I grabbed a can and some chips before opening the door to the basement. I turned the light on which was weirdly on the top of the stairs instead of the bottom before walking down. The bright light illuminated the basement and everything in it. At the bottom of the basement there was a couch, a coffee table, and a big flat screen tv on one side, along with a shelf filled with movies, games, controllers, and my gaming consoles.
On the other side of the basement, there was my setup for work. I have three desks all surrounded by chairs. Monitors, keyboards, and PC stations littered the top, and beneath the desk. Soundproof foam covered the walls above my computers and my shelves were littered with random collectibles and manga.
I let out a sigh as I took off my blazer and tossed it on the couch before walking over to my desk. I let out a sigh before sitting down on my chair. I booted up my computers as I set my drink and snack down on the desk in front of me.
I leaned back as I reached over to grab my headphones when my chair spun around and a body sat right on top of my lap. I let out a sigh as I looked up to see Jewel sitting on top of my lap with a sucker in her mouth.
"I need to do my job sweetheart." I say as I rested my head on my hand.
"Lemme watch then." She said as pulled the sucker out of her mouth and twirled it in the air.
"Then grab another chair." I say in an annoyed voice. She then shoved her sucker in my mouth.
"I wanna sit on your lap as you work.." Jewel whined as she wrapped her arms around my neck as she pressed her body against mine.
I sat there for a moment, contemplating life before sighing and turning back around and putting on my headphones around my neck as I started to login into my InterKnot page. I scrolled through some requests until Jewel pointed at the screen.
"Is this one the one?" I ask.
"Yeah, I read it and it said that it was a basic hacking job. Wanted another person's address for some reason." She said as she sat up on my lap, making me tilt my head to the side to see the screen.
"An address? I don't want to be an accomplice in any doxing.." I say in a suspicious tone.
I then looked down to hear that her phone had received a notification. We both looked down at the same time to see that it was a notification from her InterKnot account. And it seems like the client already paid the upfront fee. My eyes widened in not only suspicion, but amazement.
"Seems like this address is important, no?" I say as I look at the screen, "So, is there any more information because I can't do this with just crumbs of information." I say as I lean back in my chair.
"Umm I don't think so, they only sent us this photo." Jewel said as she lifted up her phone to show me. I looked at it to see that it was a random photo of a girl that I haven't seen before. Of course. I tilted my head to the side as I looked at it for a moment before going back to my computer. It was connected to the original commission, this is going to be easy as I already have the photo.
I did a simple reverse image search, found where the photo was taken, found out the person in the photo, then found the person's place of living and basically everything else that is either personal, or public knowledge. I then put it all in a document, made some slight changes and sent it to the commission.
I then leaned back in my chair as I let out a sigh. "This one was too easy..." I grumbled as Jewel lifted her head off of my chest to look up at me.
"But easy jobs means easy money." She said,
"But difficult jobs pay more bills." I say as I look down at her from the corner of my eye.
Jewel then went silent. Refusing to acknowledge that I'm right. But more money means teaming up with other people, and I'm not too thrilled to be hooking up with hollow hunters just for a nice tall stack of Denny. But beggars can't be choosers, and I knew that it was going to happen. Eventually. But not today.
I cracked open my drink as I went through the other requests and commissions that were on my account. Most of them were the same, which I didn't mind. So many little requests and yet we still end up with a big sum of cash at the end. I didn't mind as long as I can do what I want, when I want, and who I want.
I then turned my attention to my other monitor which had opened my bank account. I refreshed the page which only did not receive my cut of the fee, but the sum of the commission. And from the other commissions that I completed in the last thirty minutes. And it seems like I made three times as much as I spent at the convenience store, which means I got my money back with interest.
After a couple of hours of me sitting in front of my computer, my soda was gone, and my chips were finished. I also had finished the last request that was on my account. And now everything is cleared and taken care of.
