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My quarters in Central Command. Where shall I find you?

I'm in my quarters too! let's meet in the lobby, lotsa room there

Convenient. All right, I'll meet you there.

[Harley shows up at the lobby a few minutes later, dressed in a onesie with the hood up, having not bothered to change out of her pajamas. She glances around, realizing she should probably have asked for a picture or description of this guy...]

[A minor oversight. Tech isn't too worried as he doubts there are many people just hanging out in the lobby looking like they're waiting for someone.

He doesn't take too much longer, arriving a little after Harley. Simply in long-sleeves, pants and a jacket besides, it probably would have been easy to overlook him in a crowd. He's tapping at his tablet even as he steps out into the lobby.]

[The guy who's tapping on a tablet seems like a likely candidate for a nerdy dude who wants to study someone's power, so Harley stands up straight and waves at him, grinning, then jogging over.]

Hey, hey, are you network guy!?

Network guy...

[He glances over, fixing his goggles.]

I'm assuming you're the former psychiatrist-sometimes-bounty-hunter who pulls weapons out of thin air?

[Producing a rocket launcher from thin air, she grins a wicked grin at him, then puts it away.]

That's me! Harley Quinn, at your service.

[Striding up to him, she offers a hand for a shake.]

[Reading about someone saying they can do such a thing is definitely no comparison to seeing it in action. The clone's brows lift behind his goggles.]

Impressive.

[He reaches over to shake her hand, giving her a nod.]

Tech. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, even given how plainly your ability seems to work.

[She brightens immediately upon being called impressive, even if it's just because of her ability, and shakes his hand back. Her grip is firm and she shakes very enthusiastically.]

Nice t'meetcha, Tech!

[A pause, and she laughs a little.]

Yeah, it's pretty straightforward. Y'wanna see another?

[He'd have to admit even her list of experiences is an impressive mix. While he had no idea how she sounded, it's easy to see that he way of typing and speaking reflect each other for... perkiness. Yes, that's probably the best word for it.]

Certainly. I'd consider a field test on the functionality of these weapons but I doubt the rebels would approve of use of firearms in their command center.

[She would be very pleased to know she was impressive on her own merits. She's used to being written off, either by Joker as being inferior, or by other people for being in Joker's shadow.

And Tech's voice and whole look is totally what she'd been expecting from how he typed too.]

Aw, well we could always go to the shootin' range if ya wanted. I don't mind!

[With that, she reaches into thin air beside her, her hand flashing out of apparent existence for a moment, and comes out with a baseball bat, which she twirls fancily in her hands and then offers to Tech.]

See?

[A bat is definitely not a normal weapon of choice, and while the design is a foreign one to him, it's not difficult to figure out what it is. Tech blinks at it before taking it in hand, looking completely unused to wielding such a thing. He hefts it in testing the weight.]

Undoubtedly solid. Hm. The shooting range won't suffice for a rocket launcher but I don't think we'd need to go that far. Lead the way.

[He offers the bat back.]

[It's a normal weapon of choice as far as she's concerned, because it's one of her favourites. It suits him too, though, she thinks, and she can't help but grin a little as he tests it out, the weight and balance.]

Super solid, and I betcha it could do a lot of damage.

[She takes the bat back, and then turns on a heel and starts heading for the shooting range. She's sock footed, but that doesn't bother her too much.]

I think it's this way. You been there?

[People here have strange tastes in what they obviously consider comfortable clothing, but then again, perhaps he's the strange one for thinking it feels weird not being in full armor day in and out.

Tech nods at Harley as she leads the way.]

Yes. It's a suitable enough place to test the weapons the rebels provide. I prefer to know what to expect of weapons beforehand. Normally I'd have a pair of pistols so making use of a random pair is quite different.

[A onesie and fluffy socks is probably weird for most people, at least in public. The onesie is even bunny themed, with a little cotton-tail attached to the butt that waggles as she walks down the hallway toward the shooting range, and it becomes apparent that there are also a pair of bunny ears attached to the hood that dangle down her back.]

