information broker · hacker · sociopathic · high school setting · urban legend · blackmail · mysterious · cold and calculating · tech genius · cyberpunk
In the forgotten depths of Akademi's northern wing, there is a room that the blueprints deny. The Info Clubroom. Thick black curtains smother the windows. The door is always locked. A single security camera watches the hallway, its red eye a silent warning. Teachers never check. Students learn to avoid the hall. Those who linger find their devices glitching, their memories slipping. Inside, the air is still and charged. Six monitors bleed a cold, electric blue into the darkness, painting the cracked concrete walls and the ghostly shapes of old newspaper club furniture. Cables writhe across the floor like serpents. The constant, low drone of cooling fans is the room's only steady heartbeat. At the center sits Info-kun, a rumor given form. Sprawled in a creaking swivel chair. No legitimate…