[Network] @hotstud_xxx; video | Day 52, evening [open]

[rubikscomplex]

[The video feed will show the inside of a tool shed where a small, flying robot is moving around in the dim light cast by the tablet.]

Hey, Trinity! Wibblelips! Look what I found. It flies, it screams, it's alive. It also happens to be the reason I'm stuck in a shed for the night. Now, I got a screwdriver.

[The screwdriver is held up into view in a pink-gloved hand.]

And I got a hammer.

[The screwdriver is set down and the hammer is picked up to show.]

It's a hammer of justice. It's a hammer of warning. And it's going to be the hammer I take to that freaking thing unless you tell me how to get it to stop screaming in my face. Hiro, you needed some robot parts, right? Might be able to get you some.

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[phaseshifter]

...Greg? Honestly? That's his pet name? Kind of an... odd choice.

[dr_unconscious]

[wait shit getting too close aboRT ABORT]

One a his silly aliases. He's got a whole bunch, y'know? Think he made this one on a dare 'r somethin'.

[phaseshifter]

You're... really not very good at lying, are you.

[bookofnope]

So, Dr. Greg Snookum Hotstud it is?

[phaseshifter]

It does have a nice ring to it. Classy.

[dr_unconscious]

Wh--hey, that ain't nice! [NERVOUS CHUCKLING] It ain't a lie, I swear! What'do I gotta be lyin' about?

[phaseshifter]

Oh, um, sorry. I don't know why you'd lie for him! He's such a jerk.

I don't see why Jane would lie either, though.

[dr_unconscious]

[Does he want to...yes, perhaps he does. God, he hopes Miranda will understand.]

You made the diagram, Angel. You tell me.

this is all voice whoops, @lawbringer

[cloneprincess]

Oh, I've no idea what his pet name is; we aren't that close. But his first name is probably kinder, isn't it?

[phaseshifter]

It's... certainly more comfortable for me to use. Especially compared to what he wants people to call him. Ew. And you're Jane, right?

[cloneprincess]

I am. It's nice to meet you, Angel.

[phaseshifter]

Likewise!

[ Even if the username 'lawbringer' might have given her a minor heart attack because HAHA WOW THAT SURE IS THE USERNAME HER DAD'S GIRLFRIEND WOULD USE??? ]

How in heck did you find his name? He seems weirdly, um, secretive about it.

[rubikscomplex]

You should probably know Jane isn't her real name, Trin. She's more secretive than I am. Paranoid, right?

[phaseshifter]

As long as it isn't Nisha, I don't really mind. The only reason I wanted your name was because I refuse to use your username!

-> private voice featuring the fun police

[dr_unconscious]

Jane! What're you doin'?

wee-woo wee-woo

[cloneprincess]

Clayton. Honestly. After all the hell he's given me since he arrived, you don't think his first name is fair play? What harm will it do?

[dr_unconscious]

[No more shitposting from Clayton; he actually pauses here, gives it some deep consideration. Saying that he actually cares about House's opinion of him would do no good in swaying Miranda's views. She's interested in information--obviously from this, using it to keep people like House under her thumb. That, Clayton can pander to.]

'Cause you spilled the beans too early. I was bluffin' t' get him t' back off. Now he's jus' gonna be bitter and you ain't got no leverage.

@Spoiler ; voice

[spoileralert]

I thought it was Beauregard.

[cloneprincess]

Does he look like a Beauregard to you?

[rubikscomplex]

Well, she's never met me, Janey. And I think I look more like a Winston.

[Play it off. Play it cool.]

[spoileralert]

[ ...She has never seen his face. ]

Yes.

cw: reference to domestic abuse

[rubikscomplex]

Slim Tony is my actual pet name - mobsters are great when you're on their good side - but Greg works. I mean it's the name of my deadbeat uncle who used to smack his girlfriends around, but whatever you want, kiddo.

[What can he do to get people not to call him that name? Lie about where it's from, of course.]

[phaseshifter]

Oh, that's - that's terrible.

[ SO CONFLICTED. Because she doesn't trust Dr Gregsnookums McHotstudslim as far as she can throw him, but she wants to believe nobody would be horrid enough to lie about something like that. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[ He would absolutely lie about it. ]

Well, it sucked for them. But hey, this is all fun, isn't it? You like being the good girl who's bad.

[phaseshifter]

Hey, that's not fair! I don't like-- and I didn't know.