Cobalt Blues [Jared]

[Jared Park]

“Pfft. Don’t let the stereotype get into you,” Jared said smugly, nodding his head in an effort to make his point more believable, “We are breaking boundaries here, remember?” Well, that’s Jared for you. When he starts fanboy-ing about something, you can bet that he probably won’t stop until he has you on his side too.

It’s a good thing Logan didn’t tell Jared his idea on how he would conduct a database attack. The younger boy has a rather romantic vision of such an event; should he learn that it can be simplified to a situation where the boy isn’t really that daring as they portray it in movies and comic books, he might feel a bit down an all that. “So you can do it even when you’re in the washroom?” snorted the boy, laughing wildly at the thought, “That’s awesome.”

“Well duh.” Jared started playing the said game when he was ten, and he’s been addicted ever since. Never mind that most people see it as rather childish therefore not worth their time; he’s been slowly working on his riches, collecting rare items and paint brushes and such, so he’s happy. Who cares about such judgmental people anyway? “Yey! That’ll be great. And yeah, small intervals would be good.” Anything would be good really. And is this cheating in anyway? Well, not really, right? “But if I get frozen, couldn’t you like, just dive into their system and revive me (even without their consent)?” He’s totally not capitalizing on his newfound technopathic friend. Not at all.

Brain overload. “Don’t be sorry. It’s not your fault I’m rather dumb at these things,” The younger boy chuckled, waving his hands in front of him to emphasize how small of a deal it is really. “Did you know all these stuff because you were a technopath, or did you research about them even before?”. If it’s the latter, then Jared wouldn’t even know what to do. That’s dedication right there really. “Wonder what would happen if a technologically illiterate person would be a technopath. Guess he’d be forced to swallow these things, right?”

Jared wasn’t so lost when they went into brain-circuit analogies; after all, his power worked along the same concept – electrical impulses and all that – albeit in a different way. “Isn’t that what training is for anyway?” suggested the boy as he sat down on top of one of the tables in the room, “Since you’ve already mastered the art of sneaking into databases, why not try to do that now? I don’t think your trainer would suggest against it anyway, especially if you’re doing it under his/her supervision.” Well, at least he know Dr. Awren, his own trainer, wouldn’t.

So not only was he getting a boost in his Neopets account, but he’s also getting gadgets? How cool is that? And he thought losing his phone was a bad thing. “As long as I’m doing something that I’m not able to without said gadgets, I’m cool.”

“Well, robot ninjas are a whole lot more useful than lanky old me,” agreed the boy, flailing his arms comically to show how ‘flimsy’ he can get. “And if you can get your robot ninjas to do your homework for you, then they’d be the best. At least in my eyes anyway.” Because heaven knows how the boy hates homework.

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Sorry for the delay.
- Jam

[Logan Hewitte]

Logan just smirked at the whole breaking boundaries thing. It sounded pretty cool but he was sure it wasn't all that but Jared's enthusiasm was nice. “I can do it in any room with something to access the internet. Or if I had my phone I wouldn't need a room at all,” he explained. If those systems were connected then getting into them was less than a hop, skip and jump away.

“Oh yeah, for sure, that's easy,” Logan said. Unfreezing would be nothing. Games likes those weren't exactly the most secure around so it wasn't like they care a whole lot about keeping track (especially with so many accounts) so it wasn't like anyone would notice if he tweaked just one of those accounts a little. Logan didn't even mind being used for his skills, he was more than happy to help especially since Jared was actually nice and seemed all excited about his abilities. That kind of thing was all it took to get Logan to do anything. Just tell him how awesome you think he is and he'd practically be wrapped around your finger.

“Both I guess,” Logan admitted when asked about how he knew all this stuff. “I understand it way better and more easily than anyone but I had to learn it all,” he explained. “I've always been around technology cause my dad taught at MIT and some dad's play baseball with their kids but mine build computers with us so.. I guess it was always there,” he told him.

“I guess. You could probably do some things without knowing how it works,” Logan said. The knowledge meant building your own computers to the specs you want them at and not knowing meant messing around with whatever you got sand being stuck within those boundaries.

“Yeah I guess,” Logan said. Sure it helped but he was all about doing things on his own, even if that wasn't the best idea. He was just too independent for this and it wasn't as though he would be here for too much longer anyway.

Logan just nodded. That was the whole point of gadgets, to do a bunch of fun stuff that you couldn't otherwise do. That was the purpose of it all. “Depends on what said robot is capable of but I'd still say you'd be more useful,” Logan said, paying him a compliment though it was very general. People were more useful in a lot of ways, they can actually think and although he was getting some where with the whole artificial intelligence thing, real intelligence was better.

