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    [HALO Sans Angels]

    Venus nods, listening to Vax. Yeah, okay. She figured they wouldn't know anything specific about her, but they still know more about magic than she does so.
    She opens her mouth to say something, but first: Rein has to leave.

    Venus gives Rein a simple wave (with her uninjured arm), "Okay, thanks," she says. Picking up daughters is very important, actually. "Have fun picking her up."

    Okay.
    She tries to remember what she was going to say.
    Okay.
    "I'd rather take care of those cultists sooner rather than later, and learning something innate seems like it'd be a lot faster than learning something that isn't innate," Venus says. But, yeah. She believes she definitely has it, since there's no reason to believe she doesn't, She runs her fingers through her hair, and adds, "To be honest, I didn't really expect anyone to directly help me, but...I just know so little about magic that I have no idea how to even start. Someone's guided me through making illusions before and that really helped, but I feel that was a special case how she was able to do that, for various reasons."
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    "Yes, of course. All of those are good. Just asking for my sake, not HALO's," Reinholdt hurriedly assures Honeysuckle. "Especially since I think there was some worker's right issues with the electric mice a while back."

    As if mice have any rights other than how they want to be served and eaten.

    Maybe the problem with Honeysuckle's potential organ failure was beyond medical if the doctors could only tell her what the issue wasn't. Hmm... "Yeah, Zee the barmaid. You know her then. If anyone can help you, it'd be her. I highly recommend a visit." He thinks for a moment. If the issue was above the medical Zee was still the best choice but there was also... "I believe the quasi-librarian we have here is supposedly a divination ritual specialist? Maria. She may be able to find the source of the issue at least if you need a second opinion."
    You don't ask the mice how to serve them. That's up to the cook!

    "Huh." Does Reinholdt mean that drinking is a cure for all problems? Or is there more to Zee than there seems?
    Zee an' Maria. "'ll talk to 'em about it." Although, Honeysuckle is expecting either no news or bad news, so she doesn't feel great about the idea.

    "Anything else need?"
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Felandria]

    "Oh yes. The Eastside Election is coming up soon, isn't it?" Reinholdt doesn't actually know at all, just presumes so because it was brought up. "That's bound to be exciting."

    He takes a sip of rum and nods a little. "I can kind of understand that desire. I still occasionally feel the need to rob houses and destroy everything. Haha, kidding." Given the sheer number of meetings giving him headaches today, he may be kidding less than usual.

    "Anyways, let's focus on that goal then. Ascension. I'm sure we could do a fair amount of research about that. I've known a foxgirl who ascended. She is not around anymore sadly. I think Dorotea was studying something about it too? I might be mistaken. But she and the Fourth Tower are both excellent resources. I thoroughly recommend you talk to them. See what you can't discover. Is there any details about your Pantheon that might help?" Having something to do is better than having nothing and this was as good a project as any for a demi-goddess!
    Fel nods.

    Well, as far as Pantheons go, it’s kind of the big one, culturally.

    Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Ares.

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    "We should have a swim when we're done, if you have time, my dear. It'll be ever sooo delightful!" If Fel has time, that is.
    Fel giggles as she is climbed, and makes sure to devote a piece of her concentration not to do any smexy hair flips that might knock Rosie off her shoulder.

    Oh, absolutely.

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    The shooting range isn’t too much farther.

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    [Reinholdt's Office - Honeysuckle]

    The bad news is her organs are failing! She already kinda knows this.

    Reinholdt thinks for a moment, finishing off his glass. "Ahhh... no. I think that's all."

    He nods to Honeysuckle with a smile. "Keep up the good work."

    [Reinholdt's Office - Felandria]

    "Ok..." At least Rein kinda knew some of those names. "Well I do believe I wanted to meet two of those."

    For, uh, reasons.

    "But each of them has a specific domain yes? A focus of a concept or an element? So for you to ascend proper, you'd also need a particular domain I'd imagine."
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    You can always get worse news, Reinholdt. What if it's unfixable? What if it's contagious? What if they stop failing and instead start doing something successful but wrong?

    "Only kind of work ' do."

