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Helena Wells-Quinzel is H.G. Wells ([info]indelibleink) wrote in [info]makebelievelog,
@ 2012-09-24 01:29:00

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Entry tags:claudia donovan, h.g. wells

Who: Claudia and H. G.
What: Claudia's filling H. G. in on the whole fictional thing and the projects she's working on over a cup of tea. Or maybe ten cups of tea.
When: Midnight-ish because who needs to sleep?
Where: Beginning at the bottom of the NW tower and moving to the kitchen?
Warnings: Touching on Warehouse explosion, character deaths, everything else TBA



There was far too much change for Helena to properly digest. First had been the whole being a hologram thing. Okay, so that she could somewhat deal with because, well, she had brought it on herself. She hadn't really let her inner emotions out about Christina, and her anger and hatred had ruled her. Oh she still felt incredibly horrible for what she'd done, for what she'd put Myka and the others through, but she was trying to make amends. Well, more like she had been trying to, but there was only so much a hologram could do. She'd even resigned herself to die because that meant Myka, the others and the Warehouse would be safe. She knew that if she was gone, then Sykes would be unable to fulfill his plans. But, of course, the best laid plans didn't always go smoothly. Sykes had put her back into her body, which had been more than unsettling. Not to mention she had some sensory overload for the first little while of being in her body again. Then, shortly there after, she'd died in the Warehouse. Only to end up in this place. So really, Helena was overwhelmed by everything. What had her life become? Just when she thought that maybe, just maybe she could have had some peace, even if her soul ended up in Hell, she at least wouldn't have to deal with sudden changes and sudden loss in her life. But no, instead of getting peace, she found herself alive and in some strange place.

So all right, she knew she shouldn't just mope around her room, as she had been doing, but she'd needed to try and process things on her own. But Claudia managed to lure her out with promise of tea. If there was something the British woman had a weakness for that wasn't science or other such geeky things, it was tea. She really could use a good pot of tea right now. So at the appointed time, Helena left her room and made her way to the stairs. So all right, Helena didn't mind the surroundings. In fact, she rather liked this castle. It made her feel as though she were in England again, in a way. She'd never lived in a castle but that was beside the point. So as she descended the stairs, her eyes were taking in the detail of the building and the decoration. Upon arriving on the ground floor, she looked around for the familiar redhead, easily finding her. Taking a breath, putting a smile on her face and pushing her emotions deep inside like any decent British person did, Helena walked over to her.

"Good evening, darling," she greeted. She was trying to be more cheerful than she felt, and despite the smile on her face, it didn't reach her eyes.


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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-26 08:45 am UTC (link)
"Someone from one of my novels could show up here?" Helena couldn't help but to grin a bit at that. How could she not? It fed into that rather inflated ego she carried around. It was one thing to have had those characters and ideas in her own head, but the possibility of meeting them in the flesh and having a discussion with them? Well, only Helena herself could actually find that to be both intrigued and ego-boosting. She did notice Claudia relax a bit, which made her wonder if she still made the younger woman nervous.

"No doubt it does not cover everything, otherwise that would be one continuous show." Though it was rather intriguing to think about. A television show and comic books. Not that Helena had much of an idea of what comic books were, but that was besides the point. She was still trying to catch up on the things she'd missed in the 20th Century. Though when Claudia hopped up on a counter, Helena looked over at her, a bit horrified at the lack of manners. "Claudia, you do know you are sitting on a surface meant for preparing food on, not sitting on." She gave the younger agent a slightly pointed look. She may have been resentful of some of her upbringing, but manners and etiquette were two things she'd always had and prized.

Checking the tea, she grabbed two cups, then started pouring the tea into them. However, at the mention of Artie using a time travel artifact, Helena paused in mid-pour. Well, more like froze. That was a subject she knew all too well, and if Artie used a time travel artifact, she knew of a few that could do that. She looked at Claudia, concern clear in her eyes. "Artie used a time travel artifact. To undo what happened to the Warehouse?" Now her voice was filled with complete worry. She'd done her homework on time travel artifacts. And she didn't like the implications of what the downside of any of those artifacts would be.

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[info]clauds
2012-09-27 06:52 am UTC (link)
"There's someone from Artemis Fowl books, two from The Dresden Files, a bunch from Harry Potter, people from The Hunger Games have come and gone in waves - more contemporary books, but there doesn't seem to be a set limit as far as who and where this place pulls from." Claudia started to rattle off, looking at the chocolate bar rather than H.G. for the initial few moments, then the worried tone registered to Claudia and she looked up and forgot what she was saying. She could see the concern in the other woman's eyes and, somewhere deep in Claudia, it hit a nerve.

