They were all gathered to discuss the deal between Aster and the leader of the outliers. Because the outliers were a group that was feared by everyone in the rich families, they had to tread lightly otherwise they faced the end of blowing themselves up. “Okay, let's talk. You raise your hand, state your point, and see if anyone has issues with your point. Is it clear to everyone? Okay, then let's start.” Marvin was presiding over their little meeting. There were few people present because the others had no idea of this topic. Lia, Aster, and Oggy sat before Marvin. “I want to say that this whole idea is ridiculous. I mean, what if the leader had ulterior motives? he would not tell to us. But he would try to make himself look pitiful so that our hearts would be filled with compassion and we would agree to help him.” Lia stopped herself to look at Aster. She had to see his reaction and then continue. And no one raised any objections to her statement. “You are right.” O
"So now we have to talk about the gaming company with them. How about we first start coding classes? it will take them atleast one year to learn everything. That too if they study well. What if they don't?"Lia was not so sure that this will be okay. She was basically learning coding all the time so it wasnt hard for her. But these guys were not like her. They wouldnt know some basic math. That would seriously trouble them."Dont worry. We will use the editor for this. And slowly teach them while we do everything. If it took more time, they will be penniless."Lia scoffed at that."You basically mean I have to do everything?""Yes?"Marvin was chuckling."Wow, thank you. I would love that. You can pay me too."Lia had a strange brain circuit because she was really happy to work more. That way no one would disturb her and she was very free to do her own thing. Who wouldn't like that?She definitely would."Also, I want to teach them too. I have to see who is more responsive. And I can
The plan was almost nearing its end process. They had discussed all the details and they finalized everything. Having two CEOs certainly helped.And working with Lia was also a bonus. She never wasted time and had her work done perfectly. Looking at it this way, they all outperformed themselves.Group projects were never this fun, Lia felt."Okay, now we have to wait and watch what the Outliers say. I think they would really accept this plan. it has no defects and it will not harm anyone's interest. A job well done."They all cheered and then went to eat lunch. Yeah, their morning meeting took them four hours. It was very tiring but they were all fulfilled.Oggy was happily serving them food."Eat, we have to think that we are awesome and then we will try hard to become awesome. And someday, we will really become awesome. How is my theory?"Lia wanted to say it made sense but she stopped herself."Brother, you have to stop thinking more and start working more. You sang all your old so
This time, Aster was ready for the plane ride. He slept the whole time because he knew that they were going to work there. And they won't have time to waste here and there.Marvin also didn't check his work and took a rest.For what it was worth, they were well-rested.Lia had sent them to the airport with Iggy. She was worried and she had asked them many times to remember that they weren't going to listen to all the arrangements made by the Outliers and that it was okay to say no to them.Aster nodded to everything which made Oggy snicker.Lia had been dropped by Oggy back home and now she was thinking about how the outcome could result in her opinion. She had to think of all these ways and then think bow to counteract them. She was really busy thinking and overthinking.Now she rarely overthinks but special circumstances call for special actions. So Lia again started searching for some activities so she could turn off her mind that was overthinking.The propel had just boarded the f
Lia was thinking about how to make the fish bot. She had to print some external materials in the 3d printer and the internal mechanism was easy to do. She was very interested I'm such bots so she made some earlier. She could use one of that.This time she took one boat and disassembled the internal working parts. She then put the structure to get printed. She didn't do the same way as the fish bot. Because seriously that would be copyright infringement.But she made a new kind of fish bot. The main difference was that this Fish bot was like a cat and transformer.She was happy with the design. But she forgot to ask Asher. If he didn't like it, what should be done? But she worked all night and the next day, and finally, it was done. The bot was small. It was palm-sized and it was cute.Lia wanted it to be cute not bot like. Because a kid wanted it, they love cute things. She colored it and pasted stickers too.And finally, she made it voice-activated and added search options so it c
Asher kept playing with his new fish bot and that scene became the favorite of everyone present there. Lia’s mother watched him and kept smiling. Chris read the newspaper but he peeked at Asher. Oggy watched television and took turns with Jake to play with Asher. they absolutely loved the fish bot as it kept answering their stupid questions.“Why do objects burn when they enter the atmosphere?” this was from Jake.“Objects entering an atmosphere experience atmospheric drag, which puts mechanical stress on the object, and aerodynamic heating—caused mostly by compression of the air in front of the object, but also by drag.”This was the answer from the fish bot.Lia then gave it a command.“Fish bot, show the source of information on the screen from now on.” this time when Jake asked the same question, it shared the source as a Wikipedia article.“You have to know from where you get the information. mostly it will be right but sometimes it may be wrong so make sure again and aga
