It doesn't look like he's too tightly scheduled, so she'll leave it be.

She stiffens a little as the feeling rolls off her. So that's what it's like, huh? Might be worth trying to see if she can evade that sort of thing in the future - probably worth rebuilding a more narrowly specialized build, since this one is kind of a mess, honestly? 

She pauses her video and pops out of her seat, walking over to them with a light smile.

"Oh hello!" 

She toggles off her aura once they'd be in range - that's another point of awkwardness she should fix at some point, honestly - and lifts out a hand for Miss Martian to shake. 

"Good to meet you! I'm Topaz. Imagine you're moving in today?" 

:Aaahh! Uh, I mean—:

"Aaahh!"

The smaller figure (with a white undershirt) jumps in surprise, her features coming alive with an expression of chagrin.

"Hi!"

She reaches out to shake the hand.

"Sorry, I wasn't expecting anyone to be right by the teleporter. I'm Miss Martian!"

:Uncle, why on Marzz does the teleporter lead right into the middle of the base?: she asks at the same time, the thought clearly not directed at Topaz.

:Space constraints on the layout due to the bulky nature of the zeta crystals,: the larger figure answers. Unlike Miss Martian, Martian Manhunter doesn't suddenly start emoting. Whether that's because he knew she was there, or he's just like that is hard to say.

"Martian Manhunter," he introduces himself, giving Topaz a nod. "It's good to meet you."

Aww poor telepathic disaster girl! She shakes her hand firmly. 

Doing this with the aura down is kind of awkward, but she focuses a bit on making sure her thoughts stay private, the intricate little procedures of her fingers flitting against each other to fidget playing again and again in her surface thoughts. 

She smiles winsomely. 

"No worries! it's good to meet you as well! Been pretty impressed by the league so far, honestly - you've all been very hospitable and accomodating."

She bobs her head to the side a little and steps politely back, letting her aura flicker on for a moment to make sure she's doing it right and for the burst of reassuring strength. 

"I think part of it is just that the center is where you want the exit to be! I heard from batman earlier that this was originally meant to be a bit of a bugout base, so being able to get in and out quickly from anywhere inside seems like a good idea to me, even if it makes the transition into the space a little more awkward." 

Miss Martian cocks her head.

"I guess that makes sense — it's just weird, because Martian dwellings have this —"

:How do you say z'errat?:

:Antichamber:

"—antichamber between the privacy shielding and the main living area, so you can feel people when they come to visit," she explains. "I'm not sure I've ever seen a building without them, actually, but I guess it makes sense if this wasn't intended as a living area."

She nods along. 

"I think that's part of the point of the separation of the teleportation module and the announcement system? But I can see why it'd be disorienting, definitely, and even as a human, this place does feel a little... compressed, I suppose?" 

...Okay honestly now she's feeling like she doing something wrong not doing anything with her powers. She ditches all of the one pointers, and sees if she can get another copy of that willpower one pointer, and something to make the infusion process more efficient and less conspicuous, and then merge those together? 

The duplicate willpower spark fails to form; she gets a kind of confused impression from the gift, because she already has one of those?

"Miss Topaz, my niece is quite new to Earth," Martian Manhunter interjects. "That's one of the reasons that I suggested she move in here, to get experience with humans. But when Batman mentioned that you had moved in as well, I realized it was a chance to kill two birds with one stone."

:Not literal birds, it's an expression; 'carve a bidirectional tunnel':

"I'm told that you will require a replacement wardrobe and similar items; Miss Martian would benefit from having a human to show her around and help her learn to fit in. I am still not entirely sure how young woman's Earth fashion works, myself. After we get her settled into her room, would you mind taking her with you on any outings you may have planned?"

She smiles a little awkwardly. 

"I'd be happy to! I'm new to this world myself - though the differences I imagine are a good deal smaller than those between mars and this earth - so I might not be the best guide, but it'd be good to learn together with her." 

In that case... she still wants a power that makes an object a better vessel for willpower energy, and a way to make the process more subtle and perhaps a bit more precise - can she add in something that dampens the apparentness of willpower magic things (or something more specific to the infusion process, perhaps?) she does, then? That should get her too much the same place, at least as long as she can keep the aura up. 

"Do you have arrangements in mind for paying for the clothes and all? Batman wasn't entirely clear on how that would work." 

That's a lot of things! It can't quite see how to do them all as one power; does she want a power that makes will more subtle and easier to control in an area? That fits in a single spark.

Martian Manhunter somehow manages to convey the impression of a sigh without moving or otherwise appearing to do anything at all.

"Batman sometimes forgets that other people have limited amounts of money," he confesses. "I can give you some starting cash that you can consider either a welcome gift and a thank you for looking after my niece, or a debt, if you prefer not to accept charity."

He reaches a hand behind his back and comes out with a bundle of bills. He counts off two groups of $343, and hands one to each girl.

Miss Martian takes the bills and tucks them into a hole that opens on her chest and then closes without a trace.

:Humans tend to find adding or removing things from a vacuole distressing,: Martian Manhunter comments. :I recommend pretending that you have pockets.:

He telepaths a close-up schematic diagram of a pants pocket.

Oh, she was thinking of two seperate powers to merge together - one for subtlety (and a bit of precision as a bonus if she can fit it), and one to improve vessels? She doesn't really need it to have a big range - just large enough to cover the ring is enough, honestly, and it's fine if it requires some level of touch, too, if that helps narrow things down. 

"Oh, thank you!" 

She pockets the money gratefully. 

"I'll do my best to pay it back, financially or otherwise." 

She turns to Miss Martian. 

"Would you like to go take a look around the base with me, then?" 

Oh, that's much more possible!

The gift generates a spark that does something to space in an area that dampens the glow from willpower and makes it slightly less prone to fizzle from small lapses in concentration as a side effect, and another one that makes a small, held object 'deeper' in a relevant way. The two sparks like each other a lot — they orbit nearly touching.

Miss Martian perks up.

"Yes, please! Maybe we should start with finding my room so that I can drop off my luggage?"

(Said luggage is a mottled grey-brown sphereoid that has been sitting at the Martians' feet, conveniently undescribed, this entire time.)

She merges them and gets to work! 

"Sure! Outside of my room, they're unassigned - do you have any preferences for what room you'd like to take?" 

She gestures her over to the holocomputer and pulls up a map of the place, then points to a room a good bit away from the zeta tube and a decent bit away from the exits. 

"Maybe this one, if you want to be able to have a bit longer to see people coming in?"