One step ahead, one step behind
8 hours until the party.
Tristan felt like he had been carrying bricks for 8 hours, not coding.
Maybe stealing a phone would've been easier mentally, but much riskier. He'd have to find the location of a person with admin-level access to the Urban Mirage Club office app, then get close enough to steal their phone…
This would either require breaking and entering their house, or trying to catch them between their home and their job. Where they traveled to by car.
No, Tristan just coded more.
It took a frustrating amount of time, but with his knowledge of TeamFlow's vulnerabilities, Tristan rerouted the two-factor-authentication code to a burner phone number.
A phone and SIM-card that he had to buy in haste, in the middle of the night.
Finally, Tristan entered the administrator login and password, then the authentication code, and…
He was in!