Aster net Albert with Marvin. Because he wanted to come to meet the Outliers too. He was also the head of the Winters family and having him with them was an added bonus."You made a plan too. Let me see. If I like it, I also want to join."Marvin felt that this uncle was really younger than him."Nope. I can only show this plan to the other party. When he sees it, you ask him and see. I can't show it to you now.""Stingy."Albert then turned his head to Aster."You are good. I thought your brother was the best but you don't look bad now. Keep it up. Next time, I will give you a gift."It was so funny.Because Albert was younger than Jake and he was going to give Aster a gift."Thank you, uncle."But anyway, seniors should be respected no matter their age.Aster was also looking forward to seeing the gift. He wanted to see what this elder could give him."When are you going to meet them?""Tomorrow morning."Marvin replied.Albert nodded."Then I will stay here today. Get me my juice a
Aster and Marvin took Albert to meet the leader the next day.It was at the same place but this time their reception was good.This time they were taken inside and not in the garden. The left guardian welcomed them and the room was cleaned perfectly. The conference room was set up in such a way that there was no need for them to get any other equipment.Like projectors or even laptops. There was a laptop in front of everyone who said at the round table. There was even a table at the far end with refreshments. It seemed that they also knew the importance of this meeting and they were very excited to cooperate with them. It is always good to know that you are valued by the people for whom you are working."Welcome to the meeting. Let's all sit here and start."The leader spoke and everyone listened to him. The left and right Guardians sat to his left and right. The Other 10 leaders sat on either side of him. Aster and Marvin sat on the other end of the table with Albert in the middle of
The date was wonderful. When they came back, Lia couldn't stop smiling."So, I'll see you tomorrow. "Aster dawdled without wanting to leave. Lia smiled and nodded. "Yeah, you go first. I'll wait for your signal."Lia left first and opened the door to Jake's face."Have you son some lottery again?""Noo!"Lia wanted to stop her face from smiling like an idiot but it was proving to be hard."Then your experiment was successful. I knew it, let's celebrate by eating leftover ice cream from yesterday."Lia didn't pay attention to him. At this point, she didn't need to pay attention to him as he was already taking out ice cream. She slipped away to her room.Lia then opened her window and opened the balcony curtain. It was yellow, and the signal successfully alerted Aster. He smiled and sat in his room, waiting for Asher to come back.Aster wanted to talk to his brother and tell him how happy he was today.It was like he was floating. And nothing could stand in his way or hurt him today.
Butterflies were dancing everywhere. Lia felt like she had eaten some and some were flapping around her.That was really hilarious to think. But the thought of dating Aster sent her over the edge. She was being foolish but she was really happy.Lia cleaned her desk three times in a row before managing to calm herself down.Aster- How about we go to the museum today?Lia sent a reply lightning-fast.Lia- YesMuseum date, haha.She would love it.Museums were interesting and she would get to see a slow motion world there.No crowds today and more time to watch the exhibits she loved.Like the historic paintings and fossils.Lia wasn't worried about other things because she found herself wondering. The impact of the dating was this. She found herself double guessing her double guessing results.Finally, she dressed herself in a very casual way.And like always, she left her apartment with a note taped to the door. In case her brother wanted her to a grocery run, he could see the note and
Lia- YesAster grinned happily and he wanted to do a cartwheel. That ended badly as he knocked over the vase on the table. But that didn't damp his enthusiasm.It was a feeling he never experienced. It was like he was living in a fluffy cloud and he was made of a fluffy cloud too.The high he was feeling made him forget so many things. For instance, the stupid contract he made then. And the threatening things in their lives. And the fact that he never told her that the Lexor family was related to her.Yeah, love has selective vision and he was the perfect example.Lia was somehow the more clear headed one in this scenario. She just started working on her game. Lia had this habit. When she was bursting with something, she would try to delay it with some other work as a tactic. And when she felt somewhat calm, she would deal with it.This only worked for ten minutes and she kept having flashes of Aster. Lia sighed and smiled."Stupid Lia!"This showed that her tactic wasn't working an
