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 Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:33 pm
"Adelaide. I would like to speak with you in private. Come see me in my office," Magnus stated as he walked past the woman.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:38 pm
She looked up from bandaging the fifth dude that day (was the Fight Club getting serious, or were the numbers of infected and undying rising?) with some surprise. "Welp, that oughta do it," she told the kid with a slap on the wrong shoulder. She chuckled through her apology ( pain gives character, kid) before making her way to the office. Teasing as ever, she leaned against the doorway. "What's up, Boss? Need me to do a little check up for ya~?" He had[/]i been ganged up on after all, it was only fair...
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:46 pm
"No. This isn't for a check up." he said while shaking his head. The big guy got up from his desk and motioned her to come in. "You've done some great things around here. I'm sure our casualties would be higher if you weren't helping out in the medical ward. I think it might be about time for you to have a little more pull around here. You've earned it."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:01 pm
She wiggled her eyebrows as if to ask are you sure but let off as she approached. "Nah, that's nothing, Boss," Adelaide shrugged off, though she still grinned; perhaps only part of it was modest. "I'm older, not senile; would've found something to do even if they didn't tolerate me there." Beat. "Course, if you want to pull me somewhere, Boss, I'm all for it, eh?" Okay, she couldn't help herself.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:14 pm
Magnus raised his brow at her for that. "Not quite like that. But we'll see how things go whenever we're out of this hellhole. Assuming we don't need to completely rebuild everything. I have no idea what the state of society is outside of this island." The Boss shook his head. "I'm talking about giving you more responsibility. You handle yourself... and being a mother, I'm sure you can handle helping keep everyone in place," he stated before letting out a sigh, "I unfortunately don't have anything fancy to offer you with this promotion. But you're free to have a little extra supply as compensation." Medigel Flashlight or gasoline! Your choice.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:39 pm
Now it was Adelaide's turn to raise her eyebrows. Was that a joke or...a potential offer she just heard? She wasn't sure which was more incredulous to hear out of the normally stoic man. She did almost had to laugh her a** off, though: Adelaide St. Pierre's reward for surviving means possible sexy times with a one-eyed warden. What a time to be alive indeed, literally. This was the stuff of self-insert fanfiction. Imagine what the boys would say."Boss, you made this a** end of a place into a safety zone," she pointed out. "Hell, you made a working currency and tiers and jobs and a microcosm of a society at a god damn prison. s**t, I'd vote for you as the next prime minister if you decided to run," she added with a chuckle and a rap of her knuckles on the desk. "Listen...I got to hug my boys again." For once, Adelaide wasn't wearing a crude grin but something softer and more worthy of the word mother. "That's more than I would've figured I'd ever get to do out here. And I know you've done a lot for everyone else here too, alright? So. None of that," she waved her hand dismissively, " fancy s**t, eh?" She reached for the gasoline can, and the smirk returned. "So can I go set something on fire now? I'll be real responsible about it."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:56 pm
"Well. Maybe you'll be able to do just that again, after this is all over." The odds were bleak. He knew that much. But hope was a powerful things in times like this. As for now serious he was with his previous comment? The world may never know. "Try not to burn the place down," the Boss said with a hint of resignation. Once she picked up the can, he folded his arms over his chest and nodded to the woman. "That's all I have to say, Lt. St. Pierre. Dismissed."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:43 pm
With a bark of a laugh, she saluted him and took the gas off his hands. "Oo, we back to bein' formal now, eh? Fine by me, sir~" There was always the trope of one day dropping titles out of affection to look forward to.Lieutenant St. Pierre. Now that sounded pret-ty damn cool. "Seriously, drop by if you even feel a little cough comin' over ya," Adelaide added airily as she left the room. "Lord knows I'm tired of seeing smooth chests over there."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:51 pm
It was only after she'd left, and several seconds after, that the scoff of disgust puffed out from behind the door of an adjacent room. Micky had been listening in, but not watching - because he did not need to see, to judge. The sound he made when he entered the room and glared down the door said as much. "Disgusting." He spat out, closing the door that Adelaide had left through. "As I live and breath, my prayers cannot fight the oncoming Sodom and Gomorrah you encourage in these heathens." He shook his head, and his expression varied between anger, and sadness. "And they, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire." He leaned in and his eyes narrowed as he met Magnus' one eye. "Copulation out of wedlock. You'll sentence her to burn."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:52 pm
The Boss stared hard at Micky. "Don't make me kick your a**, and shove you in the Box, Micky."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:56 pm
The anger in Micky's face melted away into a long, toothy, maniacal smile.
"Don't make promises you cannot keep."
He straightened up, fixed his collar - which had been perfect before he'd touched it - and waved a hand as he left through the door he'd come from. His voice reached out even after he'd exited. "The toilets are clogged again. Do have someone take care of it soon. There is enough refuse in the prison without it."
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:58 pm
"Ugh. Fine. I'll see to it," Magnus grumbled before making his way out of the office. Time to assess the damage and assign someone to the task.
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