Torrent | A flash fiction story
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The lights came on in a soft cyan glow that rose from behind every piece of furniture in the room. An almost subsonic bass came to life in deep, trembling notes. Cosmic synths came down from outer space and glided over the bass line while plucked arpeggios rained over the melody.
Large screens gained life revealing an ocean of fluorescent monospaced letters and bars pulsating in sync with the music. With the press of a button, a sleek tray brought a dark backlit keyboard into reach — Zik regularly got over two hundred words per minute on this baby.
Zik cracked their fingers and got to work.
A torrent of commands was inserted into the console spitting back messages Zik processed in a glance. Their fingers navigated with blazing speed through the vast map of shortcuts they had memorized. They were one with the code, they were in the machine.
The song built up and they closed their eyes, getting in the zone. When the beat dropped, Zik hacked the world.
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