2 - Do your job

[jillykitzinger]

[Jilly is clutching a heeled shoe that has obviously been used to stab something or many somethings - the entire heel is soaked in blood and gore. She's got a black eye, a bite mark on her cheek, and various blood spatters on her dress. It's impossible to tell where she is; everything around her is dark, save for what can be illuminated by the

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[expectremorse]

[Just a weak sort of chuckle] Man, if he went on vacation I'll laugh about it.

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[jillykitzinger]

Laugh about it? Laugh? If he's on vacation, I will personally see to it that he never sits comfortably again!

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[expectremorse]

[serious] This your first situation?

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[jillykitzinger]

My first...

Please don't tell me this happens often. I've heard about floods, but I expected people turning into children, not zombies and cannibals.

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[expectremorse]

[reassuringly] not this bad, but the general motto is be prepared for... [pause] the limits of the human imagination.

[How poetic, that sounded]

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[jillykitzinger]

Wonderful.

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[expectremorse]

Looks like you're doing pretty well.

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[jillykitzinger]

I know how to hold my own.

[Not that she's ever fought off cannibals before, but this isn't the first time she's been attacked.]

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[expectremorse]

With high heels.

[Does Hoffman sound amused? yes.]

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[jillykitzinger]

A pair of heels can be murder on your feet, why not use them to murder a few creepers?

In self-defense only, of course. I didn't ask to be cornered.

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[expectremorse]

...Well done. [Hoffman approves on so many levels.] Better then a pair of fists.

You doing all right now though?

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[jillykitzinger]

I'm here and they're not.

So, yes, it looks like I'm doing just fine.

I'd be doing even better if the Admiral stopped being a coward and did what he was supposed to do. I can't believe he just abandoned this entire ship. Some boss.

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[expectremorse]

[wince] he has this nasty tendency to do that. I don't know if he did it on purpose or not.

[pause] I'm really hoping not.

[There is a shifting sound as Hoffman moves himself to a better position where he can handle his numerous wounds]

what's your name?

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[jillykitzinger]

[If the Admiral does this sort of thing on a regular basis, she's going to take her chances in Shanghai.]

Jilly Kitzinger. And you are?

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[expectremorse]

Hoffman.

[beat.]

Mark Hoffman.

You're-what-a secret agent?

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[jillykitzinger]

Hello, Mark Hoffman.

[There's a slight pause, then she laughs.] A secret agent? Goodness, no. I work in PR.