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 Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:18 pm
"He's a grunt at the Camphereon outpost. He was sent to greet us and get the sample for us." Nyx started going over everything they did in her head. They hadn't dilly-dallied. They hadn't opened the case. Maybe someone filed the samples wrong... or he wasn't legit.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:25 pm
"Maybe it was a million things." Panther rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms in annoyance. "I assume this is the 'legendary' we were supposed to get. Did anyone check the labels? Because unless it's the wrong container, that should be what we were sent to pick up. Once we got it, it stayed in my sight the whole way back to the lab. And if it is the right container, it could have been a wrong sample on the field." he walked over and stared down at the little pidgey. It kind of reminded him of Swiftwing way back when.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:40 pm
"H'm." Nadja made a note of acknowledgement at Nyx, but Panther.. was attracting attention, to put it kindly. The elite listened to his tirade, head cocked to the side.
It was as if she were listening to a colloquial idiom whose individual words were perfectly innocuous, but strung together formed a phrase insulting the last three generations of her extended family, including the side branches only seen at reunions.
When he was finished, her eyes were narrowed incredulously.
"A trained scientist misidentified a distinctive legendary Pokemon, or a few grunts - including one with a laundry list of past offenses - made a shipping error. What sounds more likely?"
"Part of your job was to confirm you were transporting the correct item, not mouth off to a superior because you didn't check the labels. Congratulations; your janitorial duty and base confinement are extended and the funds for this clone will be coming out of your salary. We don't pay you for this kind of behavior."
Nadja rounded on Nyx. "Go back to Camphoreon and retrieve the correct sample. I'm assigning you a new bodyguard."
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:50 pm
Nyx gaped wide-eyed at Panther. What was he thinking?
When Nadja was finished with him and turned to Nyx, she listened closely and nodded. "Yes ma'am. I'll go right away. Who is the new bodyguard, ma'am?"
Being extra polite couldn't possibly hurt right now. At least, she hoped it wouldn't.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:35 pm
He hadn't done anything wrong. Gritting his teeth, he didn't bother to turn around. He wasn't digging his hole any deeper, for now. At the moment he sincerely hoped that it was a field problem, legendarys were that way for exactly that reason, they were hard to find. Because no matter how many times he had screwed up, it wasn't his fault this time, even it was wrong. It was the other grunts job to check it.
Instead of voicing this, he stared at the tank, glaring at the hapless little pidgey.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:23 pm
Wings tucked and eyes closed, the little bird floated lost in a sea of nutrients and growth factors, beak moving every now and then.
Nadja glanced at the Pidgey, thinking. "A Jennifer.. oh." Realization dawned. "The one who helped you dunk that girl at the beach. Let's see a similar show of teamwork in this instance. Report back when you're finished."
Not about to let them stay in a restricted area, the elite shifted her stance to signal the end of the conversation. "You're dismissed."
Her voice carried after Panther, cool and dispassionate. "A word of advice: insubordination is dangerous."
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:33 pm
Hardly listening after the word dismissed left her mouth, he made a quick exit, going strait for the elevator. His head was down and he ignored Nyx. He had been replaced.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:36 pm
Nyx turned and hurried out. She wanted to say something nice to Panther, but she had to get going and the only thing she could think of was 'you shouldn't mouth off to elites'. That would probably not be the right thing to say.
Time to find Jen.
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