Re: Ark City, Central District - Avalon Corporation District Offices
Tests matched the predicted tensile values...
Eliza sat in her office reviewing the latest results from the lab.
However, thermal conductivity isn't yet at the required level...
She wasn't really paying attention to the time, enjoying the puzzle set before her.
Perhaps increasing the length of the fibres by point-one nanometres will-
Her train of thought was interrupted by a blinking alert on her glasses. 6pm, time to go home. She quickly noted down some conclusions on her office workstation, made sure it was saved properly to the server, then logged out and leaned back, stretching.
Eliza took a moment to clear her thoughts. Shortly after starting her job, she realized how dangerous taking her work home with her, figuratively speaking, could be. Distracted by her thoughts she nearly ran a red light on her way home and would have ended up ploughing into a minivan. It didn't take a genius to know who would be the one walking away from a motorcycle-minivan collision.
Glancing at the black case near her office door, Eliza smiled and stood up. Getting her lab coat from the hanger on the back of the door, she pulled it on over her black turtleneck and slacks. While it was the same lab coat she wore while working in the labs, her modifications to it also made it suitable as a normal coat and, with the right presses, a suit of highly adaptable armor. While it wasn't a costume, she still had a small fantasy that she was suiting up to fight crime.
She wouldn't go looking for crime to fight, of course, but she wanted to be prepared to step in, should she come across some on her way home. Getting the case, she set it on her desk and entered the code to open it up, revealing her one point of vanity.
The DAMOCLES was pride and joy, it was how she felt she could help the people in the world who were vulnerable, like she had been growing up. Pulling it on, she watched the display light up as the computer came online. She took one of the canisters of programmable nanites from the case and clicked it into the receptacle in the glove, nodding with satisfaction as the device displayed the correct eight uses. The other seven canisters she slipped into slots on the inside of her coat. She then shut the case and headed out the door, making sure to lock her office. After the fluffoam incident, she wasn't going to be careless again.
Riding the elevator down to the lobby, she considered what route she should take home. I could swing by the university, see if Freya is around... She had met the biologist and learned her secret quite by accident. Or I could take the 'scenic' route. Her way of taking a route through some of the more crime-prone areas. Or I could just head home. I need to pick up some milk anyway. The elevator dinged as it arrived at the lobby floor.
"Have a good night Saul." She waved to the security guard manning the desk on the way out.
Making sure the DAMOCLES's case was securely attached first, Eliza got onto her bike and put her helmet on before starting it up. She still hadn't decided which route to take.
((If you wanted someone to stop her before she got out the door, can just let me know where and I'll edit out whatever came after to make it fit))