    Honeysuckle finishes her drink before standing up and heading out of the office.
    "Later, fake-Reinholdt."
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    "Vladimir Lustig. But you knew that already." He smiles. "Mother and father were both Siberian. So is my brother." He shrugs. "A bit surly, though. So I had to leave at some point." He grabs a rag from a nearby stand and wipes his hands off with it, before tossing it over his shoulder. "So, anyway... welcome to my workshop! Make yourself at home." He walks over to his Hotbox and starts fiddling with it, quickly producing a mug of coffee for himself.
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    "I too have siblings. A brother and sister, both younger. I too had to leave them, at some point." Svetlana nods sagely, inwardly noting how much common ground is being established already.

    "Thank you. I have just joined HALO, and Reinholdt-san thought it would be a good idea if we got acquainted." She responds as she studies the area, and then eyes Vlad a bit when she thinks he isn't looking. "Tell me more about her." She suddenly says, pointing to the impressive plane he arrived in.
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    Vlad smiles and gives the plane an affectionate pat on the side. "Ah, yes. She's a Curtiss Seagull. Built back during the second world war as a carrier-based scouting plane. Single-engine, crew capacity of two. Operstional range a little over 650 miles. Light armaments in case of trouble, but nothing serious." Vlad holds up a finger. "Before I got ahold of her, anyway. Now, she's a precision flying machine that could go clear across the Atlantic. Still not well-armed, but she's not really meant to be." He smiles. "And wouldn't you know, she's not even done yet. Have a look at some of her sisters over there."
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    [Reinholdt's Office]

    Since Reinholdt is interviewing everyone, eventually a certain shapeshifting infiltrator who is not a member of HALO in any way, named Juliekana, goes in for her turn.

    Except.

    She looks very much like Magtok, with the only significant difference is that she's a woman.
    She's wearing a purple robe (it's a robe, not a dress!), her hair is shaved completely off, and she even has the metallic half-face and glowing red eye and everything.

    She knocks.
    She walks in.

    In her hand is a little text-to-speech device, which she quickly types in. "I, THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE MAGTOK, have come for my interview." Oh, shoot, that was the wrong text-to-speech voice. That one doesn't sound imposing enough.
    She adjusts some settings and retries: "I, THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE MAGTOK, have come for my interview."
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok?]

    Reinholdt's halfway to standing up when female Magtok walks in. Eve ******! He needs to lock the door. Why do they just walk in and ruin his sche-

    What.

    He just stares, flabbergasted at lady Magtok and sits back down in slow motion. Of everyone he thought would skip this interview process, it would be Magtok. Or at least the Magtok he knew. The surprise just never leaves Rein's face. What is this? Some brain-dead attempt to woo him? He knew Magtok was low, but he never imagined he she would be this low. No, maybe this is just a random Nexus thing that happened and Magtok was stuck with it.
    ...
    No way. Magtok would never show her face here if this was a curse.
    ...
    Before saying anything, Reinholdt raises his phone and snaps a picture, because he needs evidence this is happening and not that this is some kind of stroke/fever dream.

    "Can you not speak?" He asks as she uses the text-to-speech program.
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Juletok/this 'probably Magtok' shakes her head.
    She taps on the metal side of her face once, and then starts typing again.

    "Of course I can talk, you cat," the text-to-speech says.

    She paces back and forth a little as she types again. "My voice is just hoarse and I don't see a reason to deign myself to speaking to you." In reality...she still has that meme disease. Never actually got it taken care of. In order to not spread it on accident, she realized it's best to just not talk. Kind-of a fun game, not talking, which is how she manages to stick to it.
    She spots the liquor cabinet, and then starts typing a little more: "Nothing else is going on, you're just drunk."
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    Vlad smiles and gives the plane an affectionate pat on the side. "Ah, yes. She's a Curtiss Seagull. Built back during the second world war as a carrier-based scouting plane. Single-engine, crew capacity of two. Operstional range a little over 650 miles. Light armaments in case of trouble, but nothing serious." Vlad holds up a finger. "Before I got ahold of her, anyway. Now, she's a precision flying machine that could go clear across the Atlantic. Still not well-armed, but she's not really meant to be." He smiles. "And wouldn't you know, she's not even done yet. Have a look at some of her sisters over there."
    [Slavic Engineers]

    Svetlana starts to reply, but the raised finger keeps her quiet a while longer. Once he's finished describing her, she starts to clap with a smile. "Impressive. What an astounding feat of engineering... perhaps we could work together sometime."

    She turns to look at the sister planes, eyeing them and wondering what surprises they would bring. Inwardly, she's scanning the planes and taking pics to ogle later.
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    Svetlana starts to reply, but the raised finger keeps her quiet a while longer. Once he's finished describing her, she starts to clap with a smile. "Impressive. What an astounding feat of engineering... perhaps we could work together sometime."

