(11:42:13 AM) Ikiryo: The girl steps between her and the doorway. "Not so fast!" She taps an AR display and one wall lights up, revealing Sephia. The stunning pink-haired girl is dressed in a tank top and jeans and has a half-disasembled drone on the table in front of her. "Hello Sash..." She trails off, raising an eyebrow at Claire.
(11:42:35 AM) Claire: "...Hi, Sephia..." She waves timidly.
(11:42:51 AM) Claire: Her expression is something akin to a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
(11:44:36 AM) Ikiryo: "Hello Sephia!" Sasha waves "Have you accepted my deman..." She looks to Claire. "You know her?!"
(11:45:15 AM) Claire: "...and Miss Yvenne, too..."
(11:47:03 AM) Ikiryo: "You know my cousin too!" She pauses. "It would be very uncouth to place you in some form of deathtrap in that case!"
(11:47:07 AM) Ikiryo: Sephia looks very confused.
(11:47:24 AM) Claire: "I'd, um, much prefer that you didn't do that, yes, thank you."
(11:49:06 AM) Ikiryo: "That is helpful! We have not got one built!"
(11:49:24 AM) Ikiryo: Sephia facepalms. "So...what is going on here?"
(11:54:44 AM) ***Claire shrugs helplessly. "Sascha says I found her secret lair so I can't be allowed to leave."
(11:56:21 AM) Ikiryo: Sasha looks at Claire. "...when you phrase it like that, I sound evil. It's part of being part of a secret conspiricy that I HADN'T TOLD SEPHIA ABOUT." She pouts dramatically.
(12:01:57 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia raises an eyebrow at the pair.
(12:04:06 PM) Claire: "So, ah, Sephia...I didn't actually know that Miss Yvenne had any cousins. She never really brought any up."
(12:04:59 PM) Ikiryo: "Quite a few on the Rouze side of her family." She looks to Sasha "So...what's this about a secret conspiricy?"
(12:05:32 PM) Ikiryo: Sasha continues to pout dramatically.
(12:07:19 PM) Claire: "Well, they're pretty secret, all right--they hid this place really well, but it's pretty normal otherwise, not very lair-y. Or not yet at least?"
(12:09:47 PM) Ikiryo: "...fine." Sasha sighs. "This uni is a big social experiment by the company on student leadership. The chancellor is a fake and a group of students run it all..."
(12:10:39 PM) Claire: She blinks. Twice. "Wait--really?"
(12:11:39 PM) Ikiryo: "Well, it's ALSO a real uni. The lecturers are real." Sasha looks very unhappy with not being able to rant and yell a lot any more.
(12:12:54 PM) Claire: "That kind of explains how Dr. D got in here..." she murmurs to herself. "Um...what if I promise not to tell anyone?"
(12:13:26 PM) Ikiryo: "...yeah, sure. I guess." She sighs, looking down.
(12:13:49 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia blinks a few times. "...well, today took a turn for the weird."
(12:15:22 PM) SpaceThor left the room (quit: Quit: ).
(12:18:56 PM) Claire: "...Would it help if I said I wasn't even a student here?"
(12:19:42 PM) Ikiryo: "...that just makes it worse." She pauses...and suddenly grins. "Yes! I have a solution!"
(12:20:08 PM) Claire: "Good! --Wait. Do I want to know?"
(12:21:00 PM) Ikiryo: "Congratulations, you are now part of this secret conspiracy! If you are a member it's fine if you know!"
(12:21:27 PM) Claire: She staaaaaaaares at Sascha.
(12:22:08 PM) Ikiryo: "You too Sephia! You are both now honorary members of this secret conspiracy!" She laughs and poses again.
(12:22:15 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia joins the staring.
(12:23:55 PM) Claire: She blinks and recovers. "Well, there, see? I wasn't lying earlier when I said I was your newest member!" It's her turn for a dramatic point at Sascha.
(12:24:44 PM) Ikiryo: "Only retroactively, which doesn't count!" She points back!
(12:26:35 PM) Claire: "Just means it hadn't happened yet! You just didn't *know* at the time that I was your newest recruit!"
(12:27:40 PM) Ikiryo: "That is not how the time space continuum works!" She laughs. "Though I like the way you think!"
(12:28:24 PM) Claire: She posts her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, smirking. "It's not how you *think* it works~"
(12:28:57 PM) Ikiryo: She stands bust to bust with Claire, grinning. "Not how I know it works!"