“Robots can't do homework. It can plagiarise though,” he told him and plagiarism was of course bad. It wasn't like a computer could churn out something decent all on its own. It didn't come up with ideas, it just reiterated them.

[Jared Park]

As it was, Logan’s approval of the boy’s enthusiasm only made his excitement grow. Without the technopath telling him to stop, Jared’s mind continued to ‘worship’ and ‘idolize’ the boy’s powers (and the boy himself for that matter), going through all sorts of seemingly improbable situations. “You technopaths are awesome. Has the thought of conquering the world one day ever hit you before?”

“Boy am I glad I met you LJ. Oh yes I am. I just wish I can do something of use in return though, should the time come.” He nodded solemnly, sincerely disappointed that he couldn’t offer anything to Logan in return. His mind jumped from one thought to another, from Logan’s hacking prowess to his prodigy-esque-ness when it came to building Cobalt. Such incredible things that he could only dream of being able to accomplish. “Is it different, for say hacking CoD or Starcraft for example?”

His eyes widened at Logan’s explanation. It’s the first time he’s heard of that theory to be honest. Maybe that would explain why Jasper’s so darn smart and he isn’t (as their parents left when he was still young while Jasper, his older brother, had a good ten or so years to have their mom’s smartness rub off him, not that he’s jealous or anything though). “Now this makes me wonder if one’s personality and
experiences might affect a person’s power.” Because if it was purely genes, then why would identical twins have different powers? Or even more drastic, one developing powers and another not.

Jared chuckled slightly when he heard Logan told him he’s more useful than a robot. He totally would not believe it, but if Logan told him he is, then he might as well be. After all, this is the techno-lord he’s talking to. “Well, that might be a problem when it comes to essays, but I mean in math and science. You know, where the game is more objective than subjective.” He can always turn to his brother for writing assignments anyway.

He was just about to say something when his stomach suddenly rumbled. It was about dinnertime after all and he hasn’t grabbed a bite to eat yet. Apparently talking to Logan was a little too interesting that he’s completely forgotten about his body’s needs. “Heh. Sorry ‘bout that,” he apologized shyly, rubbing his neck and blushing just slightly, “Would you like to join me for dinner LJ?”

[Logan Hewitte]

Logan had friends but this was a little different. Jared seemed to think he was pretty amazing with all that he could do and Logan could do nothing but revel in the attention and bask in it because it felt good. “Yeah, I could do Y2K for real and send everything spiralling back to zero but that's more like breaking the world than conquering it,” he said, leaning back in the seat he was in. “It's doable I guess but I bet it'd be difficult to run the world once you've conquered it,” he told

Logan just grinned. The guy was glad he met him, if that wasn't an ego booster he didn't know what was. Sure, it was all for his ability to give the guy more fake virtual money but it was always cool to hear something like that.

He smirked when Jared said he wished he could do something in return. “Well the spot for gadget tester's open and it's not like I have time to test them all anyway,” he said, it would definitely be a big help because Logan was more about the building and programming than testing. He could get in and make sure the code works but actually testing it took time and if Jared was up for it, he could do that.

“Nah, it's all kind of the same. It just depends on how closely they monitor it. I can usually get by without setting off alarms and stuff,” he told him. It didn't really matter what games it was because it was all still technology and thus it was all within the realm of stuff he could do.

“Maybe,” he said, thinking about it. He really had no idea how the whole meta-human think worked or why it even happened but Logan wasn't going to speculate. “I don't know how the whole powers thing cause I've got a twin and he's got nothin',” Logan explained with a shrug. It was strange having to explain how he got the technopath thing and his own twin was perfectly normal. Course, Ethan didn't even have an interest in technology so it wouldn't have meant much for him to have this sort of gift anyway.

“How do you explain yours?” he asked, he got that he had the whole technopath thing going and maybe it was because he actually liked it or maybe it was the other way around but then how would he explain Jared and his whole 'invisible to technology' thing.

“Oh yeah, they'd be great at that sort of stuff.. I'd probably hold off on the science part though cause Cobalt actually asked this girl if he could experiment on her,” he said, biting his lower lip at the memory. Yeah, that was totally embarrassing having to apologise for Hannibal Truck's behaviour and its apparent interests in experimenting on meta-humans. Jared was just lucky Cobalt didn't even know he was there.