    She turns to look at the sister planes, eyeing them and wondering what surprises they would bring. Inwardly, she's scanning the planes and taking pics to ogle later.
    [Slavic Engineers]

    Most of the planes seem to fall within the same general parameters; old plane, new technology retrofit onto it, vastly improved plane. One of them still has its engine block disassemble, with a glowing cylinder next to it which presumably had something to do with the upgrade process. There's also a tarp nearby concealing something which is decidedly not a plane; some personal project of Vlad's, no doubt.

    "Ah, it's pretty standard where I come from." Vlad waves dismissively. "The hard part is integrating all these systems into planes that were never designed to have them. Results can be a little... fun." He chuckles. "Not that I blame the designers. I don't fully understand all the stuff I'm putting in, either."
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Honeysuckle]

    The bad news is her organs are failing! She already kinda knows this.

    Reinholdt thinks for a moment, finishing off his glass. "Ahhh... no. I think that's all."

    He nods to Honeysuckle with a smile. "Keep up the good work."

    [Reinholdt's Office - Felandria]

    "Ok..." At least Rein kinda knew some of those names. "Well I do believe I wanted to meet two of those."

    For, uh, reasons.

    "But each of them has a specific domain yes? A focus of a concept or an element? So for you to ascend proper, you'd also need a particular domain I'd imagine."
    Felandria nods, a bit glumly.

    Yeah, that’s definitely an issue, most of them are taken, ya know?

    I just kinda figured if I was sufficiently beloved, get everyone to see me as a cool hero type, I dunno, maybe having worshippers is a good way to go about it?

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    [Reinholdt's Office - Felandria]

    "Cool hero types stay just that. They only become memories and stories, never gods." Hercules may have made it to Olympus, but he wasn't a worshipped god as far as Rein knows.

    "I mean, if you're looking for a group of inexplicably devoted worshippers, I happen to know one. You just have to convince them to worship you instead of Venus." Venus the dryad, not the other one. "What exactly do you want to be the goddess OF? What's your domain goals?"

    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Doctor Nigel developed a cure/vaccine/inoculation ages ago. Juletok should have picked one up! Alas.

    Reinholdt stares at this female Magtok, taking great care to ignore the intense, passionate emotions (Of hatred, Rein swears it's hatred) she invokes in him. It's something of a big red flag that Magtok 'refuses to talk'. No matter what's gone down between these two (Not like that!), Magtok's never tired of hearing his own voice spout platitudes about how much better he is than Reinholdt. Some sort of delusional moral high ground in the swamp they rolled around in because Magtok's swamp hut had a log.

    Point being, if Magtok's mouth wasn't being purposefully stuffed - with a foot, a sock, or a fist - it was always open.

    ... Except that one time. Where Rein had just come back and Magtok had broken into all sorts of tears and Rein had to comfort him but Magtok was too distraught to speak so he used a phone to text instead. So despite the red flag, there is precedent that Magtok sometimes uses other methods of communication.

    Rein frowns. How is he supposed to test for shapeshifters with a female Magtok anyways? Touching her is definitely not on his mind and even if he did, she doesn't have any hair to... wait. Reinholdt turns and pours some water in a glass, offering it out to Magtok. "For your throat." Just like Honeysuckle, he has a plan for when Hot Magtok takes the glass. If Hot Magtok takes the glass.
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Sadly, Juliesa escaped captivity. Three times. The last time was shortly before the cure was finished.

    The Hottok smirks, and types in the device again.
    "Ha! I always knew you wanted to hold my hand," the text-to-speech says, teasing him. Why else would he offer it to her?

    Faketok reaches out to grab the glass, making extra sure to linger on his hand in order to make it extra awkward, complete with gaze matching and everything.
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    [HALO Sans Angels]

    Venus nods, listening to Vax. Yeah, okay. She figured they wouldn't know anything specific about her, but they still know more about magic than she does so.
    She opens her mouth to say something, but first: Rein has to leave.

    Venus gives Rein a simple wave (with her uninjured arm), "Okay, thanks," she says. Picking up daughters is very important, actually. "Have fun picking her up."

