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Tourmaline's distrust of Aue's sash made the big brunet smirk; it amused the hell out of him that anyone would imagine a senshi might have any sort of nasty surprises hidden in their clothing. Other than their magic, of course.

Small talk was not something he enjoyed taking part in, most of the time. Not as Pasi, not as Aue, but he knew that with the Negaverse - and with the Order - small talk was sort of de rigueur and that he'd just have to deal and make the best of it. "Interesting. I would enjoy watching this, I think." He chewed the inside of his cheek for a moment, then pushed his hair back from his face - the diadem to his costume forced bangs where he didn't usually have them and it was obnoxious.

"Mostly I tinker here. There is not so much time for me to ride or play." Slowly he relaxed his stance from fight-ready to just dude standing around in a dorky costume. "I am called Aue, like this."

"And I have aligned myself with one of your Generals, Labyrinthite, and his subordinates. I provide information on the Order, at his leisure." He could prove it, if he really wanted to - he had the burner phone Laby had provided to him and the only numbers in it? Were Labyrinthite, Wolfeites, and possibly Dia's - that could just as easily be some fake number, or a restaurant, depending on how the candy pink corrupt had been feeling when she put it in.

Of the three, Aue only trusted that Laby's number was accurate.

Aue caught his limp and lemon-scented sash, banishing it to the sub-space that held his henshin pen, senshi phone, and the burner phone Labyrinthite had given him; he wasn't about to put the sodden hunk of material back on his waist - it would dematerialize when he powered down. And be perfectly clean and fresh when he powered back up the next time. Aue knew this because he'd tested it before.

The pink-and-black haired woman leaned against brick, smirking at him as though he'd said something amusing to her; when she spoke he realized just what had done it. She works for the General as well. ******** I'd known that before giving her a face-full of my magic. Oh well.

"Wolfeite is the one that originally approached me." Beyond that, it was more that he'd allowed himself to be used, only somewhat unwillingly, by Dia...and he wasn't certain he wanted to tell this woman about it, lest she want the same thing. "Tourmaline. Pleased to meet you."

Aue seemed a little bit surprised at her offer, but it did get the first real smile (that wasn't over another's misfortune) that'd he'd made. "That'd be nice, I haven't been on a bike in a while." With a bit of a sigh, he leaned back against the same wall as Tourmaline, just a bit further down so that if she suddenly decided to go after his starseed, he could have time to react. "Be dangerous to do so powered up. More dangerous to expose civilian identities, but perhaps some day." Of course, it was the same with his offer of tinkering - doing so powered or unpowered held much danger, though in different ways.

"I suppose between us both, there would be little untoward danger." Probably they could have taken care of most opponents, if necessary.

Interesting. Aue's thick brows arched a bit at what Tourmaline said regarding Wolfeite, but it was more that his thoughts had been confirmed, rather than surprise that caused it. "All officers are dangerous, in my experience." It wasn't a cut, but more an acknowledgement that the Negaverse was fairly effective at it's job; commentary used as verbal punctuation.

"I also met a corrupt senshi by the name of Dia, but yes. More in the broad interpretation than the literal sense."

No matter how relaxed a stance the woman took, Aue would remain wary. It was smarter to assume that she was dangerous and mercurial than to not do so and find himself with a hand sinking into his chest. He wasn't stupid - she had little reason to believe him - but he'd once again made a wager with his life and was going to stick by it. Fascinating how the General surrounds himself with such a variety of people. I suppose I'm no stranger than Tourmaline, or Wolfeite, all things considered. Why shouldn't he have a 'pet' senshi in white?

Tourmaline's coat comment got a snort and a bit of a wry - and measuring - look. "I would need to bring my own, I think." Aue was not small, by any measure, so he would definitely not fit into anything that the Lieutenant fit properly in. The idea of going on a ride, auras blazing to those that could read them, was tempting.

"Seems the better side...or at least the one that works most effectively as a group, whatever rankings are in place. I prefer to work with structure." Blame it on the engineer in him, or just a societal trait, but whatever the reason, it had him siding heavily with the Negaverse..granted, he'd not met many of the 'Order' group. Just the Hobbit so far. And Sedna - How could I forget her - the hyper-excitable and overly-friendly woman in a captain's hat.

But her words conjured delightful images; yes, his blood did quicken at the illicit nature of what he did: white moon, consorting with the Negaverse...gathering information. Spying for them. "Labyrinthite gave me a burner cell, if you want the number I will give it to you."

Makes sense then, if they are both working with General Labyrinthite, that they would know each other. Aue didn't react to Tourmaline's attempt to make the candy-pink corrupted senshi seem like a nastier prospect to tangle with - he'd already had enough. She was manipulative, spoiled, used to getting her way: that had told him more than enough before her admonition that Dia ire was comparable to the Hulk's rage...even if it had been preceded by laughter.

"The General has provided a burner phone that I keep on my person, always." Now, as for how Aue was contacted...Laby could be calling through the internet, a phonebooth...a plastic bubble in space for all he knew.

Her suggestion was noted with a short nod; Aue understood quite well that working for the Negaverse as a non-corrupted senshi was actually quite dangerous. He stood out. There was no guarantee that the other officers would know he was working for Laby...none whatsoever that he wouldn't be discovered by someone and have his life ended. "Accurate. But this is how I am wanted." And he really wanted more information, a more solid basis of footing, before making any rash, life-changing decisions.

Aue smirked, just a bit, "If I change my mind, I'm sure you'll know."

The location was not known to Aue, but that wasn't really surprising - he'd not been in Destiny City for that long, after all. But it wasn't as though he couldn't find it, scope it out, and then appear on the date in question for that ride.

"Sounds like a plan." She mentioned getting his number from 'the big guy' and figured Tourmaline meant Labyrinthite; if she wanted to go that route, it was fine by him...though offering the number (which he'd memorized) did briefly cross his mind. Taking a ride on the woman's bike would give him the ability to gauge the capabilities of the machine and get an idea as to how he might be able to improve the output for her...if she allowed it.

It felt like she was dismissing him, which he was also fine with; since he'd started working with the Negaverse, he'd found himself talking with people far more often than he'd done in most of his life, which was about as comfortable for the taciturn Finn as a barbwire thong.

"Friday." Short and sweet; Tourmaline was done with him until then - or if she wanted him sooner, she would communicate as such to him - and he was ready to head back to his apartment on the DCU campus. Much like Tourmaline, he planned to power down much closer to home, though perhaps he would take a bit of a wayward, wandering route just to be certain that he was not being followed.