"I don't remember being introduced!"

Jinx picks up the pink blob of metal and sets it on the table with a weighty thunk. Then she presses a button, and the table groans as more gun unfolds - far more than the pink blob should have been able to hold. The resulting contraption is bright pink, three-barrelled, bunny-eared, and almost as large as Jinx's torso. 

"Ruava, Pow-Pow. Pow-Pow, Ruava. Pow-Pow is a gun that can saw through trees. I don't think I need to tell you that building her broke, like, all the laws."

"She's adorable!"

Jinx leans in and whispers. "But deadly."

She giggles. 

"I'd offer to test-fire her for you, but I like this apartment."

"I absolutely want to learn how to make things like that."

"Probably not going to start with something like Pow-Pow, though. She's my baby: I've been building her out and modifying her for years now. I should have a basic kit kicking around here somewhere, though." 

Jinx presses the button again, and Pow-Pow compresses back into her handy carrying case.

"I can start with something smaller," she agrees. "But hopefully just as adorable."

"I can do custom art for it! I mean, if you want custom art on it. Do you want custom art on it?"

"Sure!"

"Custom art of what, though, that is the question." 

"I dunno!"

"I'm sure we'll think of something. In the meantime, I guess I'm going to have to find some parts for you. Would you prefer to go shopping, or to 'go' 'shopping'?" 

Giggle. "I don't know, what's the difference?"

"One involves money, the other doesn't." 

"Aha. Well, all else being equal I generally prefer not to steal stuff, but if there was a good reason I could make an exception."

"Guns are expensiiiiive and if I buy them it's gonna be with less than legal cash anyway, so I don't see the big difference, but sure, whatever. We can get something relatively more legit rather than knocking over one of the arming-posts for the bots." 

"Arming-posts for the bots...? What bots?"

"Most of the police force around here are bots - not people, just machines operated by remote control. Tougher, stronger, faster than normal humans. Makes it hard for your average criminal to evade or escape them... But I think we've already established that I'm not exactly average." Jinx grins.

"You're definitely something special," Ruava agrees. "And stealing from the police is kind of tempting..."

"My own Zapper's police-issue. Well, it was before I started fiddling with it."  

"I am increasingly tempted."

"I mean, it's not as if they can't spare a Zapper or two. But it's your call! After all, I maintain a strict division between my criminal work life and my criminal fun life."

Ruava giggles.

"Sure, let's steal from the police."

"Alright! Do you wanna do it the smash-and-grab way, or the sneaky silent way? Either is fun: smash and grab's always about as dangerous, sneaky's more unpredictable." 

"I'm not sure I'll be much use either way..."