[ God. This truly never gets old, because as soon as Rhys shocks the shit out of himself, Jack is definitely quick to laugh obnoxiously in that dumb, wheezy and nasally way that happens only when he finds something truly hilarious. He even smacks his hand against the desk a few times as he has to catch his breath too, albeit for different reasons. ]
I— God, you're gonna fall for this kind of thing every time, aren't you? Good. I can't—
[ Give him a moment, because truly, he's just as amused by this as he was giving Rhys hell as a weird ghost. But on the plus side, by the time Jack does regain his breath, he's in a good enough mood to not completely evade the question. With the gun fully disassembled now, he goes through the process of carefully cleaning it, though some of his laughter still remains in his voice. ]
I mean, had to start somewhere, kiddo. I didn't start out on top, and I'm not ashamed of that. Nope, I was like waaaaay down there. Just a programmer, and not even like, R&D. We're talking social media, synergy, branding, all the business and marketing stuff that suit types blow their load over. You've even used my stuff before, probably. You know that Hyperion work chat program that everyone uses? Wrote that when I started out.
[ Which is all surprisingly humble for Jack, considering how much of a braggart he is about everything else, but this is something he seems much more reserved about. ]
Been coding ever since I was a kid, and I'm damn good at it. Don't really do it anymore, since I don't have time, but it's how I started, and it's how I got to where I am today. Hacked some servers and satellites, found out about Pandora's secret goldmine, and the rest is history.
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Date: 2016-06-08 08:21 pm (UTC)I— God, you're gonna fall for this kind of thing every time, aren't you? Good. I can't—
[ Give him a moment, because truly, he's just as amused by this as he was giving Rhys hell as a weird ghost. But on the plus side, by the time Jack does regain his breath, he's in a good enough mood to not completely evade the question. With the gun fully disassembled now, he goes through the process of carefully cleaning it, though some of his laughter still remains in his voice. ]
I mean, had to start somewhere, kiddo. I didn't start out on top, and I'm not ashamed of that. Nope, I was like waaaaay down there. Just a programmer, and not even like, R&D. We're talking social media, synergy, branding, all the business and marketing stuff that suit types blow their load over. You've even used my stuff before, probably. You know that Hyperion work chat program that everyone uses? Wrote that when I started out.
[ Which is all surprisingly humble for Jack, considering how much of a braggart he is about everything else, but this is something he seems much more reserved about. ]
Been coding ever since I was a kid, and I'm damn good at it. Don't really do it anymore, since I don't have time, but it's how I started, and it's how I got to where I am today. Hacked some servers and satellites, found out about Pandora's secret goldmine, and the rest is history.