Mayne

16. The enemy

                        Ethan sat at one of the computers, he had made the choice to move into one of the suites so that he could access the office and gyms at any time. By doing this he was able to claim one of the offices as his and only his. "Okay, VARE, let's see what you are hiding." He sorted through data that led in circles over and over until his eyes were tired "There is a pattern here, I'm just not seeing it." Frustrated he stood up, clicked the computer into standby mode and left "let's go see what the kitchen has in this place." As he headed for the kitchen, he noticed Mayne and Elissa in one of the offices. The door was slightly ajar, so he glanced at them through the crack as he went by to the kitchen "that conversation looks serious."

                       Inside the office the two girls were discussing who to give higher authorization to and who to keep an eye on. "But with me living here, along with several other people," Elissa stated "it will be easy for me to keep an eye on things and make sure nobody messes up the computer system."

                       "I know," Mayne sighed "I realize that I don't need to worry but I still hear my mom in my head scolding me to not mess up her hard work." Elissa's laughter made Mayne smile. "She seems a little more important to listen too in there now."

                      "I wonder if we will ever stop feeling that twinge of pain when we hear their voices in our head like that." Elissa smiled at her knowingly.

                       "Yeah," Mayne took a deep breath "back to the task before I start crying."

                      "Yes, definitely." Elissa started typing again "I am thinking that the best option is restricting nearly everyone until we learn who is best with computers and who needs to never be allowed to touch it again."

                          Mayne laughed at the images that brought up "yeah, please don't extend it for anyone that begs you to."

                        Elissa looked at her "you have to tell me that story later... and okay."

                    "Remember Riza" Mayne clicked her tongue "It was nice to hear the begging, until it led to the lecture."

                       'Yes but Riza, really?" Elissa chuckled "Of all people... you gave permission to the one person who hated all technology." Mayne nodded her head. "I'm surprised all you got was lectured; I would have gotten grounded for months."

                      "They didn't believe in that type of punishment." Mayne rolled her eyes "But the lectures were worse, boring and repetitive." She sighed "Some of the lectures didn't make sense, they didn't always take the time to learn why I needed to be lectured."

                      "Okay, maybe being grounded was better." Elissa laughed; Mayne just nodded as they got to work. It took no time to give everyone the necessary permissions, what took time was trying to convince Rime & Ardor that she and Elissa were not plotting, even though technically they were. Mayne was cleaning up around the Eido while Elissa was moving in. Ellisa saw Mayne as she walked by a doorway to one of the gyms that Elissa was hiding in. Elissa pulled Mayne into a private yoga room in the gym and shut the door "they won't drop it!" She rolled her eyes "They are like toddlers that know you're hiding candy behind your back"