June 2012: Univille, South Dakota, Leena's B&B/The Warehouse

[damncompass]

Looking back, Joshua realizes as he pulls into the B&B, he should have realized that he could have just gone through the bar for this move instead of travelling for the better part of a day. Hindsight is 20/20, though, and he's finally here now.

He leaves pretty much everything in the car, locks it (force of habit) and goes upstairs. Faced with a hallway of doors, he prays to whomever is listening that he remembers which door leads to which room. He doesn't really like the thought of waking up next to Pete, or worse, his sister.

Counting down the hall, he opens a door, and to his vast relief, walks into Helena's room.

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[damncompass]

Joshua punches the code in and opens the door, but before he could walk in, a blue static-ball flies down the aisle by them.

"... what the actual fuck?"

[timelessinventor]

Helena, on the other hand, beams. "Hello to you too, darling."

[damncompass]

Joshua just kinda blinks a bit. "Hello to who?" And then it hits him. "Oh... er, sorry. Hi."

[claudiometer]

"...Oh, is that what those are all about?"
Claudia grins. "Never could figure out the ones that happen on good days."

[damncompass]

"Well, I guess that's why." He watches while the static dissipates at the end of the aisle, and then walks into the lab. "Woah."

[timelessinventor]

"She's glad you're here. All three of us, I suspect."

[claudiometer]

Once they're all in, Claudia sets about explaining the amenities.
"You'll probably want to add more stuff, but this'll do ya for a start, I think. Goo paint on the door frame, so if you whammy yourself in the name of research you won't share with the rest of the class. Goo paint on the shelves and most of the tables so whatever else you have in here doesn't interfere with everything else." He may note his caffeine statue has migrated to one of said shelves (hey, she figured it'd end up there sooner or later; why wait?).
"Static bags and gloves in the desk drawers. You have your own goo hose, and a sink. Set you up with a backup terminal, and I added some code to the inventory system so you can flag anything you pull for research and we don't think we have another 'IOU one Phoenix, XOXO James' on our hands. Outlets all over the damn place - didn't have a chance to get surge protectors, though, you'll probably want to get some. I didn't set up any of your equipment because I have no idea where you want it, but."
This is more than he'd have if he'd waited to start a lab until he came back.

[damncompass]

"Holy shit, Claudia." Joshua just boggles for a moment, going around and running a hand along one of the tables. "This is... thanks." He's still not really used to people doing things for him.

[claudiometer]

"Of course. The alternative was you poking at stuff in the stacks, and who knows what chain reaction that could set off."
But mostly she did it because she loves him.

[damncompass]

"Aheh. She probably wouldn't be too happy with me either, honestly." He goes over and gives her a huge hug. "Thanks, Claud. Really."

[claudiometer]

"Any time, brother dear."