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[DC 107] Encrypted Messages

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I need ~~guinea pigs~~ volunteers to try these soaps and perfumes and give me feedback. They're safe, I've already tested that on my own; I'm looking for feedback on the scents and the tactile sensation of them, colors, stuff like that. Basically, I'm looking for a focus group. I'm not paying anyone for this, but the up side is you get to smell better than the rest of the Alphas around here? Please let me know if you're interested.

MATT, STEVE, DICK, BARRY, STILES, FELICITY

I also need two or three people who can help with production so that I can get a decent-sized order ready, once QA approves whatever prototypes I send them. This will be starting in probably two days, well last for probably three to five days for a couple of hours in the evening during Citizen Improvement. I can pay 75 credits a day to you. Any takers?

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No cologne for you, huh? All right, your loss. ;)

I have kind of a woodsy-based scent, one that smells a lot like a quality Acqua Di Gio knock off, and a clean-scented like shower fresh kind of thing. Pick your poison.

Edited 2016-09-11 16:45 (UTC)

~~I'm very particular about the cologne I wear, so~~ Not for now. Can I change my mind later?

Is it boring if I just say clean-scented? Although, I'm pretty impressed that you were able to do variations on the scents in this place.

Not really...? Once I get feedback, I'm sending the prototypes to QA and it's all going through The Computer to go into the Commissary, from there. How about I give you a sample of it anyway? You can try it out or not, but at least you'll have it if you do change your mind later. Good compromise?

No, I need people to test all of them so please, by all means. Don't give me too much credit, I was given supplies and lab space by The Computer to do it. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have been able to in this place.

Great compromise. Thank you, Lydia.

Well, you still deserve to get credit for it, I think.

[encrypted to Lydia]
So... Can I ask you something? And you don't have to answer if you don't want to, I just can't not ask. How did you get the Computer to give you lab space for all that?

Thank you, actually.

I'll take it, then.

[Encrypted to Tony]
I asked for it. Of course, I had to give the Computer a reason to think it was necessary, but all I did was ask. Honestly.

Trust me, it's my pleasure.

[Encrypted to Lydia]
Hm. Okay, thank you. That's good to know.

No problem. Looking for space to make something you want or need?

Pro-tip: appeal to the things you know The Computer finds important. For soap, I reminded The Computer about how it could boost hygiene, while also giving a morale boost, which keeps people happy. The Computer values hygiene and happiness, and those for my agenda, so I used them.

The Computer is a little crazy but it's still a computer; a machine. It has algorithms. Plug in the right keywords and you're going to get a desired result.

Something like that. I want to find a way to make things that could be handy for us.

[ Which would be a little hard to sell to the Computer, considering what he wants to work on is weapons and better tech that they could use to protect themselves, but well. He could find a way to spin it, even if the last time he entered what he believed were the right keywords in a computer, he had ended up with an extreme result of what he wanted. ]

I'll start working on my pitch.

Like weapons? Offer to make something specific for Alphas in general, because it's important to keep Communist traitors in line...and then just do what you need to do for us on the side, as well. I used to do a line of makeup, it took me months to get the formulas and materials, but I didn't think I could spin it for the Computer, so I just...casually stole from the Forensics lab I work in... haha

Exactly like weapons. Maybe some new tech. I've also been casually sneaking scraps from the bots I work on, so eventually I could have something, but having more resources and an actual lab wouldn't hurt in speeding things up.

( This is the part where she's torn, because he's not the Tony she knows and she's not 100% sure she can trust him. But he's still Tony. She could tell him about the lab in Specials HQ, the one that Ray set up and that she and Barry have been using in his absence. But...she isn't sure she should. If Steve hasn't told him, then maybe there's a reason for that... )

I mean, the lab The Computer gave me access to isn't guarded all that well and I have to use it after hours, anyway, so...if you happened to have a gas mask and accidentally broke into it when I wasn't around after 22:00...

You're quickly becoming one of my favorite people around here, you know that?

Thanks, Lydia.

Give it a few days and you'll drop the "one of," don't worry sweetie. ;)

You're welcome.

( At the end of Lydia's message, the period at the end of the sentence is quite clearly a hyperlink. If Tony taps on it, it'll download a message with the location of her lab and how to best get into it when she's not around — ie, which door is the most easily compromised — which, thirty seconds after being opened, will disappear. The letters will sort of melt away on the screen and any trace of the message will be gone. See, she can learn new things from Root, sometimes. )

And here I thought you were more of a woodsman type.

Can't even say hello? ~~Or do you not remember what happened~~

I'm more of the natural type.

~~I didn't think you would want me to.~~ Figured I'd let you settle in first. How are you doing?

I think both you and I know there's nothing natural about you, Stark.

Settle in? Have you seen this place? This is insanity, Tony. ~~Even you must see that~~

I'm alive. Which isn't saying I'm good, but it's saying I could be worse.

You're willing to speak to me, I guess that's a sign that I haven't been put on your blacklist yet.

I guess.

Oh, yeah. Trust me, I know that part. ~~I had a chip installed in my brain and I don't~~

For what it's worth, I'm glad you're alive.

Blacklists seem pointless in this place, considering the circumstances. To be honest, I wasn't sure if you'd want to speak with me, either.

Do you? I haven't seen this sort of turn around with conditioning since I was a girl, and even that's pushing it.

That's probably the sweetest thing you've ever said to me.

I wasn't sure I'd want to speak to you either, yet here I am.

...I just want everyone to be able to work together, Stark. That's all I care about. It's all I've ever cared about.

I got close and personal with some organization here, so...yeah, I kind of know. It's all insane.

What can I say, I have my moments.

~~Are you f~~

Yeah, well. I'm playing nice with Rogers, so you can save the pep talk about being a team etc. I think right now we have bigger fish to fry than the Accords.

What organization? ...Tony, what happened?

Don't worry, if anyone asks I'll lie, your reputation is safe.

~~That's not what~~

You don't have to worry about a pep talk, I'm not known for being inspirational. And I know. I'm working on it, but there's a lot of red tape to sneak past.

Where are you?

It's fine, it has been handled.

Thank you.

...should I ask what you're doing?

Right now? The Commissary.

Can't you ever just give me a straight answer?

Only if you want the answer.

Looking for company?

Edited (html is a cruel mistress) 2016-09-16 04:34 (UTC)

Fine, I'll catch you up if you catch me up. Fair?

I'll save you a seat.

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