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Hannah Steiner	Let it never be said that the scion of House Steiner forgets her friends! It's been /far/ too long, and so out of the blue? Comes a txt! Hanners-chan txt: Frau Osaka! Your charm und landbound wit are direly missed! You are free, ja? The advantage of a TTS-enabled Device (and Space German Math Magic), is one can all but /feel/ the accent even through text. She's lingering in the general vicinity of the dorm rooms, not having any particular place in mind, and so she leaves it up to Naru! Hanners-chan txt: BORK! Hanners-chan txt: Lyra misses you as well!
Naru Osaka	It really HAS been far too long. Naru glances at her phone when it bings and she's pleasantly surprised by the message waiting. Naru TXT Hannah: Hannh! And Lyra! I /am/ free. Want to go for coffee? Naru TXT Hannah: Oh! Better plan! Have you met the Shed yet? Naru grabs a hoodie as she starts to head out, to go find where Hannah's at.
Hannah Steiner	There's a looooong pause. Hannah's head tilts. Lyra's head tilts in the opposite direction. BG plays those texts back for both their benefits. ...And she won't admit it, but BG's benefit too. Hanners-chan txt: What the BORK <<Eingang: 'The Shed' nein found in Datenbank>> BORK-BORK!!!! Sankt Kaiser's WHUFFLE! a Shed? Hannah shushes her Device and Lyra. Hanners-chan txt: On mein way, to MYSTERY! The three arrive with Naru's directions with alacrity that might actually be faster than usual. There's a big grin on her face! Her eyes sparkle with curiousity! Even Lyra is doing happy tippy-tappies! "Frau Osaka! You have piqued mein und /our/ interests! You are in good health, mmm? Anyone in need of a bit of Belkan Negotiation on your behalf?" She sounds so happy to meet Naru again, and the meat dangled of The Shed before her is only making things worse!
Naru Osaka	And so.. their pair of them are down the little path and outside in a vaguely sketch little clearing with what looks like an abandoned building. It's not falling down, but it certainly doesn't look used. "Hi Hannah, and hi Lyra." She offers a scritch for Lyra. "I've been generally well. I got kidnapped by accident recently, but I didn't get hurt at all." She considers a moment and then smiles. "It's been quiet, ish.. for me. Things are just going.. /well/, which is almost more suspicious than getting chewed on all the time."
Hannah Steiner	Hannah soon offers an arm to Naru, letting her lead on! And really, Hannah has always been one to appreciate closeness to those she likes, nevermind the opportunity to let Lyra off of the lead for a minute! Who, in turn, makes sure to bump Naru's hip for pets! And returns the favor with hand-licks! One brow does tighten in pure confusion! "How...does one get kidnapped accidentally? Are you secretly a body double for a member of Royalty or a politician's child?" Pure bewildered Hanno! In her experience, kidnappings are always very, very targeted things. Part of her wants to ask again who needs a sword in the face, but Naru's never struck her as a vengeful sort. Otherwise Sunbreaker would be less than ash right about now. "May the Sankt Kaiser continue this reprieve for something appreciable. You, mein freund, take mortal danger und kidnappings in an amount of stride that frankly is terrifying! You would make a gut prinzessin." Comes Hannah with a warm smile despite her consternation. It's clearly a compliment. "...Strangely, I feel similar. A truce with mein worthless relation, so at least any assassination attempts will be slightly more...acht...'couth'. I am not yet keen on getting stabbed in the neck again, admittedly. Bless the TSAB, und curse them, the pack of Sankt Kaiserless heathens!" Grumps Hannah openly. She rubs the scar on her neck where Norie knifed her. Lyra is suddenly before them both, bapping legs with a big ol' tail! "Now what is this 'Shed' of yours?" She leans on her Device, not quite ready to lean on magic, but ready to use Lyra as well as cane at least until she knows they're Mahou_Okay!
Naru Osaka	"Well.. La Crima was kidnapping Hinoiri." Naru explains with a little bit of a laugh. "And I was there and she kidnapped me too, and was very apologetic about it." She shakes her head a little. "I mean, she didn't even take away my phone and brought me a coffee. But I was still tapped in an abandoned wearhouse by sentient cranky corn." Becuase those are words you can put together like that. "Once my GPS connected, we got retrieved. Hinoiri got smacked around a bit, but I just got a little bit drained." For whatever reason, thinkign about the rescue makes her smile. "I mean.. it's fine. I haven't been seriously hurt in a while, and that was my own fault kinda." Naru tucks Hannah's arm into her own, to be able to lead her down the path. "So.. right.. the Shed. It's only for those of us who are on the good side.. so no telling Obsidian folks okay?" Not that Naru actually thinks Hannah will, but it's important to make it clear. "Inai-sensei arranged for us to have somewhere to pass information between us, and to be able to meet and talk about missions and stuff where we dont have to do it in a classroom or someone's dorm. But it's a maintenance building, that has a trick to get into it."
