jumping on the bond-wagon.

[newschool]

[He looks contemplative, gazing upwards.]

I can think of ... six, seven ... ... no, nine ways to hack this site already. Appalling security.

[And then it's back down to the laptop, typing away rapidly.

Beat.

He looks up.]

Oh, you're still - right, I suppose you're sticking around. Well, I hope you know what you're doing; there's a lot of work to be done.

[probably spoilers for skyfall in the comments; tread carefully!]

Comments

[alphaophiuchi]

[brb rolling eyes.]

Really? 'There's a lot of work to be done'? Like what?

[newschool]

[sir, what is your face.]

Keeping the UK safe and secure. The usual.

[alphaophiuchi]

[better than your face, okok.]

I think I'd have heard of you if that was the case.

[newschool]

I expect it depends on what circles you're running in.

[peer.]

I don't recall your face.

oh look, i broke my small tag too

[alphaophiuchi]

Then you clearly don't read enough. [which is obviously not the case, because really, this bloke looks like his nose never comes out of a book.]

~hacking~

[newschool]

I beg your pardon?

whooo~

[alphaophiuchi]

Well, my family's been in the papers lately. Last few years, really.

[newschool]

What's your surname?

[alphaophiuchi]

Malfoy. [said proud and smug.] Yours?

[newschool]

Malfoy? Like Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter books?

[alphaophiuchi]

[dryly.] Like Draco Malfoy from Wiltshire. You didn't answer my question. That's excessively rude, you know.

[newschool]

[sorry. just. staring.]

Draco Malfoy? Really?

[alphaophiuchi]

You're really horrid at answering questions.

[that's a yes.]

[newschool]

What? Oh. Just call me Q.

You're from a book!

[alphaophiuchi]

What kind of name is Q? That's a letter, not a name.

I am not. I'm a person.

[newschool]

It's a title. It counts.

You're -

[Beat. He returns his focus to his laptop, the rapid clickclickclick of keys the only sound for several seconds.]

- this is all much more complex than I originally thought.

[alphaophiuchi]

Hardly.

[hah. Complications.]

How so?

I am dying at bond-wagon okay

[oedipusrat]

[Who has the biggest cat-that-swallowed-the-canary grin on his face, is it Silva, I'll give you a hint (it's Silva).] Nine? Oh? Only nine?

i am happy to help :D

[newschool]

[Q is clearly unsettled because, sir, you are looking very upright and healthy for a man who should not be.

Still, he tries to cover it.]

This isn't a very high priority for me.

[newschool]

I had thought this - place -

[he gestures vaguely around]

- was just a meeting hall of sorts. But it seems ... it seems this place is a bit more than just that. It's a convergence point of an infinite number of dimensions.

[alphaophiuchi]

[dry stare. Blink. More dry staring.]

Right. Yes, of course. How could I have possibly missed that.

[licencetokill]

Hacking has its uses, I suppose.

[newschool]

[...sir.]

It's like string theory gone mad. Don't you understand the implications of this?

[newschool]

It certainly does. It's practically what makes the world go 'round.

[licencetokill]

Mm. Sounds like finesse work. I'm not much of a finesse sort of bloke, really, I do best with a more blunt, direct approach.