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| >Coming into view from the road is a checkpoint, the silhouettes of a few guards visable from the lights behind them
>Ether shouts over the noise of the motor
"Its this place here!"

| "I figured"
>Neil stopped by the checkpoint, not making eye contact with the guards but looking front instead
"You might wanna take off the helmet for them to see you"

| >Ether instead waves to one of the guards, who is dumbfounded at her riding on a motorcycle
"Drive onto that metal plate right in the middle then put this in park, once it starts, don't move an inch."

| "Please tell me that's not gonna cut my head off"
>He parks as he is told, gripping hard on the bike handles not moving at all Now

| >Ether gives a thumbs up to the guardhouse, the guard inside hastily takes a key from a slot and fits it into a keyhole on the guardhouse control panel
>As soon as the key turns some clicking noises are audible under the metal plate

| "Its determinaing our center of mass, dont move until I say, even when it reaches the bottom."

| "That Sounds like It's supposed to make me feel more calm but isn't really working"
>He kept his stare forwards, staying still

| >The clicking stops as the metal place begins its decent
>The guard that turned the key runs outside and throws the key as far away as possible and a few seconds later the sound of a firecracker goes off
"If we move the platform will become unballanced and we will fall all the way down into a room that will quickly seal as automated turrets activate, though it will scan incase a mistake was made, but all systems can fail and I dont want to be ripped apart by explosive .50 rounds."

| "Has anyone ever told you how bad you are at calming down people??"
>Neil begins to sweat under the helmet
"This is the kind of security a super villain has, you said you did the good actions!"

| "Well I'm not going to lie about these things, and you also can be sure at this point that you are very safe, think of how long amd how much lives will be lost if someone attempts to break in."
>The elevator reaches the bottom, ahead is a decently long undergroud roadway
"Dont move, this stop is ment to trick intruders."

| "What if a bunch of kids come playing around? Will they be fucking obliterated too?"
>He shudders at the last warning
"Now this is just a dick move"

| "Nothing activates until that key is turned, not to mention guards are stationed 24/7."
>The platform drops a little bit more and clicks into place
"Alright, now its safe to drive forward."

| >Neil accelerated forwards, keeping an eye for his surroundings
"So I shouldn't worry about this ending with me strapped on an iron table and a laser about to cut me in half?"

| "Of course not."
>Ahead the roadway seems to go into a dead end
"Besides, why would I kill you."

| "Hell why would anyone want to kill me, it just happens that when someone does is another rich person with power, I'm not saying all dogs bite but you get kiiinda wary when one does"
>Neil slow downs as he approaches what it looks like the dead end

| "Stop as close to the end as you can."
>She suddenly has a key in her hand
"Statistics can answer that, the majority of killers will be the upper class due to higher rates of mental disorders among other things."

| "That doesn't make it easier to be with one of the upper class going right into their private house"
>Neil stops a few cm away from the end as he was told

| >Ether reaches over and pulls on one of the wall panels, it doesn't budge
"I mean, does it seem like I'm the pinnacle of stability? I'm actually surprised you still came."
>She points to the bottom right corner of the "wall" in front and counts while pointing tile by tile upwards

| >After she reaches the right number she then counts along the tiles, continuing to point them out
>After a moment she grabs ahold of the final tile she pointed at and pulled it off revealing a keyhole, she inserts the key and turns it
>The dead end lifts up with the sound of machinery
"The best part of analog systems is that they can never be hacked."

| "I just can't resist going out with strangers after parties"
>Neil said sarcastically while looking carefully at the whole proccess of tile searching
"Man and I though Rob.. And I though my hacker was paranoid, aren't analog systems also harder to make? How long did the making of this took?"

| "Oh, it's still electrical, just no computer systems, the only way to make it function is either to use it correctly or tear down the whole wall and mess with the wiring."
>As the door moves up the outside of an underground compound starts to come into view
"One hell of a commute, that's why I almost never come back here."

| "Now that's just wasting resources, if I had spent so much time and money in a place I would problably never leave it"
>Neil looks around in amaze
"Hell if you don't like it I'll gladly take it from you"

| "Well if you like living in a research and development center then be my guest, I do have a home here, take a left at the first turn. Though I guess plenty of people DO live here, at least you will have an endless supply of intellectuals to keep you company."

| "Yeeeaaaah no thanks, I'm good not being part of a big, creepy, underground experiment, cheers on making It look heavenly though!"
>He accelerated taking a turn to the left as indicated

| >Down the road both sides now have grass growing, that soon opens up to an entire field
"My place is the farthest back, just keep going until the road ends."