(12:29:04 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia blinks a few times. "Aaanyway....Sasha? Yvenne finally convinced me to let you pull apart one of my drones. Not a graviton-generator one but still..."
(12:29:38 PM) Claire: "Precisely!" She returns the grin with a challenging glint in her eyes, but then giggles.
(12:30:54 PM) Ikiryo: Sasha gives Claire a big hug. "Oh most excellent! All will tremble before my arcane knowledge of golems!"
(12:36:05 PM) Claire: After the redhead releases the hug, Claire cocks her head to one side. "So what's the triangle symbol thing?"
(12:38:00 PM) Ikiryo: "Oh...I dunno! The first people going through here decided on it and we kept with it!"
(12:39:02 PM) Claire: "Ah, okay. Oh--sorry, real quick." She turns back to the AR window. "Miss Sephia, shall I tell Tisiphone you said hi?"
(12:40:27 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia smiles "That would be nice. If she ever wants any servicing, I'm always willing to help."
(12:42:04 PM) Claire: "I'll let her know." Claire grins, practically gushing. "She's super-amazing~"
(12:42:43 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia nods "Most of that isn't my doing. I just fixed what I could."
(12:43:02 PM) Claire: She nods, then glances back at the redhead. "Sorry, Sascha. Um--oh, right. Anyone part of this that *isn't* a cheerleader?"
(12:45:11 PM) Ikiryo: "Not currently! Well, you and Sephia, I guess?"
(12:45:35 PM) Claire: "Nice...I used to be, just not right now, so I guess I kinda half-count?"
(12:46:44 PM) Ikiryo: "Yay! Close enough!" She hugs Claire again.
(12:47:05 PM) Ikiryo: Sephia rolls her eyes and smirks. "I've never been one."
(12:58:28 PM) Claire: "I guess we can't all be perfect~"
(1:00:26 PM) Ikiryo: Sascha tightens the squishy hug. "Yay!~ This will be such fun. You can both come to our secret society sleepovers and help us crush all who oppose us!"
(1:04:44 PM) Claire: "...When I can manage it, sure, I'll make it as often as I can."
(1:06:47 PM) Ikiryo: "Yay!" She lets go and lets Claire head for the door if she wants. "Send me your contact details and I'll send you our new member info as well as my many military plans for domination of our chosen battlefields!"
(1:09:29 PM) Claire: "I can't wait. See you later--and tell the girl, I didn't get her name, watching the feeds that I said bye too please~"
(1:10:55 PM) Ikiryo: "Alright!" She red-haired cheerleader waves.
(1:16:06 PM) Ikiryo: When Claire leaves she gets a message from Sephia. [From: Sephia - What just happened?]
(1:18:49 PM) Claire: [...If I really knew, I'd tell you. I saw they had an investigation lecture at this university for Caledfwlch--long story, for why we're here--but there wasn't a listed classroom, so I tried to find it, and through this and that I ended up finding their secret office instead.]
(1:19:39 PM) Ikiryo: [Right. I met her a couple of years ago through Yvenne. I wasn't aware about this...]
(1:22:43 PM) Claire: [It's...not really that big a deal, right? I mean, it's a school, who cares? And Sascha didn't seem any more odd than, y'know...Miss Yvenne.]
(1:24:02 PM) Ikiryo: [...more weird than the woman who had half of you sign modeling contracts and cackled afterwards?]
(1:30:05 PM) Claire: [Exactly--no, wait, maybe that WAS a bad example. But she didn't mean anything bad by that, I don't think...right?]
(1:32:52 PM) Ikiryo: [Likely not. In other news: She wants to know what your bra size is and if you've been to the beach.] She can almost FEEL Sephia rolling her eyes.
(1:33:43 PM) Claire: [34D, 32DD if she wants some extra heft, and no,] she replies promptly.
(1:35:46 PM) Ikiryo: [Alright. I'd be careful in your future then and watch out for invitations]
(1:37:31 PM) Claire: [...I almost asked you how bad it could be, and then I remembered that it was Miss Yvenne. That'd really have been tempting fate.]
(1:40:16 PM) Ikiryo: [It would. Anyway, best of luck dealing with Sascha. She's not a bad person but she's very enthusiastic.]
(1:43:49 PM) Claire: [I kind of...got that sense. Runs in the family, eh? Anyway, you take care, too, and I'll pass your greeting on to Tis.]
(1:45:04 PM) Ikiryo: [Thanks. Best of luck and I'll see you soon, likely.]