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There's an intense flash of white light by the door, followed by a twinkling of shiny gold. Out of the flash steps Joshua, surprised, with a huge grin on his face. "Holy Mother of God, it worked?!" The grin never leaving his face, he goes over to Bar, grabs a beer, and claims a table with a book that appears out of his bag.

He's probably in for it if his sister sees, but hey. It worked.

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Ivan looks up at the shiny flash and then notes the Eye of Horus on the man's collar, so stands up and walks over.

The outfit could be for some Covert Ops, Miles would know, today he's in his basic uniform with the collar undone, "Something work well?"

"Yeah, actually." He's grinning a bit. "I tried to teleport here from home, and it worked. I wasn't exactly expecting it to, but it did." He sounds a bit nutty, to be honest.

"Teleporting, maybe you're not who I think you might be. Does the name ImpSec mean anything to you?"

He could see someone in Barrayar, more likely Beta testing out teleporting.

"No? Should it?" Joshua looks confused for a moment. "Sounds like... actually, no. I have no clue what it sounds like other that probably important."

"It doesn't? Then why are you wearing an Eye of Horus pin?" Those aren't just given out to anyone.

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"It's a symbol of my job back home. A status symbol in the organization, I guess." Joshua shrugs. "I tend to feel better wearing it."

"Which organization? Because its an important one in the Barrayaran Imperial Service."

"In the what now? Uh. We don't really have a name for the organization as far as I know, but we just call it the Warehouse." He reaches in a bag and pulls out a folder with a pyramid-and-stars logo. "We collect and contain dangerous objects."

Ivan frowns and points to the seal on his sleeve,

"The Imperium, members of Imperial Security wear Eyes of Horus, this place is odd."

"... huh. Definitely not Security, more like Administration." He makes a face. "Yeah, you're right, this place is really odd."

"I'm in Ops, myself. Sorry, Captain Ivan Vorpatril, Barrayaran Imperial Service,"

He offers his hand and a sort of salute.

Joshua shakes and gives a sloppy salute-ish thing. "Doctor Joshua Donovan, Warehouse Regent and scientist-in-residence, if you want to be formal and technical." And Nobel laureate, but who's counting. "It's good to meet you. I have a sneaking suspicion that we're not from the same world."

"No, I don't think so. I've yet to meet anyone from my world or time, its odd."

"My sister knew about this place way before I did, and my girlfriend also comes here, but that's... probably because we have a door that only goes here."

"How does that work?"

"We collect and contain objects that have strange properties. One of the objects is a free-standing door that comes here. I don't know exactly how it works, that's what I'm doing my research on, but it just... does."

"Oh, I see like evidence lockers."

"Holy mother of God."
This is Claudia's unimpressed face.

Joshua starts, and turns to face his sister. "Claudia! Hi! Uh... I thought you were still in the Warehouse."

"You thought wrong. You do realise that if you get yourself stuck between dimensions, I'm not saving your ass."
Since he's not using the compass (it'd be in his hands if he were), she's not sure she could rescue him.

"I didn't get stuck. I was just trying to prove something. I didn't actually think it would work. Besides..." He goes to the door and flings it open. "I can totally still get home."

"Not the kind of stuck I meant and you know it, brother dear."
Hey, she's allowed to have a thing.

"I know, Claudia. Really I do." He goes over and hugs her, plopping into a chair at her table. "I will be ok. I promise."

"Just try to save this for emergencies?"
There's nothing she can do to stop him at home and she knows it. But if she can keep him from getting hurt coming here, she will.

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