#((legally required to say that you dont gotta match lengths. bows in apology and bangs my head in the process))

[skyfcx]

@tendercoded ~

     The kit was a careful one. He protected himself and his own through cautious consideration. His backup plans had backup plans, and so on and so forth... It was safe to say that the fox liked to play it safe. So, quite befittingly, his personal computer was set to be the digitized version of Fort Knox. Connections were encrypted time and time again, sensitive information was made to reside in private servers kept under secret lock and key...

     So then why, pray tell, was his personal AI alerting him of a sudden virus attack currently active within the workshop?

     It hits his brain like a mallet on metal— an artificial voice is calling for his attention. 《 "A rogue element has been detected within your prime computer, Tails. Please advise the situation immediately." 》To him? In here? The only person who had ever gotten through with a successful cyberattack would be the likes of Robotnik, it wasn't every day that someone had the technical know-how to bypass the metaphorical bouncer that was Miles Prower's tech prowess.

     ...In the end, perhaps it was just the ever-present whelm of anxiety that rode the waves of unexpected threats. For, in reality, it was nothing more than... a small humanoid... trotting around the inside of his screen...

     ...Huh. "Nicole? Analysis?"      《 "Broadscale scans have established the rogue element as owning an artificial intelligence. Its levels of intelligence are unclear, but it is a virus by nature. It has automatically synced with systems currently in use. This includes both input and output audio systems. Your system's camera has also been compromised. It is currently listening to every word we speak, as well as viewing you in real time." 》

     —Pointed ears perk after catching that last part. The virus being an AI was fascinating enough, but it already had a connection to audio and visuals? A terrifying notion, and yet... the fox was instantly curious. If it had connected with the output systems, that meant whatever this entity was, its only purpose wasn't just to listen in and spy on unsuspecting internet-goers. Theoretically, the other would be able to talk back, right?

     "If it can hear us, then... Um! Excuse me! Miss, I'm assuming?" Gaia, if this was just some generic AI and he was speaking to what was nothing more than a well-made line of coding, he was going to feel so stupid. "I'm deeply intrigued as to how you made it through all the hoops and hurdles it would've taken to get here of all places, but I think I'd moreso like to know why you're here. As well as the what— or, erm... Who? You are...? I'm not seeing any major changes to anything, so... Some elaboration would be quite nice."