For the moment Mishka had been determined to block out Jakob's annoying voice – what distracted her most was the crackle of yellow across her mind's eye as Alex's eye twitched and he motioned for a moment, the movement drew her blue gaze up to his hand before he turned away to address Jakob. Her eyes followed him and the crackle of his energy. She could feel a clash coming on – like actually see it colors sparked across her vision that she knew others simply could not see. The vibrant and arrogant orange that she identified as Jakob was coming against the shocking electric blue that she was starting to see as her new partner. Surely this was her new partner. She felt … well she wasn't sure – to much posturing was going on around her to feel anything but their emotions.<br/><br/>As Alex was going about a casual and joking banter Mishka could feel the range of emotions playing through him – even as he jabbed at Scala though the scientist was un-phased. A glare came across his face as Alex mentioned the dinner joke and slowly the man would drop his brow to thumb and first finger rubbing in circular motions. However, as he continued to say he and Mishka would get along fine Scala would look up and the slightest of smirks rolled across his lips before vanishing just as quickly. Mishka also looked at Alex feeling his confidence and wondered if she could take some of that from him and carry it with her – she felt however, a little more at ease and wrapped her mind around that feeling.<br/><br/>Words were passing between Scala and Alex again, something about a Midas touch? Scala had lifted his head fully again and folded his arms over his chest”Oh yes I've heard of your arm, I believe during your time here I will be able to update the equipment...” His voice trailed off as he fingered his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. He was brought back from his inner tinkerings though as energy raced down Alex's arm. Mishka was watching it with curious blue eyes up until Alex made the suggestion that Scala apologize to Amalee. Mishka's eyes flashed to Amalee – the young woman was already turning to get the hell out of dodge rather than be the object of Scala's attention.<br/><br/>Scala's eyes lifted and he simply scoffed though as Amalee made her exit. “Please I haven;t the time for such trivialities. Mishka” His voice hissed her name. “Come first Stage should be analyzed first.” He turned dismissively from Alex and Mishka moved to follow him a whisper of a voice riddled with sleep deprivation and weakness came to Alex's ear.<br/><br/>“Give up he is an unchangeable man, come on let's get this over with” Her voice had a slight rasp to it – something not quite scratchy but like the sound of someone whispering rather than talking it held cool tones and warm tones all at once, and yet still no emotional presence could be found in her voice as she stood straight pushing from the wall and made her way to follow Jakob Scala.<br/><br/>“You to Lowett … “ Jakob barked back over his shoulder.<br/><br/>He would lead them to a room located off the eastern wall a work station was on one side while a table and set of chairs faced each other from opposite sides. Mishka moved fluidly into the farther chair her back to the wall placing the door in her line of sight – nervous blue hues lifted once Alex entered and she then turned away immediately. Jakob's eyes looked down at the workstation monitors and started up the sensors that would hopefully project them all from Mishka before diving into a very technical debriefing.<br/><br/>“Mr. Lowett – surely you read the briefing package we sent you but just so you are fully aware PAGAN is assigned with the patrolling, and safe guarding of this city against the Shades, we do this with some of the greatest weapons at our disposal, the TAINTEDs – you may not have ever met a TAINTED however sitting across from you now is one of these weapons. Mishka Vorona was possessed by a shade at age 6 – during her possession her very own father was killed, after this incident Mishka came to our facilities and has lived with us since. She is one of our five S class tainteds and is designated to be your partner. Now Mishka is part of the Night Watch – this is primary team that yes you guessed it go out at night. Further more and though she is a weapon you much be aware that you are not exactly a partner so much as you are a handler. She is an attack dog on a leash you control.” He paused there noticing the anger flickering in Mishka's eyes before he continued un phased as normal. “Now I would like for you two to converse for a short while and try to get to know one another – this will all be monitored however I will watching from my own workstation located on the main floor of the R&D lab. Do try not to get yourself murdered” He then stepped outside his job – for the most part was done.<br/><br/>Bane had wanted it this way – leave Mishka irritated and see how well Alex handled her – she was a trigger attack dog in many ways and if Alex could pass this his first test they would go into field that very night as his second Test. Having mentioned her father's death and their ownership over her were two very sore subjects for the young woman and it was showing clearly in her eyes as Jakob left the room – cold blue stare followed him.<br/><br/>Once he left Mishka sighed and figured she had to do this – had to keep her calm she knew exactly what they were testing and she should be able to handle it. So she started to speak first with that same whispery voice. “To stop a TAINTED we all wear collars, once in field you are given a bracelet that can activate the collar which sends high dose voltage into our system as well as a knock out drug if the circumstances required it. This bracelet also unlocks a TAINTEDs weaponry in some cases.” She paused not really sure what to say or ask him honestly it was clear she lacked in the sociable skills and at the back of her mind she kept thinking about her father's face his death and her mind felt agitated due to it.