[Locked to New Hires]

[hallelujahjunction]

[Dan shows up on video, clearly on the muggy roof trying to get one of his contraband cigarettes in without ending up butterfly chow. It's put him in a good mood, adding the spice of daring-do to the morning smoke. He's got a sneaky grin on his face.

Better to actually get to work on doing something instead of wallowing in raw memories.]

Hypothetical question. [He glances over his shoulder and sees that none of the wildlife is about to attack him, then takes a drag.] If you could pick Planker's brain, what would you want to know?

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[hallelujahjunction]

[Dan nods.]

We got someone who can mimic voices, for the ones that are pegged to his particular baritone?

[locked to Dan]

[ownperson]

[ South replies in an unnaturally perfect mimicry of Planker's voice. ]

You could say that.

[hallelujahjunction]

[Dan, in his own Planker impression, which is spot-on accurate in terms of tone and cadence but has the illusion ruined entirely by the fact that Dan's voice is just, well, kind of weird and unpleasant-sounding:]

You come by that skill naturally? Can it fool a computer?

[ownperson]

Used to have a modulator in my armour that did the same thing, but when I got here, it seems to have been turned into something... in-built. Just have to hear enough of someone's voice and...

[ She gestures vaguely. It's self explanatory. ]

Far as I know it should be able to fool a computer. Haven't had much chance to test it, been trying to not let the Jorg know I can do it, but...

[ She shrugs. ]

[hallelujahjunction]

Not that I’m the sort of person who cares about double-checking risks before I take them, but it might could be useful to see if one of our high-tech hires can confirm how accurate you are.

From my human ears, that’s accurate as hell.

[ownperson]

Point me at some trustworthy techie and maybe I can get 'em to verify. Quieter I can keep this 'til it's useful, the better.

[ She isn't actually sure which New Hires would even be qualified, thanks to a chronic lack of making connections on board. ]

[hallelujahjunction]

Brainiac 5 seems pretty clever, and Jack Spicer's keen with electronics. I'm afraid if it ain't analog or voice command, I can barely figure out how to use a FitBit, so I don't got more direction than that.

[ownperson]

[ South shrugs. ]

More than I'd have had otherwise. I'll look at talking to one of 'em. Pays to be fuckin' sure with these things. Uh, thanks.

[hallelujahjunction]

Nah, thank you. I appreciate the trust in showing me a trick you don't want the whole world to know. [He grins as if he doesn't also have a secret power that he had upon getting here, and, unlike South, isn't keeping it hidden from basically every other hire as well as the staff.]