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That question about paws...that's why there was a human standing right here. It wasn't such an impossible idea that the general King might be willing to help with holding the card to swipe? At least one guardian cat, a little black one, was enthusiastic and decided to take matters into her own hands, or mouth as the case was, and the russian blue almost wanted to clap for the little thing - it was cute.

However her attention was quickly grabbed by the appearence of the one cat she almost hoped wouldn't turn up - Lyssa. Watching as she chewed her card to death before deciding to bash her head against the card, and thus the floor, Katya for a single solitary moment felt like banging her own head - so she could pass out and avoid all of this insanity.

Turning her green eyes to Bob she motioned to Lyssa. "That is Lyssa...I fear she may be a broken model, sort to speak. According to my General she has some bits of insight but it's hidden amongst the insanity." She stated with a rather dry tone of voice. Her green eyes moving back to Lyssa. The poor red furred cat might just beat what little sanity she had remaining out of her little head, though she almost might beat some sense into her head. Knowing how Lyssa was had kept Katya from hissing, swatting at, or even biting the red furred cat when Lyssa had entered and insisted on rubbing up against her. Had the other female guardian cat been covered in anything though all bets were off on Katya being nice, she had just gotten cleaned at the groomers!

She might have gone to check on Lyssa, and the little black kitty, but it seemed they were walking and following the General King. Standing up she took the time to stretched, letting out a purring sound as she did so, before moving to follow.

Taking in everything they came across the russian blue found herself more than pleased with how the interior looked - they had a place of their own. As much as she wanted to get her paws onto one of the computers, and see just what might be on it, she stood and listened to Axinite speak. As he talked about the portal for transportation she turned her eyes to the two responsible for it and nodded her head. "That's good work - it'll help us all a lot.' Even though she lived with a General, and Lieutenant, it would help her as well especially if she wasn't home and needed a quick escape.

She did however have one question. "I do wonder though...the youma don't like us. They cannot get in here I assume. Could we perhaps know what is keeping them from coming in here, as I'm rather aware of their dislike for guardian cats." And it wasn't like youma didn't wander the castle as well. She just wanted to know how it was safe here, since she was sure it was. No one would risk all the guardian cats so easily.

“An excellent question,” Axinite replied, smiling to Katya.

“While only you and the General Kings, or anyone above us, may enter this area, you may bring a guest with you. I can only hope they will be respectful, but if they aren’t, there is a defense mechanism preprogrammed into this entire area. There is a button over here,” he moved to a small red button that looked innocent enough when compared to all the other buttons on the console. “It will teleport anyone who doesn’t have clearance to access your Headquarters to the central foyer of the Castle. As long as you don’t open the door for anyone you don’t trust—youma included—you should be safe. No one can teleport into this room, so you will be in full control over who comes in, should you decide to bring guests.”

He moved to the front of the room. “We’ve taken a lot of time to try and improve based on some of your requests. We’ve got work benches and tools—for all your needs. If we’re missing tools or you need new materials, please just fill out a form on one of the computers or come see me in my office. Any needs can also be submitted—I’m sure we’ve missed some things. Which brings me to the next topic—we haven’t really had a formal discussion on this, but I’d like to take a moment to let you know that we are extremely receptive to requests. I haven’t had a lot of time to work with many of you, but you control a very unique position in the Negaverse. I have a few more important things on my list to go over, but if any of you have thoughts or suggestions to make your life a little easier, the platform is yours. Alternatively, please feel free to come see me in my office if you would like to propose anything or hold a more private discussion.”

A scratching post?

Not bad, Tibby, not bad.

Bob himself would have probably asked for a snack section, but he also didn't want to push his luck with the Boss Man and their requests. If anything, he figured he could probably con a kid or two to supply him with tuna or chicken wings in exchange for some assistance with their technical support.

Then again, he could always just break their stuff so that they had a reason to approach him with a bribe request....

Smiling to himself, Bob listened patiently to their commander as he explained how the process went for requests and how the teleportation device worked. Once they found some more secure locations, surely more spots would open up - the Maine Coon was simply happy that there was at least one way to get to Negaspace without piggybacking, now.

His tail swooshed against the cold stone flooring as he listened to the General-King continue on with his list of important things that he'd clearly felt the Maus needed to be privy to.

Hey... if he wanted to give them stuff, who was Bob to complain about it?

Listening to the General King speak the mauvian was more than happy to see these tablets when he mentioned them. If they were easier on her paws than Benitoite's cell phone, and computer, she would be happy - those things hurt to use. It wasn't just that it hurt but it was difficult to use due to her paws being what they were. This, she assumed, would be easier for her paws. If not she was sure it could always be modified.

Taking the offered pen tool she took a look over it. Well, it looked easy to carry about, plus there was subspace too, and she happen to like the small basic form it took, easy to carry in her mouth if need be.

When he mentioned modifications she smiled, if it didn't work on her little paws she would modify it - since it was permissible. "I think one of the first applications we should work on, if anyone wishes to work with me, would perhaps be a flashlight. Some officers may find themself in need of it." She had been with Benitoite in some rather dark places where a flashlight would be useful, not for herself but rather for him.

"If anyone would like to work on such a project with me? If it isn't already in the works." She ventured, looking about at those gathered around herself.

The way the orange-haired boss-man politely deflected his suggestion of a scratching post was posh as hell and very politik - Tiberius could appreciate that sort of answer-that-isn't answer for what it was. He'd also found Theodore's lack of reply to be similarly politik, rather than rude - Axinite was trying to not focus on the minute as he obviously had further things to offer up to the gathered technofelines.

