14:43	Weaver	<<Stealing>>
14:49	Weaver	There's times where you're struck with inspiration, akin to the Muses of old whispering in your ears and granting the secrets of creation itself, your very hands being made the tools to take concepts and make them physical. ...then there were times it felt like your brain was just one big brick block. And it SUCKS when that happens. You become desperate to
14:49	Weaver	get rid of the mental 'block', to get all pistons firing again. For Weaver? That meant giving the mind a break and working the body instead. The floors lit up every time he took a step, moving in sync to the beat as he indulged in a bit of dancing in that lab... the only other source of light being his thread-spinning chambers.
14:49	Weaver	 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmQeUJyAC4
14:49	Weaver	Of course it's not like anyone would hear it outside the thick door with the needle-lock, but hey! At least he'd know if anyone was there. ...plus at Upstat's insistence there was a doorbell.
14:52	Less_than_three	she was polite enough not to try to take apart his door though it was tempting instead she found a spanner wrench and knocked while singing out "shave and a hair cut .....two bitsssss!!"  before tossing the spanner wrench to the side and doing little circles in her roller skates "hey hey can you hear me helllo are you in there ? candy gram !!"
14:57	Weaver	...it might be a minute or two. But eventually Weaver noticed the light that turns on when someone's at the door, and a few taps on his left arm later the lights were on and the music stopped. But when <3 saw the door open... what greeted her was a 5'9" man with black hair grown out to his shoulders and light grey eyes. His pale skin was proof he didn't get
14:57	Weaver	out much, and his left arm was more like one of those black cybernetic limbs you would see in comic books or a new movie. ...it was probably not helping that he only had black pants on, letting <3 see the sculpted physique that seems to surround anyone affiliated with Upstat. Though upon seeing the girl he... frowned a bit.
14:57	Weaver	"...ma'am, if Yuri sent you insisting I need to 'indulge in American culture' then I am so, so sorry. The bloke's got it in his head that I need to 'enjoy life' and he's got an unusual way of trying to make me see it... not really fair to drag you into it."
15:01	Less_than_three	she smiled and laughed obviously amused "no no Im here to inquire about some work for hire , you are The Weaver heroic master of tectiles and abs right ?"  she grinned then added "im totally serious and wasnt hired by the yuri , I leave all the yuri to my friend allison !"
15:03	Less_than_three	she seemed to be unable to keep still as she chatted with him "you don't think all girls that visit are here to polish your abs do you cause ya know between you and me thats hella sexist "
15:05	Weaver	"...I work with textiles yes... ...I'm sorry but who are you?" Well that concern just turned into flat out confusion now. "You're not someone I recognize... and that bloke Yuri's sent so many people here that it's difficult to tell who's here for actual work and who isn't." Not to mention with the amount of people who had regen, prosthetic limbs weren't
15:05	Weaver	exactly in favor. Like the one that was his left arm.
15:06	Less_than_three	"also you are totally dating becky so it'd be bad form even if I wanted to wax your abs to do so , I mean cmon becky would short circut all my project in retaliation ...I know I know all the hot guys are off limits like Id love to do this and that with george but then his sex goddesses demon girlfriend would suck out my soul !!"
15:07		Weaver just... looked extremely confused now. "Ma'am. Ma'am could you focus? ...you said you're here for work. Who are you, what kind of work are we talking about."
15:09	Less_than_three	"oh oh you don't recognize me !" she laughed and grinned "im less than three we met a few times in the abs I mean labs , our work sometimes overlapped prostetics and robotics ...I um had a growth spurt ...just a tiny one ...seriously you don't recognize me at all ? like I think im the only one on campus rocking dimples and ringletts !"
15:13	Weaver	"... ..." He blinked a few times... then lowered his hand down to <3's old height. Then looked back at <3 and slowly raised his hand. ...eyes narrowed, before he raised a finger before thinking better of it and lowering his hand. "...well. You look rather ace then, congratulations. I'm sorry, I'm used to you being... ...well, I'm happy for you!"