Claudia had been trying to deny the worry that all of this caused because it was Artie. Pete's mantra of "we'll figure something out" was optimistic and thus a good mindset, but Claudia wasn't always an optimist. She liked to think of herself as a realist. "Pandora's box was in the Warehouse and didn't survive the explosion, so the world lost - literal hope. Mass suicides and all. Ferdinand Magellan's Astrolabe. It creates an 'evil' that he will 'have to live with the rest of his days' and for ages Artie was convinced he had created evil in me and that I was going to stab him but the more things have gone on, the more it's been established that it's not me. Mrs. F said she would know if evil had been created in me which - creepy, but not the point."

Then H.G.'s scolding sunk in and Claudia slipped down from her perch, though not without a bit of distracted grumbling. She didn't see the big deal.

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-27 07:15 am UTC (link)
The book titles Claudia gave her were pretty much meaningless to Helena. She had no clue what any of those were. She might've heard of Harry Potter in passing, but beyond that, she didn't have much of anything to go on. She'd missed so much literature while she'd been Bronzed. "Is there a library here? I have a feeling I need to brush up on the literature I missed during the 20th Century." Because that was the most logical question for someone to ask after being told they're fictional in this place. But this was H. G. Wells, she sometimes operated on her own definition of logical.

At hearing that Pandora's box hadn't survived, Helena set the tea pot down before she dropped it, her face become quite ashen. She knew what that meant. And worse yet, hearing that it was Magellan's Astrolabe that had been used caused her skin to pale even further. Leaning against the counter, she gripped the edge of it to keep herself from falling down. "The Astrolabe," she repeated in barely a whispered tone. This was too much to take. She'd died to save Myka, Pete and Artie, and for what? To throw them into a world where hope no longer existed because Pandora's box had been destroyed in the blast? There was a distant look in her eyes as she was trying to piece this information together, of how the 'evil' of the Astrolabe could be undone without undoing the saving of the Warehouse.

Helena needed to sit down before she fell down. But she didn't trust her legs to get her to a chair, so she just let herself slide down the counter until she was sitting on the floor. "How did Artie manage to get the Astrolabe from the Templars?" Yes, Helena had once done her research on time travel artifacts, and she'd tracked that one to the Templars, though by the time she'd gotten that far with locating it, it had been far past the 24 hours in which she'd needed it.

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[info]clauds
2012-09-27 08:00 am UTC (link)
Claudia took in H.G.'s pallor and demeanor and realized the potential doom that this spelled out. She paused for a moment, pursing her lips and making a bit of a face, letting out a long sigh before going to sit down next to H.G. on the floor. She broke off her chocolate bar, eating it before answering. "We - Artie, Pete, Myka, and I - went around to get the pieces. It was disassembled and stored in different places to keep it safe. I got buried under rock. Myka got arrested amidst rioting and police brutality. Pete got stabbed and - um. Well, died."

Her voice caught in her throat as she explained it, not able nor even trying to hide how that entire thing had made her feel. She knew that she had been left buried. She knew Myka wasn't safe in police custody. She knew Pete had died. It was - even undone, it wasn't a good scenario to think out. "Brotherhood of the Black Diamond, the Templar remnants, didn't take too kindly to the efforts and that's how I got buried and Pete got stabbed. Same member. He's - trying to get Artie to undo the Astrolabe now, but you know how stubborn Artie is."

Claudia paused and broke another piece of the chocolate off, this time holding it out to offer to H.G. if she wanted it. "And there's a massive, massive library. I doubt even you could read all of the books they have."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-27 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Helena had prepared herself for information overload during this conversation. What she hadn't prepared herself for was the knowledge of what had happened after her death. Obviously, she didn't think it would've been sunshine and roses by any stretch of the imagination, but she hadn't anticipated things would've been nearly as bad as they were. And she was far more worried about the use of the Astrolabe. She really didn't like the implications of that, though she knew had she found that artifact within 24 hours of Christina's death, she would've used it herself.

Though at hearing what happened to Claudia, Myka, Pete and Artie as they tried to find the Astrolabe was almost too much. She looked at Claudia, thinking this was just sounding worse and worse. Had anything positive come out of it? "It shouldn't be undone, and I'm not saying that simply because, I assume, I am alive in that particular future." Which begged another question that Helena wasn't exactly certain if she wanted to know the answer to or not. "After the Astrolabe was used and, I imagine, the Warehouse and all of us in it were saved, what did the Regents do to me?" She looked Claudia in the eye, fully expecting to be told she was put back on the Janus Coin or Bronzed or worse.

