Level Unlocked (Patreon)

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"Melvin: …Alright, I’ll put it in simple terms. Your hard drive is encrypted. Without the key, I can’t recover anything—not even that assignment you’re so desperate to submit so you don’t lose your scholarship… Buuut luckily, after opening the case, I’ve found the issue is almost certainly a couple of blown capacitors on the motherboard. I can replace those and get the machine to boot again without needing the key at all.

Any repair shop would just tell you to replace the whole motherboard, which would leave you locked out of your data. But I can fix this easily. I’ve got microsoldering gear right here.

Ella: (eyes wide) So… you can fix it? Oh, Melvin, you’re literally saving my ass. I owe you a huge favor for this.

Melvin: A favor? …Hmm. I think I’d rather get paid up front before I start working on it.

Ella: (a little surprised by how firm he sounds—since at university Melvin is known as a bit of a loser, with a habit of staring at girls’ feet when they wear sandals and he thinks no one notices, which is why he’s nicknamed “Melvin Tarantino”) Uh… okay… How much is this going to cost me?

Melvin: (with a shark-like smile that flashes his teeth) Oh, nothing you can’t afford… just not necessarily in dollars. If I remember correctly, you’ve got a pretty nice pair of feet… especially when you paint your toenails that soft pink shade…"

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