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The Holmberg and Hilde Legacy Contents: Chapters -Chapter 1: The Founders -Chapter 2: Laying Roots -Chapter 3: Wedding Bells -Chapter 4: Circle of Life -Chapter 5: The A-Team -Chapter 6: G...
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Chapter 7: Geek in the Streets, Freak in the… pt.2
The Hack-a-Thon lasted six hours. Every hour, five people were eliminated. Petra sat far away from Lyle, but when they were the only two left standing (well, sitting), they had to sit on computers opposite of each other.
Petra looked up, saw that Lyle was already looking at her, and gave him a wink.
Bring it on.
The results: p@r@dox-66%, Behemøth-90%. It was a slaughter.
“How the hell did you do that!” Petra tried to be annoyed, but she was more impressed than anything.
Lyle adjusted his silly brown sweater, “It took a while, but it payed off. Probably would’ve gotten 100% if I didn’t spend the first twenty minutes distorting your feed. I made sure to make it subtle, so you wouldn’t notice. And by the time you probably would notice, you’re in too deep.”
He smirked, “Rookie mistake, my dear.”
“No,” Petra smiled. “You’re just an ubernerd.”
“Geek.”
“A geek who would love to treated with expensive takeout tonight.”
Lyle hit his index finger against his temple, pretending to think. He raised his finger in the air, before proclaiming, “Cheap curry, it is!”
When the weekend was over, they had to return home. Turns out Lyle lived close to where Zolita grew up. Lyle and Petra kept in contact, virtual and physical, throughout the final year of high school.
When they graduated, both decided against university and moved into the apartment that Asher bought for them. It was perfect for them – the bedroom was almost half the size of the entire apartment, the perfect geek den. They played chess in their room, they woohooed in their room, they read the entire novelisation of Star Trek in their room. And most importantly, they forged careers in their room. Lyle became a software engineer. He was known for his meticulous skill in finding flaws in code. Petra became well-known gamer, and to this day no one has ever surpassed her R.E.F.U.G.E. record.
They had a child quite young, a son named Oleksy Romeo. Their room was large enough that they merged it with his nursery. They placed mirrors behind their desks so that they only had to peek out of the corner of their eyes to keep watch on him.
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Did I mention that they got married at GeekCon, of all places?
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The Hack-a-Thon lasted six hours. Every hour, five people were eliminated. Petra sat far away from Lyle, but when they were the only two left standing (well, sitting), they had to sit on computers opposite of each other.
Petra looked up, saw that Lyle was already looking at her, and gave him a wink.
Bring it on.
The results: p@r@dox-66%, Behemøth-90%. It was a slaughter.
“How the hell did you do that!” Petra tried to be annoyed, but she was more impressed than anything.
Lyle adjusted his silly brown sweater, “It took a while, but it payed off. Probably would’ve gotten 100% if I didn’t spend the first twenty minutes distorting your feed. I made sure to make it subtle, so you wouldn’t notice. And by the time you probably would notice, you’re in too deep.”
He smirked, “Rookie mistake, my dear.”
“No,” Petra smiled. “You’re just an ubernerd.”
“Geek.”
“A geek who would love to treated with expensive takeout tonight.”
Lyle hit his index finger against his temple, pretending to think. He raised his finger in the air, before proclaiming, “Cheap curry, it is!”
When the weekend was over, they had to return home. Turns out Lyle lived close to where Zolita grew up. Lyle and Petra kept in contact, virtual and physical, throughout the final year of high school.
When they graduated, both decided against university and moved into the apartment that Asher bought for them. It was perfect for them – the bedroom was almost half the size of the entire apartment, the perfect geek den. They played chess in their room, they woohooed in their room, they read the entire novelisation of Star Trek in their room. And most importantly, they forged careers in their room. Lyle became a software engineer. He was known for his meticulous skill in finding flaws in code. Petra became well-known gamer, and to this day no one has ever surpassed her R.E.F.U.G.E. record.
They had a child quite young, a son named Oleksy Romeo. Their room was large enough that they merged it with his nursery. They placed mirrors behind their desks so that they only had to peek out of the corner of their eyes to keep watch on him.
Did I mention that they got married at GeekCon, of all places?
