[ It's been a little while since their last talk, and when he finds himself with an afternoon free Claude decides to stop by to see if Viktor's free. He has no real data in the way of what plants are growing or how yet, given that the experiment's barely started. There's a partially formed idea in his mind relating to it which might be worth pursuing so he makes a stop at a bakery on his way, intending on possibly also bribing Viktor and Jayce both into taking a short break from whatever they're almost certainly hard at work on.
Until he walks in and realizes: the workshop is a mess. Claude stands in the center of it and just looks for a good minute or so, then sets down the box he'd brought with him on a table that somehow has free space. He starts with retrieving the papers from the floor, somewhat shuffling them into an aligned stack as he goes without bothering to put them in order. That can wait until later.
With the papers mostly cleared in one area he shifts to picking up this object or that one. They must make more noise than he realizes - not that he was particularly trying to hide his presence - but it's enough to alert someone else. The crash of something else is enough to get him to stop in place, but the voice and that harsher than usual tone is enough for him to get moving again as he calls back. ]
I gathered as much, but I'm not planning on leaving.
[ Whatever else needs to be cleaned up can wait. Claude walks towards where Viktor is and then stops in the doorway. There's much he could say, much he could ask, but he'll wait to see what response he gets to that first. ]
i. earlier
Until he walks in and realizes: the workshop is a mess. Claude stands in the center of it and just looks for a good minute or so, then sets down the box he'd brought with him on a table that somehow has free space. He starts with retrieving the papers from the floor, somewhat shuffling them into an aligned stack as he goes without bothering to put them in order. That can wait until later.
With the papers mostly cleared in one area he shifts to picking up this object or that one. They must make more noise than he realizes - not that he was particularly trying to hide his presence - but it's enough to alert someone else. The crash of something else is enough to get him to stop in place, but the voice and that harsher than usual tone is enough for him to get moving again as he calls back. ]
I gathered as much, but I'm not planning on leaving.
[ Whatever else needs to be cleaned up can wait. Claude walks towards where Viktor is and then stops in the doorway. There's much he could say, much he could ask, but he'll wait to see what response he gets to that first. ]
I'll go lock the doors if you'd like me to.