Taking the offered piece of chocolate, she took a bite of it, nodding a bit at hearing about the library. "Well it would keep me occupied, I think."

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[info]clauds
2012-09-27 09:01 pm UTC (link)
"Doom of Artie or doom of world - at least doom of Artie we can fight. I mean, it's not like the first time he's faced doom. Just - this time, he's going to have to rely us on us to save his butt this time." Claudia said in a show of bravo, then looked straight over at H.G. when she asked about her fate. "Uh, yeah, you assumable do get to live. You - get let go. That's how you blow the lid off of Artie having used a time travel artifact. You were out and about in the world. Actually, doing research on a dagger he called and asked you to find. He had seen me going stabby-stab on him in a vision. But he knew you'd give yourself for the Warehouse, for your fellow agents, so he pleaded adamantly on your behalf to the Regents. They listened."

"Well, you get library rental status as a castle resident, so there's pretty easy time filler right there. I'd recommend-" Claudia tried to think of a few book recommendations and, for reasons beyond her grasp, couldn't think of anyone that wasn't horror, macabre comedy, dark action, or dark in general. "Okay, can't think of anyone. I'll let you know later if I think of someone."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-27 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Now Helena wasn't sure what was more shocking, that the Regents allowed her to maintain her freedom or that Artie had pleaded on her behalf. Blinking in confusion, she ate the rest of the chocolate Claudia had given to her. "Artie defended me? I didn't think I would live to see the day when he did anything for me." No doubt it was because she'd sacrificed herself to save them that he had done that, but even so, Helena still found it weird to think that Artie held a good opinion of her. Good enough, it seems, to ask her to find a dagger for him. That was not a turn of events Helena would have ever expected, knowing how vocal Artie had been against her. "I hope that we are able to save him."

Now Helena was focusing on that breathing thing, to try and get her color back so that she could stand up again. "Well that is certainly handy. No doubt I shall pay frequent visits to the library in that case."

For the moment, she would be pausing in her asking questions. She needed to properly digest what Claudia had just told her about the future awaiting them back home. Well all right, just as she was going to allow herself to digest things, another burning question occurred to her and she couldn't let it wait. "So how does this work, exactly, with us being here? Does time back home simply freeze or what?" Leave it to the time-traveling Victorian woman to ask that question.

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[info]clauds
2012-09-27 10:28 pm UTC (link)
"Pete and I watch weekly, like I said. We skip dinner and then have pizza, breadsticks, and occasionally a calzone to try and lessen - things." And anyone who knew Pete and his tendency toward food knew that Claudia's statement made perfect sense. Not that the techie objected to the once a week bout of greasy food; pizza was a comfort food, if anything. "You could come, or I can give you the details later or - keep things vague until they quit doing mean and evil cliffhanger type hints. Because we both know details with the Warehouse are never clear and - put that into editing for a TV show where their goal is to get you to tune in next week." They hadn't even told the detail of where H.G. was for ages; that had been less than thrilling to Claudia, despite her having a good instinct that H.G. had to be okay somewhere.

"It seems that way." Claudia said after a moment, trying to think how to explain the time aspect to someone who knew far more than her on the subject. In the end, the best way she could think to sum it up was by giving the basic details as well as she could. "If any time passes between us being here and returning, once we get home, it's so momentary that it doesn't register. That combined with the dream status of this place makes it seem like... nothing. So it's a lot of 'it counts for now' sort of stuff here."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-28 05:23 am UTC (link)
"I may join you both. I admit to being curious on seeing this." Of course, while she didn't like the overall implications of the things Claudia had told her, it would stop her from watching. After all, it could help her fill in some blanks on what the agents had done when she wasn't there. And really, it would be interesting to see what artifacts they'd dealt with during those times. "It would be more than intriguing to see how they even manage to adapt our lives into a television show given the complexities and curiosities we deal with on a daily basis."

As Claudia explained about how time operated in regard to their being here, Helena tilted her head in thought. "So our time here is more like a dream-state. But we are returned to the precise moment from which we are taken so it would seem as though no time has actually passed even though we may have been here for months. Which is a strange thing for time travel because that suggests time here moves at a completely different rate than it moves in our own world. It would seem this place is out of time or the laws of time that we know do not apply here and there is a completely different set of rules that apply in this world. Has anyone tried to explain that yet?"