    Okay.
    She tries to remember what she was going to say.
    Okay.
    "I'd rather take care of those cultists sooner rather than later, and learning something innate seems like it'd be a lot faster than learning something that isn't innate," Venus says. But, yeah. She believes she definitely has it, since there's no reason to believe she doesn't, She runs her fingers through her hair, and adds, "To be honest, I didn't really expect anyone to directly help me, but...I just know so little about magic that I have no idea how to even start. Someone's guided me through making illusions before and that really helped, but I feel that was a special case how she was able to do that, for various reasons."
    [HALO Sans Angels]

    Vax nods to Rein as he departs, then turns her full attention on Venus. "We'll see what can be done. Can you tell me more about this innate magic? This is the Nexus after all. The variety of magics is staggering. We'll need some place to start."

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    [HALO Sans Angels]

    "Yeah, um..." So.

    Venus thinks, trying to decide how to accurately describe it in a way that would be helpful.
    "So it's all a kind of fairy magic. Because...I guess that's technically what I am."

    After breathing in and out, she says, "Someone who has basically the same told me that there's basically three subdivisions to it: illusions, which she basically described as 'creating false sensations', and making plants grow, or 'making false things', and one that she called charm, or 'bringing false feelings and dreams to reality' or something like that."

    Venus sighs.
    "She showed and taught me how to do the first two, but the last one is the one I need to know how to do."
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Hot Magtok gets a look that's clearly open revulsion. Any buried and non-existent feelings of perplexed arousal never make it to Reinholdt's face.

    What does make it to Rein's face is a sudden change to his eyebrows. They go from a blue matching his hair to a distinctive red. The only visible hair Magtok has is his single eyebrow and a magic make-up kit can do at least this much.

    So while Hot Magtok might be capturing Rein's gaze, it's a delusion entirely on her part. He's actually staring just above her eyes for any noticeable change.

    [Reinholdt Sans Venus]

    As Reinholdt leaves to go get Manja, he shoots Harley a text. Mostly to make sure she hasn't concluded her magical girl adventures and already picked up their daughter.
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    Most of the planes seem to fall within the same general parameters; old plane, new technology retrofit onto it, vastly improved plane. One of them still has its engine block disassemble, with a glowing cylinder next to it which presumably had something to do with the upgrade process. There's also a tarp nearby concealing something which is decidedly not a plane; some personal project of Vlad's, no doubt.

    "Ah, it's pretty standard where I come from." Vlad waves dismissively. "The hard part is integrating all these systems into planes that were never designed to have them. Results can be a little... fun." He chuckles. "Not that I blame the designers. I don't fully understand all the stuff I'm putting in, either."
    [Slavic Engineers]

    The glowing cylinder catches Svetlana's interest, and she studies it more closely to decipher exactly what it is. The tarp is very interesting and piques her curiosity. She clearly wants to know what's under there, but decides not to pry into the affairs of a man she just met.

    Perhaps in the future, however... she could even help out, if they prove a good fit to work together.

    Her eyes widen for half a second when Vlad mentions putting in random stuff into planes. "<Oh my.>" She whispers in Polish. "I must insist on helping you make sense of whatever it is you are putting in, Vlad. It would maximize efficiency, minimize resource wastage and drastically reduce the chances that something turns this entire airbase into a crater."
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    The glowing cylinder catches Svetlana's interest, and she studies it more closely to decipher exactly what it is. The tarp is very interesting and piques her curiosity. She clearly wants to know what's under there, but decides not to pry into the affairs of a man she just met.

    Perhaps in the future, however... she could even help out, if they prove a good fit to work together.

    Her eyes widen for half a second when Vlad mentions putting in random stuff into planes. "<Oh my.>" She whispers in Polish. "I must insist on helping you make sense of whatever it is you are putting in, Vlad. It would maximize efficiency, minimize resource wastage and drastically reduce the chances that something turns this entire airbase into a crater."
    [Slavic Engineers]

    The cylinder in question seems to be some sort of turbine; if Svetlana doesn't mind hurting her eyes, she'll even see a severalfold wheel inside, turning... either very slowly or so rapidly it appears to be slow. Something like that.

    Vlad shrugs. "Chances are already minimal. I might not know all the ins and outs of Q-Sails, but I can tell you they're neither explosive nor have the potential to be. In fact, the powering mechanism here is entirely external, so engine failure for one of these bad girls would be... well, just engine failure. Like when your car dies on you, but without even the chance to catch on fire."
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    Considering Svetlana's essentially a gynoid who kept her human brain, the light doesn't hurt her eyes at all once she switches view modes. She might even be able to tell just whether or not the wheel is moving slowly or ultra-fast.

