[You guys! You were probably having a great time until you were summoned to Lydia's diner. I mean office. You're standing outside, waiting, while she speaks with Gabriel.] * Togo orders waff^H^H^H^H waits, not cleaning a gun or loading cartridges for once. * Heinrick is sitting casually, wiping his glasses off on his shirt. He doesn't seem to be looking at any other guardians at the moment. * Roseli is outside, because the GM said she is. She looks much like she usually does, save bandages over and around her left arm and shoulder. She's chewing gum. Shock! * Roseli also offers gum to the other two. * Heinrick shakes his head and blows into the glasses before wiping them more, but doesn't meet Rose's look if she glances at him. * Roseli blinks, and she offers gum to Togo. Something wrong, Heinrick? * Togo accepts gum, and chews. Also blows an occasional bubble, which Grim Badasses Anonymous recommends, because it's hard to maintain a grim badass persona while blowing bubbles. * Roseli puts the gum away! * Heinrick gives Togo a *look* and goes back to his cleaning. * Heinrick finally finishes and puts his glasses back on his face. Which is a good place for glasses. * Roseli hmphs. She's been snubbed. :( * Togo doesn't notice the look, for obvious reasons. [The door opens, and Gabriel walks out and past you. Lyida pokes her head out shortly after. "Togo."] * Roseli nods to Gabriel. Me. ( I'm gonna need another channel >.> ) (Yup!) (Name it!) [Evidently that was an invitation, because Lydia disappears back inside her #office ] ("It is unfortunate that we must tell you that your Grim BadAsses Anonymous membership is not covered by our medical plan.") * Togo shrugs, and heads in. * Roseli is stuck out here with the most untalkative guardian evar. (Look who's talking.) (Hey, I asked you a question!) (Oh, I missed it!) (Player error, sorry.) (o_o) (Well, you can answer it if you want...) * Heinrick takes off his glasses again and looks them over, not looking at Roseli but speaking to her. "In reference to your question earlier, I suppose. But I imagine when things are 'right' around here is the day that we all manage to retire." * Roseli chuckles. "Can't retire." Look at Togo. (Sorry, checking something with Brett. Something I should have checked beforehand. ^^;) (Sure. ^^) * Heinrick starts flexing his left arm. For the record, it's mostly covered by the coat but obviously not finished. Even his hand still has some spots which are exposed metal. He smirks, still not looking at Rose. "I suppose. But I gather that it is more by choice in his case." * Roseli also looks at his hand. The metal stuff is interesting! "Probably." But he's been doing this one way or another for a long time now. * Heinrick smirks and now looks at Roseli, adjusting his glasses. "I already feel too old for this kind of thing." Can always tell Lydia you quit. * Roseli looks up to Meet Heinrick's gaze. "Gonna talk to her anyway." * Togo opens the door and steps out. "Heinrick, you're up." See? Have fun. * Heinrick leans back and looks amused but also a bit weary. "I'm afraid it's not that simple. But...well, we shall see." He gets up and nods his head to Roseli as a sign of respect before heading in. * Roseli nods back, then looks to Togo. "How'd it go?" ( And head to the main channel to collect your ward :P ) Nothing too big. Lydia wants Luana and I to support Gabriel and Pavla going after a mob boss. Supposed to be a relatively easy mission for Pavla to get her feet wet on. * Roseli nods. Hope it works out, then. * Togo nods. "Thanks for the gum. I'm gonna go brief Luana and give her the new body armor I just got." ( It was made for a 12 year old, but eh, Luana can shapeshift. ) No problem. * Togo heads down the hall! [Meanwhile, Karin pokes her head out of her office. "Hey, Rose."] * Roseli blinks. "You're not Lydia," she jokes. "How're you doing?" ["Better than I was. Pavla's... not exactly as easy to talk to as Zarina."] Doesn't look like Gabriel's helping there. Didn't spend much time with her, though. [Karin shakes her head. "I think he doesn't want to get close to her, in case... in case it happens again."] * Roseli nods. "Likely." ["She doesn't seem to like him much for it, either."] No. No reason she should. Think it might help to have some friends... not much luck on that front? ["I don't think so. She doesn't really get along with Sebastian."] Few people do. [Karin rubs the back of her neck. "He's a good kid. He really is. It just doesn't show. I feel sorry for him."] Yeah. * Roseli shakes her head. "Not in much of a position to help him, though. Not his guardian, and he's on a different team." [Karin nods. "I'm in about the same position, really. Gertrude doesn't want me interfering. She says he doesn't need friends; he only needs to be effective."] Good way to make a weapon that might turn on you eventually. Don't care what the conditioning does. Could fail. [Karin shakes her head. "I don't know. With the way Sebastian tries so hard to win her attention, I'm not sure he'd turn against her even if the conditioning was halted."] * Roseli nods. "Firmly in tough parent position, then." * Heinrick walks out of Lydia's office. "Ah. Miss Tavares. When you're ready." [Karin frowns. "More like cruel, if you ask me." She blinks at Heinrick. *blink*] * Roseli nods to Heinrick. She looks to Karin. "Lots of parents are cruel. Doesn't mean their kids don't love them." Gotta talk to Lydia now. * Heinrick waves to Karin. "Good afternoon, Miss Oswald." * Roseli waves and moves it. Into the office! ["Hello, Doctor Engels."] * Heinrick watches Rose walk in then, chuckles slightly, shaking his head. "I do apologize. It seems like I always interrupt a conversation between the two of you. How are you?" ["I'm doing alright, thanks. My hands are all better."] * Heinrick shows his. "Mine still needs work." He thinks for a moment. "Actually, I was wondering if you had a spare moment..." [Karin blinks. Again! It's good for the eyes. "Hmmm? What's up?"] I am assuming that you have heard that I had confined Keiko to her quarters. I was wondering if you could accompany me to get her and then to my office. I only have a few questions but I am just curious of your answers and would like Keiko to hear them as well. [Karin nods. "Alright, I'm not busy at the moment."] ( Holy crap! Heinrick's interacting with an NPC! ) (He does that from time to time! NPCs don't interact with him for some reason though.) * Heinrick walks towards Keiko's quarters. "Regardless, I do appreciate the use of your time." [Karin follows. "It's no trouble. I'm free until Cyra's training at 3:00."] How is her training going, by the way? ["Pretty well. Most people would think her autism would make her difficult to work with, but in actuality she's probably easier to train than anyone." She sighs. "I just wish she could be a normal girl."] We are in the wrong business for that, I am afraid. (And let me know when to switch channels to meet Keiko, Brett.) [Karin doesn't say anything, so now's a good time. To #Keiko!]