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"I'll try to get her to cooperate. but it seems your previous assistant couldn't coep with it. it's like trying to keep things clean in the process of a hurricane with you."

Jame's deadpan humor, as the joke was said with a completely straight and serious face.

"I need to get to Meta, Rose and Rennell both need to be reminded..again..that these appointments are not something that you can casually shrug aside when they feel like it. but if you wish, send your new assistant over, and I'll see if I can get her to clean up after you both."

His heels clapped together, and a nod to them both nad he left the office, heading back to Metamorphosis and the second he got there, crossed his arms and watched Rennell's evaluation.

"You both need to learn that this is not open for debate, this is not to be played with. these are your lives. I've seen too many die to kicnks or malfunctions to let you both skip out on these apointments when it isn't convenient for you. Especially you Roselyn. You have the most bioware in you, and you have prior history of incidents. last thing anyone in this fleet needs is you having a blade accident and cutting a gash in a hull."

Okay, mild exaggeration, but the point was crystal clear.

"You skip out on an apointment one more time, either of you, and I'll have you confined to quarters in Meta until I feel you have some respect for those people that work hard to keep yours, and my implants functioning."

And she was lost again. Why was this so hard for her? She could splice atoms. She could recite the genetic code by memory. She was directionally challenged. "I suppose it's high time I admitted that." Shaking her head she looked down the hallways again and tried to remember where...Roselyn had told her to go. "Which way did she point? Which way?"

Lillia wandered around for a while, shaking her head and muttering to herself. Dr. Trevale was going to fire her, she knew it. And then she'd have to go home and admit to her parents that she got fired because she got lost. Her mother was always a time nazi and it would probably do Lillia some good to emulate at least one of her habits. She wandered down another hallway and then peeked in a random room. "Excuse me? Do you know where I can find-"

Her mouth dropped and her eyes widened and a very confused look flew over her face, which quickly turned to surprise and then embarassment. "Dr. Trevale..." She took a deep breath, smoothed a nonexistent wrinkle and walked forward. Extending her hand she said softly, her cheeks flushed, "I'm Lillia Nikkco. I'm your new assistand and I'm soooo sorry that I am late. I did not mean to, honest. I just, this place is like a maze and I was going here and there and then..." She cut off realizing she was babbling. "But I'm here now and I'm really very sorry."

Jelena looked to the extended hand...then to Erik who was behind Lilia. And a mischievous look was exchanged between the two. The girl was so flustered and probably afraid that she would fire her or at the very least yell at her.

But she simply pushed up her O.O.D.D.S. screen glasses and then smirked. Rising she took Lilia's hand and shook it. "Welcome aboard the Envision and to project Echo." A point to Erik as she released her hand. "That is Erik Donner, my head assistant. But not your boss, I'm the boss." A smile and she waded through papers around her desk now.

Erik laughed and clapped his hands down onto Lilia's shoulders. "Horribly late is Trevy's style...as well as my own. Along with our trait for disorganization. Don't worry, she only bites when you mess with her chaos or her Echos."

"And Erik bites at random, watch your fingers." Stepping over a box of files she came to stand in front of Lilia. "Have all your things in order? P.A.I.D. tags and all?"

"First off, you can't do anything at the moment and you won't be permitted to do anything other than file papers until you have the grand tour of Echo itself. That is going back into the labs as well as the holding grounds for the Echoes themselves." A nod as she reached up and unplugged her glassed, that's right. Unplugged them.

"Come on Erik, you have feedings to do anyway." A gesture to Lilia as Erik moved off through automatic doors in the back of the office space. Then Jelena herself started to wade through more mess as Erik had, expecting Lilia to follow. "Now, you may be startled by some of these things...hope you're not too jumpy.

"Even when big things with teeth snap at you from out of nowhere?", she asked over her shoulder in nonchalant manner. Not a joke, that one. Things were known to snap. "Let's start with something not so intimidating."

First she was walked through the various lab rooms. If they could be described, it would be as any old fashioned sci-fi movie predicted them. Large glass columns filled with liquid, each housing a something of some kind in some various stage of growth and development. Others were just DNA processing rooms, a few looked like storage, lab that conducted various analyzations...one was set up much like a vet's office. Last room in that part held what seemed to be a massive screen that had several smaller attached and then a lone rather little scared looking keyboard attached. "And this is the M.I.S.S.E.D. You won't be touching that much at all." Another gesture to follow to a door where Jelena scanned her P.A.I.D. wristlet and a light turned green. "Ready to see some Echoes?"

She took everything in, examining things through a scientists eyes and got more adn more excited. She almost lost Jelena in just about every room, when she stopped to examine the different tubes. She was curious and inquiring but Jelena was moving along fast. "I think I'll be okay."

Eyes widened at teh sight of M.I.S.S.E.D. She did not like computers much though she was very proficient at them, preferred to do things the old fashioned way. Cringing at the thougth of working taht huge computer, she sigehd with relief when she found out she wasn't going to be.

Blue eyes lit up when asked about the echos and eager enthusiasm was written all over her face. Of course she wanted to see the echoes. She had waited for five years to see the echos and now here was her chance. She wanted to fall to her knees and praise the lord but she settled for clenching her fingers to stifle her excitement a bit and nodding. "Yes."

Ren only nodded again and then pouted in his own way a little. Then a look to Rosey. "I could get into Echo if you would let me back there, remember? But fine...I'll go on. But that doesn't mean I won't come looking for you to bother you and the like." A smug look before looking over to James again.

"Believe me I know James. I've walked that death edge more than I would like to because of this M.A.T.U. system integrated into me. Not that I would change it for the world really. Again, sunshine.


"Good then. Oh and keep your fingers to yourself and don't wiggle them about. You'll loose them." Ah, Echo born humor. But as she led through the doors, metal hulling seemed to vanish to the sight of various habitats with thick metal fencing. Enclosures were quite spacious and well planned. Nothing looked artificial even though the environment was artificially created and made sustainable within the Envision itself. Seemed complicated, but wasn't.

"Start with the simple things." A swipe of her P.A.I.D. wristlet and she gained entrance to a pen. It was rather Earth north eastern hemisphere like in appearance and it seemed empty. That was until a yip and then several yips from different things followed as Jelena crouched and pulled what could be called treats from her lab vest pocket. Each one had nine little tails.

Several little fox like creatures tumbled from the bushed and pranced over to her. One taking residence on her knee, another trying to climb her back. A few others just crowded as she handed out treats. "These are Echoes, Lilia. Canis Kitsuni. More commonly knows as a Kitsune from Japanese legends."