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Chip, of course, didn't officially have an office or anything of the sort. But he'd definitely made use of unused space, piling it with materials, parts, and half-finished projects. There were machines churning, gears spinning and steam pumps puffing little clouds now and then, fans blowing the mist around, and a little conveyor belt that appeared to just be moving some gears around in a circle.

In short, it was a mess.

And, at the center of it all, atop a little pillow and laying on his back, was one tiny kitten, a kitten-sized hat next to him as he peered at the door...which had swung open upon being tapped on. The kitten's tail flicked in a pleased sort of way. "Hey, it's big sneezy! Hiii! Where have you been hiding?" he asked, not moving.

His voice was still quite small and child-like, though it wasn't so loud in the room that he was hard to hear. In fact, given how much stuff was moving in the room, it was surprisingly quiet.

"Oh, Captain!" Chip replied, and rolled onto his belly and up to his feet. "That's cool~ Do you get your own office now? I should go have a look at it, hehe." With a practiced bap of his paw, his hat bounced into the air and onto his head...a bit askew, but close enough. "I am always relaxed," he announced imperiously. "Everyone loves me, after all~ Well, except those angry youma over in the rift, but I don't go over there!"

He walked right up to Wolfy's foot, and tapped on it. "I hope you took your medicine today~" he said playfully.

Tail lifted and body raised, Chip haughtily stepped onto the offered claw platform, then promptly rolled onto his side with a giggle. “Well, I could maybe use some help rearranging stuff soon...But let’s start with just having a look around. Gimme a boost to survey my domain.”

Whether or not he was completely serious with that description was somewhat hard to pin down. To a point, at least, he definitely was.

"I'm working on a hovercraft!" Chip declared proudly, and waved a paw to one side. There was a roughly disc-shaped object about 3 feet across, partially disassembled with many gears, crystals, and wires scattered around it...and appeared to have cat-sized controls inside.

"I guess that could happen, yeah," he allowed. "But all the other Mauvians around are either really mean, or don't really do this sorta thing all that much. So, I'll just do my own thing~ General Hessonite hasn't asked me to do too much, so I just make what I think is good, and people ask for. Always be learning!"

"Maybe! If I can get it to work right," Chip replied happily, and patted the paw holding him up to suggest he didn't need to be held up now.

"Not a lot," he replied, shaking his little head. "Nobody's asked me for tech for youma, and most of them don't like me, anyway. Why? Do you need something?" His question sounded almost hopeful. He definitely loved getting requests for his creations, so the possibility of another request made his tail twitch around happily.

"Oh, that is quite the idea," Chip replied, patting the big paw supporting him, and started stream of consciousness considering the problem, speaking rather rapidfire. "I'd need to set up a way to pick up auras mechanically, and then a way to transmit that back to a central point...mm, if I could somehow put it on a bunch of youma, and track where they are, I wouldn't need to figure out how far away something is on one youma, just the direction. Oh, maybe I could power it off the youma directly, or strap it to some crystals here..."

He kept going for a bit. "Oh, but then I'd need a display method...those tablets are so boring. Maybe take over another castle room and build a projector...yeah!"

Chip nodded thoughtfully. "It's too bad the feral ones all try to eat me if they see me," he said with a bit of disappointment in his voice. "I'd love to try fitting stuff to 'em. But I guess if you could find some little youma, I could figure out how to stick things on 'em..."

"Better not keep one here with me, though, unless it's actually friendly."