When Richard called back to her and she heard someone mention joining the Ghostbusters, Varla poked her head around the corner to see.  After taking a quick glance from a distance, she went back to one of her suitcases and retrieved another of her "improved" devices and quietly strolled out to the lobby where the others stood chatting.  Without introducing herself at all, Varla began waving her PKE meter over Alex, slightly disappointed that it detected nothing.<br/><br/>"Have you been in contact with any apparitions, vapors or similar semi-corporeal manifestations in the last twenty-four to forty-eight hours?" she asked without a hint of emotion or even a glance upward.