    "Oh, come now, Vlad. That was clearly an exaggeration." Svetlana responds, smirking at him in a little feisty manner. "My point still stands however: minimizing failures can only maximize success. Reinholdt-san mentioned that we might be able to work together... would you like to see my lab, as well?"
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    Sometimes you think something makes sense and it very much doesn't. Artie thought that there was a chance of getting teleport sickness and was worried about portals when she's super long so she decided to get here via shuttlepod which ended up being significantly more tight than she expected given her size. The serpentine fey manages to extricate herself from the pod and ensures that she has neither torn her nice new silk blouse nor bent one of her wings. She's glad that she gave herself small decorative ones for cooling and not full-sized flying ones. She'd have broken them for sure.
    But she'll need a moment to collect herself so she stays there for a moment, glittering under the lighting and letting the smell of perfume waft through the room. Hm, she might be overdoing it on that one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Purple Eagle View Post
    [Slavic Engineers]

    Considering Svetlana's essentially a gynoid who kept her human brain, the light doesn't hurt her eyes at all once she switches view modes. She might even be able to tell just whether or not the wheel is moving slowly or ultra-fast.

    "Oh, come now, Vlad. That was clearly an exaggeration." Svetlana responds, smirking at him in a little feisty manner. "My point still stands however: minimizing failures can only maximize success. Reinholdt-san mentioned that we might be able to work together... would you like to see my lab, as well?"
    [Slavic Engineers]

    Fast. The cylinder turbine is definitely moving crazy fast; there's even what might be described as a slight doppler effect to it, one side giving off a red-shifted light.

    Vlad shrugs. He didn't quite agree with that philosophy, but this wasn't really the time or the place to get into it. "Sure. What the heck, why not?" He says with smile. "Lead the way, miss."
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Hot 'Magtok' doesn't know the complex history beneath all the buried and non-existent feelings, so all she can do is judge based off of the surface-level reactions.

    She takes the water and drinks it all in one large swig.

    She then decides to start typing something, but...curses! One hand has the cup and the other has the device! She can't type without a free hand. That was a very dastardly plot, making it so she can't type anymore!
    How clever!
    How infuriating!

    Also, her eyebrow is now red.



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    [Slavic Engineers]

    That only makes it more impressive, to her! The shrug and its implications don't escape her notice though, but she says nothing for the same reasons as he.

    "Come on, then." She stretches with a sigh then heads for the exit, only checking if she's being followed once they get to the door. "This body of mine is also all cybernetics, and when I helped build it I had no idea I would need it so soon. The accident made sure I would. An elegant body, is it not?"

    She slows down once she's at the entrance to her lab, chosen so it's close to the simulation room and the Airbase. "Behold." She simply says as she opens the door and leads them into an already-arranged workspace that looks straight out of an Avengers movie: holographic screens gathered around a circular desk, a large workbench in the corner which has been divided in two (one strewn with cybernetic parts and the other with SMG parts), a metal skeleton being worked on etc. Unlike Tony Stark however, the UI and HUD for the aforementioned holographic screens are tinted pink rather than blue.

    Of course she came prepared, she basically moved over an upgraded version of her personal lab from her time in VIGIL.

    "Well, here it is. I hope you have no negative reactions to animals, I have a pet fox. Come, Yoko!" Svetlana calls, and Yoko turns out to be an arctic vixen that runs up to her owner's side.
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    [Slavic Engineers]

    That only makes it more impressive, to her! The shrug and its implications don't escape her notice though, but she says nothing for the same reasons as he.

    "Come on, then." She stretches with a sigh then heads for the exit, only checking if she's being followed once they get to the door. "This body of mine is also all cybernetics, and when I helped build it I had no idea I would need it so soon. The accident made sure I would. An elegant body, is it not?"

    She slows down once she's at the entrance to her lab, chosen so it's close to the simulation room and the Airbase. "Behold." She simply says as she opens the door and leads them into an already-arranged workspace that looks straight out of an Avengers movie: holographic screens gathered around a circular desk, a large workbench in the corner which has been divided in two (one strewn with cybernetic parts and the other with SMG parts), a metal skeleton being worked on etc. Unlike Tony Stark however, the UI and HUD for the aforementioned holographic screens are tinted pink rather than blue.

    Of course she came prepared, she basically moved over an upgraded version of her personal lab from her time in VIGIL.

