May 26, 2016 14:02
"We're parked across the Restaurant at the End of the Universe," Tamsin said, sighing. She had her chin cushioned on her hand, and her elbow cushioned on a giant stack of paperwork. "How am I still bored?"
"You don't have to be," Bright Eyes said, her eyes feverishly bright with the remains of last night's hangover. "I just got some new paperwork in from--"
"I don't want to know," Tamsin said flatly.
"--but it's the sew--"
"It's another set of paperwork. I know. Put it with the rest." Like that was going to cure her ennui.
Bright Eyes cleared her throat. "Ma'am," she said, shoulders set and resolute, "It's about the alligators in the sewer."
Tamsin sat up. "Again?"
Ugh. Bright Eyes nodded, winced, put the paperwork down, and scarpered to the toilet to get a painkiller. "Stupid alligators," Tamsin muttered, grabbing the papers quick.
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