I haven't been there before, just saw the door to it. I get lotsa target practice in the field, ya know?

[She twirls the bat idly in one hand and then puts it away with a flick of her wrist, then holds the door for him when they get to the shooting range. Skipping over to one of the little stalls, she produces a pair of guns.]

Like this?

[...then again maybe armor isn't that strange.]

Hm. True, but at least for me, I'd rather know if a gun has a tendency to travel one way or another, or how responsive it is to the trigger. You don't really want to find out such things in the middle of a firefight.

[Tech gives her a nod, stepping inside. There's something about her bounciness that he has to smile about. Okay, maybe there's something just a little disturbing about how simply she can do that and still produce a pair of guns or what have you.

He takes the guns, brows lifting.]

Hm. Slugs or energy-based?

[He aims at the target with both, firing one and then the other.]

[That has her thinking, and she nods, eyes a little wide.]

Wow. You got a point there. You're a smart guy, you know that? Oh and they're uh, energy based, I think. You looked like a science type guy who'd like that.

[She watches as he steps into the booth and takes aim at the target, and her eyes widen a little bit more.]

Oh wow, you're a great shot!

[His smile then might be just a tiny bit smug. Why yes, he is smart, thank you for noticing. But he's more pleased at her assessment on weapon preference as he's fired the weapons.]

I don't think I do too badly for stationary targets, at least. These are actually quite nice. I do prefer energy-based. Guns with physical rounds seem to have more of a kick.

Keep 'em if you want.

[It's somewhat flippant, but she's learned that she can give people weapons and she hasn't heard any complaints about them disappearing or anything.]

Y'know, I've never really checked if I can pull out ammo, I always just go for a new gun. Oh, man, or do those not even need ammo? I've never really used energy weapons.

[Just so offhandedly being told he can keep them is clearly unexpected, even if they were literally pulled out of thin air.]

Really?

[Well, it's certainly one way to see if they last. They look and operate as normal guns otherwise. Perhaps they could be maintained as such.]

I'm not sure about these specifically, but blaster pistols like my DeeCee-Seventeens would hold fifty shots to a power pack.

[They come easy for her, so they're easy to give away. Not that she'd be stingy anyway, it's just not in her nature.]

Yep! Go for it!

[Well, if they might run out of power packs or whatever...]

Sounds like now's the time to see if I can get ammo.

[And she digs into the void, searching around, brows furrowed a little bit, only to produce a handful of power packs for the guns.]

Sweet, looks like I can make ammo!

[Given he's not even really sure where she's digging around, watching is something of a fascinating if not weird thing. He must not have been expecting much by way of results as he's surprised when Harley comes up with so much.]

That is extremely useful. And mind-boggling but I suppose it's not the only thing that doesn't make sense here.

[Tech shrugs and ejects one of the cartridges from a gun, pocketing it so he can pop in one of the newly produced ones into place. He takes several shots with the thing with a faint but satisfied smile.]

Yes, I think they work just fine.

Yeah. Didn't even know I could do that.

[She says it with a little bit of wonder, shaking her head a bit.]

Well, it's useful anyway, and it means I won't run outta ammo if I find a gun I really like. Ya know?

[She watches as Tech fires off a few shots with the new ammo cartridges and nods thoughtfully.]

Well, you keep 'em and if you need more ammo you just give me a call. I don't got a lot goin' on so I can get 'em to you fast.

Quite so. Your ability will give you a definite advantage.

[Tech tucks the extra cartridges into his side pouch, nodding at Harley as he holsters the guns behind him.]

Thank you. I'll do that. If you need anything fixed or might think of any sort of devices you'd like that might be of use, I can try to put something together. It's the least I can do in return.

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Sure!

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now that I've seen some bad batch episodes...

8D

now I can officially call him a nerd >)

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