The Beanie & The Blonde |Twombly|

Chapter Three

Chapter Three:

"Good morning, interns." Chetty's voice came from the speakers as all the computer monitors in their office went black before a small image of him speaking popped up on them. "Today marks the first of several challenges through which your team will show their merits. While internally dog-fooding a new product a number of Googlers reported a bug that disabled their audio. All two million lines of that code have been included in the source files. Your job? Find the bug."

The screens went back to normal and the team immediately got to work.

"Okay we should check the user reports." Neha suggested.

"Scan the logs for any red flags." Yo-Yo added.

"See what exceptions were thrown." Stuart said.

"I always start by drawing up strategies to sift through the code." Maya said, grabbing a marker and writing on the glass. They all got to work while Nick and Billy watched.

"Code, right? Codes, right? Codes. So at the end of the day we're kind of looking to break the password here, right?" Billy said. Everyone started getting distracted but continued writing. "Maybe the answer's in the question. Maybe it's something to do with bug."

"Ureka." Nick called softly. Maya's hand paused as she lost track of what she was doing. She shook her head before writing again.

"Bug like fly. The fly. Is Chetty a cinephile?" Billy said.

"Goldblum." Nick said.

"Goldblum!" Billy yelled.

"Boggles my mind that no one has a notebook out." Nick said towards all of them. "You guys are focused on writing this gibberish. Maybe that's helpful, maybe it's not, but I guarantee what we're saying is helpful!"

"For the love of god, shut up!" Maya snapped. "We're looking for a bug, not a password. They are two completely different things."

"Keep going with that human connection. You had it." Nick said to Billy, ignoring Maya completely. She growled under her breath before trying to get back to work.

"Oh, you know what?" Billy groaned.

"Stay positive. Stay positive. Go, go!" Nick encouraged him.

"We're gonna go on fly, 'cause that's where we're at. Fly. We're flying it. Fly, fly. I like that. Buzzz... L Y F." Billy said, writing on the glass. "We scramble the letters it's life! For some reason I can't get fly out of my mind. And now I'm going Loped. Jennifer Lopez. Is it a fly girl?"

"Super fly!" Nick called. Pop fly! Uh, excavation. Earthquake! California!"

"That's it! Write that down! Do it, Do it, Do it now!" Billy yelled.

"Will you please stop!" Yo-Yo finally yelled.

"No, we're working!" Nick said.

"No, we're working." Y-Yo corrected him.

"Yeah and that's a sharpie by the way, genius." Stuart pointed out, making Billy pause to look at the marker in his hand.

"That's my fault." Billy said, licking his fingers and trying to wipe it off. Maya shook her head in disbelief.

"Look, guys. I'm sorry, but you're not helping. You're saying a lot of words really fast that mean absolutely nothing." Neha told them.

"To find the bug we need to scan the user logs, review the code until we find the programmer's mistake. It's the only way." Maya explained, the others nodding in agreement.