>>5719993… What did you <span class="mu-i">do?!</span>
“Yo, sandcrab.” Waves the redhead as she sits on the edge of an ornate wooden desk reading from a piece of paper in her hands. “You’re gonna wanna take a look at this… <span class="mu-i">and</span> the <span class="mu-s">COMPUTER!</span>”
One thing at a time, you snarl as you take note of the <span class="mu-s">PC MONITOR</span> on the desk with a document already waiting on the screen!
The journalist raises an eyebrow. “Something wrong, slick?”
<span class="mu-i">YEA</span>, you hiss, what about <span class="mu-i">SECURITY!?</span> She’s sitting there like she owns the damn place! What about <span class="mu-s">CAMERAS?! LASERS!? ROBOTS?!</span>
“Taken care of, skip.” She reports, barely glancing up from her document. “Come in and stay awhile–you’re gonna catch a chill.” A smug grin forms on the girl’s face. “Can’t collect on that favor if you’re sick, can ya?”
Yea, wel-
“Comin’ through, dudes!”
Though he demonstrated quite a bit of dexterity climbing over, Raj more or less <span class="mu-i">tackles</span> you when he arrives, sending both of you tumbling onto the carpeted floor behind the desk! Pushing the skater off of you, you glance up towards Pepper and frown when she swiftly crosses her legs!
As you were <span class="mu-i">saying</span>, you growl as you regain your footing, what about th-
Shifting your gaze from Pepper’s skirt, you swiftly surmise what she was getting at when she said it was ‘<span class="mu-i">taken care of</span>’--in a corner bookcase hidden between several old tomes her <span class="mu-s">CAMERA</span> sits affixed to a <span class="mu-s">SECURITY CAMERA</span> by a pair of hair scrunchies!
Did she take a picture of the room an-
“Yep!” The reporter grins! “Wasn’t easy getting the angle, but I haven’t heard an alarm yet… pretty sure that means it’s not recording audio either.”
Nicely done, you sigh, but when was she planning on coming back to tell you the coast was clear?
The girl stares blankly at you for a moment before giving you an apologetic giggle! “Whoops~”
She’s lucky a <span class="mu-s">LASER</span> didn’t chop her in half or something…
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