Sam gave Luke an evil stare.
“Vague? Instantly gone? Do you have any fucking idea what the side effects of this bracelet are?” She shook her wrist and a H.U.D. Filled her vision. she blinked.
POTENTIAL BRACELET SIDE EFFECTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NAUSEA , VOMITING, DISORIENTATION, HEADACHES, VIOLENT SPASM'S OF PAIN DOWN LEFT ARM, SLEEPLESSNESS, TEMPORARY BLINDNESS, TEMPORARY LOSS OF COLOUR IN VISION, TEMPORARY LOSS OF TASTE, TEMPORARY LOSS OF FEELING TO EXTREMITIES, IRRITATING RASH UNDER BRACELET.
Sam looked through the list and blinked furiously as she tried to see Luke through
the H.U.D.
“OK how the fuck do I turn this off?”
Luke look confused, “Er.. turn what off?”
“The H.U.D. Dammit Luke stop pissing around I can't see properly.
He looked agog and then burst into manic laughter. “It works! Yes. I knew it would. Wow! Right off the bat that's awesome.”
“You wont think it's so fucking awesome when you're sitting on your ass with a black eye. Now tell me how to switch this thing off. Incidentally that list of side effects? Yeah I wouldn't go putting that up in everyone's face. Some of those things are not so good.”
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Luke looked back at Sam as he was bringing his screen back up.
“Er..., you could access that?”
Sam nodded. “Still can buddy, it's just floating in front of my face!”
Luke nodded and pointed to his screen. “This should be a similar setup to what you're seeing right now, if you check out the top right, of your vision, you should see a small “x” look directly at that and focus on it whilst willing the H.U.D. To close.”
Sam saw the “x” focused on it for a second and the screen disappeared. She sighed and without looking punched Luke in the arm.
“Ouch! What the? Oh right. OK yeah I probably deserved that. But to be honest, that hasn't happened to anyone yet. It's like brand new and in theory we thought it would take weeks for the hardware to assimilate with the wetware.”
Sam punched him again and growled.
“I'm not wetware.”
“Aargh! Yes quite right. My mistake, but this is fabulous. I should do more tests, See how it configured so quickly.”
“Yeah I'm not liking the sound of that. When I entered the academy nobody told me I would become a lab rat.” Responded Sam.
“Oh no! Absolutely not. No. Anyhow there's no need I can monitor your feed from anywhere on the ship.” Luke suddenly found himself nose to nose with a rage filled 16 year old girl as she growled. “You cannot, will not access my data without my permission understand me Luke?” He nodded fervently. But then saw a smile on her face.
ACCESS TO SAMANTHA HOLDEN'S FILES AND DATA ARE STRICTLY OFF LIMITS. PRIOR AUTHORITY NEEDED BEFORE ACCESS CAN BE GRANTED.
“Huh.” Sam blinked and smiled at Luke then patted his shoulder. “Well that's OK then, thanks Luke.”