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[info]clauds
2012-09-29 05:48 am UTC (link)
"I have the DVDs and so does the library, so - you can watch old stuff too if you want, with the understanding of how to work the DVD player. If you don't know how, there can be lessons. Pretty easy." Claudia said with a small nod and a sigh, trying to use the brief bout of discussing DVD players as an excuse to postpone the time talk and give her a few brief moments more to think about what H.G. was saying. She had the mind for science, as far as intelligence went, but not the patience nor interest. All logic in the universe made sense when she was in front of the computer, going to town on a string of coding. Claudia never had a need to be the science one; that was fully Joshua's gig.

But this was also partially artifact-like in principal. "A realistic, pleasure feels good and pain hurts, can-die, and must sleep and eat and such while dreaming dream-like state. And - if it moves at a different rate here than our world, how does the whole 'taken from different points in time' thing work? Because Steve and I being from different points should really mess with the return aspect... and - I don't know if they have? Seriously, science sorts that have come and gone from this place and those that are here have tried to explain a lot. I've yet to actually - hear explanations, though."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-29 09:21 am UTC (link)
"I would actually be interested in seeing this show. Though showing me how this DVD player works would be necessary. I am not yet overly familiar with the device to operate it on my own. No doubt I could eventually figure it out, but showing me the correct method of operation would be most welcome." Truthfully, Helena could probably figure it out on her own, though that would've involved taking the device apart and determining how it worked from that. But when Claudia made the offer, she'd take that route instead. While it would be a learning experience for her to take apart the device, she would take the easy way out.

As Claudia pointed out the different points in time thing, Helena pursed her lips, actually thinking that over. "That is certainly something that needs to be accounted for. Clearly time is somehow different because our world clearly doesn't continue on without us there. Or if it does than it would seem the world would be overrun by errant artifacts by this point with the number of us who are here." Tucking some hair behind her ear, she took a deep breath. "Though the dream-like state potentially suggests that time freezes when we are brought here, so that time does not continue to pass in our world while it does here. I would need to do some calculations on the matter, though."

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[info]clauds
2012-09-29 11:36 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, like I said, that part is rather easily done. I can show you after we have tea, if you want. We can go back to your room via the library, so you know where it is, and grab a DVD to show you from there. Easy, less fuss?" Claudia figured to make the entire thing as painless as possible. There were so many more complicated to run machines than a DVD player, far more that could be gone into in-depth. All H.G. needed was to know how to run the DVD player.

"If time freezes when I'm taken, when you're taken, when Pete is taken, when Myka is taken - and if Artie and Leena could be taken too, if not others like Joshua or Dwayne or some of the Regents or - others, too... how much time could be spent paused?" That was a little insane to think about. How could a person even truly prove that with calculations? "Some people have been here over a year and - hypothetically, it could be a long stay."

"I - can I ask a question? What do you think the Regents will - do, will say, if they show up and realize the Warehouse is compromised public knowledge in this universe?" It was something Claudia had wondered about and, really, she wasn't sure who to ask. H.G. had a certain view of the Warehouse that no one else did.

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-30 04:43 am UTC (link)
"That would be most appreciated, thank you, darling," Helena replied with a little smile. Oh Helena knew there were plenty of things in the modern world that still confused her, but she did easily pick up how to use them when shown. Of course, her phone was still beyond her, but she knew the basics, and that was all she needed right now. The rest she'd experiment with because that's what she did with things she didn't understand. The scientific method was basically how she lived life. When she was of rational mind, anyway.

Helena thought over that for some moments. "I do not know. Perhaps however long that we are here, time remains frozen in our world. So I would estimate that however long one spends in this place, the same amount of time is spent frozen in their own world. If that is true, then it is a simple cause-and-effect, most likely. Time, like matter, cannot truly be destroyed, for time is a constant. If someone is displaced from their time stream physically, something must compensate for that for we cannot merely blink out of existence within our own world, and we cannot exist in both places at the same time." Unless this place made clones of them, but that would make things far more complicated.

At Claudia's question, Helena drew in a sharp breath. The Regents were not exactly her favorite topic of discussion, but she could handle it this time. "They might try to stifle it somehow. They do not like when things get out about the Warehouse. Though they would probably research all they could about the television show before doing anything. The fact that it is fictional here might stay their hand because people would not think it was actually real. And given the Warehouse itself isn't here, they might relax about it eventually. They would not like it, but they may end up not doing anything about it on a large scale in the end." Which was really saying something about the Regents who liked to take action.

