Ava makes a sudden emotional request, "Can't you tell father to take this thing off? Hey, he is one of the important ones there, so you could at least have this collar off without pissing the ruling corporate"
Cassandra hears her complaint and enunciates, "Then you have to make a deal. You can't nudge things if you aren't willing to make deals", her eyes straight without even bouncing anywhere.
Ava nodded in acknowledgment, "I see what you're saying."
Ava thought of a deal and suggested, "How about I become a research assistant there as an intern. I got high grades in my class, and I have my cybernetic implants for assisted research and intelligence. How does that sound to you? Mother? Dad's only invention is working for his company."
Cassandra noticed and was impressed by the teenager's intelligence. She said with reluctance, "Alright, let me think about it since you asked."
"I know you are bright, Ava." Cassandra says, she continued her speech with, "Being an intern in your father's work requires more than just wanting to be an intern. It's dedicating yourself to it. Working nonstop and being distant and secretive. Are you sure you want to work in a secret facility?"
Cassandra looked straight at Ava, staring at her eyes with interest, even considering her answers with rapt and serious attention, it's like a mother who wants to know her daughter's willpower.
Ava looks at Cassandra, then nods her head. Ava's face brimmed with confidence, "You can be well-assured that I would perform well", her mind trying to calculate her own ability to do the job. Ava reflected on some requisites, "I might need to learn the functions of the occupational roles to be appropriately assigned."
Cassandra looked at her and asked, "Do you think you can be accepted by them? Even if you are a mere child who is learning her place in the world, do you think just because you have that cybernetic brain that you can just work for a secret company?"
"An excuse to take off your collar?" her beautiful hazel eyes penetrating through the intentions of Ava, a mixture of displeasure and interest.
Ava, with emotion, confessed, "Certainly, I wish to learn from them. I….."
Ava paused for a second and turned sorely wishful with her phrase, "Maybe I can be with my father for once, and see how he works.. If anything, if I work there, maybe I could feel special."
Cassandra looked at her and expressed, "I would forward your concern with your father." Ava was grateful, "Thank you for understanding."
Ava then went up and stairs and continued working on coding with all that techy stuff, monitors, even gadgets, other than the reverse engineering project she has been doing to a universal translator, she has been working on trying to hack the collar with a compiler and her magical understanding of technology.
She has been typing on the compiler based on the feeling she has with the binaries of the collar with only her mind and touch. Trying to establish a wireless connection with it, and getting its vulnerability.
Ava then feels the binary in her mind and types it out in the compiler. She finds vulnerabilities in the device, analyzing them.
She spends time analyzing the code with efficacy, she was focused on her computer trying to find a vulnerable network protocol inside the device so she can create a program to connect to it, while she uses one of her programs for turning binary sample and translating them to assembly language she looked at it and started creating a program to connect to the protocol, breaking it.
Ava celebrated in victory, "Finally, she connected the program to the device. Overriding its function, she changed the firewalls of the device connected and even tampered on it. So now the collar is just an accessory to her, something that looks pretty in her appearance, like the gossip others have whispered.
Yes, I have done it. Though I have to say that was one of my least impressive stuff I did. Now I can do anything I want without being monitored 24/7, yippie!" Ava starts dancing, into playing games on her monitor, joyfully being able to make a successful exploit.
Ava rejoices with her smile, "I am the best!" hand up in the air.
Ava types rapidly on the monitor, playing with the terminal on the screen. She types a bunch of code into her computer as she plays with the memory of the collar device just to create a backdoor to it.
Ava decided to rest now, where she lay again on her bed, but of course, her mind connected to the internet, perceiving connections over connections
The internet was full of things, the stimulation, everything, it was addicting, she was absorbing things with just steady precision
Thread forums, Tor Subnet, Forums, and even news
She was absorbing things at a steady pace, she saw the life in the internet - the clutter of mess unfurling in the internet, and more
She relaxed and decided to turn off her connection to the internet, deciding not to do anything but process all the information in her head
She has already absorbed suicides, breakup relationships, femcel and incel bubble threads, even blackpill (which she was sure wouldn't affect her), and also some porn. There are also threads about otherworldly remnants that are rumored to be selling on the black market, not unusual but very rare to encounter, since most are scams, and it's not entirely sure that this deal may be trusted.
There were also illegal deals like hiring a hitman, hiring a prostitute, and stuff
Ava wanted to take a break from this stuff; it's hurting her health and mentality. She became confused, quite confused. She ordered some sort of Serotonin-stabilized pill to make herself feel better.
She already had enough from her dose of the internet and started mobilizing away from her room
She went downstairs to interact with the smart dispenser device to get herself the pill. She grabbed a glass and filled it with water, and drank it to her throat. Her mouth is slurping on the glass.
"Ah, that's better. I can finally think of nothing, so many thoughts. This way I can relax"
Ava started to walk upstairs. She went back to her bed to rest.