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Moment of Awesome - Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow: While infiltrating the Hellfire Club, Natasha and Topaz share the flaws in rich people security. Natasha was highly amused and highly appreciative of Topaz's use of magic. It was making her life so much easier. She tossed a grateful wink in Topaz's general direction when they crossed paths. It was hard for her to tell since Topaz was hidden but her long honed senses could tell when someone was close even if her eyes couldn't physically see them. Each room she walked into, she tossed a small electrical bug up next to the camera that cloned the view of what was going on and played it back to the main security office. The image updated every 30 seconds or so to ensure that no one that needed to be unseen was seen. Their specs were also tied into a program that helped the bug erase their presences from the last captured image if needed. The next time she crossed paths with Topaz, she murmured, "I'd forgotten how nice it was to have magical support. It does make ops like this so much easier. You doing okay? Anything tricky you've run across that might need a stronger, concerted effort to blind?" Topaz almost scoffed. "Nope. I'd say I'm surprised given how much magic and psis are involved in the Hellfire Club, but of course they wouldn't bother to protect the lowly staff. How's the security doing?" "Of course not. They don't care about those beneath them as long as things run smoothly. They also don't care to know how to make things run smoothly. Their money is supposed to make that happen without notice." Natasha glanced up at the most recent camera she'd tossed a bug behind. "Most of the cameras are under my control and hiding us in plain sight. Their security team is really lackluster so far. Though I bet they're too busy watching the people in the big fancy room to notice anything back here." "To be fair I would also be more worried about the fancy room and the people who are probably trying to steal what's there," Topaz said with a small shrug. "Rich people are dodgy. Still a bit of a flaw, but paranoid people don't make the most rational decisions." "Especially when it involves money. They think the consequences they can level at folks is enough to keep the trouble coming from within their own circle." Natasha shook her head. Assumptions always made for an op going sideways and this is why she hated playing in the upper echelons. You fit an image and no one looked deeper than that.