    "Well, here it is. I hope you have no negative reactions to animals, I have a pet fox. Come, Yoko!" Svetlana calls, and Yoko turns out to be an arctic vixen that runs up to her owner's side.
    [Slavic Engineers]

    When Svetlana asks Vlad if she's got a good body, he gives her a crooked smile that looks like he's trying to avoid breaking into giggle fits. "...I mean, if you're just going to lob it over the plate like that..." Vlad chuckles. "Yes, I would say you have a fine body. Very... well-machined." His hands trace out curves imitating her sides and hips as he talks, seemingly without thinking about it.

    He takes a moment to look around the lab, taking in the view of all the screens and...

    And is that what he thinks it is?

    Vlad walks up to the metal skeleton, stroking his beard in thought. No... no, this wasn't a GAL. The skeleton was metal, not plastic. Not to mention, he didn't see any holo-projectors on it, at least not from here. Svetlana was presumably working on a convergent design; something meant to serve a similar function, and therefore similarly-formed. "Interesting stuff you've got here."
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    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    She could always put the cup down and then type. But Magtok never did think that far ahead.

    That much, at least, seemed to be accurate Magtok.

    Rein looks surprised for a moment. A part of him honestly never expected to find this supposed shapeshifting infiltrator claiming to be Magtok's daughter. Wait, no, Harley's daughter! Gah, this person was far too distracting.

    He pulls out his phone for a moment while Hot Magtok was too distracted to reply and sends out a quick text to Harley.
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    Found Juleka. My office. Hurry.
    Now... to keep the shapeshifting infiltrator here until maybe Harley gets to the office. Rein would have to find some way to truly distract her. Something off the wall and completely out of character. He could ambush her with questions about her relationship to Harley but that might scare her off. He'll save those for later. Instead, he'll stand and walk around his desk towards her in an attempt to get in her personal space. "I don't get the chance to say this often enough, but we rarely get a moment to ourselves where no one would suspect what was truly going on between us. But you're beautiful and you've always been beautiful. And nothing arouses me more than knowing you went this far for me."
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    Reinholdt had already told the truth once in that post, and therefore was over his annual quota.

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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    It takes several moments, because she doesn't immediately check her phone, but Harley does notice it and replies with an 'okay'. Just has to...decide what to do with Manja. Leave her in the room? Take her with? What if? But what if instead? But if she? Should she? She ultimately goes with 'leave her there, lock door, leave phone there and recording just in case something happens and make it quick'. If shapeshifting-infiltrator-that-might-be-her-sister-or-sent-by-her-mother-or-something is here for her, it's best to not let them know she has a baby and didn't invite anyone. No need to drag her daughter into problems that have nothing to do with her.

    She goes over there as fast as she can, meaning she'll probably arrive next post or the post after or something.


    The Fake Magtok suddenly finds herself very uncomfortable.
    This is not at all how this was supposed to go. She was supposed to come in here, string him along by the nose, make it feel really awkward, then...something else! She's not even sure what, but this isn't it. She needs to regain control and dominance in this situation.

    Juleitoka takes a step back to recover some personal space.
    No! She...
    ...
    She's still holding the glass.
    She can't type.

    The imposter shoves the glass at Rein, trying to force him to grab it and keep it between them.

    If she manages to lose the glass that way, she starts typing.
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Hot Magtok]

    Reinholdt does indeed take the glass.

    And casually tosses it over his shoulder where it shatters in the far corner.

    He must not have been very attached to that glass.

    More importantly, it frees up his hand to slam into the wall next to Hot Magtok as he leers over her. "You go to such lengths to rile me up. You have to know how irresistible you are to me. How long must we keep our relationship a secret?" Reinholdt asks in a nearly whispered, husky voice.
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    [Reinholdt's Office - Fake Magtok]

    Juliekana is pressed up against the wall.

    This is going completely wrong!

    She needs to...
    She needs to...

    "Excuse me, I just suddenly remembered that I haver4tr somthin grealy impprtant toge tto," the text-to-speech says as she finishes typing, clearly showing at what point the wall slam happened. She starts typing again, but quickly realizes that she can't type fast enough to keep up with him. She has no choice but to do something really fast and drastic to take back control of this situation.

    She leans forward, to kiss him and shut him up, so that she can finish typing.


    meanwhile
    Harley gets to the office! Success! She came as fast as she could.
    She pauses, takes a deep breath, and then opens the door to come in and confront this infiltrator-impostor.
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