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Enzo unlocks one of the upstairs doors and gestures Claudia inside. "Here it is. The digimat."

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claudiometer

"Point taken," she says, and--
Well, she's used to the odd flashes of color on the right side of her field of vision, has been ever since she started dyeing that stripe a different color than the rest. But on the left? That's new. And awesome.
"So. Now what?"

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a1enzo

"Now we do this thing."

They head back downstairs and out of the bar. Enzo's Door leads into a utility tunnel which looks like any other but has far less texture of any kind.

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claudiometer

She's inside a computer. This is going to bear a lot of repeating, really - and anyone else they bump into might note that she's got a good tourist gawk going.
(Inside a computer. SO COOL.)

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a1enzo

There's not much of anyone to run into down here... no, wait, the mun tells a lie. Utility tunnels do occasionally contain facilities staff, and here comes one now. (Enzo no longer has to pretend he's not coming down here, that's one advantage of going public.)

The sprite they have just startled is not nearly so humanoid as the two of them. In fact, most of him is three stacked cubes. His eye flicks between Enzo and Claudia as though to ask the former Is that one of them, then?

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claudiometer

Claudia tries not to tourist-gawk at the poor guy (...she's assuming 'guy,' anyway, what does gender mean to sprites, that's a question for another time), and manages what she hopes isn't too manic of a smile. And a wave, for good measure.
It'll probably be good for the kids to see someone as starstruck to be on their home turf as they are to see her.

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a1enzo

The binome waves back nervously before scurrying off down the corridor.

"Having fun?"

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claudiometer

"Well, I did say 'best field trip ever' before it even happened. So hell yes I'm having fun."
And they haven't even gotten to the best part yet!

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a1enzo

Heck, they haven't even gotten out of the tunnel yet.

But lo, here is a ladder, and a trapdoor at the top. Enzo climbs up and bangs on it.

"Password?" calls a voice from the other side.

"Reindeer flotilla."

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claudiometer

Claudia snorts at the password. "Good one."

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a1enzo

Enzo grins and shrugs a little. "Guardians are allowed to be Tron fanboys."

The door is hauled open by a male sprite, older than Enzo but not as tall, with slightly shiny, dark blue skin and seafoam green hair in a duck tail 'do.

"Yeah, it's hard to get away from around here," he agrees as he gives Enzo a hand out and offers one to Claudia. "This here's Yori Hall, f'rinstance."

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claudiometer

Claudia grins (okay, more like hasn't stopped grinning) as she takes the hand out. "I like the way you guys think."

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a1enzo

She should enjoy this, then: "The administrative building's Academy CRTL, but everyone calls it Master Control. Bob said they did when he was here, too."

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claudiometer

"Well, really, what else would you call it?"
Meanwhile, Claudia is eyeing the various vehicles with no small amount of interest. Not really from a trying-to-steer-one perspective, but... inside a computer.

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a1enzo

And yet, despite the range of designs (from spaceships to something like a small frigate) and the bar codes for license plates, they all have prominent STUDENT DRIVER signs on them.

"Anyway, this is Balun. He's part of our backstage crew since he's my roommate and the drummer's boyfriend. Balun, this is Claudia. She's a Programmer."

"No spam?" Balun looks beyond impressed.