At that, Helena remembered the tea. "Oh, I suppose we should drink our tea before it gets cold." Standing up, Helena took a moment to ensure her legs would hold her, which they would. With that, she went back to pouring the tea. "Milk? Sugar?" She asked, glancing at Claudia as she did so.

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[info]clauds
2012-09-30 10:56 am UTC (link)
"Well. On the plus, if that's true, you're potentially over 1,000 years old instead of over 100." Claudia joked, though it was a bit weak as a whole. What H.G. had said about the regents was weighing heavily on Claudia's mind. She was somewhere between, as far as her opinion about the regents went. She didn't like them; the anger over Steve's death, over their attitude, still weighed on her. She had lashed out in a moment of anger at Jane Lattimer, but it had been out of a very real place of distrust for the Regents. Seeing the threat, the promise, to stop the Metronome if there was a bigger issue in its use only left Claudia all the more suspicious of the Regents. She understood the function, the need, but at the same time they had their moments where they seemed as sympathetic as a cat would be to a mouse. Jane's assistance in bringing Steve back had shown that there was hope, but they still weren't her favorite people ever.

And if they threatened everyone Claudia had become friends with or socialized with or told anything about herself while in the Land of Make Believe, something she had wondered if it might potentially happen... well, it wasn't necessary to say there would be a problem of epic proportions and, Claudia would've dared a venture she had more allies for help on her side than any regent just arriving would've. But she hoped no such thing would happen or, if it did, that the regent would be relaxed about it. "Sometimes the regents really just need to take a chill pill."

"Annnd -" Claudia could take tea straight but, since it was black tea and nothing flavored, she nodded and said, "A little sugar, please."

Hopefully, with everything considered and the tea and such, H.G. would be able to start settling down and settling into castle life. Claudia hoped things would be able to get to happy, abet not normal (since things were never normal), around the castle before too long.

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[info]indelibleink
2012-09-30 10:52 pm UTC (link)
At the mention of her potentially being over 1,000 years old, Helena shot Claudia a mock offended look. "Claudia, really! If I were over 1,000 years old, I do not think I would look nearly this good." And there was a smirk because she was not above blowing her own horn in any situation. And it was better than letting herself dwell too much on the topic of the Regents. She understood their function, but she had a complete disdain for them, especially for the Janus Coin. That had been more than a little unnecessary. Really, Helena wished they had outright killed her, it would've made things far easier. And if she'd been gone, then at least Sykes would not have been able to get into the Warehouse or destroy it.

But really, the Regents were typically far too uptight for their own good. It was without a doubt the part of the Warehouse that Helena hated. She never would forgive them for sticking her on an artifact so they could use her whenever she was needed. At Claudia's comment, Helena blinked slightly. "I have no idea what a 'chill pill' is, but I will just simply agree that they need one. Though if you ask me, they deserve worse than that, but I am particularly biased on that matter." There was an edge to her voice, one that she didn't intend to be there, but she had an intense bitterness towards the Regents.

When Claudia asked for sugar, Helena grabbed some and added it to one cup, then she grabbed the milk and added a little to hers, taking a spoon and stirring it. She then picked up Claudia's cup and handed it to her, smiling. "And here is your tea, darling." Helena could smell the aroma of the tea, and it served to take her more back to England than she all ready felt being inside this castle. It truly was strange that she felt so completely at home in this strange land, but she did. And she hadn't felt like she'd belonged anywhere since before she'd been Bronzed.

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[info]clauds
2012-10-01 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Claudia laughed at the mock offended look from H.G. as well as the remark about her looks. It wasn't a twinkle in the eye, regular ol' H.G., but it was a start. It was horn tooting and smirking and, as far as Claudia was concerned, it was more normal. "That saves all of us from having to catch up on birthday gifts."

She took the cup of tea with a smile and muttered "thanks" before gesturing toward the package of biscuits, just so H.G. remembered that it was there and hers. "Um. Since you can watch it and probably will, best to be honest about it... I told off one of the Regents. Pete's mom, actually. And I broke into the Regent's H.Q. and - she helped me in my plans to bring Steve back to life, because I had told her off, but that didn't go over too well since she was rogue in her decision to help me."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-10-02 06:12 am UTC (link)
"You still have birthday gifts to catch up on, darling," Helena reminded her with a chuckle. While she still didn't have her usual twinkle in her eye, this was definitely a world better than she had been a couple minutes earlier. She was at least processing what Claudia told her. It would take some time for everything to truly sink in, but she wasn't fighting it.

