first call - backdated three hours before dawn

[leading3men]

[ In the depths of the Darkness, gunshots echoed through the night. A young voice calls out, feminine but blunted by life’s gravity, spilling out swears as easily as her rifle ejects empty shells. ]

Francis! Louis!

[ A screech filters through, something inhuman - or maybe it once was human - before a wet schunk splatters to the ground, like maybe a

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[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

[Sarina has a bit of a sheepish look, as she starts a video feed.]

Well -- hahaha -- I guess I don't have to warn you about the Darkness monsters, at least.

[video]

[leading3men]

Darkness monsters. Really? That's what they call them? And when they show up?

[ They almost look like the mutated zombies - but she's pretty sure these things are a different deal entirely. A monster virus, maybe? ]

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

Well, that's kind of the general term; there's different names for each of the different types of monsters too. Heeheehee -- they only show up at night time though. During the day, it's relatively peaceful.

[And less fun. If she weren't on break at work, she'd be out there fighting them all.]

[video]

[leading3men]

Seriously?

That . . . doesn't sound too bad. [ Compared to the zombies that are always active, twenty-four seven, five days a week, no vacation time. ] How are people holding up with that? Major pest control?

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

[See, this is why she gets along with you guys from the L4D world; she could relate to this place being the better world than where she was originally from.]

It really isn't so bad! Heheh -- from the looks of it, you're already doing better than most people, since you've got a gun.

But a lot of people have Darkness-proofed homes they take cover in, at night. The smart ones stay indoors then.

[video]

[leading3men]

[ Zoey might agree, except that her group isn't here with her. Power of friendship, nakama, all that jazz. ]

Yeah, that is smart. So society just trudges on here? Able to set up businesses and all?

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

SERO and AGI runs a lot of the town. [She frowns a bit.] Unfortunately, they seem to be doing quite well.

I think all of the best business run in Darkness-proofed buildings as well. Hahaha -- there's an entire mall that's set up for that. Although I wouldn't trust that place either...there was a security breach a couple of weeks back.

[video]

[leading3men]

Unfortunately? What you mean by that?

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

Neither company is any good. Hahaha...AGI is known to steal people for slavery and SERO likes to experiment on people.

[video]

[leading3men]

What? But this place is in Canada, the cooler cousin of America. How does a company like those get away with that?

[ Man, this will definitely give Francis more reason to hate Canada. ]

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

[Sarina frowns; shaking her head as she laughed bitterly.] Because everyone's too afraid to stand up to them.

[video]

[leading3men]

[ Still. Slavery in freaking Canada. What the hell. ]

Do you have to work for them?

[ Jesus, she has to get a job, but preferably not with those companies. Of course, Zoey has no idea just how powerful those companies are. ]

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

[She shook her head again.]

No, there's several unaffiliated businesses. Hahaha -- I work at a coffee shop by day, and at a cabaret bar at night. You just have to look around for those types of jobs more.

[video]

[leading3men]

Oh, okay. Wow, it's weird coming back to civilization. I have to act grown-up now.

[ It's something Zoey wanted the most, after all.

So why isn't she feeling happy about it? ]

[video]

[deceptive_lulz]

[Sarina smiled, sympathetically.]

It can be hard to adjust, I know. Hahaha -- I was a soldier before coming here. Even after being in this place for eight months, I still feel like there's so much I need to learn.