NOTE: This commentary is a companion piece to The Drums of Heaven and may not make complete sense unless you've read chapter 3 of that story.
Duo: Fear my godlike hacker skills, puny mortals.
Heero: Oh, man.
Quatre: Zef's created a monster.
Trowa: Another chapter already?
Relena: I liked this chapter. It was neat reading about hacking stuff.
Heero: Zef made all that stuff up.
Relena: Really? Oh. That's disappointing. I thought I was learning something there. First photography, now computers.
Trowa: Actually, the photography stuff was pretty accurate. I think Zef has a camera or two.
Zefyr: Nine.
Trowa: Nine?
Zefyr: I never claimed I wasn't a gearhead.
Trowa: Fine. But you made up all that stuff about cars in Benediction Darkness.
Zefyr: No, I didn't. I really have rebuilt an Austin-Healey, a Porsche 914, a Porsche 912, and replaced a Volvo 740 transmission. Which, incidentally, I don't recommend. Stupid things weigh a ton, and don't get me started on British ideas about wiring harnesses.
Trowa: Hn.
Zefyr: I do have a life when I'm not listening to you pushy characters.
Quatre: I'm not pushy.
Zefyr: No, you're demanding.
Quatre: *preen*
Trowa: Good to see Heero got his laptop back.
Zefyr: It won't be making any more appearances.
Heero: What?
Duo: This is Heero. This is Heero's laptop. This is Heero suffering DTs.
Heero: One of these days, I really am going to kill you.
Duo: Yeah, whatever. Meanwhile, yay me! I finally show up.
Heero: You didn't show up. You were just referenced.
Quatre: I still want to know why Trowa and Duo are supposed to be bad guys in this story.
Zefyr: I haven't said they were bad guys.
Quatre: Oh. Oops. That's in a future chapter, isn't it.
Zefyr: Don't make me put spoiler warnings on your ass.
Quatre: Don't make me, uh, sic Trowa on you.
Trowa: Only if I get the cameras as loot.
Quatre: Deal.
Zefyr: Hey!
Duo: Where's Wufei?
Heero: I think he's plotting CalicoCat's early demise. She has him showing up in Fragments, beaten... and engaged to Sally.
Quatre: I love that story! So much angst. I got all sniffly.
Relena: The Wufei subplot? *eyeroll* That's most fanfics. CalicoCat can get away with 'cause she's a fine writer.
Wufei: Most? Maybe, but not the beaten part!
Relena: Don't argue, justice boy, or I'll show you beaten.
Wufei: Hunh? Wait... really?
Quatre: I think the chapter needs edits, though. I saw some grammatical issues.
Zefyr: *eep*
Relena: Which reminds me. I thought that was sweet, the reference to Heero and me being in love.
Heero: What?
Relena: You're a romantic, Heero. If you'd just admit it, you'd be a lot happier.
Heero: Hn.
Duo: Romantic pinhead, you mean.
Heero: Duo, I swear...
Duo: Yeah, yeah, get in line.
Relena: What's DCC?
Zefyr: Direct Computer Connection. Normally on the 'net the communication between two computers occurs through a variety of relays and servers, bouncing back and forth. This causes things like lag, a delay as the message is relayed through the system. When you open a DCC it means the system is treating your connection with no relays. The plus side is the speed of interaction; the drawback is that if I were to spam you with a huge file within the DCC window, you couldn't back out of it. Just the way it works.
Relena: So you know something about all this?
Zefyr: Not really. I'm even more out of date than Heero.
Heero: Hey! What is this, Abuse Heero Day?
Zefyr: No, that's next chapter.
Heero: Hn.
Duo: Just you wait, Heero Higgins, just you wait... And don't even tell me to shut up again. *glare*
Heero: Heh.
End Part 4
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