15:13	Weaver	He still looked confused, but seemed to think better of it and motioned for <3 to come inside. "Alright then, if it's work you're after then come inside. Let's talk business."
15:17	Less_than_three	"theres alot of gory details but I can show you my id card and you can call staff to confirm im not a shapeshifter working on a very od plan involving seducing you with a less than three that dosnt look right when it'd be easier to shift to becki and yah  know "  she made a circle with one hand and poked a finger from her other hand into the circle then almost doubled over laughing  "so to bussiness !"
15:21	Weaver	"That would be a very odd plan indeed." Even if there was a bit of red on his face. The large wet-spinning machine took up the entirety of a wall as it softly hummed and kept its work, though on one of the doors on the other side of the wall there was a flashing warning: 'Pressure Chambers currently active. Please exercise caution when entering'.
15:21	Weaver	<3 could see the familiar work of Alrys with a few coolant tubes embedded in the walls, and what looked like a very secured safe next to it. ...and of course because nothing can TRULY be professional once Weaver sat down in a nearby office chair he grabbed a necklace of candy and started to casually chew on it.
15:21	Weaver	https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f6/2b/73/f62b73686915e89eb654bf33cb32c554.jpg
15:24	Weaver	"So! Gobsmacked impression aside, what are you hoping for? Some additional modifications to some limbs? A new bear model?"
15:27	Less_than_three	she pulled up a chair herself though sat on it backwards and rested her head on the back "soooooooooooooo we need a variety of sleevings for various part of a machine to protect it from extremes of heat and cold , thats the jist of it and I know it's something you've done before . but we'd rather not skimp on costs and would prefer to deal with the best of the besr "
15:30	Weaver	"Sleevings." He raised an eyebrow at that one, looking over at his machine then back at <3. "I admit my textiles are normally meant for protection of people, but I can alter the polymer formula to start some work on machine sleeving. You say it's mostly for temperature concerns? ...is it mainly for the cold, or for the heat?"
15:32	Less_than_three	"and that would of course be you !" she pointed at him her fingers in the form of a gun 'bang'  "this is part of our senior project and it's rather large so we want to farm out alot of the individual components to save time and so we don't have to create things from scratch with alot of trial and error on our part . if you agree I can provide you a almost unlimited workforce , whatever materials you need and a healthy and robust payme
15:32	Less_than_three	nt plan for work done ...it goes without saying that there are some NDA's that would need to be signed "
15:33	Less_than_three	as to his question "well there are different specs for different parts , but once you sign on we can go into more detail this is more of a pitch at this point in case you turn me down " she grinned
15:37	Weaver	"...I see." It was kind of silly how he was chewing on the necklace, but the gears in his head were turning. "A new body, then you come in with what is sounding like quite the ambitious project. ...you're not really known for working with others on the scale you're talking, so forgive me if I'm seeming a tad dodgy. Why the change?"
15:37	Weaver	"I am not doubting your offer, but it is rather out of the blue."
15:44	Less_than_three	she smilled "well we all have our specilities I can easily create a workforce able to follow complex instruction and in turn they can build more , even specialized units for specific tasks and while most people think my specility is toys really it's more that im a very eccentric manufacturing master ...given enough time im sure I could build something that would work for our purposes but that requires time and alot of backwards engine
15:44	Less_than_three	ering as well as trial and error so farming out some of the work to specialists seemed the best way to deal with my limitations , you'd be working with a number of specialists in their field each working on particular issues the project needs to overcome . you understand my need to be vauge but until you sign a nda id prefer to keep it that way and as for the timing well my growth spurt was physically painful so I was kept in a almost
15:44	Less_than_three	 waking coma like state where my mind had nothing to do but work on problems and now that im out I want to put my theory to practice "
15:46	Less_than_three	she leaned over and stole a piece of candy from the necklace
15:49	Weaver	Weaver was silent for a bit. A minute or two as he tapped his fingers together, mulling it over a bit as he seemed to weigh his options. On one hand, he could understand the plight of a mind that was unable to do anything even though it badly wanted to. On the other... this was a lot of money and a lot of teamwork being thrown around. Not the usual quota.