| "Of course it is, and let me guess, the biggest house underground?"
>The noises of the bike accompanied them on their way

| "Actually no, that would be a dick move if I rarely come here."
>Ether looks around
"A Lot changed though, while I was gone, someone took the volleyball net down, I wonder what happened."

| "Now you're talking with some sense"
>He looked to a side of the road
"Maybe a sore loser took it down?Seems like something unstable people would do"

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| "It would of gone back up if that was the case. It's good to be back home."

| "A home with no volleyball net apparently, is no one here nerveous to know They're part of some weird experiment?"

| "Experiment? They just live and work here, plenty take vacations outside and they can leave whenever they want, it's just convenient to live right next to where you work. Though, you are half right, my father built this, or atleast it finished when he was in charge but there are no records to prove or disprove that, it was built to be a self contained town, and I suppose it worked to some degree."
>Ether looks ahead to the house at the end of the road

| "Now the offer to live here doesn't sound so bad, but still.. I never believed in the whole 'Heaven on earth' thing, no matter how good it looks"
>Neil notices the last house as well
"Last one right? I've been wondering if I passed it without knowing"

| "Well if you passed it we would be covered in debris."
"This place is also incredibly secure, it takes alot of concrete to hold up the dirt on the surface."

| "That had me wondering, is there any risk of all of that dirt going down on our heads if an earthquakes occurs? An earthquake or a bombing"
>They finally arrive at the last house of the road as Neil parks over

| "One, its very thick and the sides have shock absorption, and there are intentional weak points that will break to move the force away from important areas."
>She gets out of the motorcycle and slaps her leg, stiffening them
"First time riding a motorcycle, dont want to deal with wobbly legs."

| "Somehow I'm not surprised. You can just shake them, you know? your legs"
>He got out of the bike, leaving his helmet on the seat before stretching his back

| "Does that still work when I'm terrified?"

| "Oh, I though you meant wobbly like when you spend hours sitting down and then stand up, It's just that you remind me of those people that make music by slapping their body parts"

| >Ether starts walking to the front door
"Anything for a bit on convienence, though it wasnt designed to be used that way. It was made for working around hazardous materials, something you dont want to lose balance around."

| "Now that's terrifying, I can picture someone falling into a radioactive canister or rocket fuel"
>Neil followed along
"I'm guessing I shouldn't worry About the bike getting stolen right?"

| "Nope, nobody locks doors either, why steal when there is nowhere to run away with it."
>She opens the door and walks into the entryway

| "Because no one will ever suspect of anyone if you do it right"
>He walks after her, closing the door behind him out of habit

| >Ether narrows her eyes at him
"Well, you can only enjoy what you stole within this square mile, lo leave you have to go back to where we entered from, in which you will be searched."
>Ether looks around for a moment
"I actually forgot why we came here."

| "Your definetly not evil plans? Something about a greater good Or something"
>He had his arms crossed, looking around the place

| "Oh, yeah."
"Turn around and look down the street, when is the last time you've seen people living in places like this.
My great goal is to bridge the wealth divide."

| "And how do you plan on doing that?Hell you might be problably the first good rich people I know, there are so many assholes out there who won't like the idea of being one with the poor"

| "It wont be easy, but step one is to stockpile money."
"If this all fails plan B is to make all jobs impossible to compete in, causing a sociatal shift where money means nothing and either a currency based on contribution to society or a society where all needs are met. So with those options, the rich would prefer working with me to keep the system rather then make me lose forcing me to change the game until its impossible to lose."

| "Alright alright I got lost somewhere in there, but.. Maybe I'm not a fan of plan B, I understand the result but hell if you make every legal job impossible people will either get into illegal jobs or riot for the unemployement, you will break this city a little more than it is.."
>Neil looked back at her
"How do you plan to stockpile the money though?"

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| "By taking over the markets, taking other peoples monopolies."

| "Right, right, back then it creeped me out the idea of one rich weird to gather all the wealth but now that I heard plan B.. I guess plan A creeps me out less"

| "By taking from the rich it will start to close the gap, step two is to provide to the poor to close it even more to prepare for step four. Step three is the hardest, it will be an immense cost to build the infrastructure for a new middle class."

| "Its a win win, the rich get better trained workers to fill middle management, which so far have been filled by the over or underqualified, and the poor win as they get richer as quality of life improves."

| "You got good ideas Mrs.. But I'll have to see them in action to know I can trust you, at the end of the day you will still Live in underground heaven and I will still be homeless anyway"

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| "If you want me to provide proof then how about a silent demonstration."

| >Neil raised an eyebrow at her statement
"You have my attention"

| "You said you were homeless, right?"

| >He stood quiet for a few seconds
"...Yes?"

| "Youll know when it happens."

| "That's just what I said with a little suspense, when I see shit happening Its when I will believe you"

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