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[smallmediumwelldone]

Good evening.

[There’s a woman speaking, tone clipped. The corporate jumpsuit hangs off her small frame, and her hair is swept up into an old-fashioned bun. Or so it seems - she’s standing a bit away from the screen, and it’s tilted at an odd angle.]

I am given to understand that this is how to contact my new coworkers? My name is Beatrice Brewer, at your service, and I assure you I am quite qualified. I am - was - an apprentice of the fifth circle in, ah, a collection of magi, have experience in a thrilling variety of crises, and am quite keen to get started on - [a heavy sigh, more notable for the fact that someone observant might catch that she doesn’t breathe] - this situation.

[There’s a long pause.]

Drat, is this bloody thing even on? Dreadful place, what sort of dog and pony show are they running, honestly. Stuff? Stuff? Of all the names?

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[smallmediumwelldone]

Thank you for the welcome, I'll of course do my best to bring any relevant experience to bear. This place is so new that - [Beatrice lets out an exasperated huff] - I scarcely even know where to begin asking.

[She gives Rogue a considering look. She has no way to imagine Rogue's own touch deal, but at the moment she's jealous of the gloves situation.]

Maybe with – where does one get gloves here?

[just_rogue]

Mine are kinda special, a safety precaution really. But they have some other ones that the crew can get if ya ask.

Ah'd be happy ta ask around if anyone else has seen a pair recently. Ah have my old one but one'a Planker's contraptions tore 'em up a bit an Ah ain't much of a seamstress.

[smallmediumwelldone]

A safety precaution. I see.

[She's intrigued, but not surprised. There are people she have known who needed gloves, or those with acidic contact.]

Thank you, madam. People do find my touch unpleasant, but concerns are not serious - hardly a matter of safety. You needn't go out of your way on my account, but if you scrounge some up, I will indebted.

[Beatrice says indebted with a heavy and formal weight.]

If you don't have your gloves on, is there anything else one should be aware of? Any additional precautions?

[just_rogue]

Name's Rogue, no need for anything fancy.

[ She nodded, understanding how people might react to touch in some circumstances. ]

Ah'll do mah best to avoid touching anyone, but if Ah do they could get hurt. Sort of a weakness and they can pass out.

[ And worse, but she really didn't want to go into that and never planned on letting worse happen again. ]

[smallmediumwelldone]

I..see. I can't exactly truly pass out, but it's for the best we don't test that. Given the current circumstances. Even if it would be interesting.

Very well, ah, Rogue. I'll heed your warning.

[A beat.]

Is Rogue a name, or a job description?

[just_rogue]

A lil a both really. But it's what Ah've been called most of mah life and what Ah call mahself.

[kingofneworleans]

I got a spare pair dat I secreted 'way. Long as you don' min' black, dat is.

[He's actually not wearing his shades at the moment, so Beatrice gets the full effect of those odd eyes of his. Even if he's not looking directly at the camera. Cameras get a bit funny about them, after all.]

[smallmediumwelldone]

No, that would be the ideal, actually. I would be at your service, sir. [Beatrice adds defensively-] Black is neutral, it works for everything.

[She most definitely notices his eyes - it's obvious from the way her gaze lingers on them, but she says nothing and even less about how familiar they are. Wrong world, wrong person.]