15:50	Weaver	After a minute or two of silence he finally spoke, seemingly not bothered by the candy piece being stolen. "...I'll want to look the contract over with a lawyer. I won't need the workforce, but the materials will suffice. Instead of the workforce I'd instead ask you to look over my machines in the other room."
15:51	Weaver	"...I will also ask that whatever this is all about, it won't be used to do anything like what happened in Chicago. We've already got enough rumor-mongering in the labs about what might have happened and it's got people in a bloody frenzy in reaction to it."
15:52	Weaver	"Swear it's turned people around here into a paranoid state about which tosser's going to lose the plot next."
15:57	Less_than_three	"it isnt for a weapon of any sort and you find in the Legal and NDA packet an opt out option even after you sign on in case you find something in the project distasteful though you would still be bound by a NDA  and id be very dissapointed if you didn't have a lawyer look it over , aside for the monentary penalties for breaking the nda it is all very straight forward . " she bit her lip in thought for a second "I dont think anyone wan
15:57	Less_than_three	ts a repeat of chicago  , if anything you'll find this project is about helping people in extremem situations like CHicago "
16:01	Weaver	"...so it's altruistic, then. Makes sense, especially with you knowing that Starr girl... swear she's got eyes like a shithouse rat." A bit of a crass compliment, but still one nonetheless. "...alright. I'll give it a look-over and I'll send my answer as soon as I can. But if it's for what you imply it's for, then I should be on board."
16:01	Weaver	"If you need more than textiles... well, that leads into my request of looking into my other machines rather than a workforce. I'm on the cusp of finishing something that would benefit a lot of workers, but I'm trying to get the kinks out of it."
16:05	Less_than_three	"i'll happily look over your machines even if we don't come to a accord ."  she hopped up from her seat and rolled over to him then plunked down into his lap "selfie time !!" she laughed  "say 'I did it for science I have no regrets !'"  and snapped several quick pictures before hopping up "okay let me know asap so I can make arrangements for everything , Im happy you think you'll be on board otherwise id have to go with jersey jones
16:05	Less_than_three	the polyester king !"
16:08	Weaver	Wait what. WHAT. What's going on!? The picture probably had him looking surprised and wondering what the hell was happening, but when <3 mentioned that other guy... "I assure you that /hack/ would have let you down, he can't even get his clothing to insulate against electricity." And it made him feel itchy just LOOKING at the stuff.
16:11	Less_than_three	"well not my first choice either but ya know gotta do whatcha gotta do "
16:11	Less_than_three	"okay i'll send someone over with the whole packet so you and your lawyers can look it over !"
16:12	Weaver	"Right..." And because it was probably a biiit awkward Weaver just picked <3 up and set her down off of his lap. Okaaaaay, enough uncertainty over that. "And congratulations again on your new body. It's good seeing nice things happening with others."
16:17	Less_than_three	she laughed like this was all the most fun she'd had in awhile "I agree , okay gotta go visit some other foks some sorta force field specialist named Greta , stay safe and get me a yay or nay asap !" mshe smiled and rolled out of the room backwards
16:20	Weaver	"..." And as <3 left and the door was closed... "...what in the blazes was that all about." He didn't doubt the girl's altruism at all, far from it. But he heard plenty from what happened in Chicago from Upstat, and the whole thing set him on edge. It was like a movie that was slowly building up. ...but hey, if he could do something instead of sitting in his
16:20	Weaver	lab, out of the way and worrying sick about the bird of his life flying into danger every time? Then maybe it was worth the uncertainty of whatever this project of <3's was about.
16:21	Weaver	<<FTB>>