VOX Box: Heretic Saga 4
Characters[]
Location[]
- Clocktower, Old Gotham District, Gotham City, NJ
- October 24th 2016, 0827 Local Time
VOX Archive[]
- Oracle: [beep, beep, keys clacking, beep, beep] Yeah, yeah... Hold on, just let me finish my thought here. [beep, beep, keys clacking]
- [ding, elevator door opens, footsteps, armor clanking]
- Oracle: [beep, beep, keys clacking] There we go. [click] Oracle here. How can I make all your wishes come true?
- Jacqueline Pemberton: Oracle, this is Gimmix. Where are you?!
- Oracle: Same place I always am. I'm in my Temple. [chuckle] You know us Oracles. We don't tend to stray far.
- Jacqueline Pemberton: [scoff, sigh] No, uh... Oracle, I need to know exactly where you are! Country, city, street address! I need to know now!
- Oracle: [scoff] No can do, Gimmie. I didn't get to be the world's best hacker by giving out my ASL in the chats.
- Jacqueline Pemberton: [sigh] You don't understand! It's Heretic!
- Oracle: Heretic?
- Jacqueline Pemberton: The guy who contacted you earlier! He used that name with Suzy. Dammit, Oracle! You know the significance! I know you do!
- Oracle: Yeah... I do. That's a Network username, but-
- Jacqueline Pemberton: That's how he knew where to hit us.
- Oracle: No, that's just a ghost username. It's only for-
- Jacqueline Pemberton: Using if you're locked out or compromised. It's used to disable accounts, right?
- Oracle: Yeah, but we've never used- How do you know about it? [gasp] Have you been digging into Kela's code?
- Jacqueline Pemberton: [sigh] My god! Kick me out of the damned Network! Just before you do, can you at least tell me where the hell you are?
- Oracle: Why do you need to know where I am?
- Jacqueline Pemberton: Because if I'm right, and I usually am, I need to know because Heretic knows! That's why he accessed the system. It wasn't to taunt you. It was to find you.
- Oracle: No. My Network File is restricted. [nervous chuckle] No way, he... [sigh] [expletive]! Heretic might be able to bypass those protocols. Okay, I'm in the Old Gotham-
- [whack, fluid splash, glass breaking, pained gasp, whack, whack]
- Jacqueline Pemberton: Oracle?!
- [whoosh, wheelchair wheels rolling at rapid speed, grunt, whack, clatter, thud, ceramic shattering]
- Jacqueline Pemberton: Oracle?!
- [whack, whack, grapple, smash, grapple, body dragging on wooden floor, panting, groaning, smack, armor clanking, footsteps stumbling, growl, panting, wail, body dragging on stairs, gasp]
- Oracle: Clocktower! Clocktower! I'm in the Clock-
- [mumbling, gasping, growling, head impact, glass shattering, fluid-filled cough, pant, head impact, thud, body dragging on wooden floor, grunt, thud]
- Heretic: [sigh, huff, huff] Damn it, Barbara... Why'd you have to be so feisty? [heavy breathing] Oh, and let's turn this off... [sword sliding from sheath, vorpal thrum, slash, sparks, clatter, footsteps, chuckle, footsteps, armor clanking, chuckle] Now before we talk, let's do something with these hands... [cord cinched, slap] Okay, time to rise and shine. We got a lot to talk about... [slap, slap] Nap time is over...
- Oracle: [cough, cough, deep breath, groan, gasp]
- Heretic: Hello, Barbara... I wish you hadn't made me hurt you.
- Oracle: Kela, activate emergency lock-
- Heretic: There's no use. I disabled Kela... and most everything else in here, including the elevator. I wanted you all to myself. [chuckle] So, this is where I'd introduce myself, but I may have been eavesdropping on your conversation with Jackie... She's a smart thing, ain't she? She figured it out that fast, huh? [chuckle] So... as you know, I took the liberty of looking through your unrestricted server using your special little secret login. At least I thought it was unrestricted. Tell me, Babs... What is Server Seven, and why didn't you give Heretic access to it? [chuckle] Does it have anything to do with Saunders' team? What secrets is he keeping from them? [chuckle] Whatever it is, I bet it's pretty juicy stuff, huh? Come on, tell me...
- Oracle: I don't know who you are or what the hell you want, but you can go [expletive] yourself!
- Heretic: Oh, Barbara... [sigh] I wish you hadn't said that...
- [distant rfft]
- Heretic: Now I'm gonna have to hurt you.
- Sideways: [distant clatter] [distant:] Psst... That ain't gonna happen! [rfft] Not if I have anything to say about it!
- Heretic: Who said that-? [rfft] What the-? [armor clanking, footsteps] Who the hell are you?!
- Sideways: Hi, I'm Sideways! I'd love to chat, but you got a date with Niagara Falls! [rfft, water roaring, panicked shout] Bye! [distant splash, rfft, chuckle] Wow. This is a nice place. How much is rent in a place like this?
- Oracle: Derek, shut up and untie me, please.
- Sideways: [hands groping fabric, relieved sigh] Oh, whew, I thought I forgot my mask ag- Wait, how'd you know-?
- Oracle: [scoff, sigh] I'm Oracle. I know everything... Now about untying me?
- Sideways: Right... Uh, pull your hands apart. Right. Perfect. Hold still... [rfft, cord snaps, rfft] Neat trick, huh?
Trivia and Notes[]
- Part of the Heretic Saga Storyline.
- This is an updated version of the VOX in Oracle Files: Heretic featuring new characters.
- Story continues from VOX Box: Heretic Saga 3.
- Story continues in VOX Box: Heretic Saga 5.