Wow…hope I never endure that sort of identity theft! Nice take on the genre!

Elsha this might be your genre, check you out. I really like the way you incorporated you other elsha hawk cia super spy persona into your hight tech slick shit cyberpunk dna and credit card killing pick pocket.

haha, SO NOT my genre.. but I did get a feel for it thru research. :) thanks for the kind words and the chance to stretch my muscles.

You mean FLEX your muscles? This was a good story, perhaps you should write in this genre more. It seems to be your thing; you have a knack for this.
Bravo!!!

Wow, bizarre and well thought-out moment from one heck of a future. Nice job.

I still think RFIDs are a good idea, regardless of what anyone says.

I toe tally agree with Not You.
Writhe more Cyberpunk!!

Wait, that was supposed to say Write.

so i should write more about this futuristic rogue?

i would recommend it.

Congrats on the feature Elsha.

Congrats on the feature Elsha
the coincidental thing is that it is one in the morning..again.
mwahahahaha

Good stuff! I really loved the second paragraph… really set the scene/tone/genre perfectly.

Thank you Scott!
And 2AM my time, so I guess Australia and New Zealand read my stuff? Heh, only when America sleeps can I surpass the British muffins. Go international fans!

Hey, congrats on the feature.
You got lucky.
:D

very interesting to say the least. the question nagging in my mind is how he was just able to do that. lots of questions left unsaid which makes for an awesome ficlet =)

I got to ‘trench coat’ and then fell in love… Please give us more of Mysterious Trench-Coated Shadowy Info-Stealer?

High tech. Most x-rays would just fry the electronics. Leave a lot of headaches in the wake of the thief. It would probably be difficult (impossible?) to read the data on the various computing systems using x-rays, but this sort of this IS possible with radio receivers.

So I’m gonna pretend that you said radio waves and encourage you to continue with your nefarious plots.

thanks Science! I bestow teh Bill Nye award upon you!

In a future where identity theft is commonplace, what’s the value of identity anyway? Either you’re anonymous, or you’re everyone. Hmm, story idea? ;-) Great job with this one, by the way!

great story, but considering how short a segment ficly allows us to write, i was left wanting more action from you… i wanted more than seeing ur cloak blow in the wind and acknowledging your identity has been stolen.

“i” was stealing the identities, eclectickid :)
and I don’t even know what action I would put in! This was a “write what you see” moment. I just captured what I had figured out thus far. I don’t even know what would be theft-worthy in a future society, I had to make it relatable and believable, so identity theft came to mind first. Plus, I really wanted to sell the scene, setting, distraction, generic noir character, so I put my emphasis there. I’m not very good at action scene, living a passive existence!

If I had to re-write, I’d consider the “theft” as something else, maybe a scan for information, to locate someone…hmm

no i loved it…

ah so you were trying to get me sequel, sneaky…

You + Cyberpunk + Surprise@GenreChoicage = Great Ficly!

Wow… Definately sequelable… If you don’t fairly soon, I will :)

I agree Elsha. Sequel. I love the cool attitude your dudes always have.

Grats on the Feature! I loved the story and want to read some more!

All kinds of awesome. Please ma’am may I have some more.

what’s a little identity theft amongst theives?

I don’t think it needed more action. Sometimes the worst things that happen to you are done swiftly and you don’t know it until much later.

OMG…

This was super sexy AND super awesome at the same time.

I might have to reconsider who I would vote for 1st place…

This is definitely full of win.

The perfect prediction of the future hacker.

I felt a rush of Blade Runner when reading this. My favourite genre by a mile, really good work.

congrats on the win elsha!

Elsha, I’m glad I clicked all the way back here. This is really neat stuff. I never got into Cyberpunk, but I just might do so now. Lots to read….

I haven’t been on ficly in a while, as you know, but this was fantastic! The futuristic sci-fi created a whole other world and I liked the fresh take on identify theft.