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Factory Building #3 doesn't stand out much from the dozens of manufacturing sites in southern California.  The two things that distinguish it most?  That it was build after the war ended, when so many other factories were being shut down.  And that it's in Whittier, more than a little off the beaten path.  It had been a bit of pork brought home by Congressman Voorhis, something that Howard was glad to take advantage of.  And the fact that Voorhis was gone and replaced by a newcomer named Richard Nixon wasn't important.  Everyone in the district wanted the jobs, after all.


The location wasn't perfect.  The nearest full scale airfield was a good drive, meaning that planes would have to be towed on substandard roads for testing.  And those same roads didn't make the drive there an easy one.  But Howard was still pleased with the factory, with the labor pool, with the cost of the construction, and the government contracts that went with it.  Specifically, the B-35.  The next generation in long range bomber. 

The staff was all abuzz today.  Howard's visits to the factory were rare.  He generally trusted his managers, and usually had somewhere else to be.  That he was making an inspection left everyone eager.  Or nervous.  Was there something wrong?  Was there someone even more important coming?  Or was he just being a boss and pulling the sort of surprise inspection that other bosses love?  All anyone knew was that he arrived through the private garage and went to his office unseen.

They didn't know that he had left the office and gone into another dimension for a while.  Or that he was bringing back a guest.

Date: 2014-06-30 11:00 pm (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (giggles)
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"It's not something I do really often," she says. "Made it from New York to just outside Denver in a little bit less than three hours, and then I passed out for ten."

Date: 2014-06-30 11:12 pm (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (concerned)
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"Something like that, yeah. It's like a sugar high; you get extra power, but the crash is a bitch," she chuckles. "I'll show you sometime when I'm not in six-inch heels, unless you don't mind me showing off now."

Date: 2014-06-30 11:59 pm (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (sideways hee)
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"I can stop," Noriko laughs. "We'll see how things go, and play it by ear, huh?"

She just isn't going to bring up that she's perfectly capable of running while barefoot.

Date: 2014-07-01 12:15 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (listening)
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"By all means, lead on," she says with a smile.

Date: 2014-07-02 02:34 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (Default)
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"You best have a great autopilot function for that," she murmurs, paying attention to the details as she follows Howard around the work area.

"I've slept on a military plane all of once. I hope yours are more comfortable."

Date: 2014-07-02 08:36 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (sideways hee)
From: [personal profile] electro_kinetic
She looks over at Howard and chuckles at that. "I'm thinking there's a story behind that desire."

Date: 2014-07-02 08:48 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (no seriously)
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"So you were European theatre only, huh?" she asks, pivoting on one heel as she looks up at the unfinished fuselage above them.

It's an amusing thought, that he'd fall asleep doing something or--wonder of wonders--need assistance. It makes the man seem shockingly human, and for her that's quite a feat given what she's researched of him or managed to glean from sources in her own world. "So out of curiosity, if you flew why weren't you a pilot in the war?"

Date: 2014-07-02 09:14 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (hands up)
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"Oddly specific date, there," Noriko says, unashamed of her birth country and fully aware of the actions taken. In her opinion, they lost that war fairly and fully, and it's decades gone by now for her.

"It wasn't meant as an accusation--I just honestly don't get to hear you talk about your flying skills much."

Date: 2014-07-02 09:25 am (UTC)
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"I wasn't asking about those things, either," she says.

"I've never actually been the one to fly a plane? I've been in them, but never really recreationally. I mean, I know vaguely how, but that's in the jet at the school. Not one of these."

Date: 2014-07-02 09:43 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (Default)
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"There's a whole lot more buttons, I'll give you that."

And displays in the way.

Date: 2014-07-08 01:22 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (giggles)
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"Click-switches are a good idea," she chuckles. "Really, though, you have no ideas?"

Date: 2014-07-08 04:57 pm (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (giggles)
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"Is this one of those things you don't talk about with girls?" she asks with a tiny, wry smile.

Date: 2014-07-09 12:38 am (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (giggles)
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"Aviatrices," she says, laughing before she can stop it. "Speaking of--really? Pilot didn't work?"

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