"Do you want to confront him?"Marvin asked Aster.Aster really wanted to ask that person how could he betray his family. This guy was his mother's cousin. And to do this, it was really bad. Simon had sent so many items from his mother's collection and they were more or less bad. Similar to the stuff the old man gave. Now he was really doubtful about the old man too.Was he also involved in this shady stuff? Was he the mastermind behind this operation?Aster didn't know."What's the guarantee that he will tell me everything if I ask him?"Lia nodded. Yes, he could lie. Then they would lose their edge by making the enemy know that they were onto him."Yes, you are right. I think all of the people we found are scapegoats. If it was that easy to find him, your brother or your parents would have found him. And to keep doing this stuff for such a long time, he should be somewhat proficient, right?"Lia rambled.She really thought that way. "Also, we found this organization. Maybe there are
"Yes, the animal categories are very disturbing. It makes no sense why they used that but then again, it all depends on the person who is making the categories. If it was me, I would give them artistic names. Like painting, singing, dancing, you get it, right?"Albert answered and chuckled.But who asked him anything about this? No one. He was very interested in knowing and answering questions. "Hey, you are still working on the cats' folder, Marvin is now combing through monkeys."He also provided status updates.Good guy.This was making Lia nervous and competitive. She felt like she was taking a competitive exam and she had only thirty minutes left to solve half of the question paper."Got it. Your decryption algorithm worked, let's see the results."They all surrounded Aster."Let's see the first image."It was actually a cat playing with a red dot but after the decryption, it became something else.There were words instead.59 million gain 15 million lossAJ recruited"What's thi
Lia watched Aster set up the equipment and do a final check. She stood out of the way watching everything.Albert just stayed there in the chair hanging his legs out and nearly falling asleep. He slapped himself awake and it was very funny to watch.Lia then watched Marvin coming out with cups of coffee.She took one because let's face it, she wasn't awake completely."Okay, we are ready. On your signal."Marvin nodded."It's time. Start."Aster pressed the button and the screen started changing. The text was scrolling and Lia found it difficult to read."This is going well. We don't have much to copy. It will be done in three minutes."And like he said, the status bar came to a stop."It's done."It felt less party kind of an exclamation but they were still happy. Lia thought that they would all jump in the air and celebrate. But the reality was that even with coffee, they were all very sleepy.""I'm going to sleep."Albert fell asleep there.As it was done, Lia nodded and went to her
"Mom I have to talk about the class schedule with Marvin and Aster. I'll be home late.""Okay, have fun."Lia had finished her dinner and when everyone were watching television, she got a signal from Marvin."You go. I'll watch Asher and Jake."Oggy declared. Well, if he was so sure, then why not?"So, what is that water thing?"Lia almost forgot. Oggy was also a member of the kid gang.Seeing their attention drawn to the fountain, the three of them left the room.They went to Albert's apartment because apparently Aster's was not totally safe now.They didn't get rid of all the spy chips there. They left one as a formality.And that's why they had to change their Lair."Tell me, tell me, tell me."Albert started repeating."Wait, let Lia settle down."Yes, Lia was searching for a good cushion. She was embarrassed at having that pointed out "I'm okay, you can start."She coughed."Okay, so here's what we found."Marvin then motioned for Aster to start talking."Marvin connected my cop
"Whew, we are back home. The whole thing was very stressful."Aster felt like he was in heaven when he saw his couch. He was that happy."Yeah, take rest now. We will check the computer in the evening. Let's get the information sooner so that we can work on other things later."Marvin changed out of his clothes and he was ready to go out.Aster was surprised."You aren't going to rest?"He questioned Marvin."Yes, I have to go check the company. With the headquarters not here, I have so much backlogged by being out."Aster felt sad for Marcin. Good thing Ray did his work in the meantime.Maybe when his brother woke up, he would be free and sleep till he naturally woke up.Those were some happy days.Aster sighed and fell asleep on the couch."Uncle, you are back."It should be later because he was woken up by Asher."Yes, Aster, you are back. When did you come back? We didn't know anything."Jake was with Asher."I came around afternoon. Then I fell asleep. I would have met you all in
"This is a disaster," Aster told himself when he saw the bustling crowd in there. The club was totally filled with people and it was getting on Aster's nerves.He had never seen these many people in such a closed space.He made his way to the other end to get to a secluded place.Marvin had gone to the other side so he could keep an eye on people coming and going out of the side door.Aster felt that Marvin was doing a very focused job. Marvin kept shooting him messages that kept popping before his eyes and Aster wanted to block him.Marvin was having fun with the glasses but Aster had worked on them for so long so he didn't have any preference over it."Hey, handsome, are you alone?"Aster was brought out of his reverie by a voice.It was a guy.He had short spiky hair that looked like it could really hurt someone."Oh, no. I'm in my company."That guy came near him and sat beside him."Crazy night, right?""You realize it's just afternoon now.""What? Its night. See."Aster saw no p