video | un: claudiometer

[claudiometer]

[y'all know the scene: room at the inn, so this is probably a noob. And indeed, the redhead dressed like a thrift store fell on her is a new face on the network.]

Hokay, so. I'd like a Word with whoever picks the stuff we get out of that box. A tool belt with no tools, I ask you, who makes a girl rebuild her kit from scratch?

I mean, I'd also like a word with whoever thinks 'dunk everyone in a lake' is a great idea, but I'm sure I'm not the only one there.

Anyway. What do people do for money around here, because I kinda doubt my day job is gonna translate.

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[tookashirototheknee]

Someone super rude, that's who.

[There's a vague voice on the other end of the video, and a view of a super-messy room.]

Wait. Pidge?!

[A red-haired young man with a scar on his cheek comes into the video screen.]

Are you back? Wait.... you're not my sister. Shit. I'm so sorry.

[claudiometer]

And you're definitely not my brother. Don't worry about it, though.

But at the same time, color me intrigued. Your sister also turned up with an empty tool belt?

[tookashirototheknee]

She didn't, but it sounds like something that would happen to her.

What kind of tools do you need? I've got a pile of duplicates from when Pidge was here... and I think some triplicates because she bought some more.

[claudiometer]

You know, basic repair stuff. And you have a spare set of those tiny-gauge screwdrivers that'd be super awesome.

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh, definitely. I've got about four of those. Had to build my servers somehow.

I'm Matt Holt, by the way.

[claudiometer]

Sweet. That was going to be the most immediate pain in the ass.

Claudia Donovan. Good to meetcha.

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh, yeah. Finding the right tools when you're building something is key. It's also a pain in the ass when you're trying to use things that you've never seen before.

What's your day job, if you don't mind me asking?

[claudiometer]

Vaguely-supernatural-tchotchke retrieval and storage.

[tookashirototheknee]

Dude. That sounds... both amazing and dangerous.

What are these vaguely-supernatural things like? How are they made? Who makes them.

[Sorry, Claud. He might not be your brother, but he's still a scientist.]

Also, why do I have a feeling that storage is more complicated than it might seem?

[claudiometer]

[Claudia grins.] It is very much both of those things.

What are they like, really varies - sometimes it's just tech people aren't ready for yet, mostly not. How, good question. [She will be very surprised if Joshua never tries to figure that out.] Who, usually famous people. A lot of the time there's some kind of 'someone dies horribly' drawback to actually using the things, though, and whether that'll hit the person using it or an innocent bystander isn't remotely consistent.

And yes, storage is hella complicated. You have to make sure they won't set each other off by accident, resist the urge to fuck around and find out yourself, hope and pray you don't bump the wrong shelf by accident, and then there's the Dark Vault.