Hannah Steiner	Hannah runs a very, /VERY/ slow hand through her blonde hair as Naru explains her latest predicament. Her jaw tightens, only so that she can claim some dignity in the absolute madness that is one Naru Osaka's even as said jaws wants to plummet to earth. "Mein freund, I hope that you spat curses upon such lesser kernals of...acht, staple food for their rudeness! 'Just a little drained' is not..." She starts, only for her shoulders to shrug. "Or perhaps this little dirtball has different expectations." Is Naru a 'normal'? Hannah would say no, but is this really the magical experience in microcosm of all? She feels her head hurting. A knuckle grinds a temple. But when she mentions she hasn't been seriously hurt? A nod, and a smile. "Sankt be Praised. May you be spared such, by Blade or Spell or Fate." Comes Hannah solemnly and seriously. Onwards to the Shed! A quick nod. Given the fact she's allied vaguely with Riveton for Hotaru? It hits harder than Naru may realize. "I may be loud in volume, but I know when to clamp mein mouth shut, frau Osaka." Promises the young woman. Hmmm. "Und that trick would be? An out-of-the-way place is best for such things. Have you had a Device User crawl it for our expertise?" There's a very specific shortlist she has in mind for the more experienced ones...at least on /their/ side. Luckily, a Steiner Scion puts herself at the top of that list!
Naru Osaka	"Crawl it?" Naru errs softly. "I'm not sure what that means.. but I'll show you it and then you can decide." She comes right up to the building and then takes Hannah's hand to show her where the door knob is. "So this is the trick.. if you turn the handle this way." Naru turns the doorknob what would be the 'normal' direciton and then she opens the door. "That's how you get to the mundane part." There's not much in there, just some random bits left over, and a fair bit of dust. "But close the door and then turn the knob the other direction.. and then you oepn it." Naru does just that, and opens it to reveal The Shed in all its glory. It's certainly larger when magic, and cleaner. It's like a classroom in there, with desks and a blackboard and even a couch. There's even windows, where there's none in the mundane shed. Naru takes a few steps, bringing Hannah with her. "Welcoem to the Shed."
Hannah Steiner	Hannah tips her head up, and answers fairly quickly. "A security assessment." Comes the young woman simply enough. Cough! Dust!!!! Her other brow twitches, but before she can complain? Naru is demonstrating the /real/ way to open the Shed! She and Lyra wander in, and with a quick thought? She henshins in order to get a better assessment of the Shed! One Area Search later, and she sucks in a breath. "The doorknob trick is clever!" She sounds honestly surprised on that point. Such a simple thing, but not one a normal person would consider. Or really even her, if she were being fully honest. There's a brief grit of teeth as she and her Device feel out the area. "Mmm. So much as I hate 'security through obscurity' as a concept...keeping layered defensive spells may be for the best. Given the /amount/ of diverse und often obsidious magics in play on this world...Acht. Nothing more overt. I shall suggest a few more passive Belkan spells for the interior. Und." Cough. Oh Sankt help her! "Poke that fool of an Enforce if you've met him for the /Mid-Childan/ ones." Grumbles Hannah. Sucking up the Space-National Rivalry, she then just takes in the physical space with some help with her twin allies. And then plants her rump in a seat. Lyra crawls into her lap like some kind of fuzzy stole. "I...am very much glad for a space to discuss matters freely." Offers the young woman. Secrets, are in fact, hard. And an open forum is relieving.
Naru Osaka	"I was worried about relying on security by obscurity." Naru admits as Hannah gets into it and starts scouting around and declares it not half bad really. Or near enough. "It's been working out surprisingly well so far." Naru laughs softly as Hannah flops into a seat and she moves over towards the coffee maker. "There's a few drinks and snacks in here too.. usually at least. Do you want anything?" She is clearly going to go make herself a coffee. "Having somewehre to talk is really lovely. Having somewhere to gather physical information that's relatively secure and available to others works great. Much better than a white board in our dorm room>"
Hannah Steiner	Huuuuf! "I shall work mein Barrier Spells that are less outright noticable for the inner most dimentional portions of the Shed." Affirms Hannah in turn, even if it's clear part of her heart wants to work the more grandious kinds of Belkan Defensive Magics that are...well. Some are able to be seen from orbit, and that's not the kind meant for being /subtle/! It still hurts. A hand waves! "The local black bean juice is fine." Comes Hannah. A siiiigh. "Agreed." Comes Hannah. Eyes close. She...just leans back in that seat, and takes the opportunity to relax. Fully. No threat of getting murdered, and no threat of her friend being hurt or used or transformed. "Naru?" She pauses. "May I suggest installing an exercise bike, a pullup bar, und an exercise bag? If this is to be a private space our side...we should consider the needs of the more..." She then swipes her Device in a few artful motions for emphasis! And then grins!
Naru Osaka	"I'd appreciate some barrier spells, if you are alright with providing. They dont draw on your magic over the long term?" Naru asks as she putters around making coffee. For both of them! There's a smile as Naru glances over to where Hannah is relaxing. Actually /relaxing/ and that's worth taking just a little longer over the coffee to give her that opportunity. "I think most of us still just work out over in the sports pavillion, or the gym of the main school. It's not like there's a ton of room in here, but some freeweights, maybe?"
Hannah Steiner	By the way Hannah's kicking up her feet? She's both relaxed and entirely about dedicated to strengthening the Shed's magical defenses with her family's Ancient Belkan techniques! ...Or at least the ones a single young Steiner Scion can produce, and not ones visible outside of the Shed's interior boundaries. She makes sure to have BG take an interior measurement, just for said purposes, and then works on the caluculations for a few layered shields. And several magical sensors, must in case someone unauthorized gets in! Tasks that will need coffee, and so Hannah and Lyra and BG are lounging back. "Free weights then!" Comes Hannah! She...catches herself yawning. And sadly before she can even sup on Naru's delicious coffee? She's actually fallen out from rare comfort. By the Sankt, she's going to owe Naru a lunch after this!