“Yeah sure,” Logan said with a grin. Dinner sounded real good right about now. “Cobalt, front and center,” he said as the truck moved directly in front of him, the small camera tilting upward to look at the guy. Logan leaned over and picked it up. It was easier to carry it around than to let it roll along and get stuck as soon as it got to the stairs.

[Jared Park]

Send the Y2K out and make it even better than before? (At least that’s how Jared understood it; feel free to correct it as you with) Gawd that’s powerful. “Just remember me when you start enslaving the world ok,” the imperceptible boy laughed, giving the technopath a few friendly pats and smiling as sweetly as possible. Logan doesn’t seem the like a world conqueror though; he’s way too friendly to be a insane sociopath. He has the potential, but Jared highly doubts he’d reach into it. “Yeah. What sense is ruling a kingdom if the kingdom in question is in rubble right? Or something.” Apparently Jared forgot the famous quote. Unfortunately for him too, his replacement sounded a whole lot better in his head.

While the ‘job’ sounded a bit too dangerous, Jared was too much in the hype to care. “I’m in!” he shouted almost immediately, wildly waving his hands to and fro as if he has a hundred or so competitors. Logan is a prodigy in his eyes anyway; Jared was sure he’d be making the safest stuff as they can be, even if they might be defective. And besides, it’s not like he’ll be making Jared test death rays or anything along those lines, right?

“You have a twin and he’s got none? That’s got to suck,” the boy nodded pensively, trying to imagine himself if it was him who got the shorter end of the stick. “Doesn’t he get jealous or anything?” Because he knows for certain he will. Heck, if his siblings were the ones discovered to be metas and he’s wasn’t, he’d probably be envious beyond compare already.

He was caught off guard by Logan’s sudden inquiry though; while he understood his question, he didn’t know what he meant by it. “What do you mean? Like how my powers change my bioelectric signature or something?” he said, unconsciously tilting his head to the side in his confusion, “I don’t really know to be honest. I mean, I’m not exactly afraid of technology, nor am I illiterate when it comes to emailing and the basics.” He did think about the possibility of his powers being a manifestation of his own psyche, but he never really had a fear of bumping into automatic doors or something. He did have a fear of being forever under the shadow of his siblings’ success (thereby being invisible to the general public), but wouldn’t it make much more sense if he would be invisible to the naked eye than to technological objects if that was the case?

“Experiment on a girl? And I thought robot invasions were the stuff of science fiction.” It was a good thing he was invisible to Cobalt then. Or the general robot populace should they rise and all that. As cowardly as it might seem, he’d probably just hide until it’s all over, should that happen anyway.

“I hear they’re having pizza for dinner tonight. Let’s hurry before we ran out of stuff,” nodded the boy, grabbing Logan’s hand and dragging him along the halls.

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[Logan Hewitte]

Logan chuckled at Jared's words. "Yeah, I could probably get away with being some kind of villain but I'm not gonna. It's way too much work," he explained with a grin. He just wanted to do his own thing.

"I guess it sorta would be rubble. Get rid of technology and it'll be chaos. People are gonna start looting and breaking into houses and there'd be waay more crime and everyone would basically be homeless cause their security systems wouldn't work,” he explained. No one would be safe in a world like that, except maybe technopaths...

“Great,” Logan said, testers were always useful cause they'd probably do things that he wouldn't think of so it'd point out any flaws he might have missed, whether it's with the system or with the hardware. He's have to make sure it was safe though, Logan was usually pretty good with that but accidents happened, mostly when he wasn't aware of where he was so he was sure Jared wouldn't have those problems.

“Nah, Ethan's pretty cool about it. I mean, I might talk to computers but he's still the cool one that everyone likes so I guess we've both kinda got our own thing,” he explained. Logan had always been a total dork and in Ethan's opinion a bit of an embarrassment too but since they boy started at Hammel, Ethan was living the good life being popular and playing in some band or something. Even if they guy wasn't a meta, he had his own thing and he was happy.

“No, you said a person's power might have something to do with heir personality. How would yours fit?” he reiterated. He liked technology, thus he could talk to it so why was Jared just plain invisible to it? What part of his personality did that fit in with?

Logan nodded when they guy explained. Either way, it had its pros and cons like everything else. “He didn't really mean it,” Logan said, trying to defend Cobalt's actions but then the robot did mean it. Robots didn't have ulterior motives they just did what they did. “He just wanted to know why she wasn't freezing to death, that's all,” he said with a shrug.

Logan raised an eyebrow but didn't say a word when Jared grabbed his hand and headed for the hallway. Guys didn't really do that so it had been unexpected but Logan wasn't gonna complain, not when there was pizza to be had.