Reality Shift
"And only someone who was working with Lacy would know that," he typed. Isaac moved his cursor over the fake Trent, whose attempt to run away had been foiled by Vince and the real Trent. They held him in place while Isaac right-clicked, and pressed delete.
"So... does that mean Alistair is dead?" Vince asked. "I mean, don't get me wrong, the guy deserves to be punished, but..."
"No, he's not actually dead," said Trent. "A backup copy of Alistair was made when we were both downloaded into the server. They'll upload that into Alistair's body, and arrest it. Well, they'll arrest it once my friend Evan submits the proof of the crime to the authorities. I'd like to be present for that, if you don't mind."
"Oh, umm, sure..." typed Isaac. "I'm sorry I took your body. When we saw a username on the server list, we just had to know what would happen when one of us tried to transfer into it."
"That's understandable," said Trent. "And, honestly, I should probably be thanking you guys. I was hoping the server glitch would be enough to take down the server, so that our backups would have to be used. By the time that restoration would happen, Evan would have had enough time to turn over the evidence I sent him. But it wasn't, and Alistair beat me here. If my body had still been connected, it would have been his, and he and Lacy would have been able to escape."
"How does Alistair getting into your body ruin the incriminating evidence that you gave Evan?" asked Vince.
"Lacy would have deleted the whole server," said Trent, shrugging his shoulders. "The evidence is all digital, and once she knows Alistair isn't trapped there, she doesn't have to care about the rest of the data. The server would have needed to roll all the way back to this morning. Without Alistair in the physical world, she can't wipe the evidence from the server without killing Alistair too- and then who would pay her?"
"So this Evan guy will be able to put me back in the server?" typed Isaac.
"So... does that mean Alistair is dead?" Vince asked. "I mean, don't get me wrong, the guy deserves to be punished, but..."
"No, he's not actually dead," said Trent. "A backup copy of Alistair was made when we were both downloaded into the server. They'll upload that into Alistair's body, and arrest it. Well, they'll arrest it once my friend Evan submits the proof of the crime to the authorities. I'd like to be present for that, if you don't mind."
"Oh, umm, sure..." typed Isaac. "I'm sorry I took your body. When we saw a username on the server list, we just had to know what would happen when one of us tried to transfer into it."
"That's understandable," said Trent. "And, honestly, I should probably be thanking you guys. I was hoping the server glitch would be enough to take down the server, so that our backups would have to be used. By the time that restoration would happen, Evan would have had enough time to turn over the evidence I sent him. But it wasn't, and Alistair beat me here. If my body had still been connected, it would have been his, and he and Lacy would have been able to escape."
"How does Alistair getting into your body ruin the incriminating evidence that you gave Evan?" asked Vince.
"Lacy would have deleted the whole server," said Trent, shrugging his shoulders. "The evidence is all digital, and once she knows Alistair isn't trapped there, she doesn't have to care about the rest of the data. The server would have needed to roll all the way back to this morning. Without Alistair in the physical world, she can't wipe the evidence from the server without killing Alistair too- and then who would pay her?"
"So this Evan guy will be able to put me back in the server?" typed Isaac.