Helena took a sip of her tea, a little pleased sound coming from throat as she did so. "You chose well, Claudia. This tea is simply marvelous," she said with a smile. She then took the package of biscuits and opened it, taking one out and dipping it into her tea for some moments before she bit into it. Then what Claudia told her about one of the Regents, Helena looked at her, clearly surprised. "Pete's mother is a Regent? And she went behind the other Regents' backs and helped you bring Steve back?" That...was two pieces of information Helena hadn't expected to learn. First of all, Pete's mother being a Regent was not something she would have anticipated at any point in time. But the part about a Regent doing something without the others being involved? that was completely unheard of. And it confused Helena completely. "Was she reprimanded for not consulting the other Regents? That really seems out of character for a Regent to just do something to that magnitude without the others being informed beforehand." She wasn't trying to downplay the fact Claudia had brought Steve back to life, it was just not what she expected any Regent to do.

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[info]clauds
2012-10-03 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Claudia grinned, obviously pleased that she had managed to pick out tea that was acceptable to a Brit. She was rather sure that Steve was partially, if not all to thank for that. His daily tea tendency had rubbed off some knowledge onto her about tea. "Can I just get one really good birthday gift for you, then?"

"Pete's mother is a Regent. Jane Lattimer, Regent extraordinaire. Myka loves her - they had this whole 'escape a crumbling Regent building' adventure together and Jane was super kick-butt, but Pete didn't know his mom was a regent until after that. You can imagine that didn't go over well. Jane was - actually, one of the main ones involved in Sykes' case and taking Collodi's Bracelet away from him. They just didn't catch it before the 'seed of darkness' was planted in Sykes." Claudia explained with a small frown and a sigh. She figured that was about as detailed as she should bother getting. If H.G. wanted to know more, she would have to watch the TV show. But at least this way it all wouldn't be such of a shock when watching it.

"And - not that I know of, past a verbal reprimand and I got one too. Kosand was mad. Said he would take Steve off of the metronome if the downside of the artifact was proven to be too big or too notable, blah blah blah. We figured out the downside and then figured out how to get Steve off of the metronome, so he's back to a living, breathing, heart-beating mortal." Claudia rattled off with a shrug, only pausing for a sip of tea before admitting, "Jane is a good person. She kind of doesn't fit the Regent mold. Rebel and all. I think me chewing her out about the apathy shown over Steve's death, in some way, helped? She seemed to realize what an asset the Warehouse had lost."

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[info]indelibleink
2012-10-04 05:59 am UTC (link)
"Well as long as it is a really good gift, I can accept that." Helena chuckled. Of course, Helena wasn't expecting anything to come through on the matter, she was just joking around to lighten her mood. Even though technically her birthday had just passed here in this world, but she wasn't counting that as she hadn't been here for it.

Though listening to Claudia tell her about Jane Lattimer was interesting. She arched an eyebrow that Myka liked the woman and filed that particular piece of information away for later use. Or rather later inquiring to Myka about. And really, Helena was glad Claudia didn't say anymore about Sykes. Helena didn't really want to know. After all, the man had killed her, and even if it was because of the result of the downside of an artifact, the fact still stood that she'd died because of him. So she was more than willing to drop that subject as she didn't want to get all rigid on Claudia if she could help it.

Then there was the mention of Kosan. Helena really didn't like him, but she tried not show anything outwardly. "Well, at least the Regents have someone lively and rebellious. Here I thought they were all a bunch of rigid prats." Okay so she couldn't keep all of her resentment towards them out of her voice, but she really held the Janus Coin against them. It only seemed to prove that they would stop at nothing to play their agents as they would. "I am glad that she helped you bring Steve back. I did feel terrible that I was unable to stop Sykes from killing him." She glanced at Claudia, feeling so very responsible for Steve's death even if she knew the riding crop would've been used on her anyway.

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[info]clauds
2012-10-04 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Never mind if it was all joking around, it gave Claudia something to think about. Perhaps she would get H.G. a decent Christmas gift, or even make something. Could she make something that would impress H.G. Wells herself, let alone with the Farnsworth fuss she was dealing with? She'd have to wait and see; she needed to get an idea at all first before she could decide if it were feasible.

"I know if you could've saved him, you would've. And thanks." Claudia shrugged a little, smiling and adding, "We got everyone back, which means the Warehouse is at full strength going into dealing with - whatever all of this is with the evil. Hopefully it means we have a shot."

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