Imposter [Part 18]
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esp_dragonv2Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao starts working on upgrading the security system.
Notes: Among Us AU! :D
Rating: G
Genre: Sci-fi
Word count: 668
Total word count: 15,800
Status: Work in progress
Tao narrowed his eyes at the security room's monitors. They were old and bulky, not giving much information with a restricted view. As if that really mattered when only one monitor even worked. There was no grid view so Tao had to manually switch between camera views.
And the cameras didn't even move! There was no additional information to say where the cameras were either aside from a bunch of cardinal directions. On view for each one was just. A whole bunch of purple dirt. Nice.
Seriously, there were no interior cameras?
Tao sighed, pushing himself away from the monitors. Well, the only way he was going to find out was by searching for them himself.
At least he knew all of them were outside. It was a start.
* * *
Tao looked around. All right... That was the communications dish he saw in one view, so the camera was staring right at it.
But there was no...
He tilted his head up, seeing the half sphere attached to the wall. He grinned.
Gotcha.
All right, now that he knew what the cameras looked like here, the others should be easier to find.
* * *
So many blind spots. So many. Barely anything in the base was covered.
Tao had a list of things he had to do that was longer than he was tall, starting with changing the software so he could see everything at once, rather than clicking through for each view. That was going to drive up him the wall the most.
Time to get started.
* * *
M-21 paused as he left the office, frowning. Something was different. What was it?
There was a light cast over the ground, and he looked up, trying to find the source.
There was a shining ball stuck to the wall next to the door.
M-21 didn't like it.
It had never turned on before in the whole time he'd been here, so it wasn't something that was important.
It didn't look like it was attached to a panel that needed fixing, so no-one was going to notice it was gone.
* * *
"There!" Tao pressed the enter key with a satisfying click (Okay, not really. The keyboard was terrible and stiff, but at least the keys were working) and Tao switched windows so he could finally see-
"Eh?"
Yes, he'd finally gotten the grid view he wanted (Seriously, who used this programming language anymore? People who were long dead, that's who. Along with the language.), but now one of them showed static?
Was that why the camera views had been on rotation? Because one of the views just broke when it was shown on a grid?
Tao groaned, covering his face.
He loved working with technology, but the trouble-shooting sucked.
* * *
Tao frowned, tapping his index finger on the keys. Huh...
He'd switched it back to single view, and the south camera still wasn't working.
Tao sighed, standing up. Had one of the cameras really just broken while he was working on it?
This place really was falling apart.
Maybe it'd be better if he remade everything by hand and connected them up.
At least then he'd know what everything did.
* * *
Tao stared up at the camera.
What was left of it, anyway.
There was a little discoloured circle where the camera had been, exposed wires sticking out of the wall.
"Well... That explains it," Tao said softly. His camera...
But why now? All the cameras (what few there was) had been in tact when he'd arrived.
Though, Tao could understand why the others wouldn't like cameras, since they were always being watched in the Union.
But...it was nice being on the other side. To have some control, to see more of the world around him.
Tao sighed. Right. Making more cameras was added to his to-do list, and designed in a way so they weren't so obvious at a glance.
Summary: Tao starts working on upgrading the security system.
Notes: Among Us AU! :D
Rating: G
Genre: Sci-fi
Word count: 668
Total word count: 15,800
Status: Work in progress
Tao narrowed his eyes at the security room's monitors. They were old and bulky, not giving much information with a restricted view. As if that really mattered when only one monitor even worked. There was no grid view so Tao had to manually switch between camera views.
And the cameras didn't even move! There was no additional information to say where the cameras were either aside from a bunch of cardinal directions. On view for each one was just. A whole bunch of purple dirt. Nice.
Seriously, there were no interior cameras?
Tao sighed, pushing himself away from the monitors. Well, the only way he was going to find out was by searching for them himself.
At least he knew all of them were outside. It was a start.
Tao looked around. All right... That was the communications dish he saw in one view, so the camera was staring right at it.
But there was no...
He tilted his head up, seeing the half sphere attached to the wall. He grinned.
Gotcha.
All right, now that he knew what the cameras looked like here, the others should be easier to find.
So many blind spots. So many. Barely anything in the base was covered.
Tao had a list of things he had to do that was longer than he was tall, starting with changing the software so he could see everything at once, rather than clicking through for each view. That was going to drive up him the wall the most.
Time to get started.
M-21 paused as he left the office, frowning. Something was different. What was it?
There was a light cast over the ground, and he looked up, trying to find the source.
There was a shining ball stuck to the wall next to the door.
M-21 didn't like it.
It had never turned on before in the whole time he'd been here, so it wasn't something that was important.
It didn't look like it was attached to a panel that needed fixing, so no-one was going to notice it was gone.
"There!" Tao pressed the enter key with a satisfying click (Okay, not really. The keyboard was terrible and stiff, but at least the keys were working) and Tao switched windows so he could finally see-
"Eh?"
Yes, he'd finally gotten the grid view he wanted (Seriously, who used this programming language anymore? People who were long dead, that's who. Along with the language.), but now one of them showed static?
Was that why the camera views had been on rotation? Because one of the views just broke when it was shown on a grid?
Tao groaned, covering his face.
He loved working with technology, but the trouble-shooting sucked.
Tao frowned, tapping his index finger on the keys. Huh...
He'd switched it back to single view, and the south camera still wasn't working.
Tao sighed, standing up. Had one of the cameras really just broken while he was working on it?
This place really was falling apart.
Maybe it'd be better if he remade everything by hand and connected them up.
At least then he'd know what everything did.
Tao stared up at the camera.
What was left of it, anyway.
There was a little discoloured circle where the camera had been, exposed wires sticking out of the wall.
"Well... That explains it," Tao said softly. His camera...
But why now? All the cameras (what few there was) had been in tact when he'd arrived.
Though, Tao could understand why the others wouldn't like cameras, since they were always being watched in the Union.
But...it was nice being on the other side. To have some control, to see more of the world around him.
Tao sighed. Right. Making more cameras was added to his to-do list, and designed in a way so they weren't so obvious at a glance.