His ears perked up further at the mention of the previous project to replace or update the com crystals (which really, Tiberius had seen his General and her sycophants using 'em...an update was hella overdue in his not-so-humble opinion); Tibs shifted on his seat, tail lashing in an excited manner. Sweet! Cat door, new high-quality HQ, swanky digs all around and we get to test out the newest com tech? Sign me the hell up!

As soon as Tiberius got one of the new tablets, he sat back so he could inspect the ease at which a feline sans hands would be able to access it - a little difficult, but not impossible - maybe easier with some little fabric or metal loops on either side? Ones that were flush with the metal until you pressed to release them...good for Mauvians as well as homo sapiens.

Tibs looked down from his perch at Katya and flashed his teeth a bit, "Good idea, sweetness. Flashlights are always useful - maybe 140 lumens or so? Or would two settings be better, low at 90, high at 140?Anyway, it'll be a great idea..and I'm happy to give ya' a hand." He stretched his pen out into tablet form and tested how well it responded to paw pads - excellent. He could definitely work with this hot little number.

"Hey Boss, Might wanna put some metal grips or loop on the other side. Something that lays flush until you press it up, y'know. Make these sweet little pens easier to bring to tablet mode? It's pretty smooth now, even with paws, but I'll probably be doing it for myself - might be a good thing all around. Wouldn't really change the look, either." If Axinite had thought he could unveil technology to the Mauvians without being offered a dozen ideas for fixes, features, apps and more...well, he'd not spent nearly enough time in the company of feline aliens.

Tibs felt that his continued aid with technology for the Negaverse was something that didn't really need to be said, but even so he made sure to vocally infer this knowledge to the General King as he closed his tablet, tucked it into subspace, and went after the paper manual. "Count me in." He would probably rope Bob in as well, since he liked to work with the big orange tom.

Axinite found himself nodding with each suggestion. To Kaya and Tiberius, he nodded. “A flashlight application is not in the works, you would be free to develop one if you think it could benefit our officers. We’ll see what we can do about grips.”

He smiled to Theodore, then. “Upon first log in there is a small tutorial, though it can be skipped. There is a resource application available if anyone forgets how to do things, but if you notice anything the tutorial is missing, please let us know. We will have a few days still before it is officially released, so there’s still time to make adjustments.”

Afterwards, he cleared his throat. “And, not to move off the topic of tablets, but before I lose you to them—There is one final bit of business. Laurelite has made a list,” he adjusted the paper on his clipboard to give it a quick scan. “Of changes. Primarily, we’ve had an influx of requests to upgrade our Corrupted Senshi. While I am always happy and eager to speak with any agent during or after promotion, you have an innate ability to know when a Senshi is ready to access the next stage of power. Metallia’s power can be accessed in specific ways—primarily, the General Sovereigns act as conduits for her power. You, however, have a unique relationship with Senshi that I will never be able to replicate. Laurelite has proposed a change to procedure around here. In any instance where you feel a Senshi is ready to upgrade, you may reach out to any General Sovereign and discuss their promotion. We’ll review the file together and, if approved, you may personally upgrade the Senshi without assistance. Well,” he paused. “Without direct assistance.”

He reached into his pocket and removed a small, glistening crystal. “Crystals like these can easily be charged and store Metallia’s power. After a meeting with a General Sovereign, if your nomination is approved, you will be provided with one of these crystals. They have a limited use—only one—and can be used while you upgrade your Senshi. They may have questions—questions you can help them answer, or you can direct them to the appropriate Branch leader.”

He returned the crystal to his pocket. “I should say that we are incredibly grateful for everything that you do. Truly, we wouldn’t be what we were without you. I know many of you are busy doing your own thing, but you are all valuable assets to the Negaverse. We still have a long way to go, but I have faith that your expertise and abilities will help guide us into a new era. I want to thank you for your time, I know this is a bit to digest. If you have any questions, as always I am here to answer—or you may schedule an appointment with me and I will make time for you.”

Theodore's pink eyes appeared to narrow for a split second before the scrutiny disappeared quickly. The mauvian hummed, thought it sounded a bit like a purr when he picked up his pen and tossed it into subspace with all things he deemed useful and useless. The persian was about ready to take off and test the teleporter that...scruff and raggedy appeared to have helped build and see if it lived up to the hype.

The prissy cat was over all impressed with the work both larger cats had done, but he wasn't about to admit that. Not until they continued to impress him.

Theodore had standards after all.

Axnite's next announcement had little cat ears swiveling with interest. So, they wouldn't need to directly sit at the feet of a general-sovereign to assist their chosen. Theodore liked to think that he was above it all, because his senshi was already the best. She was an eternal, but he supposed this would be useful for the other senshi he deemed worth his time.

With the meeting concluding, the chocolate colored cat took his leave. (Before some mangy ginger tried to make off with his hat. Yeah, he saw the way you were looking at it Bob.)

[Exit]

"Sure thing princess." Tiberius wasn't trying to be dismissive of the obviously papered gal, but it was just...sort of how he talked to dames. Mostly because the lady he'd spent a lot of time with had been into Cagney. "You got my undivided attention, once red here's done with us."

Orange, red...near enough. The fact that Axinite's hair was road cone orange was neither here nor there to the Mauvian. He was busy ingesting the news about corruptions - about the special, awesome crystals they could acquire for their charges. It was exciting as hell.

After the announcement, the posh boy popped off, then Bob, leaving Tibs with Katya, Lyssa, Haymitch, and the others..including that waifish little kitten. Leaving was an idea and Tiberius thought about following his bestie, but he'd already stated he'd talk to the papered princess, so his furry butt stayed in his seat.

"Good meeting, Boss. Great job, all around." One last bit of praise for Axinite, then he was poking at the computer he'd been sitting in front of, waiting for Katya to disengage his Nibs.