Benji couldn't believe his own ears. Were people really agreeing with him? He had to be dreaming, he was tempted to pinch himself to check that it wasn't some kind of illusion. Here he was, with people listening to what he said, despite the fact that he seemed to give off insecurity like a tangible odor. He listened with awe as they quickly discussed what they would do about Victory Stark. The slightest of frowns creased his forehead as Johanna put forward the notion of finding a new base. He somehow doubted, that even with his discovery of the abandoned and decrepit sanitarium, that they would be able to keep Victory out for long. She would find some way to track them down and once more attempt to weasel her way into The Order. And since the direct approach had failed: She was bound to try just about any other tactic.
The woman had an ego to boot and never dealt well with rejection. One could only imagine what would have happened had Anthony decided that he wanted to take his father's place at the head of the company.
Benji blushed noticeably as Astrid thanked him for finding the building, a hand reaching up to rub the back of his neck, "It's no big deal.. really."
As people began to move off to get changed he quickly followed to pull out his own uniform. It was an almost skin tight green suit that he had synthesized to stretch along with his body should he enter Hulk mode. He felt almost silly putting on the mask that covered a large portion of his face. His utility belt carried mostly medical supplies, in case somebody got all beaten up while out on the job.
He was just glad that he was good at this, or else he'd just be that awkward member of The Order that had next to no use out in the field.
Victory stretched as she stepped out of the shower, the towel wrapped tightly around her as she stood before the mirror. She searched her face for blemishes, running a finger along the line on her cheek where flesh ended and mechanics began. She grinned, the scar was barely visible, Orfelina had done a wonderful job on it. She'd have to thank her again when she next saw her. She watched as the metal rippled forth, the shiny metalic sheen spreading in segments across the bottom half of her face, pipes coming out of her throat as the respirator began to hiss with each breath she took. A visor unfolded itself from her temples, covering her eyes, a display flickering to life and Alexis' voice echoing in her inner ear, "Systems online. Do wish for me to run a systems diagnostics real quick before you decide to do anything rash?"
Victory rolled her eyes and let the metal retracted to restore her face to its original appearance. She grinned and went about applying the small amount of makeup to her face, accentuating the planes of her face and the colour of her eyes. Pleased she swiftly got changed and walked out into her room, hands on hips. Schatz's ears perked as she entered, head raising lazily as her tail wagged.
She patted her thigh and watched as her dog came rushing towards her, suddenly more animated. She made her way out of her room and towards her own personal workshop, listening to the light hiss of the pistons as Alexis followed her, "I know my brother knows who's in The Order. I know he does. Even if he won't tell me."
"What is it that you are planning Miss. Stark?"
Victory smirked as she entered her workshop, looking about at the myriad of tools and half finished gizmos that littered otherwise tidy workbenches. 'Dummy' lurched to life and rolled across the floor, the single mechanical arm moving almost sluggishly as the three metal rods that served as the robots fingers opened the closed, the cameras focusing as they spotted the trio entering the room. "My brother doesn't need to tell me, I'll just have to spy on him."
She shrugged and took a seat, pulling on a dark pair of visors as she dragged over the her latest gadget. A tiny, remote controlled camera the size of a fly, with the same appearance. She would have it linked to her suit that she could control it from wherever she was and watch its video feed and listen in at all times. Once it was finished, all she had to do was get close enough to Anthony to deploy it so that she didn't have to track him across the country just to spy him.
And then, she'd just wait until he was with The Order and discover who they are and where they are. She would figure out what she would do about getting into The Order after that. And this time, she would have to be more careful, or else they would just reject her again and relocate.