@catherine.chun

[arkproject]

Sooo... someone suggested I set up a security system wherever we decide on our new safehouse. I can definitely do surveillance, and encryption and retinal scanners and all that, but I can't say I've ever tried to secure something before.

Any volunteers to help me out? Prior security experience or breaking-and-entering experience both apply.

Comments

[arkproject]

Uh-huh. Well, I don't know just yet what you can do, but I'll keep you updated.

You should probably get a job.

[reneger]

i wish
too bad i'm a terrible liar and would forget my own fake name

[theseuschip]

[ oh ok there she is ]

Yeah, thanks. Is it too late to say this definitely isn't Simon?

[arkproject]

How could you forget Matches Malone? Unless that's actually your name. In which case, sorry.

[arkproject]

Oh, come on. If you make money, I can use that money to try to build you a cybernetic arm.

Unless you just want to be one-armed forever.

[theseuschip]

You could do that? Make an arm?

[arkproject]

I'm a pilot seat technician and you think I can't make one arm?

I can make an arm.

[theseuschip]

I mean a human-looking arm.

[ hi welcome to the choosing beggars show starring simon ]

[arkproject]

That's pretty much the rage around here, so unless you want to look like a chump, I'll have to.

It'll take me a while to get up to speed on everything, but I don't see why I couldn't. No one really wanted their robots to look human on the bottom of the ocean. That's all.

[ Just think: PATHOS-II but with human-looking robots with people stuffed inside them. ]

[tishina]

depends on what else you need.

[arkproject]

How about you tell me what you can do, and I'll tell you if we need any of it.

[tishina]

break into places unseen.
remain unseen.
great with knives.
i don't know what more you could want?

[arkproject]

Making places unseen rather than getting into them unseen. That would be nice.

[theseuschip]

[ a chump.... that's so dorky stop making him smile at the air ]

I definitely don't want to look like a chump.

That's probably for the best. Well, thanks. Don't know if I trust anybody else to do it, even for free.

[tishina]

mmm not interested in making places unseen.

[mrngstr]

That's fine. Having someone on the ground floor of this who I can work with should make things easier. But can I get an idea of your CV first?

[arkproject]

[ O h.... Um. That. Well then. ]

Even after everything else?

[arkproject]

Sure. I'm a robotics and programming engineer. For the past few years I've worked in industrial aerospace applications primarily.

Like I said, not exactly a security specialist, but remotely-operated robotics is one of my strong suits, so I can handle surveillance and identification systems. It's the implementation I'm not confident in.

[arkproject]

Well... not sure where this is going yet, but when we need to plant some bugs, I'm guessing I should ask you?

[mrngstr]

Like I said, all the groundwork is all in place already. But having someone physically there to keep an eye on things wouldn't hurt. And if you want to add a few more locks on the proverbial door, I have no issue with that if you run it by me first.

Once your ragtag group has decided on where to move to, I can check in and run you through everything.

[arkproject]

We are pretty ragtag, aren't we?

Sounds good to me. I don't want to take over anything -- I just want to be helpful.

[mrngstr]

Believe me, you're doing a lot better than some of your other "displaced."

[arkproject]

[ Maybe it's because she doesn't have anything to go back to, or maybe it's just Catherine's basic personality, but she goes all-in on everything she does, and she's used to being part of a team.

That being said, Catherine doesn't get a lot of compliments, so she appreciates even backhanded ones like this. ]

Thanks! That's really nice of you to say. Do you just go by El? Do the numbers mean anything?

[theseuschip]

Even what?

[ oh

wait ]

Trust you?

[arkproject]

[ don't make her say it a SECOND TIME ]

Yes, Simon. That you still trust me. I know I rate better than the WAU, but that's not a glowing recommendation.