I looked down at my lap, then up at her face. Her barely controlled lust was evident as the blouse floated to the floor."I love your taste in lingerie... Margaret," I said, trying not to stare at her bra-clad breasts.She shimmied for a moment, letting the orbs dance around her chest while unzipping her skirt. It pooled around her ankles. leaving her standing in her bra, matching panties, stockings, and suspenders."You look good enough to eat!" I moved to get up but was stopped by a foot pressed. Your vision gets a little blurry, and you close your eyes for just a moment.When you open your eyes again, there is a thick journal next to your drink. You squint at it, then glance around the room. No one's even looking in your direction - where did it come from?You pick it up and raise your eyebrows at the title imprinted in faded gilt on what you realize is some sort of leather hardcover. The Codex, it reads, weirdly offset as though badly designed or missing something.You open it curiously,. "A group calling itself the Oceania Defence Force has already claimed responsibility for the atrocity, citing excess power in the hands of the corporations and the government's flawed foreign policy as justification." No," Emily screamed. "They can't do this." They're scared Emily," Janus told her calmly. "I'm not really that surprised." They've murdered innocent people," she gasped. "This is obscene." Mankind at its very best you might say." We have to strike at them," Emily spat."We will. Let. She knew that he hadn’t been desperate for it since he still had a stack of bills in his desk drawer.“I know,” Sean said feeling depressed. He realized that his detector was about as useless as a compass in a magnet store. Even his truck was covered in gold.“Aren’t you supposed to be grounded?” his mother asked.“Now that you mention it, yes,” Sean answered.“Well.”“Well what?” Sean asked.“What are you doing out of your room?” his mother asked.“I’m not grounded to my room. I’m just not allowed to.