all the data they were supposed to defend was not their idea of network security, so much as stupidity on  a suicidal level. And needless to say, Lily viewed the IT people as a hapless band of sellouts.<br/><br/>This resulted in a game of cat and mouse not dissimilar to the game of Find the Lily that the guards played on base. But the guards generally had the upper hand in their game.  The IT people, on the other hand, were playing against what SOPHE had acknowledged as a master of the game. To this end, the IT people came up with some creative solutions.<br/><br/>Rule number one was that Lily always plays offense. If she wanted to find out about their security, she could find out on her own. Lily, for her part, couldn't resist.<br/><br/>Rule number two was that Lily could and should be expected to break through the defenses on a regular basis. Therefore, they separated their data into three levels. Level one was stuff that Lily could find out. This was put behind a severe wall of defense, enough so that she'd think she got away with something, usually leaving behind some scathing note about their lack of skills and dubious paternal lineage attached to the file in question. Level two was stuff Lily shouldn't know. These were deeper in and harder to get at.<br/><br/>The IT people complained, but management was very happy with the situation. Their skills got better. Lily's skills got better. It was a win-win in their estimation.<br/><br/>Level three was DPIONS. The term came from one of those Level 2 conversations about how level 2 didn't seem to be keeping her out anymore. And how that was a risk. To which Lily left a scathing note saying,<em>If you don't want me to read it, Don't Put It On the Network Schmuck.</em>Sometimes, Lily is her own worst enemy.<br/><br/>Kayless was strictly DPIONS material. But like always, there were irritating hints about her existence in Level 1 and 2 data files. But anything concrete was locked in a Lily-proof mechanical safe.<br/><br/>And now her she was in person. "Well... hello there, Kyless. I'm Lily. What is it that scares them so much about you?" And there was the problem with DPIONS. You didn't put something in a black box without risking Lily wanting to know why if she ever found out.<br/><br/>It was almost a pity that Albion brushed off Nerissa's idea of Kayless coming with them. Maybe she could get<em>him</em>to explain the big deal. Or maybe Toshiro. Because that last comment about Snowball being off the market was the kind of thing Lily was more used to dishing out than receiving. Which made it really easy for Albion to remove her arm, even as she protested. "Hey! It's one date. And it ain't tonight, because, well, I want him to have good memories. And what he's about to go through..." She shivered, largely for show. "After waxing, a pack of angry demons is gonna seem like child's play to you. Maybe you should tag along Foxxie."